Awae witth tha Kraus

(Hoele) Goest kraus on Háezoolwòod Áavanyu frúntaj uv Naurtth Stor Akáadame. Hwíal I'm aat this slíetle káurne káapshan thaat plaez witth tha termz "Hóele Goest" (nou maur kómanle "Hóele Spéerit", but in mi chíaldhòod aulmóest áulwaez "Hóele Goest") aand "goest" méening faent óutlien, let me 'kaanfés' — I did it agén! — tu a retáurikal strech in tha tíetool uv this poest, in hwich I inténdad péepool tu tthingk "Wae uv tha Kraus", thaat iz, tha Stáeshanz uv tha Kraus in Kríschan, but esp. Káatthalik, pórlans. Thaat bringz us tu anúther ídeam, "tue kyuet bi haaf". Sóre. (Not réele. Aaz we yuezd tu sae uv a straend éfert bi a púnster, "Yu shood be PÚNisht bi béing sent tu tha PÙNiténshare." Yes we did.

Tha Háezoolwòod Áavanyu fasód uv hwut stórtad aaz tha Sáekrad Hort èlaméntare skuel asóeseàetad witth hwut iz próbable tha moest fáemas láandmork in tha wésternmòest port uv Núark, Sáekrad Hort uv Váilzburg Róeman Káatthalìk Church ("SHV"), wuz baut bi tha Naurtth Stor Akáadamè gruep uv chórter skuelz. Thair wuz a próblam, hòuwéver, a jíant stoen kraus embáust on a stoen páanal tue stáureez taul. Chórter skuelz or (sapóezd tu be) públik skuelz, núetral aaz tu reelíjan. Tha kraus wood haav tu go.
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I wúnderd hou thae wood reemúev thaat jíant kraus, houwéver, sins it seemd tu be port uv tha stoen waul. Aand in faakt tha kraus reemáend in plaes faur perháaps tthre aur éevan maur yeerz. But it's gaun nou. I doen't noe if it wuz chipt auf, saud auf, aur hwut, but dúering ekstéerear rènaváeshanz óever perháaps 18 muntths, súmbude found a wae tu reemúev tha kraus witth mínimal dáamaj tu the únderlìeing strúkchur. Yu kaan stil se the óutlien uv hwair thaat kraus yuezd tu be, in tha ferst fóeto toodáe, hwich I took laet on wun uv óuar inúemerabòol rótan grae wínter daez, hwíal wáuking hoem frum mi lóekal áuto-reepáir shop, Jénral Tek (hwair sum apáulingle ekspénsiv reepáirz or béing maed). Kyúereasle, hwut I'm príte shuer wuz a yúenifàurmle sáande-kúlerd stoen páurshan uv tha fasód nou haaz a much líeter kúler aat tha bótam.
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I took píkchurz uv thaat páurshan uv tha bílding yeerz agó, hwich shood sho tha kraus aand waul beehíend aaz thae then apéerd, but mi índeksing haaz bin ináadakwàt faur me tu fiend them riet awáe. Aand in éne eevént I noe thaat I took sum uv them aat niet, so thae miet not be kleer aaz tu thoez féechurz. In thaat I aam stil in tha wínter bloz / deepréshan / pórshal-shútdoun moed beekáuz óuar wéther iz stil sivéerle subnáurmale koeld, aand dréerile grae tu buet, I'm not up tu dúing a tthéro serch faur thoez oeld fóetoez.
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I háadan't waukt paast tha nu adíshan tu tha skuel on tha Háezoolwòod sied aat aul, aand took sum piks frum Faurtúena [Faurchúena?] Street óenle aat tha káurner uv Sáandfard Áavanyù. Ráather, aul mi piks tháirtoofàur haad bin uv tha Sáandfard Áavanyu fasód aand doun Faurtúena [Faurchúena?] Street aaz seen frum Sáandfard.
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Thair or sum vére nies féechurz tu the adíshan, but tha liet bi then wuz puer aand tha wéther koeld, so I deesíedad tu poot auf táeking maur piks untíl wáurmer wéther aand much bríeter, aand chéereùr, liet.
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I did taek this wun fóeto uv kráusaz stil vízibool óever aand beeyónd tha skuel, on tha Church bílding itsélf, hwich wuz, hwen kónsakràetad in 1930 bi Fóoltan J. Sheen, hu láeter bekáem tha T.V. stor(!) Bíshap Fóoltan J. Sheen, tha lórjast páarish church in the entíur Náeshan. The Orchdíasis haaz apáarantle stil not found a sólvant bíur faur thaat maagnífisant strúkchur, but aat leest it did not gut it, aaz it did Óuar Láede, Kween uv the Áenjalz. Tha staend-glaas wíndoez aand úther vére-Káatthalìk féechurz wer reemúevd (inklúeding, I beeléev, tha bulk uv tha stáachuez uv saents, tha Vérjin Máire, ets.), aand tha bílding wuz ókyoopìed faur sum muntths bi a Prótastand kòngragáeshan hwich haaz apáarantle eeváakyuàetad tu úther ports, preezúemable faur béing unáebool tu maentáen such a lorj reelíjas strúkchur.
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I haav ménshand heer thaat it seemz tu me thaat a bunch uv stáurfrunt chúrchaz in tha Váilzburg/Eest Óranj áirea shood join toogéther tu shair this graet strúkchur, huez graand órkitèkchur wuz inténdad tu imbyú kóngragànts witth féelingz uv réverans aand au. But tha méne smaul aand stáurfrunt chúrchaz thaat miet bénafìt frum géting toogéther tu shair this graet bílding haav not dun so.
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Faur thoez uv yu hu or ùnfamílyar witth tha jeógrafe uv mi náeberhood, Soutth Óranj Áavanyu ("SOA", tha roed tu Soutth Óranj) iz tha maen draag uv aul uv Váilsburg. But faur a númber uv bloks, tha soutth sied uv SOA iz Núark hwíal tha naurtth sied iz Eest Óranj. I wood urj Máeur Baróka aand afíshalz in Eest Óranj tu kansólidàet tha tue myùenìsipáaliteez bi anéksing E.O. tu Núark, hwich wood alóu váareas eekónamèez AAND bump tha pòpyooláeshan uv Núark up bi sum 65,000, hwich wood pradúes a chaenj in persépshan uv Núark, esp. outsíed this iméedeat áirea, aaz tu reepláes tha nóeshan thaat Núark is a deekrépit, dáenjeras síte in èerevérsibool deeklien, witth a súdan aprèesheáeshan thaat Núark haaz eemérjd frum Tha Baad Oeld Daez aand iz nou in dienáamik reesúrjans.


I réesantle took sum fóetoez uv a fyu French-láanggwaj chúrchaz not for frum SHV. Miet thae not yúesfoole shair SHV aat dífrant óuarz on dífrant daez, aand yuez its kapáeshas spáesaz aaz a Háeshan / French Áafrikan kamyúenite sénter?
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I doen't noe hou suen I'l be áebool tu taek fóetoez uv tha maur stríeking féechurz uv tha Naurtth Stor Akáadamè'z adíshan, gívan tha faakt thaat not óenle haav tha bulk uv réesant daez bin dízmale grae but we or áulso sapóezd tu haav yet maur *#@$% SNO!