tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-220640832024-03-13T05:24:10.774-04:00APE SHALL NOT KILL APEstaten island, north shore, stapleton, new brighton, west brighton, mariners harbor, port richmond, st. george, tompkinsville, rosebank, fort wadsworthThe Wasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636805818054637966noreply@blogger.comBlogger440125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22064083.post-79367112826789074832023-01-09T13:47:00.001-05:002023-01-09T13:47:45.525-05:00Lost Small Churches of the North Shore: Italian Pentecostal Church, Pike Street<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJOrcz-A29Idsi6AVb3JOmJ8mXc3WqqwQp1K3juHEJcmNX3wAB_UhgQg3Q9R8z2A3Ks94wJEr5G5oZLXazb-KYYhs76HbLOgqz0FGOwZLEpRayeZEk2twPuv5c-Q2suMs2ws-QHnPbAeMHfDIXSMGlGQxPjVhXzrj9aOrpsdfWqv4SDzctw/s574/1940.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="497" height="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJOrcz-A29Idsi6AVb3JOmJ8mXc3WqqwQp1K3juHEJcmNX3wAB_UhgQg3Q9R8z2A3Ks94wJEr5G5oZLXazb-KYYhs76HbLOgqz0FGOwZLEpRayeZEk2twPuv5c-Q2suMs2ws-QHnPbAeMHfDIXSMGlGQxPjVhXzrj9aOrpsdfWqv4SDzctw/w538-h622/1940.JPG" width="538" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Italian Pentecostal Church, Pike Street - ca.1940</span></b></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"> Here's another church that was not lost, but transformed. Founded as a prayer meeting in 1923, the Italian Pentecostal Church was eventually located on Pike Street. In 1964, it moved to Richmond Road where it's still to be found, now named the </span><a href="https://www.cpc900.org/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Christian Pentecostal Church</a><span style="text-align: left;">. According to its website, it's the oldest Pentecostal church on Staten Island. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">They also had a show on WPOW, 1300, Staten Island's first radio station.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3WRf8RO_X6izkMryPNoaHEq5CT1mu50YT3KSknRz28YJr1It13w9YvcA7ZzgTANywXYduZsskzDyH4volxtFkCINHg0s0Wjk01BeUe-quUU_fKPBvNS8bjXruI_rVJ7AgP7JjKyEIHJd2wNk0dskafr5mD9u5gi8Iiv2zsD8uWHKAk4azrw/s334/radio%20ad.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="334" data-original-width="218" height="571" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3WRf8RO_X6izkMryPNoaHEq5CT1mu50YT3KSknRz28YJr1It13w9YvcA7ZzgTANywXYduZsskzDyH4volxtFkCINHg0s0Wjk01BeUe-quUU_fKPBvNS8bjXruI_rVJ7AgP7JjKyEIHJd2wNk0dskafr5mD9u5gi8Iiv2zsD8uWHKAk4azrw/w373-h571/radio%20ad.JPG" width="373" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1sfHNUF6j5_T_1CdZXFLznekkVP6nKjrX-6JP89KZ_I4sWtkJB9UCQ-zDG6grR_YPyT1oddDCVl3WPkY4lZlfxbFCKiwKUcfDZN6iN45xaSuJd2lmsn5seaQbp1RAJC4FiEhGZkulxk-qQMst6Geajcu04-5XMNRmKVantJFm4WXHlalvNA/s722/church%202012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="516" height="641" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1sfHNUF6j5_T_1CdZXFLznekkVP6nKjrX-6JP89KZ_I4sWtkJB9UCQ-zDG6grR_YPyT1oddDCVl3WPkY4lZlfxbFCKiwKUcfDZN6iN45xaSuJd2lmsn5seaQbp1RAJC4FiEhGZkulxk-qQMst6Geajcu04-5XMNRmKVantJFm4WXHlalvNA/w459-h641/church%202012.JPG" width="459" /></a></div><p></p><h1 class="DUwDvf fontHeadlineLarge" jsan="7.DUwDvf,7.fontHeadlineLarge" jstcache="868" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-radius: 0px; border: 0px; color: #202124; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.75rem; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span jstcache="869"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">St Paul Apostolic Faith Church, Pike Street - 2012</span></span></h1><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p>The first time I even knew Italian Pentecostalism was a thing was when my wife's old pastor, a Baptist, mentioned it was how he'd grown up. Here's an interesting article about <a href="https://ifphc.wordpress.com/2020/01/22/the-legacy-of-massimiliano-tosetto-italian-american-pentecostal-pioneer/">Massimilano Tosseto</a>, one of, if not the founder, of Italian Pentecostalism.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKccfwfVQIlQHh0CDGXfyU0lSjkKLJtLDkFpwXuucnD_YnS7_K6Gj12jqGlgQWdmfs1wNf6kpfhdnNG9ye06pSUIpIyR6hPts3QQanWZT3iAPwbv-IJEHaWu_jtwPpCpJ5bSWZ6JD8LshEG9b70FmGyk8Fcayqss9DRDDx4Ebw3Qke3AnAvg/s1269/1936%20Map.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="677" data-original-width="1269" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKccfwfVQIlQHh0CDGXfyU0lSjkKLJtLDkFpwXuucnD_YnS7_K6Gj12jqGlgQWdmfs1wNf6kpfhdnNG9ye06pSUIpIyR6hPts3QQanWZT3iAPwbv-IJEHaWu_jtwPpCpJ5bSWZ6JD8LshEG9b70FmGyk8Fcayqss9DRDDx4Ebw3Qke3AnAvg/w560-h299/1936%20Map.JPG" width="560" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Insurance Map, 1936</span></b></div></b><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The Wasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636805818054637966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22064083.post-39522521787389102912022-10-31T15:34:00.004-04:002022-10-31T15:34:55.059-04:00Lost Small Churches of the North Shore: Italian Methodist Mission Chapel, Harbor Road<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF4MYB1KXECzPQOstptdKARCD22jwqQX4MxGIP7DmsuLJazmd5N0iH6iRcih_9Ejun9Qam8fznT7T33mTexrkgNzJZZAQKiZbTJekAxcmHYLO8dUAAZ3trBGutQ9AxYNGUJKxE5iYmw5n4EQ9g1CHrUJ_G2oh-kwWHH5-A_9huZWfXIQ8dUA/s980/Italian%20Methodist%20Chapel.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="980" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF4MYB1KXECzPQOstptdKARCD22jwqQX4MxGIP7DmsuLJazmd5N0iH6iRcih_9Ejun9Qam8fznT7T33mTexrkgNzJZZAQKiZbTJekAxcmHYLO8dUAAZ3trBGutQ9AxYNGUJKxE5iYmw5n4EQ9g1CHrUJ_G2oh-kwWHH5-A_9huZWfXIQ8dUA/w633-h464/Italian%20Methodist%20Chapel.JPG" width="633" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">181 Harbor Road - Italian Mission Church, ca. 1940</span></b></div></b><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">This church is not so much lost as it was relocated and transformed. In 1919, <a href="https://www.christumcsi.org/About-Us" target="_blank">Rev. Dr. Sante Buzzalini</a> began preaching in Mariners Harbor, particularly to the Italian immigrants. He served out of <a href="https://www.umc.org/en/find-a-church/church/?id=11436" target="_blank">Summerfield Methodist Church</a> on Harbor Road. The goal was to found an English-language Italian congregation.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHcTbrCF4X0pwY2viivd4fPjb7ILQ3zcw8KWlHZpjPDoPEvfjekCZqQ5X_0fs2KWc96fdWubEqsRYghgwdzVGmtHKlwByCTF9KzByTLEd-OoAhx50Ac57yHtkeykeT6u7KV8vIL8XbqRbPM5i4iBHYdyjn4YYyEqsHD0ibwdSMH8F5aWb9aA/s844/181%20Harbor%20Road%201917.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="844" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHcTbrCF4X0pwY2viivd4fPjb7ILQ3zcw8KWlHZpjPDoPEvfjekCZqQ5X_0fs2KWc96fdWubEqsRYghgwdzVGmtHKlwByCTF9KzByTLEd-OoAhx50Ac57yHtkeykeT6u7KV8vIL8XbqRbPM5i4iBHYdyjn4YYyEqsHD0ibwdSMH8F5aWb9aA/w628-h293/181%20Harbor%20Road%201917.JPG" width="628" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">In 1922, after several years of meeting in Summerfield and open-air preaching, Rev. Buzzalini was granted permission to acquire a portable chapel. It was put in place at 181 Harbor Road where it still stands today. It is no longer a Methodist chapel, however.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjchIPzTgSa6Y8_5fnxbGOKcQcKeHsiw1o_MoNKXAol8c4i8aP0bPW78c_pUU1tLFsAushpHjNx_Fs2q3ic6lL2ATixfkW6hqO2LwCLz2BH1949em-YZWV67_-wgjrNO5nA8r-aKwqJ8mzHfCAtMPcsQw-mInYkaSXjT2rfXOtidp_g92SLtQ/s851/Pentecostal%20Chapel%202019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="851" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjchIPzTgSa6Y8_5fnxbGOKcQcKeHsiw1o_MoNKXAol8c4i8aP0bPW78c_pUU1tLFsAushpHjNx_Fs2q3ic6lL2ATixfkW6hqO2LwCLz2BH1949em-YZWV67_-wgjrNO5nA8r-aKwqJ8mzHfCAtMPcsQw-mInYkaSXjT2rfXOtidp_g92SLtQ/w631-h481/Pentecostal%20Chapel%202019.JPG" width="631" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">181 Harbor Road, 2019</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In 1939, following tremendous growth, the decision was made to build a more permanent building for the Italian congregation. A second chapel had been established by Rev. Buzzalini in nearby Bullshead that was to be combined with the Harbor Road chapel, so a central location on Forest Avenue was chosen. In 1939, Holy Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church opened. To quote the church's history page:</div><blockquote style="text-align: justify;">The church was built directly on the bedrock which gives Graniteville its name, and made of blocks from the quarry which was only a few hundred yards away.</blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">During the great Methodist shakeout of the late sixties and early seventies, Trinity Methodist went through several changes. In 1959, Holy Trinity merged with Graniteville Methodist, and in 1960 the name was changed to Christ Methodist Church. In 1972, Asbury Methodist and Dickenson Methodist merged. This new congregation merged with <a href="https://www.christumcsi.org/" target="_blank">Christ United Methodist</a> (the United had been added in 1972 to reflect a merger between larger Methodist church bodies) in 1974, retaining the Christ United name. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The old Harbor Road chapel has been a Pentecostal congregation of one sort or another since at least the forties. According to a commenter several years ago, it was a Pentecostal congregation from the moment the Rev. Buzzalini moved out. Originally, it appears to have served as the Refugee Church of Christ. In 1947, the building and the present sanctuary at 183 Harbor Road, were purchased by the United Pentecostal Church. Today it's called Pentecostal Tabernacle Church, a congregation of the United Pentecostal Church, a oneness denomination. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJy1YrZbRKbDD9gZhV5WtUMDIQK2fTzgCoGXj5Y6OU-ISv2T4GD88nArG8GQeaLJCW0G9mWJfA6KypL5hK4NH7JKeTWJ1Fzshh2ainRYuq5zCKeBVoL735Dk4m15r03PZ-wjFu61zMM7o2RcV-GH0jKHW7_w-Ejk1yNEb_ujKbTUWe90dn4Q/s1843/christ%20United%202022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="743" data-original-width="1843" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJy1YrZbRKbDD9gZhV5WtUMDIQK2fTzgCoGXj5Y6OU-ISv2T4GD88nArG8GQeaLJCW0G9mWJfA6KypL5hK4NH7JKeTWJ1Fzshh2ainRYuq5zCKeBVoL735Dk4m15r03PZ-wjFu61zMM7o2RcV-GH0jKHW7_w-Ejk1yNEb_ujKbTUWe90dn4Q/w745-h299/christ%20United%202022.JPG" width="745" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Christ United Methodist Church, 1890 Forest Avenue - 2022</span></b></div></b><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>The Wasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636805818054637966noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22064083.post-66484821702949032902022-10-21T13:45:00.002-04:002022-10-21T13:45:07.777-04:00Lost Small Churches of the North Shore: Italian Presbyterian, aka Our Saviour <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAfyJsH9wqVMnb2-OlefitnweCxmC8937VB2JsGtFdif46MER-QhRhTvVq16Al8kkTGdCf0m8Q_hNAeYdX5fjTAP_PXt_qab9419Z2ni_O90bmUjsUsrgw-MvWNAGOPKgfwX6Bn8NlLR6wPGHSvx4y8z1nSs0u-xNIoOp_t24gVA5PpWkn2g/s665/Italian%20Presbyterian.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="665" data-original-width="490" height="771" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAfyJsH9wqVMnb2-OlefitnweCxmC8937VB2JsGtFdif46MER-QhRhTvVq16Al8kkTGdCf0m8Q_hNAeYdX5fjTAP_PXt_qab9419Z2ni_O90bmUjsUsrgw-MvWNAGOPKgfwX6Bn8NlLR6wPGHSvx4y8z1nSs0u-xNIoOp_t24gVA5PpWkn2g/w568-h771/Italian%20Presbyterian.JPG" width="568" /></a></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">194 St. Marys Ave. - Our Saviour, aka Italian Presbyterian Church, ca. 1940</span></b></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here's an addendum to the previous post about Olivet Presbyterian Church in West New Brighton. A commenter on Facebook mentioned the founding pastor of Olivet, Joseph DeRogatis, was her uncle and that he'd also had an Italian mission church in Rosebank. It's mentioned on Olivet's website, but neither the site nor the commenter knew where it had been. She did know her uncle lived on Chestnut. That was more than enough to point me to the correct map.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1EBTv3T3lUrT3wdmU1PAzQr_zflKX1feT3EHU6LI6dntdxLixuL6Rp-7Lm5O-C011RiqG1fmXZcOsDT_gArfPA5-Yl1GCIXJjvut3Imup_X33m1IXiSNSS-jvQ7AOIJ8R4EJH4qdOI9ZvxoIlM9Ih81f8en-aG_MZSM2lwajt0qd2cGQpZg/s1204/1936%20Presbyterian.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="684" data-original-width="1204" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1EBTv3T3lUrT3wdmU1PAzQr_zflKX1feT3EHU6LI6dntdxLixuL6Rp-7Lm5O-C011RiqG1fmXZcOsDT_gArfPA5-Yl1GCIXJjvut3Imup_X33m1IXiSNSS-jvQ7AOIJ8R4EJH4qdOI9ZvxoIlM9Ih81f8en-aG_MZSM2lwajt0qd2cGQpZg/w647-h368/1936%20Presbyterian.JPG" width="647" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For those not aware, as late as the nineties, Rosebank was an intensely Italian neighborhood going back over a century. Giuseppe Garibaldi lived on Staten Island for a short period around 1850. The cottage he lived in serves as the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum today.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJV9Ux3rmi55IGOPHRIZ0QVXIhs7pnJoFgxSaresn5qE87cmMgdNDQyaA8sIpF3QKvpTYEGZUd27hHguuDDcqfW7l-7PLWITCDrZKf33lQVoxmN6UX6lTJgfKYQmSvG630rjSPfcYevwuUmlk2eN_uJTTnG5Lc8QjxtgMvbJmHxorxLLZ2LA/s618/may%201955%20advance.