184 Comments for Transfiguration of Our Lord

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What a huge waste! Every bit of that gorgeous work should be saved. What is wrong with people?
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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.
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Honestly, after so many decades of destruction, the US has very little architectural heritage remaining. Thank you Motts, for helping to preserve our history.
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Latin - Christ's words as he died on the cross - "It is finished"
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Makes me want to cry. :-(
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Have to say it....

Carol Anne... don't go toward the light....
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does anyone see another figure in the image? Perhaps in front lower down facing the angel?
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Yes, she will, Toot. Mica will love it.
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What a window in the background, the glow of the stained glass around the top is great.
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What do the words on top mean?
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You've never seen a Mormon/Lds Chapel have you, Motts? This is still pretty elegant in comparison. Mica's gonna freak when she sees the cool lamps :) Whereas they usually just have plain white glass lamps in those churches.
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If the building was wide open for much longer, those pipes (and the ones upstairs) were probably scrapped in short order... but I have no idea.

The only thing I've read that was salvaged was some of the stained glass.
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Wow . . . just . . . wow :,-( This is such a sad photo to me because it really seems as like that Lion is in such mortal fear and anguish, just as if he knew exactly what was to happen. Damn :( _Robert B.