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fromLos Angeles Times
1 week agoFor the derelict Wadsworth Chapel, a 125-year-old landmark in West L.A., is a rehab in the works?
"When I see this, I'm thinking hallelujah. It's the first real indicator that the VA is willing to step up and get that chapel restored, which frankly I think is their responsibility."
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fromwww.amny.com
1 month agoA tale of two Manhattan churches: Landmarks Preservation Commission weighs landmarking one house of worship, demolishing another | amNewYork
The Catholic Church of Saint Mary at 440 Grand St. on the Lower East Side was built in 1833 with a Romanesque Revival facade designed by prolific architect Patrick Charles Keeley in 1864. Keeley, the church's architect, designed nearly 600 churches during his career, but this would mark the first of his works to be landmarked in New York City.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months agoThe overlooked' saint: digitally recreated shrine marks 800th anniversary of William of York
The slab, found in a York drain in the 19th century, has gone on display at a new exhibition marking the 800th anniversary of Saint William a forgotten, once adored martyr said to be responsible for that miracle and others. At the centre of the exhibition is a cutting-edge, digital recreation of an imposing shrine to William that once stood in York Minster's nave but was broken up and buried to protect it from the ravages of Henry VIII's reformation.
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