Tuesday, July 30, 2013

The end is nearer for Mary Help of Christians



Demolition preparations are picking up at the Mary Help of Christians lot on Avenue A between East 11th Street and East 12th Street... The plywood is up now around the former lot... and some probably-not-random-looking digging has started ...



Until now, work seemed agonizingly slow... the corpses of the buildings standing in recent weeks without windows while waiting for demolition...


[Photo by Shawn Chittle]











Developer Douglas Steiner bought the property last fall for an unspecified residential complex.

All photos by Bobby Williams unless marked.

Previously on EV Grieve:
Permits filed to demolish Mary Help of Christians church, school and rectory

Preservationists call for archeological review of former cemetery at Mary Help of Christians site

Scaffolding arrives for demolition of Mary Help of Christians
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1 comment:

  1. GojiraJuly 30, 2013 at 10:28 AM

    Every morning as I stand at 11th and A waiting for the bus and see this slow death, I want to cry. It is such a desecration.

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