However, this mood did not last long and the city was shortly rebuilding.
He maintains, though, that the city can rebuild itself.
Not as a form of dark or morbid tourism, but to see first hand what happened and how the city is rebuilding.
Stephen Whitney was one of the many prominent citizens who served on the committee to help the city rebuild.
However, the mid-January opening has been pushed back a few weeks while the city itself rebuilds.
Congress is considering several bills that would help cities rebuild their industrial sites.
In 1958 and 2009, the city again rebuilt the now 96 steps leading to the church.
He was determined to do whatever he could to help the city rebuild itself.
For 30 years this mid-Westchester city has been rebuilding itself into what some said was a prototype of the modern suburban center.
But we know that the situation in Christchurch is still changing quickly as the city rebuilds.