Famed Southern California chapel closes due to shifting land
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- A historic landmark in Rancho Palos Verdes has closed, possibly for good, due to shifting and sliding land near the property. Wayfarers Chapel, also known as "The Glass Church," made the announcement Thursday.
"Effective immediately, we are extremely devastated to announce the closure of Wayfarers Chapel and its surrounding property due to the accelerated land movement in our local area," a notice on the church's website reads.
KTLA's Omar Lewis reports on Feb. 15, 2024.
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This was one of my favorite places. I have many pictures here and introduced multiple people to this beautiful church.
My parents were married there in 1961 ! Their wedding album shows them there.
Sweet
I grew up in the Palos Verde area. My parents bought a home there just before I was born. That was in 1952. I can remember going to that church many times. Especially during Christmas. When ever family came to visit us from the northeast. We'd take them there, because the views are spectacular. The Palos Verde area has always had a problem with land slipping. Portuguese Bend is a prime example. A massive landslide there in the early 50's or late 40's, took away a few dwellings, and the road. I don't if developers have built on the land, but it used be prohibited from building there.
Thank you Ms Briggs for bringing up the development issue, if even tangentially. My mother was one of the founders of the city of RPV, and it was absolutely established in the city's charter that the moratorium on residential development within the slide zone was to be adhered to. In the 1990's this moratorium was challenged by certain interests, and they won.
@@adammwalch Mores the pity. History is bound to repeat itself if because of greed or just plain loss of common sense. Especially if those of us who do remember, now mostly elderly, our warnings are dismissed. In the end, lives might be lost, homes and buildings, homes and associated infrastructure, definitely, will be again lost to the sea. Millions, if not more dollars, will be lost once again. Most people do not take the time to read the disclosures concerning property sales required by most states. 🙄
Never heard of this place and sorry I didn't visit it before.
A Gorgeously Beautiful place...Nature, can't fight it.
Can't fight three things: death, taxes and Mother Nature.
Speaking of which, did you just feel that earthquake??? 😮
Oh wow that sucks i went there for the first time last year it was beautiful
I was married there ❤ goodbye wayfarer chapel 💒 so many beautiful memories I’ll hold forever
Wow, what a very beautiful church & an honor & blessing for all who have had their weddings in this enchanting place. Very sad to hear about the closure & the surrounding area. God bless.❤
The same force that created the beautiful cliffs and ocean views is also what causes unstable ground. Californians shouldn’t forget that the ground beneath our feet is responsible for both the beauty and destruction of our landscape.
The first time I ever saw this chapel was on the TV show The OC back in the day! For those of you that watched it, Julie Cooper was getting married to Caleb Nichol at this beautiful chapel. I was like OMG where the hell is this place ?!? Then The OC filmed there again, after the character died & they had his funeral there. When I finally saw this gorgeous place in person I was blown away. I can see why so many folks wanna get married here. It's stunning, beautiful, & a work of art.
It was also shown in ABC's Revenge in one episode. I regret not visiting this chapel now. Took it for granted every time I visited Los Angeles.
@@skatetoexplorevideos2477 oooo I didn’t see that episode. Was it a wedding scene?
@@butterflygirl13 Yes. It was a wedding scene. It's the third season's episode called "Exodus."
Wow, every time I come to LA I go to this chapel.
When I went there the first time, I was awestruck, been going there for years, then closed because of covid, opened up again for two years and now the landslides finished it off :(((
Wow it is so beautiful.
It could collapse before they get the land from moving. The land may never stop moving.
They're not going to be able to "fix" the land movement issues. It's unstable ground. It's sad. It's a beautiful place.
I was a bridesmaid in that chapel back in the 70's. It's far more beautiful than this video shows, as well as the views. I hope it can be spared.
Oh,no that makes feel so sad 😢..Such a lovely place.
I live a mile from the church. Its a beautiful setting and have attended many weddings at the church. In 1951 when it was built didn't have land sliding until the last 30 years.
I wish it could be moved somewhere safe. It's so beautiful
So glad I finally made a visit there last November on my birthday with my son💕
So sad. My niece got married there
Bummer.
Never heard of this chapel but it is incredible. Hope it can be saved from further damage.
The architect's name is Lloyd wright, not Frank Lloyd wright Jr.
His full name is Frank Lloyd Wright Jr.; he was called "Lloyd Wright". Not so easily confused with his world famous dad that way.
I’am Very sad to hear this spiritual land landmark😅😅😊my brother & sister-in-law’s were wedding ❤🖤✌🏻🫶🏻😅
Frank Lloyd Wright Jr. constructing on a landslide area.
Went to so many weddings since I could walk in the late 50's.
That's sad
They can also move the weddings further inland...like Lomita..
They should rebuild it further inland...like in Gardena.
LOL. There are no ocean views in Gardena though.
@@EXROBOWIDOW as jesus says, buiild it and they will come.
Gardena, a mile from the Newport-Inglewood fault.
if the land is moving, shut it down right away, holding even one more wedding there is looking for disaster. and why is that road not closed ?
I always thought that place is beautiful. I always wanted to get married there recently when I was looking for a place to get married that was the first place I thought of until they were charging $6000 for ceremony just for a couple hours. I had to look somewhere else, sorry to see it go it is a beautiful place
I got marry there with my wife back in 2016
They should move it
Oh god why is this happening!?
The geology of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, plus recent heavy rains. Tilted layers of rock with layers of clay in between. Soak the clay, and it starts slipping.
God does not dwell in handmade temples. Your own Bible states that.
@@EXROBOWIDOW Good explanation of the geology. I would add that in some areas the practice of building housing, adding landscaping, and watering the landscaping caused water to get below the clay level, which led to slippage. There are places where the land has moved so much that there are boundary disputes ("Your fence is now entirely on my land").
Was this the former Crystal Chapel of Reverand Schuller? 😿 OK baby just a minute
No, the former Crystal Cathedral in Orange is now Christ Cathedral, seat of the (Catholic) Diocese of Orange. Lots of glass in that one as well. Wayfarer's Chapel in my hometown of PV is actually of the Swedenborgian denomination.
@@gregcranham7103 thank you.
May the Lord God bless us all in Jesus name thank amen John 3:16 Jesus Saves
Belonging to a church community does have certain advantages. Just saying.
Psssst, NASA wants a mass electrician! Eric part in real life! Oo
What is a “church” originally n Christendom?
I'm skeptical
Was it more like 'shifty times'🤔
Did the LA Times coerce the pastor to say that to disguise the fact that the entire congregation loaded up in U-Hauls and left the state?
They've done it before😂
The Bible says the Church is the “bride of Christ”, and HE is the bridegroom, ahh.. “marriage”.. when “the two become one”, but more so, a Covenant, “You are mine, and I am yours.” So there can really be only and only ONE Church ( Matt.16). After all, what do you call a groom with many brides?
god must hate the nearby citizens
A chapel? So where’s Jesus on the Cross?
Rev 18:1-5, Rev 17:1
Ezekiel 20:23
My parents got married there in 1998. I hope it slides into the goddamn ocean.
Keep God's commands not man-made teachings
who made that book you quoted? It didn't fall out of the sky
God's point of contact is the unconscious. Go there to find God. God is the Void.
LMFAO!!! California is falling apart….lol