Catholic Church and City Stick It to Fort Greene
Here’s a rumor straight out of The Da Vinci Code…The eight-story pre-war building on the corner of Clermont and Greene has been home to a group of priests for years. According to a tipster who lives nearby, the priests began moving out last week to make room for the building’s new occupants: 155 juvenile delinquents….
Here’s a rumor straight out of The Da Vinci Code…The eight-story pre-war building on the corner of Clermont and Greene has been home to a group of priests for years. According to a tipster who lives nearby, the priests began moving out last week to make room for the building’s new occupants: 155 juvenile delinquents. The Catholic Church reportedly has leased the entire building to the City which obviously feels that Fort Greene is getting too nice. After a neighborhood has spent a couple decades pulling itself up by its heels, why not throw up another roadblock. Anyone have further details?
Update: It appears that the Church is partnering with a non-profit group called ANCHOR to create an urban boarding school, 15 or 20 of whose students will be housed in this building. It’s unclear if the rest of the building will continue to house priests.
Thank you, 5:48. When we, as a society, give up on kids, we shouldn’t be too surprised when they turn on us. Glad that wasn’t your take on it.
CHP: agree 100% re: kids. I meant that folks were writing about kids and treating them like garbage.
ItsAWrap, Brownbomber never said he was a COMPASSIONATE conservative.
I think it is proper blogging etiquette for brownstoner to post an update to this whole misbegotten post so that those of us who thought it smelled fishy (“juvenile delinquents” is neither a Church nor a government, nor a social work category; just a NIMBY slander) don’t have to read though the appalling social views of many commenters here to get the truth.
C’mon brownstoner, it’s easy to UPDATE. Do it!
Brownstoner,
I think you did it just to get a higher post rating!! j/k
Your blog has been one of the best resources for info I’ve come across, and I would hate to see it dwindle to this.
Well, looks like we jumped the gun a little on this one. Lesson learned.
ItsAWrap, as for the logistics of the program, I don’t have all of the details on how it will be structured and financed. In general, I support school vouchers (not just limited to parochial and faith based schools) and “compassionate conservatism” would certainly include federal assistance to at-risk students who WANT to improve their station in life through education.
With respect to the community, $2 million dollars is unnecessary to rid the area of it’s negative element. One would only need to raise enough money to rent a wrecking ball and knock down about three short term hotels, four bodegas and one methadone clinic and the community would be entirely transformed for the better overnight.
Well that’s great news. Here’s a link.
http://www.blmhs.org/admissions/anchor_boarding_school_program.htm
Where does ItsAWrap get the subsidies issues from? Sounds like recently $1.2million came from Wall Street firm donations. In any event, I think this is money well spent.
And ItsAWrap, give BrownBomber a break. I don’t think he wants to “cleanse” neighborhoods of the underclass.
I’m honestly excited for the kids that get into this program…
yeah, pitchforks and torches back in storage. darn. but wait! i heard there’s going to be a new sneaker store on Greene! charge!