The current St. Boniface Church in Chicago was erected in 1903 to replace the smaller wooden building that the immigrant German Catholic congregation had used since the mid-1860s. The distinguished Romanesque-designed church building was important to parishioners because its impressive scale was able to position them in a place of importance within the city. The Archdiocese of Chicago closed the church in 1990 with slated demolition and subsequent development plans having since stalled. The church has since been converted into luxury condos with units selling for $1.75 million.
A collection of churches and chapels that dot the landscape between the Atlantic and Appalachia.
While the tragedy of abandoning a place of worship in undeniable, it may be better understood by considering the Jewish diaspora that's been defined by a history of nomadism.
Steel City is flush with forsaken sin-repenting sanctuaries.
Houses of the holy in the city with broad shoulders
Motown's monuments to god and other places of worship.
Houses of the holy in the heartland of America.
