Inwood, Isham Street at Cooper Street

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And now my destination. I bought tomatoes, green beans and whole wheat sour dough bread.




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Inwood, Isham Street between Broadway and Cooper Street

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This is the side of the Church of the Good Shepherd, a Catholic Church. According to the sign on the gate, the Cross we see straight ahead was recovered intact from Ground Zero in lower Manhattan and presented to the Church of the Good Shepherd by the Port Authority Police Department as a memorial to those who had lost their lives on September 11, 2001.

This sign goes on to tell at length what happened to the Cross subsequently: it was transported by XXX, prepared by XXX, blessed by XXX, permanently installed by XXX.

Why don't they tell us where it came from? What building or structure? Were there other intact crosses or was this the only one? If it was the only one, why was it presented to this faraway failing Church in a distant neighborhood?

Something just doesn't seem right.

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Inwood, Isham Street between Broadway and Cooper Street

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What can I say? Sometimes I just get lucky.

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