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On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:13:50 -0400, Daniel MacKay <daniel@bonmot.ca>
wrote:

>In article <om1mk69902kglfmn7u6u7aqf6latuo946u@4ax.com>,
> Donna W. <MYOB@home.ca> wrote:
>> So where is the church going if the residence is to be on that site?
>
>It is, or rather was, a lovely church; it hasn't been used for a couple 
>of years now due to, I think, severe structural problems.  It'll be 
>taken apart and all the pieces sold -- I don't know the details.
>
>I used to be the bell technician there; here are the bells -- I took 
>these pics:
>
>http://www.allchimes.org/ns-halifax-stjohnsunited.htm
>
>The congregation has been meeting in the lovely but not very church-y 
>Lilian Piercey Concert Hall, 6199 Chebucto Road in the interim.


Didn't realize it was no longer in use as a church. Meeting in a
concert hall is probably not as bad as what's being used by the
parishioners of the former St. John's  Anglican church that was on the
site of what is now a SDM at the corner of Joe Howe and Bayers Rd.
They're meeting in a funeral home.

BTW, the subject header does lead people to think that it's an LGBT
seniors' residence and it's not. It's  achurch owned  multi-purpose
centre that includes a 65 unit seniors' residence which welcomes the
LGBT population.

Much of the onjection to it is based on possible zoning violations.

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1225048.html