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Originally Posted by Silverlaker
I was delighted to see this picture of the old German church. Went there a few times in the 70s/early 80s with my grandfather as they still had a German language service there on Sundays. I wish I had brought my camera and taken photos of the inside and the stained glass windows! It was kind of a dodgy area then and the front smelled like urine sometimes, but inside was really cool and moody.
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Thanks so much for sharing your memories with us
Silverlaker.
What would you say if I could take you someplace to see those same stained windows you saw with your grandfather?
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You see, earlier this evening, I happened across this rather touching article from the Los Angeles Times [c.1988].
Towards the end of the article it mentions that the stained glass windows and pews (and even the pipe organ) were going to be put into storage
until a new home is found.
http://articles.latimes.com/1988-08-...3_1_high-notes
Well it turns out the new home of the German church is just north of downtown Los Angeles in Glendale..
But my heart sank when I saw that
every wall of the new church is curved. (how could the old stained glass fit into this design?)
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But take a closer look at this window.
That certainly looks like one of the old stained glass window from the German Methodist church on Olive Street!
After a half hour or so of googling I finally found an interior view and it's quite stunning! -it's actually mounted a foot or so away from the outer window.
http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/chris...le/Interesting
But this needs more research:
Are the pews also from the Olive street church?
What about the 1,000 pipe pipe organ? Was it saved?
And I'm not sure if there are two or three separate vintage windows at the Glendale site. (there are two different images of Jesus)
Also, one of the 'old' windows has "Look Up. Lift Up" written in English (see below).
http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/chris...le/Interesting
Why isn't this in German?
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-not sure what the large E and L stand for.