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="499" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJV9Ux3rmi55IGOPHRIZ0QVXIhs7pnJoFgxSaresn5qE87cmMgdNDQyaA8sIpF3QKvpTYEGZUd27hHguuDDcqfW7l-7PLWITCDrZKf33lQVoxmN6UX6lTJgfKYQmSvG630rjSPfcYevwuUmlk2eN_uJTTnG5Lc8QjxtgMvbJmHxorxLLZ2LA/w413-h512/may%201955%20advance.JPG" width="413" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>SI Advance May 28, 1955 </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I have no idea when Our Saviour closed. By the time of the 1980s tax photos, the location was an empty overgrown lot. Searching back issues of the SI Advance didn't provide an answer, either. So, if you know anything, please let me know.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxDgSap-GK3_2afxPq6SwWz71KssNRPrgPiEpEjsPXlwaDfrJdw0xAevx0vTrWQsQ-ShmIdXTRYr1wAWiYltevRDqa4Df9PyxFYeJctStvDK7JEq1aBIkKqpVigmPuDTqYJ4EwNPcQRKrd6uWVuiQuYkFivfC-hLpQ51oXn1CGQsEhZkU8XQ/s1295/2018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="907" data-original-width="1295" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxDgSap-GK3_2afxPq6SwWz71KssNRPrgPiEpEjsPXlwaDfrJdw0xAevx0vTrWQsQ-ShmIdXTRYr1wAWiYltevRDqa4Df9PyxFYeJctStvDK7JEq1aBIkKqpVigmPuDTqYJ4EwNPcQRKrd6uWVuiQuYkFivfC-hLpQ51oXn1CGQsEhZkU8XQ/w642-h450/2018.JPG" width="642" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">194 St Marys Avenue - 2018</span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p>The Wasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636805818054637966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22064083.post-40939205209844852142022-09-21T15:36:00.002-04:002022-10-21T09:21:43.070-04:00Lost Small Churches of the North Shore: Calvary Chapel, aka Olivet Presbyterian Church<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR2E0ru-MdMzxJ1FRr_BwSM84DEMeNmdbPve9mVJfReokRrqAy5PoV5b_yddKe1A9wg9Gy9LxQurQ60g0saBdSxWN9fKhSdqQ9BwaBceaDdeRCxwR0bcUQRFoQOq9DnaVL8IsiOVmkgOdaI4k9Ui_s0T03EpXNwNmPwuXPYa0fxXW-2hNpgA/s990/Calavary%20Chapel.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="990" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR2E0ru-MdMzxJ1FRr_BwSM84DEMeNmdbPve9mVJfReokRrqAy5PoV5b_yddKe1A9wg9Gy9LxQurQ60g0saBdSxWN9fKhSdqQ9BwaBceaDdeRCxwR0bcUQRFoQOq9DnaVL8IsiOVmkgOdaI4k9Ui_s0T03EpXNwNmPwuXPYa0fxXW-2hNpgA/w594-h436/Calavary%20Chapel.JPG" width="594" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Calvary Chapel, ca.1940</b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"> There were numerous immigrant Protestant outreach chapels across Staten Island back at the beginning of the 20th century (more on some of them later). The most numerous I've come across were the ministries aimed at Italians. The Methodists had a chapel in Mariner's Harbor, the Espicopalians had one in Port Richmond, and the Presbyterians had two I'm aware of; one in Rosebank and another in West New Brighton.</span></p><p> It was founded as Calvary Chapel, an outreach of Calvary Church (still there on Bement and Castleton). In 1913, Joseph De Rogatis, aided by his wife Emma, started preaching in West New Brighton. By 1917, there were enough congregants to warrant building a chapel on West Street between Castelton and Cary Avenues.</p><p> By the thirties, the church had grown so much that they built an education wing with a WPA grant. In 1946 they became a completely separate congregation and adopted the name they still bear; <a href="https://olivetcares.org/" target="_blank">Olivet Presbyterian Church</a>. According to a 1950 Advance article, adult services in English weren't started until 1948. In the mid-fifties, they began building the current church on Broadway and Myrtle. The old West Street chapel was replaced by the currently abandoned Whitney Young Day Care Center. </p><p> The church maintains a <a href="https://olivetcares.org/about-us/history-of-olivet.php" target="_blank">detailed history on its website</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxrw7CzGGsKxjDxW52adi8sIX8QJF6Xkhuo_BLyI6PTsIlZzYsMdm14aI5x_-0SqMU_rxP4RPHLtLS5q8Jr2Rpd4n8n2MFkuf7_JuwvWbvQBU_LIyPUXxqOVZdcCjLmtJCf5f7Oky5fpOnxJ6Xakttajr437tLR04Jfp3AjB45NsPMUF5BmQ/s728/Capture.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="728" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxrw7CzGGsKxjDxW52adi8sIX8QJF6Xkhuo_BLyI6PTsIlZzYsMdm14aI5x_-0SqMU_rxP4RPHLtLS5q8Jr2Rpd4n8n2MFkuf7_JuwvWbvQBU_LIyPUXxqOVZdcCjLmtJCf5f7Oky5fpOnxJ6Xakttajr437tLR04Jfp3AjB45NsPMUF5BmQ/w535-h510/Capture.JPG" width="535" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b>1937 Insurance Map showing "Calvary Chapel Italian Presbyterian Church"</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2uFuvkPZKPZ-a3_Qf0NoWcGIlDZaULhEaV1frCWVr6mzLBRJByXyygmQh5LKDIETKpcDl917HOU8pG8dn046tC0074nkMeqyTE-F_DqNOtldjjfPpe51LsMdoHOEdomC4kL8F2E2HdEEzTyfrCNLj9BHHkv0myoSJqnXH7sdv27zH6UugPA/s1263/Olivet%20Today.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="880" data-original-width="1263" height="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2uFuvkPZKPZ-a3_Qf0NoWcGIlDZaULhEaV1frCWVr6mzLBRJByXyygmQh5LKDIETKpcDl917HOU8pG8dn046tC0074nkMeqyTE-F_DqNOtldjjfPpe51LsMdoHOEdomC4kL8F2E2HdEEzTyfrCNLj9BHHkv0myoSJqnXH7sdv27zH6UugPA/w540-h377/Olivet%20Today.JPG" width="540" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Olivet Presbyterian Church in all its modernist 1960's Protestant glory - pic. 2019</b></p>The Wasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636805818054637966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22064083.post-61338122730791829322022-09-01T11:39:00.004-04:002022-09-01T11:39:43.944-04:00Lost Small Churches of the North Shore: the Hoyt Avenue Church<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggvLkyQxirNLoLuaeYxjXzvwuJwYuD-qajxFPkJFTM4wGazS3RXrG95mUbY34WySKfGPEtvqB54eEpf2z8LSGXhBxKvDY_rk97zI-h36yR_gxSAOTqGxwCMRx4vg_9degSzTC15W2ru4K_XQb6FDiPc9tHH192DLbndKvxhOlLoV0rukBemw/s993/hoyt%20avenue%20church.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="993" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggvLkyQxirNLoLuaeYxjXzvwuJwYuD-qajxFPkJFTM4wGazS3RXrG95mUbY34WySKfGPEtvqB54eEpf2z8LSGXhBxKvDY_rk97zI-h36yR_gxSAOTqGxwCMRx4vg_9degSzTC15W2ru4K_XQb6FDiPc9tHH192DLbndKvxhOlLoV0rukBemw/w588-h434/hoyt%20avenue%20church.JPG" title="the Hoyt Avenue Church" width="588" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Immanuel Congregational Church of Staten Island, aka the Hoyt Avenue Church</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> The idea for these posts came while doing a little research with the 1936 insurance maps of the North Shore and I saw that this church once existed, only a few blocks from my house. I had never heard of it. Coupled with a few other small churches long lost to history, I hope to make several of these posts over the next week or two.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> According to an article in the Advance, the church started as two separate groups: a house church composed of 14 Swedes that met in a mission house on Westervelt Avenue and an adult Sunday school that met in the old Masonic hall in Port Richmond. In 1917 the two groups merged as the Swedish Immanuel Church of Staten Island. It was affiliated with the Swedish Covenant Church, an evangelical church. Later it was renamed the Immanuel Congregational Church of Staten Island. Finally, to avoid confusing it with other churches named Immanuel, it became known simply as the Hoyt Avenue Church.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> In 1974, just before a series of renovations were to take place, a fire broke out during a wedding rehearsal. The fire spread and all the windows were destroyed and the roof collapsed. The congregation eventually voted to disband. Later, the property was sold and houses were built in the church's place.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUubBIEUuMhjZgU2fxpxi3rR_fVzesNDnRSlMiEj3aqUGfoC4tZzGHhoDkkrx8ATiQ8Ni419Fgyd-lD-Z_3s7lACIi6T2JShxymTFqYXnnfseuJkCSmbiKBiXFW7IZlMkHclwNajH0suoUZoQ8E4Z5FdOZT1_BUZzZjGi4K6Unw5hWVQ8yJQ/s875/Hoyt%20Avenue%20Church%20bulletin.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="581" height="704" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUubBIEUuMhjZgU2fxpxi3rR_fVzesNDnRSlMiEj3aqUGfoC4tZzGHhoDkkrx8ATiQ8Ni419Fgyd-lD-Z_3s7lACIi6T2JShxymTFqYXnnfseuJkCSmbiKBiXFW7IZlMkHclwNajH0suoUZoQ8E4Z5FdOZT1_BUZzZjGi4K6Unw5hWVQ8yJQ/w467-h704/Hoyt%20Avenue%20Church%20bulletin.png" width="467" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/collection/npu_histcc/id/6229" target="_blank">Hoyt Avenue Church 60th Anniversary Bulletin</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Here's the church's 60th-anniversary bulletin. Clicking on the link below will let you read the entire contents. It's a great snapshot of mid-fifties church life; the hymns, the exciting dinner of turkey, mashed potatoes, and frozen peas, and the speeches. It's also a nice reminder of a time when packs of wild Scandinavians roamed freely on the North Shore.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsH0voB2N1s-0BCuvnEo5waXwyLtWpW0DRWjNk4vtDiwnkBDtr8HDQFO-gUjJt2oNH-LYHGq9lJNkfqjPIYN59NR9DWntXeNwWTTFO4dKoEy3An-crcqOKZi6-aVePIWItT49og9z_jbZqs0JhrVFqvtKxUaoOg9rcFvOkR-oIMoCfZTGbEQ/s991/hoyt%20and%20delafield%202012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="991" height="419" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsH0voB2N1s-0BCuvnEo5waXwyLtWpW0DRWjNk4vtDiwnkBDtr8HDQFO-gUjJt2oNH-LYHGq9lJNkfqjPIYN59NR9DWntXeNwWTTFO4dKoEy3An-crcqOKZi6-aVePIWItT49og9z_jbZqs0JhrVFqvtKxUaoOg9rcFvOkR-oIMoCfZTGbEQ/w620-h419/hoyt%20and%20delafield%202012.JPG" width="620" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Hoyt and Delafield - 2012</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>The Wasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636805818054637966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22064083.post-74732732243187728572022-07-11T16:52:00.002-04:002022-07-11T16:53:11.216-04:00Lost Apartments of the North Shore: Richmond Terrace at Bank Street (east side)<div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwfWKJsJAJ6iat2j3Z0Y6ThVaIK1EylxF08eQEaX17tx1bDzBRleZabk_wOPyP9LA4N1CKT91AHLZLJ-e4aNbaByiQGeLzjMXEgYGFU_kTEtgePyjwWWww9QhlSAV2g6Jr9OlFQiDqvUvER8r63pnYxEgGLRb8DMFMcdZuXlxy8ibPKPF-w/s883/1.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="617" data-original-width="883" height="443" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwfWKJsJAJ6iat2j3Z0Y6ThVaIK1EylxF08eQEaX17tx1bDzBRleZabk_wOPyP9LA4N1CKT91AHLZLJ-e4aNbaByiQGeLzjMXEgYGFU_kTEtgePyjwWWww9QhlSAV2g6Jr9OlFQiDqvUvER8r63pnYxEgGLRb8DMFMcdZuXlxy8ibPKPF-w/w634-h443/1.PNG" width="634" /></a></span> </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span>Letting loose the lunatics wasn't the greatest of ideas</span><br /><span>Giving them plans and money to squander</span><br /><span>Should have been the worst of our fears</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span> Paul Weller, "The Planner's Dreams Goes Wrong" </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span>In my </span><span><span><span class="kqEaA z8gr9e">cataloguing of the devastation caused by the construction of the various NYC housing projects on the North Shore, I was constantly puzzled by the elimination of several blocks of buildings along Richmond Terrace. Only with recently being told where I can find archives copies of the SI Advance (1945-2018), have I discovered what happened.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span><span class="kqEaA z8gr9e">In addition to building the Richmond Terrace Houses, the city planners decided they were going to continue the promenade and multi-lane Richmond Terrace divided by a median from </span></span></span>Westervelt Avenue all the way down to Lafayette Avenue. To accommodate the plan, several blocks of existing buildings were purchased and demolished. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Whelp, like so many well-intentioned plans, this one never came to fruition. Oh, sure, they bought and bulldozed the buildings, but they never built the expanded Terrace or extended the promenade. To be fair, I don't love the original idea, but right now, the narrow stretch of the Terrace in front of the projects is one of the worst bottlenecks on the North Shore. So, businesses and lives were uprooted for an expensive plan that was never implemented. Good going, people. </p><p style="text-align: left;">For these lost apartment posts I wouldn't normally include pictures of so many individual buildings, but the sheer number of them seemed to warrant it. I want to make clear the extent of the destruction wrought for no ultimate yield.</p><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLd9eQWRfDHIh_CBVu4GuE-b3b-rrrYw4ZIuSn3OnDGICcsL85xDLZz2CKpjubzzm6U84m8oMW75IIkP-Cw_kqckqvJpUHRs_6jTXySmSGXbQYBz98JqRre8aLtygLCP-Eh6QhrxRlkhLQDUM85Ud0-IJ_vmmNePHZNemdJPtULpi7uK8C4Q/s1169/1937.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="1169" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLd9eQWRfDHIh_CBVu4GuE-b3b-rrrYw4ZIuSn3OnDGICcsL85xDLZz2CKpjubzzm6U84m8oMW75IIkP-Cw_kqckqvJpUHRs_6jTXySmSGXbQYBz98JqRre8aLtygLCP-Eh6QhrxRlkhLQDUM85Ud0-IJ_vmmNePHZNemdJPtULpi7uK8C4Q/w605-h227/1937.PNG" width="605" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Sanborn Map, 1936</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b> </b><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"> <br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJZOgLUlDzMAdrGbdYQPlkkjvRgXy_UDrkBFZAlCUzetFLvLrXRnYQPX_F5kuEdv6oC0GOAvRW4uCOYAeNtJSoSntnsdUr5QrBtFg6ekQx2LWRm6jpxqZDhP5NGyP_d0vPoq8VnYicmqj2C8xtb8333_aYLQhvSYjpq4PUSQwKU50frog8g/s917/3-23-63.