Tag: reuse

New capital grants available for historic churches

New capital grants available for historic churches

Emmanuel Baptist Church in Albany, NY has been a client of Foresight Architects for over twenty years. During that period ...
New worship space at St. Joseph Church by Foresight Architects

The light of the new worship space at St. Joseph Church shines out

We have been working with St. Joseph Church in Demarest since June of 2014. We recently completed the first phase ...
St. Joseph Parish Existing Church

St. Joseph Parish prepares for construction

In the twenty-six years since its founding, St. Joseph's Korean Catholic Church has continued to grow, just as the number of ...
Angels come to Allendale

Angels come to Allendale

On Saturday, April 5, the Most Reverend John W. Flesey, D.D., Regional Bishop of Bergen County and Rev. Charles Pinyan ...
Relic box

The mystery of the Guardian Angel relics

When the Church of the Guardian Angel in Allendale, NJ was built in the 1950's, it had a beautiful black ...
Our Lady of Mercy Church after the 1970's renovation

Our Lady of Mercy converted!

Last night I attended an event at Macedonia Baptist Church in Albany, NY hosted by the Men's Fellowship. After the ...
Couch-too-big

‘Tis the season for gift giving!

Have you ever been offered a beautiful piece of furniture but were afraid that it wouldn't fit in your house? ...
No more drive-in services at the Crystal Cathedral

No more drive-in services at the Crystal Cathedral

Way back in time, while I was studying architecture in college, the famous (and somewhat notorious) American architect Philip Johnson ...
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A day at the Ecclesiastical Exchange

As was mentioned in an earlier post, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia runs a program that makes available to other churches a ...
St. Patrick's Church

What to do with all these closed churches?

The demolition of St. Patrick's Church in Watervliet, NY earlier this year was one of the saddest things I've seen ...