The Spire of Notre Dame

At some risk, I will suggest that the journal Science is a dependable source on this.

 

Here is the latest

Scientists are leading Notre Dame’s restoration—and probing mysteries laid bare by its devastating fire

Thankfully it stayed alive after the fire!

Wow. Great stuff.

Bet you’d like to go to work on that one.

At some risk, I will suggest that the journal Science is a dependable source on this.

 

Here is the latest

Scientists are leading Notre Dame’s restoration—and probing mysteries laid bare by its devastating fire

Thanks for the link. Interesting and laudable effort.

 

It’s good to know it’s ok to use modern scientific methods to assess and protect this historically significant structure even though it seems the aesthetics have no room for such a similar fate! :)

Discretion, though lost on some, is an incredible asset.

Indispensable to critical thought and action.

Discretion, though lost on some, is an incredible asset.

Indispensable to critical thought and action.

And this is related to the subject on hand how?

Read the previous post, #130.

Read the previous post, #130

Oh, now it makes sense, NOT.

Right on! We don't need another abomination like the "pyramid" next to the Louvre.

 

 

You get used to it.

I suggest they rebuild the spire in stainless steel to match the balcony cage.

You get used to it.

+1

 

“The only constant in life is change.”

—Heraclitus (500 BC)

A comparable change he experienced was the addition of colonnades to the agora to accommodate merchants and artisans who were now gathering there as it transitioned from a more military to a more commercial public space. Sources tell me there were all kinds of hand-wringing back then, too. :)

 

Heraclitus, though, was more often found down by the river noticing that it seemed always to be the same river even though it was forever changing as the waters constantly flowed.

 

Go figure!

“The only constant in life is change.”

 

if I may add, "and man's resistance to it." :-)

if I may add, "and man's resistance to it." :)

Not if you look at History....

Oh, now it makes sense, NOT.

Let me help you out a little more.

Applying science to one aspect of restoration does not imply he loses discretion to not apply it to another.

At some risk, I will suggest that the journal Science is a dependable source on this.

 

Here is the latest

Scientists are leading Notre Dame’s restoration—and probing mysteries laid bare by its devastating fire

 

Here is a video, also from the Journal Science, "A look inside the restoration of Notre Dame cathedral".

 

At some risk, I will suggest that the journal Science is a dependable source on this.

 

Here is the latest

Scientists are leading Notre Dame’s restoration—and probing mysteries laid bare by its devastating fire

 

 

I enjoyed this article, just serves to add some perspective that we would not have, otherwise. Thank you for sharing.

 

The above video also is super interesting, revealing a lot of information we might have had otherwise. I particularly enjoyed the fact that they shored the arches with massive wooden trusses), and that they are looking at the quarries and studying timbers as well. Laying the cathedral bare, in may ways, is helping us to know more about the construction and the history of not only the cathedral itself but also of individual components used in its construction. Again, without having had this fire, we'd not have a chance to gain this intimate level of knowledge about the building and its components.

 

What's not to like about this?

BTW, one good thing about the Pyramid is that it takes you down to the level of the old Louvre Castle's foundation, which dates from the 12th C. That level was excavated in the mid 1980's and reveals the original wall and moat, which I find rather interesting.

re-animation - things do go on and -- while they will never be quite the same again -- they will at least not be "better than ever"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/christmas-eve-concert-held-in-paris-fire-wrecked-notre-dame/2020/12/24/7474e306-4645-11eb-ac2a-3ac0f2b8ceeb_story.html

Update. No comment by me, anyhow

Notre Dame repair is metaphor for France pulling together, says Macron

Would be a grand site for a new mall! LOL

I get very jealous and depressed when I see how other countries value and preserve their history and historic sites , both the "good sites" and the "bad sites" , as well as ALL of their history.

Sadly this is not the case in my country.

People , you should value this mind set , it is not the case in my country.

Would be a grand site for a new mall!

Aren't malls just churches for consumers anyway? :)

 

I'd love to see someone design a mall that looked like a cathedral (or a church that looked like an Apple store). The day may come ...

I get very jealous and depressed when I see how other countries value and preserve their history and historic sites

Before you get too jealous and depressed, consider how your country and other countries treat their living occupants. I just hope that doesn't depress you more.

(or a church that looked like an Apple store).

Check out the former "Crystal Cathedral" in Garden Grove, CA.

Check out the former "Crystal Cathedral" in Garden Grove, CA.

Excellent! In 200 years, when the crystal tower is toppled by an earthquake, I wonder what the different proposals for replacement will look like? ;)

 

I guess even the Catholic Church sees "through a glass darkly."