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To: NYer
It wasn't entirely a wasteland beforehand -

Our church was built in 1995:

Funny true story: the rector interviewed four architects - three Catholics and a Presbyterian - and asked for preliminary drawings. He specifically asked for a design that was contemporary but incorporated traditional Catholic symbolic elements - cruciform footprint, bell tower, elevated sanctuary, choir loft, etc. Three of the architects didn't listen but just provided the typical Catholic Prayer Barn. The fourth (the Presbyterian) did as instructed. His firm got the bid, and we got a nice Richardsonian Romanesque-Revival church.

. . . and for those griping about the expense - ANY building is going to cost a bundle, unless you go with a prefab steel shed. Might as well lift everyone's souls to God.

52 posted on 08/28/2014 7:08:54 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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To: AnAmericanMother

Nice looking Church!


57 posted on 08/28/2014 10:46:44 AM PDT by defconw (Both parties have clearly lost their minds!)
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