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May 5, 2004
NEW YORK (AP) -- Manhattan's first Mormon temple, intended as an oasis of quiet reflection and religious devotion for 42,000 believers in the New York region, opens next month -- an anomaly on the city's pulsating upper west side.
Instead of the soaring white spires and other designs of Mormon temples elsewhere, the Manhattan version is part of a windowless, six-story building. It could easily go unnoticed amid luxury high-rises and the Lincoln Center cultural complex across the street.
But starting May 8, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will hold a month-long open house -- affording the public a rare glimpse into the inner sanctum of the faith. After that, the temple will be closed to all but church members.