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Fire breaks out at Notre Dame cathedral, developing situation [Update: major structural collapse - Art and other Assets Saved] (See Staff Post)
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Lol donations , as if the church isn't loaded. They're gonna gets tons of money from folks too
Probably not. Stone is way too expensive nowadays.
Unless we are talking about "digital gothic revival", then sure I'm all for it. (Still too expensive to build though)
http://www.suckerpunchdaily.com/2015/02/16/helsinki-guggenheim-unsubmitted/#more-38527
Yeah, 100s of years from now historians will discuss this event.
Just catching up with this news. I couldn't believe it at first because we're talking about one of the most treasured buildings in history, it's like if the Mona Lisa got burnt to ashes! But now I'm truly relieved to see that the interior and main structure of the Notre Dame is fine for the most part. Visiting there is still on my bucket list. Though it'll probably take a while till it gets restored AND opened to public again...
Jesus, I wonder if that hole is a result of the spire collapsing - I couldn't tell from the footage what direction it fell in.
That is good news. I love history and have no real connection to of ever having a chance to go, but man this news has numbed me all day.
Still going on on the roof as it will take hours to drown the embers inside the 800 years old massive pieces of wood, but under control now.
There's not much more to say about the meaning of Notre Dame than this.
Fuck, that hurt to watch. Glad stuff was saved from within, but seeing the spire come down over and over again on every feed is really starting to get to me.
Yes but in order to reside there, the church pays for upkeep.
Ah man first time seeing a pic from that angle
Ain't gonna be the same without that roof
This reminds me of a joke my grandpa used to tell me. He was deployed to the Pacific Theatre, but many of his friends were sent to Europe and were at Normandy. You need to understand that these men were from the backwoods of Pennsylvania; quite a few dropped out of school because of the Great Depression, and the farthest they'd travelled before enlistment was to another county.
Anyway - his friends eventually made it to a small town in Paris, and one soldier friend starts to see a girl there who doesn't speak English that well. They're there for a few weeks before she broke it off suddenly. She just leaves one day and doesn't come back, and the soldiers eventually get their orders to move on.
The soldier was completely clueless as to what happened. All he knew was that she went to see "another dame," and he didn't understand why she wanted to see women too when they were dating. No idea how he found out the truth, but my Grandpa said he was angry about it for years.
I swear this is a true story. Grandpa Joe passed away about twelve years ago - he was an alcoholic who lived in a trailer behind a dilapidated house until the day he died. This is maybe the only good story I have about him, and I'll never forget it.
That place, beyond its historical and cultural significance, is also the punchline for the side of my grandfather that was buried at the bottom of a bottle.
Anyway - his friends eventually made it to a small town in Paris, and one soldier friend starts to see a girl there who doesn't speak English that well. They're there for a few weeks before she broke it off suddenly. She just leaves one day and doesn't come back, and the soldiers eventually get their orders to move on.
The soldier was completely clueless as to what happened. All he knew was that she went to see "another dame," and he didn't understand why she wanted to see women too when they were dating. No idea how he found out the truth, but my Grandpa said he was angry about it for years.
I swear this is a true story. Grandpa Joe passed away about twelve years ago - he was an alcoholic who lived in a trailer behind a dilapidated house until the day he died. This is maybe the only good story I have about him, and I'll never forget it.
That place, beyond its historical and cultural significance, is also the punchline for the side of my grandfather that was buried at the bottom of a bottle.
I'm guessing there will be enough donations that we don't have to ask Gates to put money towards it.
He's spending his money on other noteworthy items
Truly the Dark Souls of historic architecture 😗Looked at the wiki
It reminds me of Anor Londo in the souls games.
Yeah I mean if this actually was an accident, the insurance will cover it. The construction company working on it will have to have taken out a massive policy before being allowed to start work.
I'm actually waiting for Elon Musk to come up with some stupid idea without contributing anything.
How much would restorations even cost? Would it really be over 100 million?
Also good luck to company in charge of rebuilding. They are going to be under a lot of scrutiny
Also good luck to company in charge of rebuilding. They are going to be under a lot of scrutiny
This is probably bait, but sure I'll bite.
I am a religious person. If this is a sign of something, then sure. We'll know what it is in time. Could be that we're not taking care of the planet as we should, or it could be that we shouldn't take things for granted. I don't know. But that isn't important right now.
A beautiful piece of history is being destroyed. So right now we mourn with those that mourn and comfort those who need comfort. As tragic as this is, the best thing is that no one was killed and that pieces were saved.
The Church's property policy will cover it if it's an accident or not. As long as the church themselves didn't intentionally set the fire.
Restoration of St. Patricks Cathederal in NYC was over 175 million dollars and that was with no major structural damage etc. Realistically it could be half a billion or more for Notre Dame
A sign of someone accidentally burning down an old building? A sign of what, exactly?
The UK Houses of Parliament renovation will cost 3 Billion.
I mean... Trump actually suggested to use water bombers to kill the fire so Elon has a lot to work toward if he wants to beat that lol
Wow, I guess I typically think it that kind of money building massive sports stadiums. I did not realize how expensive restorations are.
Yeah definitely true. Expect a huge fight between that carrier and the construction company's carrier, though.
Wasn't bait. Just that people use religion as a weapon, and it wouldn't surprise me to wield this in some way.
Man... How the fuck did an accident cause this much of a fire? I mean I know fires can spread really quickly but still. That's insane.
It's a medieval building made of wood and stone... If the fire catches in the wooden roof (like it looks like it happened) it can go quickly.
Centuries old wood that's dry would've caught fire a lot quicker
I just can't be too sure anymore so I posted that just to be safe! I'm super sorry Books! I did mean what I said though. I'm crushed that the building is in flames but I'm ecstatic that everyone is okay. At the end that helps the sense of loss that everyone is feeling.
You'll possibly be dead before that happens. A restoration / reconstruction of this level on a cathedral (let alone one this old) will take decades to complete.
Oooh that makes much more sense. For some reason I was under the impression that it was pretty much all stonework and that the rooms would be isolated enough to contain the fires/damage. Guess that shows how much I know medieval architecture.
For sure that's the important part. And ultimately, it can and will be rebuilt eventually. If it can survive the French Revolution, it can survive anythingm
man twitter is a mess right now, both the far right and even those on the left are trying to exploit this tragedy for their own self image.
many racists scumbags are going on about "death of western civilization etc" and then those on the left are saying that
"they don't care, its a symbol of colonialism, why should we care if you don't care about indigenous or PoC artifacts being destroyed" like some form of Karma etc.
not linking this to the thread, because I don't want to give them views like last time, but its just shameful that people make this a political act right away
many racists scumbags are going on about "death of western civilization etc" and then those on the left are saying that
"they don't care, its a symbol of colonialism, why should we care if you don't care about indigenous or PoC artifacts being destroyed" like some form of Karma etc.
not linking this to the thread, because I don't want to give them views like last time, but its just shameful that people make this a political act right away