My Saturday op-ed on church conversions as affordable housing and community spaces, and the former St. Giles in east Hamilton. St. Giles is at risk of demolition by its owner, New Vision United Church.
Print: “Let’s not bulldoze the plague saint’s church,” December 12, 2020, A19.
With thanks to Howard Elliott. Vonny Sweetland comments via Dominik Kurek/Metroland. Marcel Leclerc comments on the St. Thomas Lofts courtesy of Gary Yokoyama’s 2014 video for the Hamilton Spectator.
The Hamilton Spectator (est. 1846) is published by Metroland Media Group, a division of Torstar.
Photo: Superior Engravers, 1957
Sarah Sheehan 