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*sigh* gonna be quiet here, lol

At risk of sounding like a broken record, man, they should totally save this! The square footage and space alone is worth saving this place for, sad

Yeah, y'all know me but I would totally love this as wallpaper-has a ertain sense of eeriness to it. But that stonework is amazing-man, the work put into this place is not like any church I've seen

Wow, I bet if you went back in just a few years all that beautiful stuff would be gone. They really could have salvaged that

There are MANY people that would pay pretty good money just to have that hanging lamp--sad it'll probably end up in the landfill :(

I like the roundness of this area

Wow, this place is massive! A church under a church. Must have been a bit creepy down there--well I get that vibe anyway, lol

That's what I'm not understanding, but I guess it's not for us to understand. They have their reasons, no matter how ludicrous. I hate seeing places like this left to rot.

Until the vandals get in and go to town on it. Sad but true

That is amazingly beautiful!

What a huge waste! Every bit of that gorgeous work should be saved. What is wrong with people?

I will admit, we are such a wasteful country! This massive, beautiful building should have been saved or at least repurposed into another use. Every single bit of that marble and mosaic and all should be taken out and reused elsewhere. What a SAD, SAD waste!

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Thank you for another great set of pictures. Reminds me of the church I attended in Philly. St. Bonaventure, which was torn down in 2013. It was a huge beautiful church, with the basement church. Next door was the priest house and on the other side the Convent, and they were all connected by passages. There is a video of it on Youtube (Cathedral of Destruction) plus a pictorial I put together. It looks strange to see that big empty lot there. Catholic Archdiocese sold it and the new owners could not maintain it so down it came! Thanks again, I really enjoy your photos.

Honestly, after so many decades of destruction, the US has very little architectural heritage remaining. Thank you Motts, for helping to preserve our history.