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The historic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary has stood at 1123 Spring Garden Street since 1848-- longer than every other building on Spring Garden. It was designed by famous ecclesiastical architect Patrick Charles Keely, and is his oldest surviving church in the country. Saint John Neumann helped consecrate it, and Saint Katherine Drexel was baptized here. It was listed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places in 2009.
Its current owners, Siloam, Inc., have owned the building for only four years, but want to demolish it for a parking lot because they can't afford its upkeep. After listing the building for less than a year, they applied for and received demolition approval from the Philadelphia Historical Commission based on an economic hardship appeal. They now want to use state funds for the demolition. Is this how you want your tax dollars spent?
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