Kimberly Steele

Yeah, there are few things more depressing than walking into a church, and feeling like I have walked into a convention center, or a cheap hotel lobby. Most Orthodox churches are not like that-- you know your building is finally done, when every interior surface is painted with icons ;) And we are having a small resurgence of decent architecture, thanks to people like Andrew Gould. But there are some nauseating exceptions. Our archdiocese keeps haranguing us for donations to build the new St. Nicholas church in NYC (the old one was destroyed in 9/11) and the proposed building plan is hideous. All the models look like some kind of radiator. They're not getting any of my money for that monstrosity!