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="917" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJZOgLUlDzMAdrGbdYQPlkkjvRgXy_UDrkBFZAlCUzetFLvLrXRnYQPX_F5kuEdv6oC0GOAvRW4uCOYAeNtJSoSntnsdUr5QrBtFg6ekQx2LWRm6jpxqZDhP5NGyP_d0vPoq8VnYicmqj2C8xtb8333_aYLQhvSYjpq4PUSQwKU50frog8g/w562-h344/3-23-63.PNG" width="562" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>SI Advance, March 23, 1963</b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b> </b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b> </b></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b> </b><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhSORAJMAYH1jzDe7uA_pbBqwFKGb_ie5ZlHZqLOzVhyEYjmIEpN2UpJYRYkmMnS25gCnG0viuGa91d213dr9q_GTY7DnaS5NS_CWk1Y-9x3g2tddNNyQI9z-Q0thUq3dphGt_k1-pkQF5a5Ibi4g1_Wh_DAs34S0XH1KkmPyVOZOukwY8yQ/s624/2.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="501" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhSORAJMAYH1jzDe7uA_pbBqwFKGb_ie5ZlHZqLOzVhyEYjmIEpN2UpJYRYkmMnS25gCnG0viuGa91d213dr9q_GTY7DnaS5NS_CWk1Y-9x3g2tddNNyQI9z-Q0thUq3dphGt_k1-pkQF5a5Ibi4g1_Wh_DAs34S0XH1KkmPyVOZOukwY8yQ/w511-h636/2.PNG" width="511" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Chen Hing Hand Laundry</b></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwa650s_3kkT93wuHUegE_KNnQnK9e1tRUGXjgVjHU81n4iu2Ix-N4ouQnrkv3tk9eoca41G8yOnInFXlAuDReOoZndWFr_SIMLAJOYrRwM0HNU4I-siw_pH0RO1CtgU0hVwuikDNsUddZqsziu_xhDbn1Cq9favXjyABYof8OqmSfY-DxGA/s643/3.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="474" height="665" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwa650s_3kkT93wuHUegE_KNnQnK9e1tRUGXjgVjHU81n4iu2Ix-N4ouQnrkv3tk9eoca41G8yOnInFXlAuDReOoZndWFr_SIMLAJOYrRwM0HNU4I-siw_pH0RO1CtgU0hVwuikDNsUddZqsziu_xhDbn1Cq9favXjyABYof8OqmSfY-DxGA/w491-h665/3.PNG" width="491" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Thomas V. Barry: Real Estate-Insurance & Libasci Bros. Tonsorial</b><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSsvAsJAcDfTNv1RczTk9F3HvXZKuByKpBC4xLE28qb1cgpD4Wlw4JQw1g2DAiYwCJB2Ecil8AjSze8NyU6gt_kuEnLzzG7W5K5-MNjizoEgx1VfOE9Y8SKvtYpKewTGWMz17Sw5VIad0fXoBwBtG5qHKho_Rfewoor37iMe0xUihrjPt7g/s620/4.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="420" height="697" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlSsvAsJAcDfTNv1RczTk9F3HvXZKuByKpBC4xLE28qb1cgpD4Wlw4JQw1g2DAiYwCJB2Ecil8AjSze8NyU6gt_kuEnLzzG7W5K5-MNjizoEgx1VfOE9Y8SKvtYpKewTGWMz17Sw5VIad0fXoBwBtG5qHKho_Rfewoor37iMe0xUihrjPt7g/w473-h697/4.PNG" width="473" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Furrier</b></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD3lG2V_2cXD7TS0MhGgwWM3VCsyaveqKE5F3KZmBTOq5PeRt3pNN67V4wqdgmVktsjvjWLrntvAY0oaEdWYwjNJBbfL2TNL_GiFDIFoVW1lUGY8xCGa2WemgU7CCqTUcRoXx5i0SoAeV6RBoT9YvFQVRkTeve1J6fUjvhfMD20hejQYuQpQ/s647/5.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="434" height="662" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvghAXAYJo2-IQiqQdu58rGZMhB9Rna1KK5-F4KYIOgCKJgANiTXmOSkxovGHLNdc0YsaOAC3S1p_Vatbc_8GXlgF1dIA_vrTKpdBazLhSP4y_NIRig5bZGZM1gQEeLDWa1NHDWdaasbSlIp3BgKXvf0m_PPFWUUGQT-QIRATpEfbQhJB6jg/w447-h662/8.PNG" width="447" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Vacant - Demolished in 1946 after being vacant 20 years</b><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAYk4DE70DM5gfLZzsizZzOM8dFdOUzXM8PzzemRr95HV73KA944llBygoCEZE2-MoPfXIO1Mp6mG6oETJwgu-JoT-N1AK7U4vNfFozHiXmkHeDiKuzn7YEU_q3SmFLi9xqDMVg_HbzrW9KRiqS2JdLeJ2onSLIzrJw_aQSz9_flpjS5MRpg/s628/10.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="484" height="569" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAYk4DE70DM5gfLZzsizZzOM8dFdOUzXM8PzzemRr95HV73KA944llBygoCEZE2-MoPfXIO1Mp6mG6oETJwgu-JoT-N1AK7U4vNfFozHiXmkHeDiKuzn7YEU_q3SmFLi9xqDMVg_HbzrW9KRiqS2JdLeJ2onSLIzrJw_aQSz9_flpjS5MRpg/w439-h569/10.PNG" width="439" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Pan-American Bar & Grill</b><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Station</b><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVSDKpgYJuJx51vr2TFtO7d9wtSSrvoaRplqVB6NAMTScMKl5WFt7jTljd6AX5S19gnGY0P4sFa7vs91yMYFSjk0O52doBgTxiuM56NwcBW-OSJ-OusyQn19F0E5j4WXnNEzXClAoLOlGXUNfkVw_Xn7p23rWOb1hryJW4HM8WLC00UV6NA/s638/14.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="483" height="589" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVSDKpgYJuJx51vr2TFtO7d9wtSSrvoaRplqVB6NAMTScMKl5WFt7jTljd6AX5S19gnGY0P4sFa7vs91yMYFSjk0O52doBgTxiuM56NwcBW-OSJ-OusyQn19F0E5j4WXnNEzXClAoLOlGXUNfkVw_Xn7p23rWOb1hryJW4HM8WLC00UV6NA/w446-h589/14.PNG" width="446" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Bakery</b><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKOnOC88UHJ9g_qnn80evLMvYqOLZxJZign3pS8xfkdrtk4PjISh_9_ubHDMzUeSJoZI7p7aBELbKBVXWPaBDsk8RoA3SMV7LxzUY-50MULfMFg2qmlfngAxly2qNnPoZb27IG-Nl_hI_kiPRqw8gwSZy3Rq9KyxFzpl2kdkKMb8RUYxesew/s641/15.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQLKWLuIrdjhiK_fDsNYQFWFgFfFOiRmeKVcjmuM3ylSYapSnkhNT298yvOMJL515Pm-Jt23DQaEQ_WvhjNN1LFynfpZkDdlCZGZh6Hb9VFJp46oSrE0LA19-V5FzNKM-PTPKVuIieDj1GlvunMVWLovPZigjX_MrkQ8Im3H6OFdxDJcgQA/s949/lft.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="617" data-original-width="949" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQLKWLuIrdjhiK_fDsNYQFWFgFfFOiRmeKVcjmuM3ylSYapSnkhNT298yvOMJL515Pm-Jt23DQaEQ_WvhjNN1LFynfpZkDdlCZGZh6Hb9VFJp46oSrE0LA19-V5FzNKM-PTPKVuIieDj1GlvunMVWLovPZigjX_MrkQ8Im3H6OFdxDJcgQA/w621-h404/lft.PNG" width="621" /></a></div><b> </b><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>238 York Avenue, ca.1940</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b> </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzY6twzqF3E2-BUd53aIddvCJCKzNamUHV8dOn9UsSSuoss87fVt43WaXGulVHjIGWk6VB13TYk84Xp8zvUpW9kOhFLFImU-7G0z4ocCwvL0BqXFXEH5SeNCceRvOifXMZNr_Ii4GTepjj-239mLexiaQ6rER-gh0-LoWsQEGiDAqaPemcBw/s969/ctr.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="969" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzY6twzqF3E2-BUd53aIddvCJCKzNamUHV8dOn9UsSSuoss87fVt43WaXGulVHjIGWk6VB13TYk84Xp8zvUpW9kOhFLFImU-7G0z4ocCwvL0BqXFXEH5SeNCceRvOifXMZNr_Ii4GTepjj-239mLexiaQ6rER-gh0-LoWsQEGiDAqaPemcBw/w620-h424/ctr.PNG" width="620" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b>234 York Avenue, ca. 1940</b></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPDXDATOtvlZSxpJgrxulwKe2Se6rCZCdP44zw8i2W0PTbGkj83LwnIvqRUGuDayiQTssl7xi2I8bF0PJwaIGA_7KeFc7dWfb90E3YeUBOJYzfR9kZJMj14_R3oNUzDPtKi2G2Dzj1pUy6p9_-TXyR_f010M8M5m5ri2NanX2etT_xyaH-Kg/s872/rt.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="658" data-original-width="872" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPDXDATOtvlZSxpJgrxulwKe2Se6rCZCdP44zw8i2W0PTbGkj83LwnIvqRUGuDayiQTssl7xi2I8bF0PJwaIGA_7KeFc7dWfb90E3YeUBOJYzfR9kZJMj14_R3oNUzDPtKi2G2Dzj1pUy6p9_-TXyR_f010M8M5m5ri2NanX2etT_xyaH-Kg/w595-h448/rt.PNG" width="595" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b>230 York Avenue, ca. 1940</b></p><p> </p><p></p><p>I'm not sure I ever noticed this strange building until I bought a house on Prospect Avenue in 2006. After that, I drove by it all the time, curious about its odd look and hoping someone one would fix it up at least a little bit. Around 2010-2011, someone did do a major renovation. The work wasn't fantastic, and the roof over landing isn't attractive, but a building was returned to use. The DOITT map lists 238 York Avenue as being built in 1931, but it appears to be on the 1917 insurance map. Either way, it's a fairly old building that's still standing and occupied today. <br /></p><p> </p><p>Scanning the Advance archives, I wasn't able to determine when the two units to the right of the remaining 238 York Avenue, were destroyed. However, the last article referencing the center unit, 234 York, was in 1974 when for the second time in a year one of its tenants was robbed. The last reference to the rightmost building, 230 York, was in 1975 when one its tenants was sentenced to nine months for burglary. For at least a decade preceding 1975, all three units had tenants who had habitual contact with the police.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNErKYRmUGElsq56O5im0orXjc9G9MXYMqy4G58QvhvhsXLIOIiDki2WxetgVxzlnXnycKTi8kufM03JRq8YDSF6vnkzTRxYN1i0LX6QZKZGcsNZd6gk938MjE0whLhZm5QbA8r573V6VymJ2gWIOju5cCwHGcyvECMELpGWFjVgVnQdySWg/s892/1989.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="892" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNErKYRmUGElsq56O5im0orXjc9G9MXYMqy4G58QvhvhsXLIOIiDki2WxetgVxzlnXnycKTi8kufM03JRq8YDSF6vnkzTRxYN1i0LX6QZKZGcsNZd6gk938MjE0whLhZm5QbA8r573V6VymJ2gWIOju5cCwHGcyvECMELpGWFjVgVnQdySWg/w616-h440/1989.PNG" width="616" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b>238 York Avenue, 1989</b> </p><p>The yellow street signs were gone by the time I moved to the area, but this was essentially how the building looked in 2006.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5KyREI7AWgznjrHfyXa1T1kG7M80EdS6qFKGpEI7-RpjeQG30rT_4Q9jLRgFUfRnpLnUal81ndTX5uSUnxy2olw2cGcpjmkoWMhxJCMHHxvm0LfZDsaK2N7DO1gOTY-I0fHcOkwvL9sUqkpuJmkwHPYjq_7aSZ5ZFl2lo_m5P6enLeWSHg/s514/1936%20map.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="352" data-original-width="514" height="423" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5KyREI7AWgznjrHfyXa1T1kG7M80EdS6qFKGpEI7-RpjeQG30rT_4Q9jLRgFUfRnpLnUal81ndTX5uSUnxy2olw2cGcpjmkoWMhxJCMHHxvm0LfZDsaK2N7DO1gOTY-I0fHcOkwvL9sUqkpuJmkwHPYjq_7aSZ5ZFl2lo_m5P6enLeWSHg/w616-h423/1936%20map.PNG" width="616" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Sanborn Map, amended 1935</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij6lgbXxF86_GqWvpixBIwPAbw9MHoQ-I7nApfTFlX3iyQUwMviXw-BTqHFnanJdHWkwusmP_VGjoqfgoVrJxlUapsf9rZgZmiukFyCrk_DI8fgc6hoygvsOAKEGG5IaX6Aqv8aiTphSql27s6IPSiLnMZjUtOflOAH4Fkb7ZWyOr87kjLBg/s1059/2018.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1059" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij6lgbXxF86_GqWvpixBIwPAbw9MHoQ-I7nApfTFlX3iyQUwMviXw-BTqHFnanJdHWkwusmP_VGjoqfgoVrJxlUapsf9rZgZmiukFyCrk_DI8fgc6hoygvsOAKEGG5IaX6Aqv8aiTphSql27s6IPSiLnMZjUtOflOAH4Fkb7ZWyOr87kjLBg/w660-h399/2018.PNG" width="660" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b>238 York Avenue - 2018</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>The Wasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636805818054637966noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22064083.post-87058201369257215472022-06-24T13:47:00.000-04:002022-06-24T13:47:20.140-04:00Lost Apartments of the North Shore: Richmond Terrace and Nicholas Street<div><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguXkY9C6FNVvJHNXWRCUoVjz_3XHEcZd6SHzrv-ut7yJy5lFaRSEhvJ_2LI0_1K_j-mJ4z4cej-i6FWCut08ncagqpDHsBPUEw0FwQiKcwGBuKDQQ1KYWrSBoHdiOCgqcrwu4wGjuQsh4rc8hxnHoEFjSwno0HVXo_-ePbd93iwD61BU_Q1Q/s724/224%20richmond%20terr.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="724" height="535" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguXkY9C6FNVvJHNXWRCUoVjz_3XHEcZd6SHzrv-ut7yJy5lFaRSEhvJ_2LI0_1K_j-mJ4z4cej-i6FWCut08ncagqpDHsBPUEw0FwQiKcwGBuKDQQ1KYWrSBoHdiOCgqcrwu4wGjuQsh4rc8hxnHoEFjSwno0HVXo_-ePbd93iwD61BU_Q1Q/w627-h535/224%20richmond%20terr.PNG" width="627" /></a></div>224 Richmond Terrace and the foot of Nicholas Street<p></p><p>I came across this lost apartment by happenstance. I wanted to see the houses that used to exist along the beginning stretch of Stuyvesant Place where it meets the Terrace. Lo, and behold, I came across this fine little building. I don't know when it was destroyed, but I don't have a memory of it being there when I started attending Curtis in 1980. When I took of old #5 bus over Jersey Street in the morning, I'd get off right there and walk up Nicholas to school.<br /></p><p>I'm not sure when it was built (the Archives photo doesn't have a date), but there was a building with similar looking footprint on both the 1898 and 1917 maps. However, the maps indicate the building was wooden, which, obviously, this isn't. Even the 1937 Sanborn Map shows the building as wooden. However, this picture, if taken at the same time as the rest of the tax photos is from between 1939 and 1940, so that would make it fairly new, which, again, it doesn't seem to be. So, if anybody reading this knows more about it, let me know.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhifG5IikWVwvzqtz0yGNrQY-WMPU7386AldCKQw5ed8kSOa3Ekr-6e8LN8hqwY7NBMjH0Gvn_W0Zgc2zzBixEfC63T6bEAoeZ_XNBIWCX4hK3GPQxKDuFF3Doneb3bF6YbCFJshAK6YrF2ZxT00De9bsia5FeamJQ30xNPgLzxRdKZ56H1-w/s956/224%20richmond%20terr%202.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="956" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhifG5IikWVwvzqtz0yGNrQY-WMPU7386AldCKQw5ed8kSOa3Ekr-6e8LN8hqwY7NBMjH0Gvn_W0Zgc2zzBixEfC63T6bEAoeZ_XNBIWCX4hK3GPQxKDuFF3Doneb3bF6YbCFJshAK6YrF2ZxT00De9bsia5FeamJQ30xNPgLzxRdKZ56H1-w/w589-h323/224%20richmond%20terr%202.PNG" width="589" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b>216 Richmond Terrace</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b> </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="802" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8SRnxtDFbLCCvTf28zBZPEqZRtayNvk0-QUc7JOpFPbWIEha3tHG2BmLNlY331d9XGs2xjDmt5YIyeJfwgLVG-6TkswlGgnACkeshbdtDWRVuMBldR_hSQjkdREZcu31J6j4VqHnzdeC8hFF0kz_hsEmqFFQmG3sM4kEEbYZ330DmZUrXQ/w514-h427/1917%20map.PNG" width="514" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b>1917 Bromley Atlas</b></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9CLTNSSZzq5CgDYQyljpZi8VQzNJW4SOqVX20DlQqfPsBB9lp7MkjLqe9KVjnD5SL9OMXD1m4Qg8CL1MllCrSdcUL_28egjuHfic0LLx5oYVpAe54pmNfJoxWv8TKhyioK4KlEwlc6yFZc4A232D-j2yxmrcEkKN1_esFeN-mXc9MfeH0CA/s641/1937.