Historical panel recommends demolishing closed church spires cruxnow.com
A Philadelphia historical panel is recommending the demolition of the two spires of a shuttered 19th-century church at the urging of the New Jersey developer who bought the building earlier this year, but says the crumbling structure faces imminent collapse.
Six Philadelphia Historical Commission members voted Friday to support the motion on St. Laurentius in Fishtown, as did city officials, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. One member voted against, another recused himself and a third abstained. Commissioners recommended that the front facade of the building be protected or reconstructed…
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