In this case, of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills.
The 1959 "updating" is interesting for several reasons (although I wish there were more and better pictures): (1) it is a fairly unobjectionable modernizing (except for the carpeting) that left intact a raised altar, set towards the east and with altar rails and sedilia (although someone has ripped out the pulpit); (2) it is yet another reminder of just how strong the impulses of the reforming moment were, even before V2; and (3) it is noteworthy that, at that time, no one felt a need (yet) to remove all statuary, imagery, and side altars. But by 2012 (or sometime before then), the process of radical elimination and of homey banalisation was complete.
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