A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from August 23, 2017
“I haven’t seen faith move mountains, but I have seen what faith can do to buildings”

Jokes about the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City’s World Trade Center are numerous, although not always politically correct. One joke/saying is:
 
“I haven’t seen faith move mountains, but I have seen what faith can do to buildings.”
     
“I haven’t seen faith move mountains, but I have seen what faith can do to buildings… #howgoodisGod” was posted on Twitter on August 19, 2009. “I was recently asked if I believed faith could move mountains. Apparently ‘No, but I’ve seen what it can do to buildings,’ is the wrong answer” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on August 23, 2017.
     
   
Wikipedia: September 11 attacks
The September 11 attacks (also referred to as 9/11) were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda on the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The attacks consisted of suicide attacks used to target symbolic U.S. landmarks.
 
Four passenger airliners—which all departed from airports on the U.S. East Coast bound for California—were hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists to be flown into buildings. Two of the planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, were crashed into the North and South towers, respectively, of the World Trade Center complex in New York City. Within an hour and 42 minutes, both 110-story towers collapsed, with debris and the resulting fires causing partial or complete collapse of all other buildings in the World Trade Center complex, including the 47-story 7 World Trade Center tower, as well as significant damage to ten other large surrounding structures.
     
Twitter
Mark‏
@markwforbes
I haven’t seen faith move mountains, but I have seen what faith can do to buildings… #howgoodisGod
12:49 AM - 19 Aug 2009
 
Twitter
Alex Bernhardt‏
@FatAnorexic
#WhyImNotReligious: I don’t know if faith can move mountains, but I sure as shit have seen what it can do to buildings…...
3:57 PM - 15 Feb 2011
 
Twitter
Secular Progressive‏
@SecularProgress
They say #faith can move mountains, but you should see what it can do to buildings…
10:10 AM - 8 Jul 2011
 
Twitter
¶°^°‏
@Yegonian
I’m not convinced that faith can move mountains, but I’ve seen what it can do to buildings.
4:42 AM - 25 Oct 2013
 
Twitter
Alex Horan‏
@HoranosaurusRex
Idk why they say faith can move mountains, but I’ve seen what it can do to buildings.
12:21 PM - 24 Mar 2014
 
Twitter
Ro Pi‏
@TheRAP1966
I’m not convinced that #faith can move mountains .. But I’ve seen what it can do to buildings ..
6:28 PM - 18 Jul 2014
 
Reddit—Jokes
I was recently asked if I believed faith could move mountains.
submitted August 23, 2017 by Hdalby33
Apparently “No, but I’ve seen what it can do to buildings,” is the wrong answer.

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CityBuildings/Housing/Parks • Wednesday, August 23, 2017 • Permalink


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