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Thank you so much for pictures of beautiful old church; one of the saddest Galleries ever, as we know it went to landfill.
Well done taking/sharing the pictures. Very important to do so.
It was filled with charm&lhope;&love; and care of every detail. Not in bad shape at all.
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The church I attend was built 1350; and enlarged/rebuild 1450, and then renovated 1850.....standing proudly.
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How very sad! Each tile set by hand - with love - only to end up in a scrap heap!
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Yes, each little tile set by hand. The thought of it. It really IS amazing. So much skilled workmanship, care, love and patience.
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Destroying beauty of this magnitude must be some sort of sin!
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Yes - built to last. Good-looking and handsome. Full of beauty, hope, happiness and glory.
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(*_*) Ohhhh NO.....only The Stained Glass saved?
The Lower Church Lamps are so beautiful.
This really is such a Sad Gallery.
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(*_*) Yes yes yes, you all, THOSE LAMPS - can´t get them out of my mind - am hoping and praying they have been saved and are cherished. There were so many of them.
But....we will never know.....will we?
Thanks, Mr. M.
Thanks, flushed.
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YES, - did freak, Big Time, honestly - 12baumarobi, and then gasped + panted + sighed, thinking about "The Landfill".
So many of them. So beautiful, 20-ties style.
May be they have been saved; hopefully?
They did this back in the days - built to USE, before the whole constuction was finished.
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YES! Another already. WOW! (*_*)
Thank You so much for this new Gallery; and for the historical pictures and the current photo too, of a big plot of weed.
Now that we know this Beauty is Landfill - Your lovely soulful pictures are fair + even more important. Is sadness to know: gone.
Good work well done, am ever so grateful. May You always be well is the daily wish.
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@John: Thanks
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Wonder what books they had
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It could be a padded room or something similar
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Looking at the surrounding neighborhood (which doesn't exactly look ike Beverly Hills) I see why these structures are left to rot. People don't want to invest in areas like this and so these beautiful grand ole' beauties suffer along with the neighborhoods. There was once a time when people worshipped here and cared for the building and its grounds but they moved away. So who's left to care? I see this a lot where I live-some of the most beautiful structures are in older, declining and crime ridden areas and no one cares. If I was a millionaire, I would save many of these, or at least salvage what I could out them and see what else could be done with the building. What are your thoughts on this Motts/
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Just throwing this out there, but the people that once owned this church could have held an auction, maybe, and made money off all the beautiful features, statues, marble, etc that they just carelessly threw away. This country is turning into a land of "just toss it out because it has no value". Like a comment I said earlier, just those hanging lamps alone people would pay good money for them--vintage fixtures are hot nowadays.

Anyway, thanks Motts for letting us get a last glimpse into such a beautiful building! You run a great sight with much value. I'd LOVE to do what you do--my idol!
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Wow! Motts are these statues or just carvings that stand out from the wall? Either way these people are plain nuts to leave such beautiful work like they did!