Saving Sacred Spaces Summit

March 23, 2017 Lindsay Leave a Comment

Join the Young Preservationists Association as we welcome Partners for Sacred Places, The Steeple Project, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and other community leaders to dicuss and develop a narrative to help save abandoned and neglected sacred spaces in our region. Our panel of experts will describe how other communities have found new purposes for these architectural gems. Refreshments will be available as well as a cash bar. $5 donation appreciated. Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1807200472865246/.… Read the rest

Lecture this Sunday on the History of 109-year-old Bloomfield Church

January 27, 2016 Lindsay Leave a Comment

One of my favorite summer photos of Albright United Methodist Church. Photo Credit: Larry Rippel. Last fall, the East Liberty Valley Historical Society put together a monthly lecture series on historic buildings around the East End. I had the opportunity to attend two of these lectures, both were filled with fascinating facts about buildings I see every day and building that are no longer in the neighborhood. The Albright United Methodist Church building, which sits on the corner of Centre and S. Graham Streets, is one of the many buildings that is at risk of vanishing from the Bloomfield neighborhood.… Read the rest