Photo of the week:

A tiny fragment of forgotten heritage.  This is a window from an abandoned synagogue.  It's fallen into disrepair over the years.  To think, 90+ years ago, a glass cutter, stone masons, plasterers, painters all carted these windows and bricks in by horse drawn carriage, painted and detailed everything by hand.  

I feel like, as a society, we've lost most of that connection to the buildings, the public spaces, the places we live, the decorations and details.  We've lost our artisans, our skilled tradesmen.  I don't know if the precision of our machines has washed us of our potential for talent and skill.  Either way, there's no doubt that the mastery of our ancestors is awesome in the true sense of the word.