Olde East Neighborhood

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Yes yes. Please can I haz.

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As for this topic going here, I’ll change the topic name slightly. :wink:

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Ani DiFranco did this with an old church in Buffalo - About Babeville | Babeville Buffalo

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Can’t forget the Brooklyn Arts Center in Wilmington!

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1936? Thats about as historic as it gets around here.

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Or Church Brew Works in Pittsburgh!!!

You have got to check out the pics with this one. Super cool!

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Freemason Abbey Restaurant in Norfolk

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Hey, a place I have actually been :slight_smile:

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And not a bar, but Joe Bolognas in Lexington KY is in a former Synagogue.
We’re at 7 church reuse projects, not counting our own Longview Center which did part time duty at Hopscotch a few times. Nice.

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I hope if it not completely torn down. A restaurant, condos, or apartments would be great uses. This building has way more character than anything else that will be newly constructed. Not much more height will able to be achieved either.

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Oh, this just reminded me, there is a church on St Mary’s street that is a residence now.

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Had Benchwarmers pizza for the first time last night and I think we need to break out the downtown pizza rankings again. Wouldn’t be #1 but would be close.

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Looks like Sax grocery getting ready. Blueprints spread out on hood.

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Let’s continue this discussion in the general Food Halls thread.

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Saw this post recently https://www.instagram.com/p/CNhzULxHh6N/ Looks like the church at 301 S Swain St is getting renovated for new life. Anybody have any details?

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I have been wondering the same thing. Couple weeks ago there was a roofing company working at the site.

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Hopefully just anything but actual church, of which we have an overabundance of downtown. I do love when old churches are reused for new purposes. A legit music venue in an old church would be sweet.

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So you want the actual church building itself to remain (just repurposed), but you also just do not want the people that go to these churches?

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Do you have a sense of how many churches is appropriate? What metric, from your point of view, consistutes too many?

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