Way back when, the inner cities had beautiful churches...My husband took me to a church he use to go to in Detroit...(Back in the 1960's) It was closing up shop and we had to go next door to the convent to get a nun to let us in...The church was built in the 1800's and everything was hand carved. Pews were beautiful, the sanctuary was awesome, had carved cross's, stations of the cross, and the priest didn't give the sermon from the sanctuary, He walked down the middle isle and there were circular steps to a podium (?) that rose above the pews and gave his sermon. Everything even the steps were works of art...
All those beautiful church's are gone along with the large cities...No more parishioners, they moved out to the subs. when forced busing started...
There would be a church like that every 1/2 mile...