Historic church up for sale.Another building in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of is about to go off the market--this time, a spectacularly beautiful church on the Upper West Side. Regency Capital Realty and Cushman & Wakefield have announced a contract for sale of First Church of Christ First Church of Christ is a site significant for its association with the group of Africans who were enslaved and shipped on the Amistad. Also, it is a Greek Revival church that has merit for its architecture.... It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1975. , Scientist, at One W. 96th St. The building has been bought by another religious organization, the Los Angeles-based Crenshaw cren·shaw also cran·shaw n. A variety of winter melon (Cucumis melo var. inodorus) having a greenish-yellow rind and sweet, usually salmon-pink flesh. [Origin unknown.] Christian Center, for $14 million. Built in the early 1900's and designed by Carrere & Hastings in a Beaux-Arts style Beaux-Arts style or Second Empire style or Second Empire Baroque Architectural style developed at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. It enjoyed international dominance in the late 19th century (see , the building contains a total of 48,000 s/f, including a 14,000 s/f below grade space that can be used for assemblies and receptions. It has been designated as a historic landmark and is listed on the National Historic Register. Over the past several years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time Upper West Side church has been regularly rented to various institutions, some of which had expressed interest in purchasing the property. The potential buyers included charitable foundations, private schools and universities, as well as some "high profile private individuals." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the members of the board of trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. of the First Church of Christ, their organization is consolidating at another location and would like to use the money from the sale to start a new endowment fund. "We are selling our church in order that we my be more involved in church outreach work, rather than maintaining a historic building. We have owned an extraordinary facility for almost a century and we no longer have the need for such a large space," said Catherine Byers in an official statement. Barbara Stone, of Regency Capital Realty, and Richard Baxter and Nathaniel Rockett, of Cushman & Wakefield, represented both parties in the transaction. "The church is architecturally magnificent and dominates a major corridor on the Upper West Side, directly opposite Central Park West," said Stone. "To ensure that this opportunity was provided to a broad range of prominent user groups, our team structured and implemented a well-targeted and broad-based marketing campaign. This was a significant offering and we received a flood of activity from religious organizations and charitable and cultural institutions in need of expansion space." The transaction marks the first sale in the building's history. |
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