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="599" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9CLTNSSZzq5CgDYQyljpZi8VQzNJW4SOqVX20DlQqfPsBB9lp7MkjLqe9KVjnD5SL9OMXD1m4Qg8CL1MllCrSdcUL_28egjuHfic0LLx5oYVpAe54pmNfJoxWv8TKhyioK4KlEwlc6yFZc4A232D-j2yxmrcEkKN1_esFeN-mXc9MfeH0CA/w498-h534/1937.PNG" width="498" /></a></div><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b>1937 Sanborn Map</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="661" data-original-width="757" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQQxS_URSid9YOmtp__pTr-5pUmUOOD7-YbQdTzHpcKr53uPfgklCwCGuSVYqlYvDwIOa_8zl-i1LmeJDe41FNcaXD90veBFHYplxc_p8Ai3ajPahB3UfO_D2qnPJhe5ogp9PZsxHY0oD6pNYchjHWmGSU0s9trt4vZCssSddJPXzi33608g/w534-h466/2018.PNG" width="534" /></a></b></div><b><br />2018 - The View</b>; better than an empty lot, I guess <br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>The Wasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636805818054637966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22064083.post-1525161448667859642022-06-21T14:58:00.002-04:002022-06-24T10:11:14.030-04:00Lost Apartments of the North Shore: Castleton Park<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"> From the maps and photographs, Castleton Park, once home to the gargantuan Hotel Castleton, and now home to the magnificently dull Castleton Park apartment towers, was a pleasant block of houses surrounding a park and watched over by two attractive apartment buildings. Only by checking the maps and dates right now, did I realize that when I first went to Curtis High School in 1980, that old Castleton Park might have only been recently destroyed. The <a href="http://maps.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/" target="_blank">DOITT NYCMap</a> lists the current buildings, 165 St. Marks, as only having been built in 1976. In the past, I've gone on about how working class communities were destroyed for the ostensible benefit of housing projects, but this is the first time I've come across the obliteration of a middle-class section for affordable housing. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> What strikes me immediately about Castleton Park's demolition is the absolute lack of any sort of concern for architectural attractiveness. Instead of the nicely detailed apartments and houses that were knocked down, the new apartments are looming, completely unadorned towers. Now, even the greenery that once covered the underground garage in imitation of the old park, seems to have been let go and replaced with concrete. Whatever reasons there are to remove something old and replace it, there's no reason to replace it with ugliness, but time and time again, that's what New York City (and, truth be told, most cities) have done over the past seventy-five years.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie8-VlqZ3kz2ION1Tg53vfvWItoc-CmK2Il-EjoimYp4jdcfg5xNOZiYMnXlhEzd2RPa8uXJ7nXs08YrgXVMhanbgJzL-fih5jCeVs86QYumdMrDL_S0NygmuPm2CBgpQyaZwbDR67v34IYfzJ_Ut6mzq1hKWGKmm70tz50fo9FxS7EwdsnQ/s606/1934%20map.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="572" height="557" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie8-VlqZ3kz2ION1Tg53vfvWItoc-CmK2Il-EjoimYp4jdcfg5xNOZiYMnXlhEzd2RPa8uXJ7nXs08YrgXVMhanbgJzL-fih5jCeVs86QYumdMrDL_S0NygmuPm2CBgpQyaZwbDR67v34IYfzJ_Ut6mzq1hKWGKmm70tz50fo9FxS7EwdsnQ/w526-h557/1934%20map.PNG" width="526" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b>1934 Map - The Castleton in orange and The St. Marks in pink</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSCfQE773gjU6a-EDsNm-DV2AoqgKFQvpVOsjPH2Hgl3B6D_si89ctqcSegd3DogEMvynDhNXuiExR3iamnk2MWstQKxf8XE_djCt7CBG5v80uLoOlylMfwqGfAIpRz1_Ex8WTAaOiGcp30gG1TxJZPQo4OmHzbUYFpknUw4czqYnXeo4pDQ/s644/the%20Castleton%201.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="644" data-original-width="434" height="739" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSCfQE773gjU6a-EDsNm-DV2AoqgKFQvpVOsjPH2Hgl3B6D_si89ctqcSegd3DogEMvynDhNXuiExR3iamnk2MWstQKxf8XE_djCt7CBG5v80uLoOlylMfwqGfAIpRz1_Ex8WTAaOiGcp30gG1TxJZPQo4OmHzbUYFpknUw4czqYnXeo4pDQ/w499-h739/the%20Castleton%201.PNG" width="499" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><b>ca. 1940 - my favorite picture of the Castleton as it seems to lurch around the corner of Nicholas and St. Marks</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiopcZ7AU2E5Jp8R6_0bzCKzEH3uQwHJXEt2AxJxiuSOKS6KFTIcEZWsTG6WJoI9s0W21goASFpvfoKCN90xZu3x404_7ZSpkptgsfttK30XScgAOfteN-2Ht6jJ5JP-H7B6ORefgV1VLTICpvnTDb4IoP_Ch_mvZ8_F7_6MhKrHiQ9OoQbBg/s621/Castleton%20postcard%203.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="621" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiopcZ7AU2E5Jp8R6_0bzCKzEH3uQwHJXEt2AxJxiuSOKS6KFTIcEZWsTG6WJoI9s0W21goASFpvfoKCN90xZu3x404_7ZSpkptgsfttK30XScgAOfteN-2Ht6jJ5JP-H7B6ORefgV1VLTICpvnTDb4IoP_Ch_mvZ8_F7_6MhKrHiQ9OoQbBg/w563-h354/Castleton%20postcard%203.PNG" width="563" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b>postcard of the Castleton with Castleton Park in the foreground</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXMB6GsmunWYpZCHRg4uf8Im9g0AOxcWK_GDGnZQ-YMgGvmRDak4S9sMvEpQWiw7gqY-l88e2i_vF-Qo4YOhQihceuFIto6DzHjcx1J1TSSshs7sSCO3MeFJf-tY7bR-MEiNWt5XmsXkm7tL52PmvmGvwTWBTRWh-TLZtlM3oAFqu9NWb21Q/s760/Castleton%20postcard.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="505" data-original-width="760" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXMB6GsmunWYpZCHRg4uf8Im9g0AOxcWK_GDGnZQ-YMgGvmRDak4S9sMvEpQWiw7gqY-l88e2i_vF-Qo4YOhQihceuFIto6DzHjcx1J1TSSshs7sSCO3MeFJf-tY7bR-MEiNWt5XmsXkm7tL52PmvmGvwTWBTRWh-TLZtlM3oAFqu9NWb21Q/w546-h364/Castleton%20postcard.png" width="546" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b>postcard of the Castleton</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="930" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0JPzGoGyuc6CVrMcZ8PsNnqB11NCl_BeJGx6h4JxZlDGD1GSN-DUaQGyin4kKkcfG8llfPqoqrijhS_g99zK1YIuDsxMsQNs1zQX7Ona7dr3DTaY4YTRWihCxzWztxENNjlknDzAshAiSF_1avgKVJoo5zwHUARE5qpujaW7zrRXYRWa4A/w524-h335/Saint%20Marks.PNG" width="524" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b>ca. 1940 - the St. Marks</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigtJYSSt_UWUyJaNRM4F35u4VPt4XAKx05KGkNru533PANfjGCpCdbEU3ZqciffKXwsHCV742DHw8IL94kv_zQWOkpDlDTQ1cFA3Ov3Z7cn4Cb6PZsu-BdYDp-S7d7k7IQup1ILQfSeXGKmIFm7FAJo-kz0K2wm1gDx7bj899zZ1o1akeUjA/s800/19648813-standard.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="800" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigtJYSSt_UWUyJaNRM4F35u4VPt4XAKx05KGkNru533PANfjGCpCdbEU3ZqciffKXwsHCV742DHw8IL94kv_zQWOkpDlDTQ1cFA3Ov3Z7cn4Cb6PZsu-BdYDp-S7d7k7IQup1ILQfSeXGKmIFm7FAJo-kz0K2wm1gDx7bj899zZ1o1akeUjA/w519-h341/19648813-standard.jpeg" width="519" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>postcard of the Castleton and the St. Marks</b></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ULtwWo3ezv_bR9nh5VBP3Nnaa2dfgdjutfmwp_LTOR90ILkCPfcqLysXnf2fJYSxEneg6Mzw2ovmBcohkebjA4jihkGyuENZrdNfjRIcb-gGgsPkwZhEuZxDm0uXoJPv6emmZ9ioeZqHonB2cl6cwCB94M-nypvPHjm1F6A3XhmUvQxRRg/s1213/twin%20apartments.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="1213" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ULtwWo3ezv_bR9nh5VBP3Nnaa2dfgdjutfmwp_LTOR90ILkCPfcqLysXnf2fJYSxEneg6Mzw2ovmBcohkebjA4jihkGyuENZrdNfjRIcb-gGgsPkwZhEuZxDm0uXoJPv6emmZ9ioeZqHonB2cl6cwCB94M-nypvPHjm1F6A3XhmUvQxRRg/w523-h302/twin%20apartments.png" width="523" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b>1928 - skyline showing Curtis H.S., the St. Marks and the Castleton - I feel obligated to track down pictures of all the houses in this photograph<br /></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="993" height="377" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN2jCgPEOWb6xKspORfQjN8cPmpJfT06CnsylVx4ojvtqDeDIBE6X-r5MnUSedMtyQ8Uw3PwkzS6PS0KrJ3yM2YNHBJMBGXLjx_I3FSeXUahb_M1mgLj-hrRHGIlQ6BoVX6fBX3ca8iBJxfWs5IXMcodz6tvNKLJfXyRqEm9-t6LwwLyeU1w/w488-h377/2021.PNG" width="488" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>2021 - 165 St. Marks Place</b><br /></div><div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p></div>The Wasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636805818054637966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22064083.post-24166694238458446952022-06-14T21:49:00.002-04:002022-06-14T21:49:25.337-04:00Lost Apartments of the North Shore: the Baltimore Flats<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBRSobHs5U_-4xDy7B8nkMPP8k4cfwpH95jUoz7vJPiSHmWHeqsB5GaVCIu9KxtSSX_wgESopu1Fvs2cFM3WTBWxoo3Ls4vTervBDN7ranQyzZrU2HpiifoNRWDL1KPIb8AB2ajuZoPH7M0rgmmIAVXcwPIy1_ORz4Et_zII3M_rPisgq6w/s992/baltimore%20flats.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="655" data-original-width="992" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBRSobHs5U_-4xDy7B8nkMPP8k4cfwpH95jUoz7vJPiSHmWHeqsB5GaVCIu9KxtSSX_wgESopu1Fvs2cFM3WTBWxoo3Ls4vTervBDN7ranQyzZrU2HpiifoNRWDL1KPIb8AB2ajuZoPH7M0rgmmIAVXcwPIy1_ORz4Et_zII3M_rPisgq6w/w615-h406/baltimore%20flats.JPG" width="615" /></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b>17-23 Victory Blvd, ca. 1940</b></div></b><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">When my parents got married, they lived at 115 Stuyvesant Place. It's where I lived my first three years. They bought a house on Cebra Avenue when their rent went up to $137 and exceeded a mortgage. As a baby, my mom and I went to all sorts of stores in St. George and Tompkinsville. I had memories of eating in a luncheonette at the corner of Victory and Bay, but I couldn't remember anything specific about it except that my mom was friends with a waitress. It was only doing some research a few years ago that I discovered pictures of it.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">The luncheonette was called DeFranco's and it was in the corner of a string of apartments called the Baltimore Flats. They're a beautiful example of late 19th-century buildings, designed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Sargent_(architect)" target="_blank">Edward A. Sargent</a>. Unfortunately, after part of them caught fire in 1980, it wasn't long before the entire block of flats was demolished.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSPzPHIyUwx4o5IlGqjaTJTergTdErMDL_b4OAQmXtPTUBCTh0Q1c2P-gdNflHqV4kYpypYUk-PklGVjdwWGjohMvCqcrifzGftXlWC9Z0x-XJYFh5UZw-h2_L6AQY7gnNlWj4kdO9IqCA0o0clvypycnWg-agzwG_nUw-Qc69egwLiPhFQA/s852/lunchonette.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="542" data-original-width="852" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSPzPHIyUwx4o5IlGqjaTJTergTdErMDL_b4OAQmXtPTUBCTh0Q1c2P-gdNflHqV4kYpypYUk-PklGVjdwWGjohMvCqcrifzGftXlWC9Z0x-XJYFh5UZw-h2_L6AQY7gnNlWj4kdO9IqCA0o0clvypycnWg-agzwG_nUw-Qc69egwLiPhFQA/w584-h372/lunchonette.jpg" width="584" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">DeFranco's Luncheonette, 1969 - My mom and I could be inside </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><br /></b></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5-H9VyxoTbgB31E8GDMcuxiEb5mtPz2UCQ1IJlKI_MBcJi2SjkvYfCzyH-8FXtPmygDVp-aUzWdU5FZCukTqB6ZVZqKdwTmMpLQC8S5Qk0woFP8KOly6IdaiQTfbKeg72nXe5x7txf1tmZ1cYUEyh4Ay5SOEvSb00BkjRCRdpOW6Ws_8Pw/s1014/fire.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1014" data-original-width="800" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5-H9VyxoTbgB31E8GDMcuxiEb5mtPz2UCQ1IJlKI_MBcJi2SjkvYfCzyH-8FXtPmygDVp-aUzWdU5FZCukTqB6ZVZqKdwTmMpLQC8S5Qk0woFP8KOly6IdaiQTfbKeg72nXe5x7txf1tmZ1cYUEyh4Ay5SOEvSb00BkjRCRdpOW6Ws_8Pw/w469-h596/fire.png" width="469" /></a></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Baltimore Flats on fire - 1980</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvM3GZkd9iS3s4-OzJwn1VsF_oed-bScxCOkLhTidicxa7IeVawUpFV94uSav40gsLaoInWlkjKzkjhTaK8-g9J139xQMqifsNmlJZlk_wRjbmZSXQ2YtK4rIv_UR4OnzjgtoK161W5l6ntlTrQuEeq-35pwJbYHWXjJarXOQbWx2sX8LiaA/s800/B3LEFAODOJBJ7DJFMSFET47GMM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="654" data-original-width="800" height="411" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvM3GZkd9iS3s4-OzJwn1VsF_oed-bScxCOkLhTidicxa7IeVawUpFV94uSav40gsLaoInWlkjKzkjhTaK8-g9J139xQMqifsNmlJZlk_wRjbmZSXQ2YtK4rIv_UR4OnzjgtoK161W5l6ntlTrQuEeq-35pwJbYHWXjJarXOQbWx2sX8LiaA/w502-h411/B3LEFAODOJBJ7DJFMSFET47GMM.png" width="502" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b>the Baltimore Flats, 1980 - awaiting their fate</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNjW2tBSzS4TXxbcQdTktvRxNSJOtCsm1UdYJXj4Lo8ezWpl-d8EmZc4P1mY5h4mQvMvMd-MRDYEHNwjsFDWLjG4sJiu-khxrmamt99__myOTtStYcvUlAuyd8o4fdHF3orKlxPCyxVRbtWDLUi3wxsPHjnD1SFphOWJSDHqU5IFswnzCbqg/s956/empty%20lot.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="956" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNjW2tBSzS4TXxbcQdTktvRxNSJOtCsm1UdYJXj4Lo8ezWpl-d8EmZc4P1mY5h4mQvMvMd-MRDYEHNwjsFDWLjG4sJiu-khxrmamt99__myOTtStYcvUlAuyd8o4fdHF3orKlxPCyxVRbtWDLUi3wxsPHjnD1SFphOWJSDHqU5IFswnzCbqg/w512-h383/empty%20lot.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b>1989 - rubble</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBDXF8M3W96uAatyg8I5cfb3q7Tj1xfa5G5JE6bUbDBKTEni4uN8EFgpc7zA6IDdf9P8AriuxsUcQ--GJVowVu9wJN2zcewT6MRvF6HgrYSHTrh0_qSGc0MHuSUj10yv1ONUxsjEwBcfsvq0gNnuDi6XWTL91I0R_53_HUygEcrGgC2GJoGA/s908/2021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="908" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBDXF8M3W96uAatyg8I5cfb3q7Tj1xfa5G5JE6bUbDBKTEni4uN8EFgpc7zA6IDdf9P8AriuxsUcQ--GJVowVu9wJN2zcewT6MRvF6HgrYSHTrh0_qSGc0MHuSUj10yv1ONUxsjEwBcfsvq0gNnuDi6XWTL91I0R_53_HUygEcrGgC2GJoGA/w489-h370/2021.JPG" width="489" /></a></div><br /><b>2021</b><p></p>The Wasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636805818054637966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22064083.post-1888619273665594322022-06-14T11:26:00.004-04:002022-06-15T09:15:56.436-04:00Lost Apartments of the North Shore: 210 Victory Boulevard<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjqQOvYynrzsSGfIC5EOid49FQ5ijD1__rqRkvLlAQuOv16vE4CdYWOEPyfTRGTQ25lGmSMmHf7qKQYzfXgWWjALBdb4z4tpRJO31nxgW9p4fyRhkHvwMnowNc6arCDkPdoFIyTWr3ZIvWvsrH6POt-OwjmK2D8lHJGAY5hNTlJFJx5Se4DQ/s662/575-17.