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In Pasadena, a model for Scientology’s growth plan

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Title: In Pasadena, a model for Scientology’s growth plan
Date: Tuesday, 9 November 2010
Publisher: New York Times
Author: Fred A. Bernstein
Main source: nytimes.com
Tags: American Religious Identification Survey • Australia • Belgium • Bob Wright • Braley Building @ 35 South Raymond Avenue Pasadena CA United States • CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) • Dana Barbera • David Miscavige • Donna Taliercio • Expenses • Fred A. Bernstein • Gensler • Hugh B. Urban • Ideal Org • Irwin Miller • Membership • New York Times • Paul Little • Protest, picket • Purification Rundown ("Purif") • Real estate • South Africa • Taiwan • Tommy Davis • Venezuela

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PASADENA, Calif. — The opening of a Scientology center in this city’s Old Town neighborhood was a significant local event. Church members spent $10 million to buy a historic four-story building and $6 million more to restore it to its 1906 luster before a gala dedication ceremony on July 18. But the Pasadena project is just one part of a much larger undertaking for the church: the creation of about 50 new centers in 16 countries. The global real estate firm ... [Read the rest at nytimes.com]