Re: Re: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches

This is a better contemporary view from more or less the sme vantage point as the old photograph above. I believe the opportunity for creatinga piazza on the site of Guy’s shop should be passed over on this occasion. The facade of the church is designed to be seen from a narrow alley way – a reminder taht its predecessor built in 1786 was built off the Kings Highway and out of sight in a back lane. While I am sure taht Peter adn Paul’s could have been built on a much better site in the city, ther was a conscious decison to maitain the old site with all its inconvenience. The churhc design responds to those inconveniences and surmounts them in a superlative fashion. Remove the inconveniences and you you simply wreck the chrch’s setting.