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="509" height="677" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjqQOvYynrzsSGfIC5EOid49FQ5ijD1__rqRkvLlAQuOv16vE4CdYWOEPyfTRGTQ25lGmSMmHf7qKQYzfXgWWjALBdb4z4tpRJO31nxgW9p4fyRhkHvwMnowNc6arCDkPdoFIyTWr3ZIvWvsrH6POt-OwjmK2D8lHJGAY5hNTlJFJx5Se4DQ/w520-h677/575-17.PNG" width="520" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b> 210 Victory Boulevard, ca. 1940</b><br /> </p><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> I have only the slightest memories of this building, even though I grew up a few blocks away and probably walked past it hundreds of times before it was torn down in the early 2000s. I suspect the reason it never really registered in my mind is because it was set way back from Victory Boulevard and the property was no longer the nicely-maintained lawns and hedges depicted above, but a mass of uncontrolled trees and bushes. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> When I was a kid, those set-back buildings had acquired a reputation for housing shady characters. A friend of mine lived in one of them - maybe even this one - and I visited once, and it was fairly creepy. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> According to Dept. of Building records, in 2000, it was reported that the back of the building had collapsed and the front was in imminent danger of coming down. I've always been fascinated about the circumstances by which a perfectly decent building reaches a state where it's abandoned and left to ruin. Whole families lived there once. Hopes were hoped, dreams dreamed, and lives lived inside those walls. Now, it's not much more than a few photos. As such, I'm going to do a series of short posts about buildings similar to this one that once graced our streets and at some point - poof!- just seemed to vanish into the <span class="ILfuVd"><span class="hgKElc">æther</span></span>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhw0LSOLUnOQYHCUGTpW7V1MLDTD_A4G0YvF7gvuVgrKJjN_RHsdrj89vSdGgRb8TPenHAfUOdFbWHVhjBYXsuldJQorjvwhwYFIFz-_4gHHAPLXPEvNj9KaRXgqiOUub5mq2C8rSc704LZvzyff6Dh6XH7lhHkfpVCM7VhtXblzOLVF1mA/s776/today.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="753" height="497" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhw0LSOLUnOQYHCUGTpW7V1MLDTD_A4G0YvF7gvuVgrKJjN_RHsdrj89vSdGgRb8TPenHAfUOdFbWHVhjBYXsuldJQorjvwhwYFIFz-_4gHHAPLXPEvNj9KaRXgqiOUub5mq2C8rSc704LZvzyff6Dh6XH7lhHkfpVCM7VhtXblzOLVF1mA/w483-h497/today.PNG" width="483" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b>2013</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh83HOqVS2Nj_u0aDvzNyw-3j37Wvj-AAf1WtMuSQx0NwhCqLNyy2bwI_bSGCnM5dz653HBL50IWyd297oVplK2BrOBgOFXVb3q4_IBOC270Di0_hkpMyRbIWEysXSlpYICgjiEAT_cCVARxKSNzJEowwgT-U9s5yYWbP9k0gwWsQZlTacUrg/s1102/Block%20575.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="1102" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh83HOqVS2Nj_u0aDvzNyw-3j37Wvj-AAf1WtMuSQx0NwhCqLNyy2bwI_bSGCnM5dz653HBL50IWyd297oVplK2BrOBgOFXVb3q4_IBOC270Di0_hkpMyRbIWEysXSlpYICgjiEAT_cCVARxKSNzJEowwgT-U9s5yYWbP9k0gwWsQZlTacUrg/w504-h255/Block%20575.PNG" width="504" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>1917 map</b><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2YLSK_ClScAGHYs4u43mmj2Nkn9KyXNsImKwZckfpcoUMxbmlXMIvgXf8q7Sy-lFErBMCbnfJJ3eR-SpDblib6XBaEaSv1mOjl5c4QNjvOfS4SQf4xg0eLfFoNFbQAboGLT1WWPQfDuPDr8zSG43a6H0paFBjPl0Fyi-X2UOOX5pzWL0Vxg/s539/1996.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="539" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2YLSK_ClScAGHYs4u43mmj2Nkn9KyXNsImKwZckfpcoUMxbmlXMIvgXf8q7Sy-lFErBMCbnfJJ3eR-SpDblib6XBaEaSv1mOjl5c4QNjvOfS4SQf4xg0eLfFoNFbQAboGLT1WWPQfDuPDr8zSG43a6H0paFBjPl0Fyi-X2UOOX5pzWL0Vxg/w454-h334/1996.PNG" width="454" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>1996 NYC aerial map</b><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p></div>The Wasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636805818054637966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22064083.post-24057423109707221322020-08-04T20:44:00.000-04:002020-08-04T20:44:08.721-04:00Dutch Reformed Churches of the North Shore<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwOP7pP9QEXoYNxgLYNp8gXtf5OPzV1XvuUeohsFaYfnz0yOkf1QUk6W1LkCIaRjgY0Mn7B8XhHmYfcq5Z9GprJipsG-OgJWu0cU62BJOY8JOxUGhEPYZbX9egp6UzwzlkzaD/s668/New+North+Church.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="668" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwOP7pP9QEXoYNxgLYNp8gXtf5OPzV1XvuUeohsFaYfnz0yOkf1QUk6W1LkCIaRjgY0Mn7B8XhHmYfcq5Z9GprJipsG-OgJWu0cU62BJOY8JOxUGhEPYZbX9egp6UzwzlkzaD/s640/New+North+Church.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>From the Reformed Church on Staten Island site: </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Old North Church, built 1717</b></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://www.olddutchchurchnyc.org/" target="_blank">Reformed Church on Staten Island</a></b>: The oldest church of any denomination on Staten Island is the Reformed Church on Staten Island in Port Richmond on Port Richmond Avenue. The Dutch and French-speaking Huguenot settlers of Staten Island prior to 1680 were few in number and unable to support a permanent minister. Instead, preachers traveled to the Island every couple of months. In, Petrus Tesschenmacker, the first Staten Island minister ordained in the New World, was received by the tiny village of Port Richmond (New Amsterdam had become an English possession in 1674). He left Port Richmond for Schenectady in 1686 where he and his congregants were killed by French and Indian raiders in 1690. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Ff9zSVpXDtHP0hTGkBJx_kMqzPkwf0sm30e6cFUomLvGAd6URBjralnD3qxlK-yxu4pK8kVBriheSEd4vfK0Jo_fzOo7pf0KSeIbZtj7Mtu85xrWKyipaliptvV-1UXqTr9j/s563/third.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="457" data-original-width="563" height="571" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Ff9zSVpXDtHP0hTGkBJx_kMqzPkwf0sm30e6cFUomLvGAd6URBjralnD3qxlK-yxu4pK8kVBriheSEd4vfK0Jo_fzOo7pf0KSeIbZtj7Mtu85xrWKyipaliptvV-1UXqTr9j/w704-h571/third.JPG" width="704" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>From the Reformed Church on Staten Island site: </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Third church, built 1787</b></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The first church building went up in 1680, and a second, hexagonal one, in 1717. That building was burnt by the British occupation forces in 1780, and a new one was built in 1787. Finally, in 1844, the present brick church was built, with expansions being added over the next few decades. Surrounding the church is a cemetery that dates back to the 1690s.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFC9eknnube7lJQS6hEFPUNGjD8PGSAHSbsHpG5GDM8ic6b94y5XQ75skAipkwwhCG1zr6El_z9GWVALPqEFSjKHhE-CX9iFOu8n8ujsu2op9TEmkS7KBFqpI8HjpOrhCsv-Ue/s760/index.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="760" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFC9eknnube7lJQS6hEFPUNGjD8PGSAHSbsHpG5GDM8ic6b94y5XQ75skAipkwwhCG1zr6El_z9GWVALPqEFSjKHhE-CX9iFOu8n8ujsu2op9TEmkS7KBFqpI8HjpOrhCsv-Ue/s640/index.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Present church, 1844</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Like most mainline Protestant churches, the Reformed Church on Staten Island is past is prime. Its buildings are in need of repair and its congregation is small. What it does have is <a href="https://www.olddutchchurchnyc.org/" target="_blank">a terrific website</a> that has a detailed history of the church and many of its historical documents and architecture on display.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://www.bhrcforgod.org/" target="_blank">Brighton Heights Reformed Church</a></b>: While I only attended Brighton Heights Reformed Church for about two years in my forties, my paternal roots lie with that congregation's denomination. My father's family is Dutch and English. While I'm uncertain of exactly when, his Dutch antecedents arrived in New Amsterdam prior to the British takeover. Family tradition held they were employees of the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">Dutch West India Company</a>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh4Upd9eLLMGSX_plTkisRHTpH-8gPRgzZufo3mYvDu1v5ZhonEAHmAhRqJxsWpXv2cRnvN8aLrsJ83Q73maiLUE9kf0aBb_EDU4D5WHBUMZEekD2xTePBPFwFbHNIl4om79XU/s460/TompkinsvilleRef.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="367" data-original-width="460" height="459" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh4Upd9eLLMGSX_plTkisRHTpH-8gPRgzZufo3mYvDu1v5ZhonEAHmAhRqJxsWpXv2cRnvN8aLrsJ83Q73maiLUE9kf0aBb_EDU4D5WHBUMZEekD2xTePBPFwFbHNIl4om79XU/w575-h459/TompkinsvilleRef.jpg" width="575" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>From the American Guild of Organists site: </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>original 1820 building, ca. 1900</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Whatever the real history is, Vredenburghs have lived in New York City - mostly Harlem, the Bronx, and, for the last fifty-five years, Staten Island - for over 350 years now. I have photos and membership papers from my dad's mom from her time as a member of <a href="https://www.elmendorfreformedchurch.org/" target="_blank">Elmendorf Chapel</a> on East 121st Street in Manhattan. During the time I attended Brighton Heights under the late Rev. Seawood, I felt very much at home and part of true Christian fellowship.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRKRMIe6hin2DRrwkiw9LOCahlIYpxPK_aOUNz9EoPuJ1dit4u31-OycX9NZKZ2BqGkk8JT7RD_aiDEFYQR42_iVzXzeWKhGpl-GVo1m-El5hQzY7iYq_xz2tfDrtuw6JQx1j_/s1039/Capture.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="1039" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRKRMIe6hin2DRrwkiw9LOCahlIYpxPK_aOUNz9EoPuJ1dit4u31-OycX9NZKZ2BqGkk8JT7RD_aiDEFYQR42_iVzXzeWKhGpl-GVo1m-El5hQzY7iYq_xz2tfDrtuw6JQx1j_/s640/Capture.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Looking north on St. Marks Place towards 1860s church, 1937</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">What's now Brighton Heights Reformed Church was founded in Tompkinsville in 1818 under the supervision of ex-NY governor (and later, vice-president), Daniel D. Tompkins and the spiritual supervision of the Rev. Peter I. Van Pelt of the church in Port Richmond. This seems to have grown out of Tompkins' earlier prompting of Van Pelt to hold services within the walls of the Quarantine Station located in Tompkinsville. This sort of direct community service was continued in the early eighties by Brighton Heights when it opened the first overnight homeless shelter on Staten Island. That undertaking would evolve into <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">Project Hospitality</a>, which still serves the Island's homeless individuals.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIfYegDOXUmXZ0shgQ5GWHddlsNzg1dw9MfRCM6MCUf2gY66L3ZBHrMB7684_MBZIIE4ABNdpcG26pQdfJ-sYIc55iZqON65UtAvPBjmFcvDXaWGR9NUZntkP2GOUbKm19ZMhH/s869/BrightonHtsRef1986Ext.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="869" data-original-width="650" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIfYegDOXUmXZ0shgQ5GWHddlsNzg1dw9MfRCM6MCUf2gY66L3ZBHrMB7684_MBZIIE4ABNdpcG26pQdfJ-sYIc55iZqON65UtAvPBjmFcvDXaWGR9NUZntkP2GOUbKm19ZMhH/s640/BrightonHtsRef1986Ext.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>1860's church </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The original church was built in 1820, roughly at the corner of Van Duzer and St. Paul's. As the neighborhood became more commercial, land was bought on Brighton Heights, and a new church was built at the present location on the corner of Fort Place and St. Mark's Place in the 1860s. That building perished in an accidental fire during renovations in 1996. Finally, in March of 2000, Pastor Seawood led the congregation into the new building. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj63TyHR2BJ7BwgezoaCTxwflmp0fF0gjju3x8KslNQcH36O-TfP2jY-VEcIe29RtrL5EkxWNsf200h6sVLeQErTukU8jGPd16UQnq1uCAX68LEM6BoRhqJx8p_i_pBoRCWvgQm/s830/present.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="817" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj63TyHR2BJ7BwgezoaCTxwflmp0fF0gjju3x8KslNQcH36O-TfP2jY-VEcIe29RtrL5EkxWNsf200h6sVLeQErTukU8jGPd16UQnq1uCAX68LEM6BoRhqJx8p_i_pBoRCWvgQm/s640/present.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Brighton Heights Reformed Church, present</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Mariner's Harbor Reformed Church</b>: This church, while it closed in 1974, has not stood vacant. I'm not sure when, but for many years it has been Fellowship Baptist Church. The building is on the corner of Richmond Terrace and Lockman Avenue. Leng and Davis have little to say about it. While claims were made it first organized in 1885, they state it was "not mentioned in the Chamber of Commerce report of 1896." It was incorporated in 1907. I imagine it closed due to Mariner's Harbor old Dutch residents moving to New Jersey and the general mainline Protestant decline. I've written to the denomination's archivist, and should I ever hear back, I'll post more details about the congregation and its history.