The Wayfarers Chapel will be taken apart this week after it was damaged during multiple winter storms.
The Wayfarers Chapel will be taken apart this week after it was damaged during multiple storms this past winter.The grounds around the chapel been crumbling off the cliffs in Rancho Palos Verdes and the Palos Verdes Peninsula and into the Pacific Ocean for months. City Manager Ara Mihranian said the land in some of the landslide areas is now moving as much as 9-inches a week.
'The accelerating destruction of Wayfarers Chapel, caused by the Portuguese Bend Landslide Complex is a looming tragedy that is felt by many,' Burchett said at a news conference Monday.The chapel hosted its last wedding on Feb. 18, 2024. The 100-seat, glass chapel opened in 1951 and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2023.The natural sanctuary made of Palos Verdes stone, redwood, and glass was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright Jr.
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