The Lucas | 136 Shawmut Ave | South End

BeeLine,

Can't thank you enough for all the fantastic photo contributions.
 
Beeline, we love you. Thank you for taking these photos! It gets so many threads fired up again and discussions flowing.

And on top of that, you are a tremendous photographer and really know have a tremendous eye.
 
Will this be one of the best converted, yet significantly preserved churches anywhere to be found? i hope we can sit awhile with this one, before it becomes a trend. Will there be others?
 
^^^ In the South End I know of three other conversions or about to be converted churches. I think that's a trend.
 
Thank you. We're doing a lot of density.... You know, i'm not a Catholic, and i probably don't even qualify as a protestant.... But, these have been cherished places of worship for many score of years. They are valid historical structures.

It just seems like cheap, value engineering of neighborhood spaces that border on sacred, and connect us to the past... It just seems a hell of a lot more thinking needs to happen about these – and we should make damn sure they can't become something good and useful again.... instead of just f_cking apartments.

We can bulldoze true, provable garbage to accomplish provide affordable (and less-affordable) living space. Nothing even close to these buildings will ever get built again. i understand this one was in very bad shape. Is this the case elsewhere? Cutting them to pieces and doing apartments - seems something close to a last resort. I'd like to see just as many of them be converted into places for kids and (whomever), when people get stuck inside for 3 months. The buildings remain to show us something inportant about the past.
 
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odurandina said:
Thank you. We're doing a lot of density.... You know, i'm not a Catholic, and i probably don't even qualify as a protestant.... But, these have been cherished places of worship for many score of years. They are valid historical structures.

It just seems like cheap, value engineering of neighborhood spaces that border on sacred, and connect us to the past... It just seems a hell of a lot more thinking needs to happen about these – and we should make damn sure they can't become something good and useful again.... instead of just f_cking apartments.

We can bulldoze true, provable garbage to accomplish provide affordable (and less-affordable) living space. Nothing even close to these buildings will ever get built again. i understand this one was in very bad shape. Is this the case elsewhere? Cutting them to pieces and doing apartments - seems something close to a last resort. I'd like to see just as many of them be converted into places for kids and (whomever), when people get stuck inside for 3 months. The buildings remain to show us something inportant about the past.
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I think most of us will be cringing when the giant tumor starts growing from the roof-line.
 
I don't understand the appeal...why would you ever want to live in an old church? Old school I somehow understood though.
 
I dont either. I think no matter what this is going to look slapped together even if done right.
 
I don't know, the windows look pretty great so far.
 
As my young son would say, this is so ugly it would scare Jesus off the cross
 
i guess they decided it was better than....

a condemned church building.
leaving it as a seedy empty shell.
and a no revenue parcel...
tearing it down for 4 story infill.
asking charities to pony up to rebuild her as a community/arts/rec center type of thing.

maybe they hoped no one will see it, or laugh at us.

i don't hate it. it's cool that people will make this their home.
but, i wish we could have found the $$$ to rehab it properly for a community space,
a place for kids to come and play when it's a crappy winter day,
ballroom dancing, wedding parties, etc.
 
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I never said that it shouldn't be redeveloped, I said it is ugly
 
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