The comeback of Notre Dame

It could have been worse.
The Cathedral of Notre Dame is the icon of icons in a city of icons. When the Eiffel Tower opened in 1886, Notre Dame was already 724-years-old. When Victor Hugo wrote “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” Notre Dame was 668.
For 850 years the great gothic cathedral has stood in the center of Paris, on the Ile de le Cite, cleaving the Seine River to its left and right banks, yet uniting all Parisians. And if you’ve ever dealt with Parisians you know that&rsqu