Today's "Odd News" article is different than any previous Friday post, in that it is odd, yet not funny. All these months I have had plenty of articles to choose from that are weird and amusing. Not so today. This one is just different, and I'd like to hear your responses to it.St. Gerard's Roman Catholic Church in Buffalo, NY, closed down two years ago after being built in 1911. Mary our Queen Roman Catholic Church in Norcross, GA (suburb of Atlanta) needs another building due to increasing numbers of families joining. After much research, the Atlanta church is hoping to buy and transport the Buffalo cathedral 900 miles south. Additional funds are needed for this project (about $10 million), but all approvals have been granted.
How would this even be feasible?
"Never has so large an American church been moved so far. 'People look at you like you're nuts,' the architect in charge of this project says. 'But it's not like Dorothy's house in The Wizard of Oz - it's not going to fly.' The church would be deconstructed, piece by piece, each piece numbered, packed, trucked south and reassembled. About 80% of St Gerard's would be reused: the exterior limestone, oak pews, stained glass, stations of the cross and confessionals; and the granite columns."
For further information and pictures, click here: http://tinyurl.com/ye8x5yc
As might be expected, there are strong feelings both pro and con on this idea of using Northern churches for Southern congregations. So what do you think? Good idea or bad?
Can't see a problem. Look at the London Bridge. It's in Lake Havasu City (isn't it?), was deconstructed and reconstructed. It also seems, at least on the surface, responsible to use what is available. Not quite sure why North and South come up. Love your mind, dahling.
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