Members of the West Park Presbyterian Church want to sell the building to a condominium developer, but many in the community oppose the plan and want to save the building.
FOX 5 NY's Sharon Crowley shows us how the community and even celebrities are making efforts to save a historic church in NYC.Despite being over 130 years old, the West Park Presbyterian Church is at the center of a modern controversy over its continued existence.
But many living in the neighborhood around the church, are objecting to the plan, especially after the building was designated a historical landmark in 2010.Low-income tenants rally against rent increases at NYC rent board hearing "Religious organizations and their buildings need to be adaptive. Our buildings are not to be preserved as mere monuments. The present building continues to endanger the community surrounding it," said Rev. Dr. Robert Foltz-Morrison.
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