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-JqK_b3R1Dkg5ZTy4PbDHVI0Lr9UOMyQXZ3Cj6Oz547DLoNQl8_GSCAPyL1LQwS3UwPTkkY0XZtBYBJl1XY2yBeu-dXc88ryLdeWTs0S1TGM1btjNQdR4uX7gUzsrKRhnvVK4/s760/MH+ref.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="497" data-original-width="760" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-JqK_b3R1Dkg5ZTy4PbDHVI0Lr9UOMyQXZ3Cj6Oz547DLoNQl8_GSCAPyL1LQwS3UwPTkkY0XZtBYBJl1XY2yBeu-dXc88ryLdeWTs0S1TGM1btjNQdR4uX7gUzsrKRhnvVK4/s640/MH+ref.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Mariner's Harbor Dutch Reformed Chapel, postcard</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL8tcPy-5F_VTqwwpzPHrwjZOK-WCkE3AFL3BtOaaGhjqZpQPXFjFbBpO0f7LCyZjdU5N83lKTBbkZPRVXCUdXJZhIu-gubSYaCzCYGmALHmk0FLM0jMn_DGptiwaNLgjL2Kz8/s420/mariner%2527s+harbor+reformed+church.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="420" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL8tcPy-5F_VTqwwpzPHrwjZOK-WCkE3AFL3BtOaaGhjqZpQPXFjFbBpO0f7LCyZjdU5N83lKTBbkZPRVXCUdXJZhIu-gubSYaCzCYGmALHmk0FLM0jMn_DGptiwaNLgjL2Kz8/w656-h625/mariner%2527s+harbor+reformed+church.jpg" width="656" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Mariner's Harbor Reformed Church, 4/23/32</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3q6SKZdIPA_O4wZ3s2LLRj-fpAuLiNb_xezVLXH77R8UoJ7QVk3_Z0nlEpN7ZOWlrU8BxV8fVBOZ6WZH1pCEYCC6yF79IjFMdcfbKYm3DSLsq8O59vDPhObPasZ13xQN0ONle/s484/Fellowship+Baptist+Church.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="430" data-original-width="484" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3q6SKZdIPA_O4wZ3s2LLRj-fpAuLiNb_xezVLXH77R8UoJ7QVk3_Z0nlEpN7ZOWlrU8BxV8fVBOZ6WZH1pCEYCC6yF79IjFMdcfbKYm3DSLsq8O59vDPhObPasZ13xQN0ONle/w605-h538/Fellowship+Baptist+Church.JPG" width="605" /></a></div><b>Fellowship Baptist Church, present</b></div>The Wasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636805818054637966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22064083.post-6256952981442103462020-07-29T13:24:00.001-04:002020-07-29T13:24:48.675-04:00High Church - North Shore Episcopalian Churches Pt. 5<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg294qzaP0evbYmikbqlZJJe7dcgicC6aZmAdrHK5IYhcQuuL9LotAlnypkq3UydaFMC3CRLK6xiYLNFZiNrg4xGebJokMnaMyB_2GjGS7BJvV8oeRaDwhvbNqaIJXLelWVCBiF/s512/unnamed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="512" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg294qzaP0evbYmikbqlZJJe7dcgicC6aZmAdrHK5IYhcQuuL9LotAlnypkq3UydaFMC3CRLK6xiYLNFZiNrg4xGebJokMnaMyB_2GjGS7BJvV8oeRaDwhvbNqaIJXLelWVCBiF/w625-h406/unnamed.jpg" width="625" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>St. Simon's movable church</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> When I started posting about the North Shore's Episcopal churches last year, I didn't know that St. Simon's was about to close. Again, like St. John's, it wasn't a church anyone I knew attended. It was just a small, brick church I saw along a curve on Richmond Road. Despite its thoroughly modern architecture, it still had the <a href="http://www.peaceepiscopalchurch.com/why-are-episcopal-church-doors-red--.html">red doors many traditionally-designed Episcopal churches have</a>. Now, it's gone, and its presence stripped clean from the internet. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpu5fif_Knq7_x-0iZV95jt3o2rZ7vwmjN53Obxl93b09H-UReVRzWnznEEkVFTQ9vPUkmawjpj5r_fQ_Hpp2sAMN2_LXvJTx_kLy5zcksOTcd7mkQszI1Sp-y0445hxZoE2Np/s2048/St+Simons.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="2048" height="561" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpu5fif_Knq7_x-0iZV95jt3o2rZ7vwmjN53Obxl93b09H-UReVRzWnznEEkVFTQ9vPUkmawjpj5r_fQ_Hpp2sAMN2_LXvJTx_kLy5zcksOTcd7mkQszI1Sp-y0445hxZoE2Np/w625-h561/St+Simons.jpg" width="625" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>St. Simon's brick building on Clove Road, ca. 1940</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> From the <a href="https://www.silive.com/news/2019/05/saint-simons-episcopal-church-to-close.html" target="_blank">Staten Island Advance</a>, the amazing <a href="http://www.nycago.org/Organs/SI/html/StSimonEpis.html" target="_blank">New York Chapters of the American Guild of Organists site</a>, and <a href="https://www.stjohnssi.org/post/st-john-s-history-st-john-s-first-rectors-and-rectory" target="_blank">St. John's Episcopal's site</a>, I discovered, like many other churches on the Island, St. Simon's was founded as a mission congregation to immigrants. Under the direction of the Rev. Richard M. Abercrombie, the St. Simon’s Free German Chapel of the Protestant Episcopal Church was founded in 1854. It first operated from a small building on Targee Street before moving to the vacant First Baptist building. That wood frame church was moved to Rhine Avenue near Steuben, and later to Clove Road. In 1960, the construction of the Staten Island Expressway forced the relocation of the parish to Richmond Road. The new church was built and for almost sixty years served its member. The building remains, but the parish is gone, its surviving member presumably shuffled off to other congregations. Any shuttered congregation is a loss of community and a connection to history and place, but I bet, as is so often the case, the building will soon house another denomination and starting their own history in a place that's new to them.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghDqE33qJsMjnXC160m39uLAZUvso_FC5ztkJ0jmFDPrF-GwQ3p7-STvQ5-zKQqEde3Lkn-QMGIspqz-_i8c5Bb2HwcDchEt1_5FOWwh5kPwiiKfuFed0_0hShAt7YWqwpIbsX/s767/St+Simons++2018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="737" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghDqE33qJsMjnXC160m39uLAZUvso_FC5ztkJ0jmFDPrF-GwQ3p7-STvQ5-zKQqEde3Lkn-QMGIspqz-_i8c5Bb2HwcDchEt1_5FOWwh5kPwiiKfuFed0_0hShAt7YWqwpIbsX/w600-h625/St+Simons++2018.JPG" width="600" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>St. Simon's Richmond Road building - 2018</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Stapleton, in the middle of the nineteenth century, was filled with Germans. On their own, the wealthy beer barons among them founded Trinity Lutheran on the corner of Beach and St. Paul's. Catholic Germans co-founded Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church on Targee Street, as well. As a member of Trinity, I always knew some of that history, and as I began studying Stapleton's past, I picked up some bits about Immaculate. St. Simon's past, though, is all new to me. I wonder how long the German influence there lasted. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGKHMeH-e3jcSUo-Jdl547qBDonJ0OLtCEvBZ9Mo9q01To8nlnZE9NjtirNVMlAhIMhwvi44TWA8hfYbyL5i6Y4efwn8nIgyFSdI5TkP54bz_bpMLQFxy4AkkZ_lFzazdZ6YAc/s1280/15711551-large+advance.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGKHMeH-e3jcSUo-Jdl547qBDonJ0OLtCEvBZ9Mo9q01To8nlnZE9NjtirNVMlAhIMhwvi44TWA8hfYbyL5i6Y4efwn8nIgyFSdI5TkP54bz_bpMLQFxy4AkkZ_lFzazdZ6YAc/w625-h469/15711551-large+advance.webp" width="625" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>from the SI Advance - St. Simon's on Clove Road prior to demolition</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> Trinity, which had called Pastor Frederic Sutter to inaugurate a more English-language direction for the church, still held German services into the early eighties. Finding the answer to this sort of question is a large part of the reason I started the <b>Church Project</b> so many years ago. Staten Island, no less than anywhere else in NYC, has a history of changing populations that reuse and repurpose the landmarks of the preceding residents. I guess this means I have to find and reach out to an archivist at the Episcopal Diocese of New York. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilDXgvYpca21QGgss3KW9TgftY0ZBLAN4aD8aDugFvtfQXnirB7xa5hhV2sZJukDO_4uopeVvy1g7aBUG4gtLxyaEn9h-5u2sRduWs_FB3mtIP48sX3MJ7l4nN1X8rkkJ73nWL/s1136/StSimonEpisOldInt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1136" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilDXgvYpca21QGgss3KW9TgftY0ZBLAN4aD8aDugFvtfQXnirB7xa5hhV2sZJukDO_4uopeVvy1g7aBUG4gtLxyaEn9h-5u2sRduWs_FB3mtIP48sX3MJ7l4nN1X8rkkJ73nWL/w625-h498/StSimonEpisOldInt.jpg" width="625" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>From the NYC of the American Guild of Organists </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>interior of St. Simon's</b></div>The Wasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636805818054637966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22064083.post-55190326036449760262020-07-28T21:13:00.000-04:002020-07-28T21:13:01.093-04:00High Church - North Shore Episcopalian Churches Pt. 4<div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.stjohnssi.org/" target="_blank">St. John's Episcopal Church</a> on Bay Street in Rosebank, like Christ Church, is another monument to the importance of wealthy Episcopalians on Staten Island in days gone by. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIvlGdnJxXXM-9K4VbZTATB3B3pKiN6n9ZgV7FzkhYpidrFFRMk54UZDbfpkQK4uTESkhsyk5d6LEhgFu1dD1ObkVTpPrIRU72uEpMX0ticbTGQfa6EbYEcldyDVyP_KOzTOVY/s2048/St+Johns+-+Bay+Street.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1564" height="976" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIvlGdnJxXXM-9K4VbZTATB3B3pKiN6n9ZgV7FzkhYpidrFFRMk54UZDbfpkQK4uTESkhsyk5d6LEhgFu1dD1ObkVTpPrIRU72uEpMX0ticbTGQfa6EbYEcldyDVyP_KOzTOVY/w744-h976/St+Johns+-+Bay+Street.jpg" width="744" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>St. John's Episcopal Church, ca. 1940, </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>built in 1871 to address congregational growth</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjensabD3pJ3ffxa3ZCzcSLugAl-cMu3Qza4aag6EIZRtXFX9hwNaYytaEI6NsGNPVnVmc3Yqqsfe_KnkaG7_Vip0fR8KLuKHwXjk65vSYUCDfUkcYzrhQ6LTJAAVUV9S2OUjHC/s772/st+johns+2013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="654" data-original-width="772" height="663" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjensabD3pJ3ffxa3ZCzcSLugAl-cMu3Qza4aag6EIZRtXFX9hwNaYytaEI6NsGNPVnVmc3Yqqsfe_KnkaG7_Vip0fR8KLuKHwXjk65vSYUCDfUkcYzrhQ6LTJAAVUV9S2OUjHC/w781-h663/st+johns+2013.JPG" width="781" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><font size="2"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>St. John's Episcopal Church - 2013</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY74oZWYmXHkhAnUjq9cI_MBmeCLkFcubXsDM3U8edABegHFU5ai0x0w8hhUb7w7U_WAE6IyvhHGS6NByszLSngp7UHSce4snnpmKEPbWEI86cjPzP_gl5he7pXtm9wSsi99T2/s2048/St+Johns+Rectory+-+Bay+Stret.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Townsend. His estate was along Bay Street, then called New York Avenue, between Willow Avenue and Lynhurst Avenue (then called Maple Avenue). He and several other prominent Islanders, all of whom were “Protestant in the rejection of all unscriptural additions to the faith; Episcopal and Catholic in her creed, government and three-fold ministry,” were successful and charitable men. Several were members of the <a href="https://www.stgeorgessociety.org/" target="_blank">St. George's Society of New York</a> and co-founders of the Society for the Relief of Destitute Children of Seamen, today called <a href="https://seamenssociety.org/" target="_blank">Seamen's Society for Children and Families</a>. 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You can see the picture and read about it <a href="https://apeshall.blogspot.com/2010/12/staten-island-wedding.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>. It's hard to picture Staten Island as a preserve of the truly wealthy and notable, but once upon a time, it was the case. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">St. John's <a href="https://www.stjohnssi.org/" target="_blank">website</a> is a treasure trove of pictures and details the parish's long and complex history: rectors came and went, the congregation grew and then shrank as mainline Protestantism waned in the latter third of the twentieth century, and plans were made to help the church survive by building housing for seniors. In all my life, I've only known one person who ever attended St. John's. The one time I was on the grounds was when I attended some meetings for the Order of the Arrow at the old parish hall. 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On the corner of Castleton and Davis Avenues in West New Brighton, this beautiful little church shares its grounds with a parsonage and garage. Surrounded by medical offices, lawyers, and slightly rundown houses, it looks a little out of place these days. The parish was founded in 1848 and the present building is from 1905. </div>
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<br />The Wasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636805818054637966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22064083.post-36277271996966823962019-03-07T17:13:00.000-05:002019-03-07T17:14:02.902-05:00High Church - North Shore Episcopalian Churches Pt. 2Here's another installment of Episcopalian churches.<br />
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Situated on a large, tree-filled corner of New Brighton (specifically Hamilton Park), Christ Church is a large, Gothic-style building. According to Wikipedia, it was built in 1904. The large attached parish hall was built in 1879 and remodeled in 1909. I don't have a date for the rectory, seen on the far left of the bottom picture, however.<br />
