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Jer Staes
architectureChurchHistoric

The Twin Spires Of Historic Sweetest Heart Of Mary Church May Be Coming Down

Located near Eastern Market on Russell Street, Sweetest Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church was built in 1893. And it may be about to lose its twin spires. They would be removed if a request by the Divine Mercy Parish (a Parish created by merging with nearby St. Josephat) is granted at tonight’s Historic District Commission meeting. Their proposal is to remove the church’s two spires and to cap the remaining steeples. So let’s clarify what we’re talking about. The brick part of the stee...

Jenna Stanek
Central Detroit Christian Community Development CorporationChurchCommunity Center

Former Synagogue, Then Church, Now Looks To Find A Third Act As A Community Center

For 21 years Central Detroit Christian Community Development Corporation (CDC) has been dedicated to central Detroit communities and local residents. The organization strives to empower people and create positive opportunities through multiple services and programs allowing residents in the community to reach their highest potentials. Within this last year the CDC purchased a former synagogue built in 1924 located at 1550 Taylor (just north and west of Henry Ford Hospital) for a neighborhood c...

Shianne Nocerini
ChurchDetroitGLCW

Look Inside An Old Church Finding New Life As A Nonprofit Headquarters

Much of the attention on development in Detroit has been downtown. But if you watch – there are things starting to happen in various places across the city. One of those is a renovation happening to an empty church across the street from Rose’s Fine Foods on Jefferson. This week we noticed the work being done on the roof and a new sign in front of the building, so we decided to stop in and get the story. I talked to Chris Angel the President of Great Lakes Clean Water/US Clean Water Organiz...

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