1 year ago, Notre Dame burned.
My MattChat post from that sad day:
There is not much at all that I want to see in France, but Notre Dame is one of those things. And that opportunity is still on the table, although reconstruction is going very, very slowly.......
The construction site surrounding the cathedral stands silent. The engineers, architects, archaeologists and stonemasons are gone.
"The workers were protected from lead, but not COVID-19," Rémi Fromont, the chief architect of historic monuments, told French television on Monday. "To impose a 3-meter [9-ft.] distance between people was impossible. And the humidity would make it hard to properly disinfect."
Monsignor Patrick Chauvet told The Associated Press in December that "there is maybe a 50 percent chance it will be saved. There is also a 50 percent chance of scaffolding falling onto the three vaults, so as you can see the building is still very fragile.”
The entire removal process for pre-existing construction elements will take four months and involve professional climbers removing 40,000 pieces of scaffolding weighing a total of 200 tons.
Very little has been done in the last year, meaning there is still huge, huge amounts of work to go.
I really want to see it rise from the ashes.
Hope they were paid-up on the insurance policy.
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt