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The church could have been established as floors 2 through 10 (or indeed, floors 70 through 80) of a conventional rectangular box skyscraper, instead of buildin
by mapt 13y ago
The church could have been established as floors 2 through 10 (or indeed, floors 70 through 80) of a conventional rectangular box skyscraper, instead of building what is effectively a large shack at ground level, and designing a risky skyscraper without corner supports because one of those corners would pierce the shack.
http://www.saintpeters.org/your-church/the-building/ http://www.saintpeters.org/your-church/the-building/
- jeffdavis 13y agoThat makes logical sense in the same way as turning central park into a "park skyscraper" makes logical sense.
- mapt 13y agoWhy? Where in the Bible do they demand masonry construction and a lack of elevators?
- yardie 13y agoAnd when the poor and homeless show up looking for the soup kitchen and temporary shelter? That should fly real well with the monied gentry on the 50th floor.