It was a beautiful, unassuming church meticulously made out of stone and stained glass.

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It has stone sculptures on the walls, stained-glass windows and a carved lectern.

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The aisle, gothic stone piers, arches and windows, including the main stained glass window, would all be retained.

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In a city made of stone, from pyramids to flyovers, it prefers wood for its panelling and partitions, a darkly stained bar, a scratched trolley, a desk piled high with books.

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The stone in which that infamous date is carved was recovered from the smoldering ruins of the Pentagon, still stained with the burn marks from the explosion and fire from Flight 77 slamming into the building.

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