Comments on: Historic Summerdale Church To Be Gifted To Night Ministry And Eventually Torn Down For Development http://www.edgevillebuzz.com/news/historic-summerdale-church-gifted-night-ministry-eventually-torn-development Your source for news, events, and information about Chicago's Edgewater & Andersonville neighborhoods. Wed, 19 Oct 2016 17:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.5 By: Nan http://www.edgevillebuzz.com/news/historic-summerdale-church-gifted-night-ministry-eventually-torn-development#comment-10978 Wed, 19 Oct 2016 17:12:00 +0000 http://www.edgevillebuzz.com/?p=32637#comment-10978 How is the Night Ministry allowed to just sell a property that was gifted to them with the express purpose of helping to provide services (possibly shelter) to people in need? Did the remaining members of the church understand this was their intention? The Night Ministry appears to do good work, but it would seem there might be other equally worthy organizations that would be grateful to be gifted this beautiful, historic church with the idea of actually using/preserving it, rather than knowingly sell it to a developer who plans to tear it down.

Doesn’t Edgewater have the ability to seek landmark status for what is being described as the area’s oldest wooden church?

]]> By: Jorge Cruz http://www.edgevillebuzz.com/news/historic-summerdale-church-gifted-night-ministry-eventually-torn-development#comment-10977 Wed, 19 Oct 2016 16:52:00 +0000 http://www.edgevillebuzz.com/?p=32637#comment-10977 Why aren’t the community activists screaming to make this a landmark and stop the plan to tear it down and build homes? If they feel that way about old buildings, shouldn’t they treat them all the same? Or do they only do it when a large chain or corporation is involved- that would be hypocrisy.

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