The Wilshire Boulevard Temple was taking shape in November 1928.
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Thw Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles will close the day after Yom Kippur for a two-year restoration project.
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The congregation at the Wilshire Boulevard Temple gathers for services on the first night of Rosh Hashanah on September 28, 2011.
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The choir loft can be seen from the balcony as the congregants worship at the Wilshire Boulevard Temple on the first night of Rosh Hashanah.
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The temple's mahogany seats will be refurbished during the two-year restoration. The work is to begin the day after Yom Kippur, 2011.
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Water damage in a stairway ceiling is part of the reason the temple is about to undergo restoration.
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A light fixture in the hallway casts a shadow of the Star of David on the ceiling of the Wilshire Boulevard Temple.
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Above a section of a Warner mural by Hugo Ballin, a cleaned section of the wall shows part of what the restoration is expected to accomplish.
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The center of one of the twelve medallions that make up the newly restored rose window of the Wilshire Boulevard Temple is at Judson Studios in Highland Park, where it was restored.
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The dome of the temple's sanctuary, now hidden by a canopy will be restored.
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Dave Judson, president of Judson Studios in Highland Park, shows the newly restored rose window from the Wilshire Boulevard Temple. The twelve lobes represent the 12 tribes of Israel.
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At Judson Studios, work continues on the rose window from the temple.
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Rabbi Steve Leder opens the pipe organ in the temple's choir loft.
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A plaster cornice is among sanctuary features that will be restored.
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In the original construction, horsehair was mixed into plaster behind the walls of the temple's sanctuary.
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Rabbi Steve Leder sits in the stairwell near windows that will be restored.
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Architect Brenda A. Levin will oversee the restoration of the temple.
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Rabbi Steve Leder and architect Brenda A. Levin head into the temple's vestibule from the sanctuary as the opening day of the restoration draws near.
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