wire surrounds the
site. But the church has
recovered from trauma
before. In 1831, from
this vantage point
across the Seine,
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
watched a mob attack
it. Later he directed
the first restoration of
Notre Dame, preserv-
ing the landmark the
world knows today.From outside,
the sorrows
of Our Lady
are glaring.
Scaffolding and a giant
crane now mock the
cathedral’s aspiration
to loftiness; a metal
wall topped with razor