I went to look at this Church the other day. I had never been inside and I wanted to see the Stained Glass up close.

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There seemed to have been some work done on the interior but it had stopped.

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While I was getting some shots one of the Church Officials came in and told me I had to leave because the Church was in danger of collapse.

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It looks like the owners would rather demolish than repair this building, and it all comes down to one thing.

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There were some great light fixtures that had been taken down, but other than that there seemed to have been no work done.

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Karen Gadbois

Karen Gadbois co-founded The Lens. She now covers New Orleans government issues and writes about land use. With television reporter Lee Zurik she exposed widespread misuse of city recovery funds and led...