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A note from...
Nick Lehr
Arts + Culture Editor
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In America’s gentrifying urban neighborhoods, it’s not uncommon to see old churches converted into high-priced condos, bars and restaurants.
University at Buffalo preservation planner Ashima Krishna started noticing something different happening in Buffalo. Developers weren’t interested in flipping churches in Buffalo’s East Side, an area struggling with poverty, crumbling infrastructure and abandoned houses. But the East Side has become increasingly popular among Asian immigrants and resettled refugees. These new residents, Krishna noticed, are making creative use of
empty churches.
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A 2012 photograph of the Sunrise Church of Christ in Buffalo’s East Side. The building has since been demolished.
AP Photo/David Duprey
Ashima Krishna, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
In up-and-coming neighborhoods, old churches are often converted to apartments or offices. But what about the vacant or underused churches in areas that aren't attractive to developers?
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