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Requiescat en Pace: The Last Days of the Abandoned Church of the Assumption

Despite years of abuse and countless attempts to demolish it, the Church of the Assumption in Philadelphia still stands... for now. By Matthew Christopher of Abandoned America.

Mar 4, 2023 at 10:17pmMastodon for Android
Show threadTHOMnottomMar 4, 2023
@AbandonedAmerica beautiful photo, the 360 is really amazing.
Show threadAbandoned AmericaMar 4, 2023
@thomnottom thank you! Been doing a lot of work lately to integrate more of them into my site where I have them available to. They're a lot of fun
Show threadTHOMnottomMar 5, 2023
@AbandonedAmerica glad to hear. I should explore the site more.
Show threadAbandoned AmericaMar 5, 2023
@thomnottom off the top of my head Randall Park Mall and Six Flags should have a bunch but there are others too
Show threadAidanMar 4, 2023
@AbandonedAmerica such a beautiful space, such a shame that it will be lost.
Show threadAbandoned AmericaMar 5, 2023
@allsumnull I agree 😕
Show threadExtra Special BitterMar 4, 2023
@AbandonedAmerica
abandoned church
my prayers caught up
in cobwebs
Show threadJudy Olo 🚫⚠️kakistocracy🌊Mar 4, 2023
@AbandonedAmerica
So sad. Europe can have beautiful buildings centuries old. But US, no-- it's old. Let it rot and tear it down.
Show threadNicole ParsonsMar 5, 2023

@JudyOlo @AbandonedAmerica

Americans are so burdened by Christians stuck in the past, they would rather let architectural wonders laid waste than repurpose an unused building.

Show threadAbandoned AmericaMar 5, 2023
@JudyOlo construction and demo are really profitable 😕
Show threadotheorange_tagMar 5, 2023
@AbandonedAmerica I SO bad want to buy one of these places (cheap) and turn it into a thriving maker spot!
Show threadscfMar 5, 2023
@AbandonedAmerica
One of the tragedies here is that churches were sometimes abandoned or remade due to changes in the acceptance of a certain sect, e.g. the shifts in England from Catholicism to CE and back and forth, but this is one of the few periods in which the general retreat from religion is causing this kind of abandonment. I don't mind so much the abandonment of religion so much as the abandonment of excellent architecture like this.
Show threadAbandoned AmericaMar 5, 2023
@scfw0x0f yeah personally I'm fine with the decline of religion but the destruction of architecture is really upsetting