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Wayfarers Chapel, also known as "The Glass Church," is closed due to shifting and sliding land after heavy rains in Rancho Palos Verdes.The iconic Wayfarers Chapel in Rancho Palos Verdes will be disassembled this week because of unprecedented land movement in the Portuguese Bend landslide complex area. City officials say the land where the chapel is located is moving around 6 to 9 inches a week.
“With the land moving at its current pace, the only way to preserve this building is to move it to a temporary safe location until a suitable build site is identified,” said Katie Horak with Architectural Resources Group, one of the organizations tasked with overseeing the disassembly of the 73-year-old structure. “The chapel cannot be moved in one piece due to the nature of its structure, and therefore it must be disassembled.
The location of where the components of the chapel will be stored is important. Turner said that because of exposure to “the moisture and the afternoon sun and the morning dew,” mimicking those conditions in storage “is important to ensuring that the wood pieces maintain their integrity.”While the priority is disassembly and storage of the building, Dan Burchett, executive director of Wayfarers Chapel, said church officials are committed to rebuilding on its existing grounds.
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