Pater Noster High School

Now, it is an ugly, 1,100-space parking lot next to the Hollywood Freeway and a steam-belching heating plant. But in four years, the hillside property could be the home of a towering new flagship church for the Los Angeles Roman Catholic Archdiocese, visible from East Los Angeles to Hollywood and including "a wonderfully landscaped plaza" for worshipers, downtown office workers and tourists.