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  • A Wreckovated Church Gets Un-wrecked

    01/22/2014 1:31:11 PM PST · by NYer · 34 replies
    New Liturgical Movement ^ | January 22, 2014 | GREGORY DIPIPPO
    The Church of the Holy Name of Jesus in the Windsor Terrace neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, has begun the process of undoing the comically awful wreckovation to which it was subjected in 1980. Built and consecrated in 1878, the church’s original sanctuary looked like this. (Photographs from the parish's facebook page.) The first shows the original altar during a wedding, the second gives a better idea of the paintings on the back wall behind it. It was changed to look like this. No one will be surprised to hear that the comments on the facebook page linked above are...