Blessed Sacrament | 361 Centre Street | Jamaica Plain

That's gonna be an interesting resident lounge space in that dome lmao, wonder how its going to be decorated
 
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There’s a great passage in All the Pretty Horses where a hacienda owner is talking about desacralizing a chapel on his property and the philosophical questions surrounding how and whether this can be done. I think we take for granted these adaptive reuses of churches but I imagine many people would not want to live in them, for many reasons.
 
FK4 said:
There’s a great passage in All the Pretty Horses where a hacienda owner is talking about desacralizing a chapel on his property and the philosophical questions surrounding how and whether this can be done. I think we take for granted these adaptive reuses of churches but I imagine many people would not want to live in them, for many reasons.
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At least this fine old building is being restored and re-used. I grew up Catholic (St. Johns, North Cambridge) and have a lot of respect and feelings for these old churches. I'm happy it's being restored and not torn down.
 
Charlie_mta said:
At least this fine old building is being restored and re-used. I grew up Catholic (St. Johns, North Cambridge) and have a lot of respect and feelings for these old churches. I'm happy it's being restored and not torn down.
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Yes, I agree, particularly in this case. I don’t feel that way about all churches, though. This one is unique, and provides a good presence, not to mention being a visible landmark from all around.
 
I still wonder about the financials on this one and even if it all does pencil, it certainly seems a highly ineffective use of subsidy.
 
FK4 said:
Yes, I agree, particularly in this case. I don’t feel that way about all churches, though. This one is unique, and provides a good presence, not to mention being a visible landmark from all around.
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My favorite church and church complex in North Cambridge is the former French/Canadian Notre-Dame de Pitié aka Our Lady of Pity. A magnificent local essay in Lombard Romanesque Revival that comes almost out of nowhere by even Cambridge urban standards but has a very European feel of placement. https://i0.wp.com/dbnews.americanan..._Rindge_Ave_North_Cambridge_Massachusetts.jpg
 
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