Whatever Happened to Our Ivy?

Our church building, considered one of the nicest buildings in Independence, has always had a nice looking lawn, with trees and shrubs all over. But, we used to have ivy growing all over our buildings as well. But for some reason, in the 1960's a decision was made to remove all the ivy, ostensibly in the best interest of the maintainence of the building ... that seems to me to be a dreadful shame; just my opinion of course, but what was the thinking behind the removal of all the ivy?

PAT