WEEKLY PRESS
March 23, 2011
PENNSYLVANIA - Philadelphia's historic Church of the Assumption at 12th and Spring Garden Street is associated with two American Catholic saints, and there are not too many of those. Saint John Neumann consecrated the church, built in 1849, and Saint Katherine Drexel was baptized there. Yet the beautiful Gothic Revival church, with its aspiring twin steeples, designed by noted ecclesiastical architect, Patrick Charles Keely, is slated for demolition. The Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia and Save Our Sites have joined in an effort to save the Church. The next public hearing regarding the Church of the Assumption issue on Monday, March 28, 11:00 AM before the L & I Board of Review at 1515 Arch Street, 18th Floor. [link]
March 23, 2011
PENNSYLVANIA - Philadelphia's historic Church of the Assumption at 12th and Spring Garden Street is associated with two American Catholic saints, and there are not too many of those. Saint John Neumann consecrated the church, built in 1849, and Saint Katherine Drexel was baptized there. Yet the beautiful Gothic Revival church, with its aspiring twin steeples, designed by noted ecclesiastical architect, Patrick Charles Keely, is slated for demolition. The Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia and Save Our Sites have joined in an effort to save the Church. The next public hearing regarding the Church of the Assumption issue on Monday, March 28, 11:00 AM before the L & I Board of Review at 1515 Arch Street, 18th Floor. [link]
