# Fire at Notre Dame cathedral **URL:** \ **Category:** Europe\ **Created:** [April 15, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/fire-at-notre-dame-cathedral/4869 "2019-04-15T19:06:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chris08876](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/chris08876/32/1617_2.png) [@chris08876](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/chris08876)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/fire-at-notre-dame-cathedral/4869/1 "2019-04-15T19:06:16Z")
Sad day in history. ☹ ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/0/c/0c2ead6317690936157342b348e7a048481b8bc1.jpeg) [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab624wseIuo) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/c/c/cc66912573951f786a06b13319a24313256803a8.jpeg) Credit: [https://twitter.com/hashtag/notredame?lang=en](https://twitter.com/hashtag/notredame?lang=en) ---
**Author:** ![GentriVacation](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/gentrivacation/32/8324_2.png) [@GentriVacation](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/GentriVacation)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/fire-at-notre-dame-cathedral/4869/2 "2019-04-15T19:52:14Z")
What a loss for the world. Hopefully they’re able to rebuild ---
**Author:** ![Tectonic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tectonic/32/186763_2.png) [@Tectonic](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Tectonic)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/fire-at-notre-dame-cathedral/4869/3 "2019-04-15T20:37:39Z")
Sad. They’ll rebuild it I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![robermat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@robermat](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/robermat)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/fire-at-notre-dame-cathedral/4869/4 "2019-04-15T20:46:26Z")
I was there a couple years ago. When I was walking around the outside I saw these metal grates protecting the stained glass. I remember thinking how tragic it would be if all that history was lost from someone throwing a rock. I was upset about the thought of windows getting broken, this is unfathomable. ---
**Author:** ![robermat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@robermat](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/robermat)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/fire-at-notre-dame-cathedral/4869/5 "2019-04-15T21:08:16Z")
What’s even more crazy is to think that this building survived centuries of being illuminated by candles. But burns down in the era of modern sprinkler systems? Crazy! ---
**Author:** ![the726](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/the726/32/13225_2.png) [@the726](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/the726)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/fire-at-notre-dame-cathedral/4869/6 "2019-04-15T21:58:42Z")
Completed in 1345…what a loss for our human heritage. I studied this building in school and the fact that future students will be viewing photos or a tour of a reconstruction instead of the original is really sad to me. And to think it survived both world wars only to fall to accidental human error. But for some good news, it seems the firefighters have saved the structural integrity of the building, and as well as the priceless artifacts, paintings and belfry have been saved. ---
**Author:** ![YIMHudson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/yimhudson/32/2304_2.png) [@YIMHudson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/YIMHudson)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/fire-at-notre-dame-cathedral/4869/7 "2019-04-15T22:08:50Z")
fortunately they were able to save the iconic bell towers. I visited many years back. Asides from its historical/religious significance it’s the textbook example of Gothic architecture. We New Yorkers can think about The 100+ year old Woolworth Building and its Neogothic style but Parisians can look at Notre Dame and that’s the real deal. ---
**Author:** ![IhateUSsteel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/ihateussteel/32/24981_2.png) [@IhateUSsteel](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/IhateUSsteel)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/fire-at-notre-dame-cathedral/4869/8 "2019-04-16T01:50:37Z")
Such a great monument lost due to human error. Heartbreaking. The tightrope walker Philippe Petit walked between the towers of this, too. Sad that he had to watch the two towers he walked between be destroyed on live television as the world watched in horror. Now, it’s happened again. ---
**Author:** ![TK2000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tk2000/32/114212_2.png) [@TK2000](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TK2000)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/fire-at-notre-dame-cathedral/4869/9 "2019-04-16T02:03:09Z")
This is unbelievable…human error? Man if I was working on this just before the fire I’d be as careful as I possibly can! It seems like it was carelessly torched, but at least they have stated they can rebuild. But it won’t be the same ---
