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  • #346
    Re: Notre Dame Cathedral is burning down...

    Originally posted by ticapnews View Post
    The Notre Dame Cathedral held the first mass since the fire.

    Also, remember all those billionaires who pledged hundreds of millions of Euros to the rebuilding effort. You won't believe this, but they've reneged on the pledges. Weird, I know. They got tons of great publicity in the wake of the fire and now that the bill is due and no one is paying attention they have all mysteriously lost their wallets. Almost a billion was pledged but less than $18 million has been received. 90% of donations those donations have come from the United States.
    Sadly, not surprised.
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    • #347
      Re: Notre Dame Cathedral is burning down...

      Originally posted by ticapnews View Post
      The Notre Dame Cathedral held the first mass since the fire.

      Also, remember all those billionaires who pledged hundreds of millions of Euros to the rebuilding effort. You won't believe this, but they've reneged on the pledges. Weird, I know. They got tons of great publicity in the wake of the fire and now that the bill is due and no one is paying attention they have all mysteriously lost their wallets. Almost a billion was pledged but less than $18 million has been received. 90% of those donations have come from the United States.
      Is there a reputable place where I can donate and the money will actually get there? This commie atheist will gladly cough up a C-note for one of the greatest buildings and cultural artifacts of world history.
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      • #348
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        • #349
          Re: Notre Dame Cathedral is burning down...

          burning

          But hey, oxygen isn't that important to human life, right?

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          • #350
            Re: Notre Dame Cathedral is burning down...

            Still a '“50% chance” the structure might not be saved'

            The rector of Notre Dame Cathedral says the Paris landmark is still so fragile that there’s a “50% chance” the structure might not be saved, because scaffolding installed before this year’s fire is threatening the vaults of the Gothic monument.

            Monsignor Patrick Chauvet said restoration work isn’t likely to begin until 2021 — and described his “heartache” that Notre Dame couldn’t hold Christmas services this year, for the first time since the French Revolution.

            “Today it is not out of danger,” he told The Associated Press on the sidelines of Christmas Eve midnight Mass in a nearby church. “It will be out of danger when we take out the remaining scaffolding.”

            “Today we can say that there is maybe a 50% chance that it will be saved. There is also 50% chance of scaffolding falling onto the three vaults, so as you can see the building is still very fragile,” he said.
            Chauvet estimated it would take another three years after that to make it safe enough for people to re-enter the cathedral, but that the full restoration will take longer. President Emmanuel Macron has said he wants it rebuilt by 2024, when Paris hosts the Olympics, but experts have questioned whether that time frame is realistic.
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            • #351
              Re: Notre Dame Cathedral is burning down...

              They returning all those donations??
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              • #352
                Re: Notre Dame Cathedral is burning down...

                Originally posted by mookie1995 View Post
                They returning all those donations??
                Did those donations ever get in?
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                • #353
                  Re: Notre Dame Cathedral is burning down...

                  Originally posted by aparch View Post
                  Still a '“50% chance” the structure might not be saved'
                  Sounds like another special collection is in order.

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                  • #354
                    Re: Notre Dame Cathedral is burning down...

                    Originally posted by MissThundercat View Post
                    Did those donations ever get in?
                    Last I heard, no.

                    If it can't be restored to its pristine self...let it go. I'd rather not have a shell of a structure, because it was that beautiful, if you understand what I'm saying.
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                    • #355
                      Re: Notre Dame Cathedral is burning down...

                      Originally posted by The Rube View Post
                      Last I heard, no.

                      If it can't be restored to its pristine self...let it go. I'd rather not have a shell of a structure, because it was that beautiful, if you understand what I'm saying.
                      I don't agree at all. The beauty of the building is beyond how it looks. And its spirit is far beyond that.

                      Some of the most beautiful and moving of our creations are ruins. Preserve what we can.
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                      • #356
                        Re: Notre Dame Cathedral is burning down...

                        Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                        I don't agree at all. The beauty of the building is beyond how it looks. And its spirit is far beyond that.

                        Some of the most beautiful and moving of our creations are ruins. Preserve what we can.
                        I get that. I do. I am of the opinion that I would not want to see a shell of its former self. Construct a memorial, ya know?
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                        • #357
                          Re: Notre Dame Cathedral is burning down...

                          Originally posted by The Rube View Post
                          I get that. I do. I am of the opinion that I would not want to see a shell of its former self. Construct a memorial, ya know?
                          We disagree. It happens.
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                          • #358
                            Re: Notre Dame Cathedral is burning down...

                            Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                            We disagree. It happens.
                            It does. Whatever happens, vive la Notre Dame.
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                            • #359
                              Re: Notre Dame Cathedral is burning down...

                              Originally posted by The Rube View Post
                              It does. Whatever happens, vive la Notre Dame.
                              Photos (!) from nearly 200 years ago.
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                              • #360
                                Re: Notre Dame Cathedral is burning down...

                                Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                                Photos (!) from nearly 200 years ago.
                                Is it...wrong...to say it looks better without the spire...?

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