This weekend I again stayed in the city for a nice long bike ride and ended up getting pics of a couple of North End churches that I have always been interested in. One new, one old.
circa 1903
circa 1985
The first is Holy Ghost on Selkirk Avenue.
The original church was built 1898 - 1900 and renovated to a number of times over the years including a being doubled in size in 1905-06.
In 1986, Holy Ghost was torn down and a new church built in its place. The church's website has a series of great photo galleries of the old church, demolition and the construction of the new one.
It must have been hard to convince people to tear down an almost century-old structure.
What they have now, though, is wonderful. Lots of angles, lots of glass. I had a great time photographing it.
The next church I went to was Bethlehem Aboriginal Fellowship, the former St. Giles Presbyterian, on Burrows and St. Charles.
I was lucky enough to bump into someone who worked there and they let me in to see some of the interior. An amazing building.
I couldn't find photos from way back but if you follow this link to the pdf from the Historic Buildings Committee report you can see some more of the interior and a copy of the floorplan.
I was lucky enough to bump into someone who worked there and they let me in to see some of the interior. An amazing building.
I couldn't find photos from way back but if you follow this link to the pdf from the Historic Buildings Committee report you can see some more of the interior and a copy of the floorplan.
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