**Author:** ![Mackensen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mackensen/32/138218_2.png) [@Mackensen](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Mackensen)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/fire-at-notre-dame-cathedral/4869/10 "2020-01-11T22:03:53Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/5/0/503ec7aa5dd277b6fab696ad13f1fcace9a31a80.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/1/d/1da3b38fcc8d79e880566ee19e70ceeacb36628c.jpeg) two pics from 01.06.20 ---
**Author:** ![Mackensen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mackensen/32/138218_2.png) [@Mackensen](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Mackensen)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/fire-at-notre-dame-cathedral/4869/11 "2021-02-12T23:33:19Z")
![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/6/b/6bf0f4636c6e798e7e4bc6fc72460b57203330e8.jpeg) [https://www.instagram.com/p/CLEKxH3hoeP/](https://www.instagram.com/p/CLEKxH3hoeP/) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/3/f/3f07df447b38282e0382a6bda31217c01ba769ed.jpeg) [https://www.instagram.com/p/CLDUVEsJSI8/](https://www.instagram.com/p/CLDUVEsJSI8/) ![Photo by François Pournin on February 08, 2021. May be an image of outdoors.](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/2/2/2264f45f52afa1296cd29da516f7b6189bca6a81.jpeg) [https://www.instagram.com/p/CLCjFMPh\_8y/](https://www.instagram.com/p/CLCjFMPh_8y/) ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/fire-at-notre-dame-cathedral/4869/12 "2022-09-16T19:02:03Z")
> **[Restoration of Notre-Dame's smoke-damaged stained glass starts](https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/restoration-notre-dames-smoke-damaged-stained-glass-starts-2022-09-03/)** > > When Notre-Dame de Paris suffered extensive structural damage in a major fire, most of the historic cathedral's stained glass was able to withstand the heat and the flames. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 3:39am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/fire-at-notre-dame-cathedral/4869/13 "2023-02-09T03:39:37Z")
> **[Notre-Dame Cathedral to regain spire this year, reopen by end of 2024](https://www.france24.com/en/france/20230203-notre-dame-cathedral-to-regain-spire-this-year-reopen-by-end-of-2024)** > > Notre-Dame Cathedral's spire will be back in place by the end of the year, but a full reopening following the devastating fire of 2019 will not happen before next year's Paris Olympic Games. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 12:11pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/fire-at-notre-dame-cathedral/4869/14 "2023-04-17T12:11:36Z")
> **[France's Macron tours Notre Dame Cathedral reconstruction](https://apnews.com/article/france-notre-dame-cathedral-fire-macron-paris-b118f6829a059eb0d97a060c343651ee)** > > French President Emmanuel Macron has toured the reconstruction works at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. He has cheered on workers restoring the medieval monument four years after it suffered a devastating fire. Macron and his wife Brigitte gazed up at... ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/fire-at-notre-dame-cathedral/4869/15 "2023-09-14T15:53:19Z")
> **[Notre-Dame rebuild chief says spire will be back in place before Paris Olympics](https://www.france24.com/en/france/20230914-notre-dame-rebuild-chief-says-spire-will-be-back-in-place-before-paris-olympics)** > > The spire of Paris' Notre-Dame cathedral, which toppled in a devastating 2019 fire, will rise again before next year's summer Olympics in the French capital, the new chief of the mammoth reconstruction… ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/fire-at-notre-dame-cathedral/4869/16 "2023-12-10T00:00:21Z")
> **[Macron marks one-year countdown to reopening with visit to Notre-Dame](https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231208-france-s-macron-says-notre-dame-cathedral-to-reopen-on-time)** > > French President Emmanuel Macron promised on Friday that the restoration of Paris's Notre-Dame Cathedral, badly damaged by fire in 2019, would be completed in time for its planned reopening next December. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 4:40am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/fire-at-notre-dame-cathedral/4869/17 "2024-01-01T04:40:35Z")
> **[‘Vandalism’: outcry over plans to replace Notre Dame Cathedral’s chapel windows](https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/26/replace-notre-dame-cathedrals-stained-glass-windows-petition-macron-restoration)** > > Thousands sign petition challenging Macron-backed restoration that would add contemporary design to building ---
**Author:** ![TK2000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tk2000/32/114212_2.png) [@TK2000](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TK2000)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/fire-at-notre-dame-cathedral/4869/18 "2024-02-06T18:54:06Z")
> **[Paris Archbishop unveils celebrations for Notre Dame Cathedral reopening -...](https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2024-02/france-paris-catheral-notre-dame-reopening-schedule.html)** > > Archbishop Laurent Ulrich of Paris presents several initiatives for the reopening of the Cathedral of Notre Dame on December 8, 2024, including an ... The frame is complete! ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/fire-at-notre-dame-cathedral/4869/19 "2024-10-14T22:11:14Z")
Papal bull > **[Pope Francis will not go to Paris for Notre Dame cathedral reopening](https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/amp/news/259291/pope-francis-will-not-go-to-paris-for-notre-dame-cathedral-reopening)** > > On the plane back to Rome after his journey to Asia and Oceania, Pope Francis definitively ruled out visiting Paris for the Notre Dame cathedral reopening. ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/fire-at-notre-dame-cathedral/4869/20 "2024-11-08T16:12:54Z")
> **[Notre-Dame’s Bells Ring Together for First Time Since Fire](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/08/world/europe/notre-dame-bells-cathedral-paris.html)** > > The sound of Notre-Dame’s bells pealed throughout Paris for the first time since 2019 — a symbol of rebirth as it prepares to reopen next month. [Next page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/fire-at-notre-dame-cathedral/4869.md?page=2)