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A fascinating, but so cynically true, text that I received from a good friend, made me think about Notre Dame's reconstruction. My friend noted that in WW2, the cities of Coventry & Dresden were bombed to oblivion. Dresden's Gothic Cathedral rose from the ashes, painstakingly over many decades. Coventry got a slab sided, modernistic monstrosity. I do hope that the French take the same route as Dresden.Just in case there are a few souls still following this, the donations for the restauration have exceeded the 1 billion Euro mark & despite the initial sadness of the event, there seems to be a surge of creative energy regarding the reconstruction; Will the framework be made of wood or steel or even concrete, are they going to copy the plans of the original or opte for a completely new structure using today's technology.