[alki]

Originally Posted by Wilcal

Illithid Dude,
I love your colorful enthusiasm; okay, I'll throw in the towel on this one--I like the more modest proposal. But just thinking about the project makes me wonder at the LA archdiocese and their complete abandonment of this lovely structure. Remember after the Northridge earthquake? The dumb-ass fools wanted to demolish the church rather than rebuild and retrofit. Granted, the area was a bit more dicey than now, but the church and is wealth could have made a huge improvement by investing in the area. What I would have envisioned would be similar to what I.M. Pei did for the First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston--truly stunning.

Although Vibiana's replacement isn't terrible: