Tag: west-park church

“The burdens of maintaining this landmark have taken precedence over the mission and bankrupted the church.” 

“We will continue both our programming and our commitment to preserving this landmark building.”

The New York Presbytery voted to rent out part of the West-Park Presbyterian Church at 86th street and Amsterdam Avenue and to sell

Occupy Wall Street protesters were forced to leave West-Park Presbyterian Church on Saturday after a series of disturbing incidents at the church, including two major thefts. The sign above was hung from the side entrance where the Occupiers used to enter (West Side Rag reader Michael sent us the picture). ...

Just a little over a year go, a debate over whether to bestow landmark status upon West-Park Presbyterian Church devolved into name-calling and angry graffiti. The outside of the church on 86th Street and Amsterdam Avenue was serving as an inadequate shelter for homeless people, and the congregation was holding ...