Just a year later, however, Wayfarers Chapel was gone. The Palos Verdes peninsula is prone to landslides, and land movement was causing cracks and broken window panes to appear across the church. The increasingly unsafe structure was closed indefinitely and then disassembled through 2024, with a view to being rebuilt elsewhere pending an appropriate location and sufficient funds.

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