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The present building was constructed in 1866 to replace the older, wooden one that was across the street a block or so away.</div>
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Original St. Paul's Memorial Church - St. Paul's Avenue - date unknown</div>
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Map of St. Paul's Avenue - 1874</div>
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The Episcopalian Churches: Part 1<br />
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Once upon a time, the Episcopalian Church was the denomination of America's elite. Eleven of our forty five presidents were Episcopalians. Today, with under 2 million members, it's a dwindling church, like most mainline Protestant churches. The whys and wherefores of that are a conversation for a place other than this site.</div>
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What matters here are the gorgeous houses of worship raised by the Episcopalian Church. Once upon a time, when it was wealthy and filled with people willing to dedicate that wealth to such construction, it raised some of the most beautiful buildings to ever grace Staten Island, something for which we should all be grateful.</div>
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Built as an offshoot of Trinity Church in Manhattan, the Church of the Ascension was established 1802 on a small hill overlooking the Kill Van Kull. Situated on Richmond Terrace between Alaska Street and Tompkins Court, in the 1920s area industrialized, and the congregation decided to move the building to Kingsley Avenue near Clove Lakes. The 1929 Crash made this impossible, and the original church was left behind. You can see a <b>FOR SALE</b> sign in the picture below (1939 or 1940).<br />
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<b>Church of the Ascension</b> Parsonage - Richmond Terrace and Van Street<br />
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<b>Church of the Ascension</b>, sans steeple top - Richmond Terrace</div>
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<b>Church of the Ascension</b> in all its steepled-glory - 1930</div>
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The present <b>Church of the Ascension</b> is a small, brick building tucked away in a lovely section of Castleton Corners.</div>
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This church began as a Sunday school (for adults), in 1889. It gradually evolved into a full church and moved around to various locations in Mariners Harbor before buying a plot of land on the corner of Richmond Terrace and Van Name Avenue. In 1909, they acquired the Floating Church of Our Saviour, previously operated by the Seamen's Institute out in New York harbor. Go to <b><a href="http://seamenschurch-archives.org/sci/items/show/504">this page</a></b> to see a series of pictures of building at sea and on land.</div>
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It was docked at the foot of Van Name and in 1914 was moved to solid ground. In 1959, it burned down. The congregation, its cost not fully covered by insurance, bought new property on Wooley Avenue and Victory Boulevard and built the present church.</div>
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<b>Floating Church of Our Saviour</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on its way to becoming </span><b>All Saints' Church</b></div>
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Here's the second installment of North Shore Staten Island Methodist churches. Since the previous posting, I've already learned significant new information regarding these and the previously posted churches. I've also successfully contacted the archivist for this region of United Methodist church and been directed to several major sources of information. As usual, the SI Advance has also been a good source of information. I so wish they would digitize their entire print run. There's so much valuable information in the pages of our local paper but it's difficult to extract. Maybe one day.</div>
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Dickinson Methodist started as a chapel on the property originally owned by the Decker family. When the land was sold for the construction of P.S. 3, the congregation set out to build a new house of worship. They held services in the school house for a few years, but eventually moved to a building constructed on Victory Boulevard in 1871. According to A.Y. Hubbell's History of Methodism and the Methodist Churches of Staten Island, the original chapel was sold to a Lutheran congregation.<br />
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According to this SI Advance article, Dickinson Methodist closed down and its congregation merged with Christ United Methodist in Graniteville in 1974. Today the building is owned by the non-denominational <a href="http://sichristianchurch.org/">Staten Island Christian Church.</a><br />
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Graniteville Methodist was founded in 1910 and in 1914 they bought this building on Willowbrook Road. According to Leng and Davis it had originally been a Baptist church. I don't have much information about it at this point other than it closed in 1958 and merged with Holy Trinity Methodist Church on Forest Avenue. The combined congregations were first called Holy Trinity Graniteville Methodist Church, but in 1960 took the name Christ Methodist Church. Today it's called Christ United Methodist Church.<br />
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The most important thing I've learned in the past week regarding the North Shore's Methodist churches is the origin of Christ United. I put up pictures of the Italian Mission church on Harbor Road and theorized it faded away and its member shifted to Summerfield, also on Harbor Road.<br />
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The truth is very different. According to <a href="https://www.silive.com/northshore/index.ssf/2010/12/granitevilles_christ_united_me.html">this article</a> in the <i>Advance</i>, the Italian Mission was founded in 1919 by the Rev. Sante Buzzalini. In 1932 the church shown above was built from diabase rock taken from the quarry right next door (now <b><a href="https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/graniteville-quarry-park">Graniteville Quarry Park</a></b>) on Forest Avenue.<br />
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Again, drawing on Leng and Davis, I learned that the congregation that built this church was originally called the North Shore Free Methodist Episcopal Church. It was organized in 1867 and built their church on this location. In 1895 it caught fire and a new church had to be built - this one.<br />
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In 1966, Methodism, facing a bit of a crisis on the North Shore, handled it by merging Kingsley, Trinity, and Grace churches. The new unified church was called Faith United. A good description of how this was done can be read <b><a href="http://fumcsi.wixsite.com/faithumcsi/history">here</a> </b>on the church's website.<br />
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<br />The Wasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636805818054637966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22064083.post-29976372098357310882018-06-28T01:47:00.000-04:002018-06-28T01:47:09.093-04:00The Methodist Churches: Part 1<div style="text-align: justify;">
I've written before about what I call "the Great Collapse" of the Methodist denomination of the late sixties and early seventies. Several churches, some of them with quite long histories, closed and consolidated with other congregations. I put it down to changing demographics. The Wasp middle-class Islanders who attended these churches were fleeing to New Jersey and other distant regions. I've tried reaching out the archivist for the Methodist church, but with no luck so far. I'm going to have to give it another try if I'm going to get a better understanding of just what happened all those years ago. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Asbury Methodist Church - Richmond Avenue</span></b></div>
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In 1771, at the age of 26, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Asbury">Francis Asbury</a> volunteered to bring Methodist teachings to America. He preached his first sermon in the colonies at the Methodist congregation in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow,_Staten_Island">Woodrow, Staten Island</a>. Eventually he became the leader of the Methodist church in America. On a regular basis, he preached on Staten Island, for over forty years. Asbury Methodist Church was founded in 1804. The present building, now home to <a href="http://sonrisefaith.com/">SonRise Faith Church</a>, was built in 1849. It has seen several major renovations over its 160+ years. Originally, it didn't have a bell tower, for example. The Advance did a short piece on it a few years back you can read <a href="https://www.silive.com/homegarden/interiordesign/index.ssf/2009/12/asbury_me_church_160_christmas.html">here</a>.</div>
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According to Leng and Davis, Asbury Church was founded in 1802. For decades it was the only Methodist church on the North Shore. I don't know what year Asbury disbanded and I don't know specifically which, if any, congregation it merged with. As the project progresses I'll, I hope, find out.</div>
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I don't know anything about this, other than mission churches to immigrant groups were standard for mainline denominations back in the day. Olivet Presbyterian started life as an Italian mission established by Calvary Presbyterian and I've written about the <a href="https://apeshall.blogspot.com/2011/12/italian-episcopalians.html">Italian Episcopalian church</a> on Jewett Avenue. I'd guess that at some point the church closed and any remaining Italian congregants joined Summerfield Methodist Church just a few blocks up Harbor towards the Terrace. Today, it's part of Pentecostal Tabernacle</div>
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Summerfield was founded in 1839 so the Methodists of Mariner's Harbor didn't have to travel all the way to New Springville anymore. This building went up in 1869. Of all today's churches, it's the only one still a Methodist church.<br />
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Incorporated originally as the Tompkinsville Methodist Church, this building was built in 1855. Enlarged in 1870, it became known as Kingsley Methodist. It closed in 1967. Since then it has been a private residence, a non-denominational church, and a Mormon center.</div>
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The roots of the congregation of Trinity Methodist Church went back to 1837. This beautiful church was built in 1912 after the previous building, erected in 1869, burnt down in 1909. The Methodist congregation, once huge, was disbanded in 1970, its members joining other congregations. For the next 35 years it housed Congregation Agudath Achim Anshe Chesed, which had previously been located on Jersey Street.<br /></div>
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Sadly, this building was lost to fire in November, 2015. The Advance, once again, has a <a href="https://www.silive.com/timecapsule/2015/11/trinity_methodist_church_destr.html">good article</a> on the church and its history.</div>
<br />The Wasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636805818054637966noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22064083.post-6281430610351154432018-04-21T15:05:00.001-04:002018-04-21T15:05:40.807-04:00And Yet More North Shore Churches: BaptistsHere you go, a third round of churches. This is where things start to get a lot more confusing. Most of the older Baptist churches on the North Shore have moved from their original locations and consolidated with other congregations.<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.usachurches.org/church/st-philips-baptist-church.htm">St. Phillip's</a></b> (Amer) - Bennett Street. Originally on Faber Street. St. Philip's original building was eventually used by Mar Thoma Church Staten Island and has been replaced with a new building.</div>
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<b><a href="https://www.willowbrookny.org/">Willowbrook Park</a></b> (cons) - Richmond Avenue. Merged in 1960s from <b>First </b>and <b>Mariner's Harbor</b> churches<br />
<b><a href="http://www.firstcentralbaptistchurch.org/">First Central Baptist</a> </b>(Amer) <b>- </b>founded in 1978, uses <b>Temple Tifireth </b>building on Wright Street.<br />
<b>Fellowship Baptist</b> (Amer) - founded in 1966, uses <b>Mariner's Harbor Dutch Reformed Church</b> on Richmond Terrace (show in previous post)</div>
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<b>Mariner's Harbor</b> - closed and merged, originally on Union Avenue. Building now used by <b>Staten Island Seventh Day Adventist Church</b></div>
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<b>First Baptist</b> - closed and merged, originally on Hamilton Avenue. Building now used by <b>Glorious Church of God in Christ</b></div>
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<b>Park Baptist Church</b> - defunct. Building now used by <b>St. Mary's Orthodox Church</b></div>
