I heart Paris in the Springtime

well, i never got there... just last night watched Agnes Varda in a rowboat along the Seine.

"The North and South rosettes are probably lost. Judging by the images, the large rosette should be intact, as well as the organ."

Inside #NotreDame. Only a small part of the vault collapsed. Interior seems relatively untouched. Alleluia! pic.twitter.com/uI47wQ6WaB

— Axel Reinaud (@areinaud) April 15, 2019

Guardian saying the north rose window survived.

Post a controversial opinion:the spire should never have been replaced back in whenever. The building was glorious without it (it was glorious with it obviously but not because of the spire).

#Breaking: Newly released pictures from inside the cathédrale Notre-Dame de #Paris. #NotreDame in #France, from this morning showing the extensive damage and the, the Rose window was spared from the fire! pic.twitter.com/jeGhM0g0VQ

— Sotiri Dimpinoudis ❁‏ (@sotiridi) April 16, 2019

welled right up at the phrase "the long now":

The fire department in Paris followed a protocol: Save the people, save the art, save the altar, save what furniture you can, then focus on the structure, in that order. They know what can be rebuilt and what can't.

— Michael ... .-.. .- ...- .. - -.-. .... (@_theek_) April 15, 2019

i mean ffs

Versailles oaks. They're ready. pic.twitter.com/QvE7LGUSW7

— Michael ... .-.. .- ...- .. - -.-. .... (@_theek_) April 15, 2019

Yeah, basically it seems it's "only" the roof that has to be rebuilt(and the spire obviously, but it was "recent" so not a big deal to replace).
I will go check how things look after work today (I work a few minutes away but was already home when it started to burn last night).

xxp I had not read this and have had to step away for a minute

already received spam asking for donations to rebuild

it featured the university of notre dame (in south bend, indiana) logo

go irish

Always respond to "go irish" with "thank you" bc i am awkward

I respond with "beat buckeyes" because of that one game in 96 but I get it

maybe it was a charitable fund to repair paul ryan

worst football club in the world sorry https://t.co/k7xUmhPAT7

— manutd23 (@manutd24) April 16, 2019

My brother's best friend is suffering from severe Catholic guilt because, when they were both 17, they went busking in Paris and he stole a candle from Notre Dame as a present for his mother. In a very real sense, it was that candle started this fire.

In a quick scroll through facebook this a.m. I had a great time unfollowing/unfriending ppl posting variations of the "how dare you be sad about a RELIGIOUS BUILDING when there is so much suffering in the world happening to PEOPLE" strawman. Like jfc the ashes arent even cool yet.

haha yes one of my kids' teachers took this line today in class.

I'm gonna go check out the cathedral tomorrow afternoon. my oldest visited the scene today (well, from a distance, since things are going to be blocked off for a while). she said it...looked bad

https://i.imgur.com/4SJ5SZT.jpg

I just went there. A lot of people, obviously, especially since some parts are closed.
Frankly, from the front it’s as if nothing happened and from the other sides, if you try to think the roof is under construction... or is flat (!) well, the rest looks in good shape.
We’ve been lucky in a way.

lol I went to look at the smoldering pentagon on 9/12, I was 12, why did we do that

those aren't oak trees in that tweet

yeah it was deleted

My brother's best friend is suffering from severe Catholic guilt because, when they were both 17, they went busking in Paris and he stole a candle from Notre Dame as a present for his mother. In a very real sense, it was that candle started this fire.

I once jumped like two hours' worth of queue at the Vatican so I hope they've got their insurance in order.

Sorry, didn’t mean to shit on an uplifting Tweet. I thought it was kinda funny trying pawn those slender delicate trees off as hearty oaks.

I walked by the cathedral a little bit ago and it looks less different than I’d expected. Just missing the roof really. It might look weirder from the back but I was too lazy to go that far.

Which is to say: it doesn’t look burned.

lol yes i shd probably have double-checked as i already know i am a massive nitwit when it comes to identifying trees (lol my dad was a professional botanist, i just left such tasks to him) and i even very briefly paused to think "are those oaks? versailles oaks it says here legit i guess" *MASH SUBMIT BUTTON*

the long-game prepping of trees for use in buildings *is* something (some) architects are well aware of so it's not entirely implausible