The fires are out and the walls still stand strong, but can the ancient Cathedral of Notre Dame be restored to its intended glory?
Not without a fight.
Every day we’re told the old ways don’t work and our society lacks the skills to achieve what our ancestors once did. Church designer and Catholic University professor James McCrery sat down with The Daily Caller News Foundation to explain the high chance for missteps in the coming years, and what it might mean for the eight-hundred-year-old church. (RELATED: A Cathedral Architect Explains Why Notre Dame Is Still In Grave Danger)
With his firm McCrery Architects, McCrery designs homes, altars, libraries, monasteries and even cathedrals. all in the traditional and classical styles. McCrery, who just recently completed Knoxville, Tennessee’s Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, is the director of traditional and classical architecture at Catholic University. (RELATED: These Photos Show The Damage Done To The Notre Dame Cathedral)
Videography by Grae Stafford
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