Huge fire at Notre Dame cathedral, Paris

[Idris2002]

Actually, I wasn't picking on farmerbarleymow.

I read his replies as options for using the french forest.
I wish there was another option, but oak is one of the strongest woods.

After the fire, Canada offered to give them the oak to restore the building.
The offer was turned down.
The French wanted it built with French oak.

Vivre le Quebec libre

 

[TopCat]

Did all that pledged money get donated?

 

[ItWillNeverWork]

I'm just glad they didn't go for some Corbusier-inspired hellspire. Or like anything in Birmingham

 

[campanula]

FFS should have used glulams.

 

[spring-peeper]

My daughter works in the lumber field.
Wood prices are soaring.

Really glad the French have the wood to work on the cathedral.

 

[Calamity1971]

FFS should have used glulams.

I fear the good lord wood take offence.

 

[ItWillNeverWork]

I fear the good lord wood take offence.

And then bark on about it, etc...

 

[Badgers]

Did all that pledged money get donated?

No

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

My daughter works in the lumber field.
Wood prices are soaring.

Really glad the French have the wood to work on the cathedral.

Oak is ungodly expensive if you can find it. I priced oak flooring a while back a $4 per linear foot. Meanwhile, my neighbors pulled every bit of oak woodwork out of their 1915 Arts and Crafts bungalow and sent it to the dump.

<edited to add>
It's almost as bad as the moron who painted over the oak woodwork in my house before I bought it.

 

[Pickman's model]

No

pledges are the amount of money you'd like to give if you had all the money you wanted

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

pledges are the amount of money you'd like to give if you had all the money you wanted

It looks like they're moving on to crowdfunding for some of what they're going to need:

Adopt one of Notre-Dame's grotesque stone creatures to help fund rebuilding - CNN Style

 

[hash tag]

Really bugged by this as I was only in Paris 2 weeks ago staying in hearing distance of the bells as well.

Notre-Dame: Paris's Gothic jewel to reopen five years after fire

The rescued, renovated and refurbished cathedral will offer visitors what promises to be a breathtaking visual treat.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[teuchter]

It's quite impressive really that they've done it all in 5 years.

Meanwhile in Glasgow...

Will the Glasgow School of Art ever be rebuilt? | Apollo Magazine

Six years after a devastating fire, Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s masterpiece is no closer to being restored. Douglas Murphy asks, what can explain the delay?

www.apollo-magazine.com

 

[hash tag]

The Glasgow school of art is very sad. The old dame is far from finished. We could still see sky though the roof, still lots of craftspeople there, cranes, scaffolding etc. they did have a very temporary viewing platform just out the secure area.