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The Wasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636805818054637966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22064083.post-81641419550392239222018-04-20T02:29:00.000-04:002018-04-20T17:29:11.595-04:00More Listings by Denomination: Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Reformed, African Methodist Episcopal, and Union American Methodist Episcopal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thank you, everybody, who dropped by the other day and pointed out churches I left out. As that was so helpful, I'm going to put up more right now. If you see any omissions, please, tell me and I'll correct it.<br />
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<a href="http://ccnbsi.org/index.htm"></a><a href="http://ccnbsi.org/index.htm"><b>Christ Church</b></a> - Franklin Avenue</div>
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<a href="http://www.stpaulschurchsi.org/"><b>St. Paul's</b></a> - St. Paul's Avenue</div>
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<a href="http://ascensionsi.org/"><b>Church of the Ascension</b></a> - Kingsley Avenue</div>
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<a href="http://www.stjohnssi.org/"><b>St. John's</b></a> - Bay Street</div>
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<b><a href="https://www.stmarycastleton.org/">St. Mary's</a> </b> - Davis Avenue</div>
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<a href="http://allsaintsepiscopalchurch35.placeweb.site/?opentab=1"><b>All-Saints</b></a> - Victory Blvd.</div>
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<b>Italian Mission</b> - disbanded and demolished, Jewett Avenue</div>
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<b>Norwegian Mission</b> - disbanded, Albion Place</div>
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<b><a href="http://olivetcares.org/">Olivet</a> </b>- Myrtle Avenue, originally a chapel on West Street<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/calvarypresbyofstatenisland/"><b>Calvary</b></a> - Davis Avenue<br />
<b>First </b>- disbanded, Brownell Street, now used by the <a href="http://www.restorationtime.com/index.php">Temple of Restoration</a><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.bhrcforgod.org/">Brighton Heights</a></b> - St. Mark's Place, original building burned down<br />
<b>Reformed Church on Staten Island</b> - Port Richmond Avenue<br />
<b>Mariner's Harbor</b> - disbanded, now used by Fellowship Baptist<br />
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<b>Shiloh AME Zion</b> - Henderson Avenue<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.stapletonuamechurch.org/">Stapleton UAME</a></b> - Tompkins Avenue<br />
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<br />The Wasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636805818054637966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22064083.post-23249724795004951632018-04-17T16:19:00.000-04:002018-04-18T16:49:02.524-04:00North Shore House of Worship Project<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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My original impetus for blogging about the North Shore of Staten Island was to complete something I called "the Church Project." Fascinated by the rise and fall of communities, the changing demographics of Staten Island over the last century or two, and the persistence of congregations despite surrounding changes, I planned to investigate and chronicle the history of the churches of the Island's North Shore. Where it occurred, I'd look into how buildings transferred from one denomination to another in the light, most often, of demographic changes. </div>
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As some of the oldest churches are destroyed (i.e. <b>Brighton Heights Reformed</b> and <b>Trinity Methodist</b>), it is also important to document the churches as tangible things, as works of spiritually-inspired art and architecture. I wanted to get as many pictures of as many buildings as possible, particularly the lost ones.</div>
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I made a list of all the main worship buildings, past and present, I could think of or document. I put stickers on a map to get some sort of impression of where old ethnic or religious communities were located. I even reached out to one Episcopal church for information (they never got back to me). It was clear it was going to be a difficult undertaking, so when other elements of Staten Island history caught my eye I let the Church Project drop.</div>
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Now, I've been doing this site for about a decade. It's had it good and bad times, but my time at the CSI SI Archives for the last three years has been exactly what I needed to keep me revved up and excited about this site. So excited it turns out, I'm going to attempt to carry out the Church Project.</div>
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I'm going to start small. I'll start with one denomination at a time and see how it goes. I'm debating whether to do the Dutch Reformed Church or the Methodist Church first. The former is smaller, with fewer congregations, and its main archives are only in New Brunswick. It's also the church my dad grew up in.</div>
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The Methodist Church was bigger on Staten Island, at least through the sixties, and more intriguing. Something happened about fifty years ago and numerous congregations closed and merged with others. From seven churches it shrank to the three that exist today: <b>Faith United</b>, <b>Christ United</b>, and <b>Summerfield</b>, all concentrated in the NW corner of the Island. I'd love to learn what precipitated such a drastic change. The Methodist investigation, though, might be much tougher, so I'm still deciding.</div>
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I'm writing about this because I want your help. If you have any information about the archives or histories of any North Shore churches or synagogues, please let me know. I'm especially interested in buildings that have been permanently closed or destroyed. I want pictures, any pictures, but I also want documents discussing the conversations the congregants were having as believers and as members of an organization. I want to know what they were doing for mutual self-help and for their communities. Did community extend beyond fellow worshippers or out into the streets and homes beyond? At this early stage, any help will be greatly appreciated. At the very least, it will help me start focusing on exactly how I want this project to proceed.</div>
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For my purposes, the North Shore includes everything north of Victory Blvd. and the Expressway. I'm including the churches along Richmond Avenue opposite Willowbrook Park because several of them figure directly into the history of others further north. </div>
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<b>Lutheran Churches</b></div>
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<b>Trinity </b>- St. Paul's Ave. and Beach Street</div>
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<b>Our Savior</b> - Bard and Forest Avenues (originally Nicholas Ave.)</div>
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<b>St. Paul/St. Luke</b> - Decker and Catherine (originally <b>Wasa Lutheran</b>)</div>
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<b>St. Paul</b> - Cary Avenue - defunct, merged with Wasa</div>
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<b>Zion - Watchogue Rd - </b>originally Park Ave and before that Avenue B<br />
<b>Immanuel - </b>Richmond Avenue<br />
<b>German Church</b> - York Avenue - split from Trinity and closed ca. 1930</div>
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<b>St. John's</b> - Jewett and Post - LCMS</div>
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<b>Bethany </b>- Westcott - Lutheran Brethren</div>
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St. Olaf's - defunct, bottom of Hendricks - I don't know if this was actually Lutheran, but as it was Norwegian it's possible.</div>
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<b>Methodist Churches</b></div>
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<b>Faith United</b> - Heberton and Castleton Avenues</div>
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<b>Christ United</b> - Forest Avenue in Graniteville</div>
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<b>Summerfield </b>- Harbor Road</div>
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<b>Asbury </b>- Richmond Road - defunct, presently SonRise Faith Church</div>
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<b>Willowbrook Road</b> (I don't even know the name of this church, or now that I think about it, that it was even Methodist. Maybe it's something I read once) - defunct, presently occupied by Iglesia Pentecostal Rehoboth</div>
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<b>Kingsley </b>- foot of Cebra Avenue, defunct</div>
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<b>Trinity </b>- defunct, Delafield and Elizabeth - burned down recently<br />
<b>Italian Mission</b> - disbanded, Harbor Road</div>
The Wasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636805818054637966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22064083.post-52717667828757315172018-03-03T16:04:00.000-05:002018-03-03T16:04:12.348-05:00Jersey Street Projects Project: Part Seven - west side of Jersey Street between Crescent Avenue and Cleveland Street<div style="text-align: justify;">
This is my favorite stretch of recreated <b>Jersey Street</b> I've done to date. The reason is the looming presence of <a href="http://www.stanislawkostkasi.org/en/index.php"><b>St. Stanislaus</b></a> looking down from York Avenue in many of the shots. Today, blocked by the line of trees and brush that fills the lots these buildings once occupied, the church is barely visible from Jersey Street level. Once, though, it was a major element of the local skyline and a reminded of the Church as part of everyday life.</div>
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When I first copied and pieced together this shot I wasn't completely sure it was the right one. As you can see, it isn't labeled like the rest. I don't know why, but many of the photos are in a general sort of catch-all file. There's a code on the master list telling which picture is supposed to be which, but still, this didn't look right. I had collected this shot first so I didn't recognize the structure in the upper right corner for what it is, St. Stanislaus.<br />
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It seems funny to find detached homes in what seems like such a urban area as Jersey Street, but I think I understand what was going on. I think Jersey Street was originally lined with such buildings on decent-sized lots. As the years went on and the development accelerated, several would be torn down and replaced with the multi-story mixed residential and commercial buildings featured in most of these pictures. This particular house appears on the 1874 map.<br />
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The Wasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636805818054637966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22064083.post-48534611924030375862018-02-20T19:59:00.001-05:002018-02-20T19:59:21.248-05:00West Brighton Projects Project Part 7: southwest corner of Market and Richmond<div style="text-align: justify;">
Quick addition to the ongoing recreation of the neighborhood demolished to clear way for the construction of the West Brighton Houses. I still need to get a few more house pictures to show the rest of the block, but I've got these, so why not just put them up?</div>
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<br />The Wasphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636805818054637966noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22064083.post-48970948318295110272018-02-15T16:48:00.000-05:002018-02-15T16:48:06.688-05:00West Brighton Projects Project Part 6: West side of Broadway, between West Union and HendersonI remembered that I hadn't finished recreating the neighborhood wiped out to build the West Brighton Houses. Some of it's because I've had a little trouble pulling all the pictures together. In others, like with today's post, it's because I've forgotten to do it. So, without further ado, Broadway between the no-longer-extant West Union Street and Henderson Avenue.<br />
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As usual, I'm somewhat fascinated by the closeness of significant commercial buildings to actual houses. Modern building doesn't seem to do this in any way. I guess the goal of suburban development is to keep the two at more of an arm's length, save for the deli or drycleaner you can walk to. It's also, obviously, a result of carcentric planning. Cars allow you to build the something like the old Penney's Plaza on Forest and Barrett and assume the people from West New Brighton will go there. They don't need a major shopping and dining area outside their door. I'm surprised no one seems to be suggesting this sort of old fashioned building as an antidote to heavy traffic. I would much rather walk to a store than have to take the bus or ride a bike any day of the week. Is this sort of pedestrian friendly development even allowed anymore? Seriously, does anyone know?<br />
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