France begins debate over how to rebuild Notre Dame, starting with a contest to design the spire

The Washington Post ^ | April 17, 2019 | Griff Witte

[Texan4Life]

But Prime Minister Édouard Philippe upended expectations with an announcement of an international competition to replace the iconic spire that collapsed into Monday’s inferno. He also raised the prospect of a 21st-century twist atop a 12th-century creation.

“This is obviously a huge challenge, a historic responsibility,” Philippe said, noting that the new design would have to be “adapted to technologies and challenges of our times.”

[Black Agnes]

I wasn’t joking, actually.

I fully expect there to be minarets and crescent’s on the new Notre Dame.

Along with sex segregated seating arrangements inside.

[Texan4Life]

It turns out that what was said in the Domus article was purely sarcasm, and not a serious suggestion. I guess Infowars pulled the wool over my eyes this time...

Here’s a link to the Domus article:

https://www.domusweb.it/en/opinion/2019/04/18/the-question-of-rebuilding-even-more-beautifully-raises-as-many-questions-as-it-answers.html

[Black Agnes]

Not going to believe otherwise until it’s actually done.

The flight 93 memorial is a straight up crescent. We’ll wait and see...