Friday, February 17, 2012

The stained-glass windows at St. Brigid's

Have you seen the newish stained-glass windows at St. Brigid's here on East Eighth Street at Avenue B?



Meanwhile, as you may have noticed outside St. Brigid's in recent weeks, there are a handful of union picketers...


Matt LES_Miserable spoke with the picketers last week ... and they claim that "the contractor is paying poor wages and using non-union labor." As The Villager points out this week, they are protesting against DanMar Electric, the subcontractor of record, doing all the electrical work on St. Brigid's — not this specific construction site.

Speaking of The Villager, Roland Legiardi-Laura files a lengthy piece on the good, the bad and the ugly of the 164-year-old church's renovation process. He also provides the history of how we got to this renovation phase.

Per the article:

So what do we have to look forward to after 164 years of striving? A really fine initiative that is probably a million dollars shy of becoming one of the best church restorations this city has ever seen: a living example of history, community and philanthropy combining to right a wrong that had been done to a neighborhood and a parish...

3 comments:

Marty Wombacher said...

Love that top photo!

Big Brother said...

That's the saddest protest ever! Couldn't they at least spring for some inflatable vermin?

Anonymous said...

once they're done, will the southwest side of 8th street and east side of B in front of the church be parkable space again or reserved for the church? anyone know?