Return to splendour For years Hawksmoor's Christ Church in Spitalfields was neglected - but saved from redevelopment by the poverty of the area. Now, thanks to a dedicated bunch of locals, London is regaining one of its finest monuments. PAUL BARKER reports

From: The Evening Standard (London, England) | Date: May 25, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

STEP by step, one of London's greatest churches is being restored to its former glory. Literally step by step. When concert-goers at next month's Spitalfields music festival nip out for interval drinks through the south door of Nicholas Hawksmoor's stupendous Christ Church - they'll walk down a brand-new flight of baroque Portland stone stairs.

These replicate Hawksmoor's 1720s design. His steps were knocked down a century later to give extra room for the profitable business of churchyard burial plots.

The restoration of Christ Church is an astonishing story of persistence and cooperation. ...

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