Set in a former foundry, a high-tech heaven of exposed beams and pipes, Beluga opens onto a courtyard surrounded by the offices of architects, interior designers and specialty furniture shops.
He describes his experience in terms that bear a remarkable resemblance to the visions of heaven he had likely been exposed to at home.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has launched an investigation into "7th Heaven" actor Stephen Collins for allegedly exposing himself to a minor about three decades ago, officials said, adding to existing sexual-abuse police inquires in L.A. and New York.
But first, some were subtly exposed to (or "primed" with) salvation-related words like "heaven" and "redeem," while others were exposed to neutral words.
He said he had not meant to cause offence and wanted to expose radical Islamists' view of heaven.
The glass roof overhead slid back, exposing the heavens.
Hattar had insisted that he had not meant to insult Islam by posting the cartoon, but wanted to expose how Isis "envisions God and heaven".
They bring to mind a time when mere glimpses of stocking were shocking, and a woman's exposed lower limbs were perceived as stairways to heaven or hell.
