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Scientlogists Convert Braley Building
Date: 1/10/2010 Album ID: 922824
Photos by Walt Mancini
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Finally, four years after buying the property, the Church of Scientology is gearing up to convert the historic 1906 Braley Building in Old Pasadena for use as a church.(SGVN/Staff photos by Walt Mancini with courtesy photos)
Construction worker using a wet saw to cut into the brick wall at the Braley Building in Pasadena, so that steel reinforcement can be added to update earthquake codes Friday January 8, 2010. Four years after buying the historic Braley Building and evicting all 22 small-business tenants, the Church of Scientology has finally started converting it to its latest church. The empty building became an eyesore in Old Pasadena, one city official said, and its been drawing complains from merchants and preservationists. The church official say it's on a fast-tract for completion by the end of the year. (SGVN/Staff Photo by Walt Mancini/SXCity)
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Rendering of the main entrance to the new Church of Scientology's public information display and bookstore in Old Pasadena's Braley Building. HAND-IN: 1-8-10
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A rendering of one of over 20 large public information displays on the basic principles of the Scientology religion and its social outreach programsÊbeing installed on the 1st floor of the Church of Scientology's new home, in the Old Pasadena Braley building. HAND-IN: 1-8-10
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Exterior rendering of the new Church of Scientology of Pasadena now under construction. HAND-IN: 1-8-10
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Construction materials being taken out of the Braley Building in Pasadena Friday January 8, 2009. Construction worker using a wet saw to cut into the brick wall the wall so that steel reinforcement can be added for updated earthquake codes. Four years after buying the historic Braley Building and evicting all 22 small-business tenants, the Church of Scientology has finally started converting it to its latest church. The empty building became an eyesore in Old Pasadena, one city official said, and its been drawing complains from merchants and preservationists. The church official say it's on a fast-tract for completion by the end of the year. (SGVN/Staff Photo by Walt Mancini/SXCity)
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The Braley Building is most famous for the architecture design for its five-story atrium, which the Church of Scientology says that it will preserve as the renovate the building in Pasadena Friday January 8, 2010. Four years after buying the historic Braley Building and evicting all 22 small-business tenants, the Church of Scientology has finally started converting it to its latest church. The empty building became an eyesore in Old Pasadena, one city official said, and its been drawing complains from merchants and preservationists. The church official say it's on a fast-tract for completion by the end of the year. (SGVN/Staff Photo by Walt Mancini/SXCity)
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Four years after buying the historic Braley Building and evicting all 22 small-business tenants, the Church of Scientology has finally started converting it to its latest church Friday January 8, 2010. The empty building became an eyesore in Old Pasadena, one city official said, and its been drawing complains from merchants and preservationists. The church official say it's on a fast-tract for completion by the end of the year. (SGVN/Staff Photo by Walt Mancini/SXCity)
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