5 Dec

2022

The “Centro Maria”

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Strolling by the locked and forlorn Centro Maria today – in the distant past the parish of St.Ambrose. Closed by the Archdiocese in 2020 and reported sold (resold?) in January 2022 for $25 million. (Hells Kitchen Development Site Sells for $25M (Bldup Newsletter, 1/10/2022)

It now awaits demolition – how long before that occurs?

(Above) The few statues on the facade have already been removed. Compare this photo taken today with the two photos below, taken on 6/4/2013.
St. Ambrose

For the historical background of the parish, the womens’ residence and the sale, see these reports:

Soon to Go. The School and Church of St. Ambrose–539-547 West 54th Street (Daytonian in Manhattan, 10/12/2022)

The End of the Churches – the Former Parish of St.Ambrose (The Society of St. Hugh of Cluny, 10/28/2021)

The Churches of New York XLVI: Losses 5 (The Society of St Hugh of Cluny, 10/1/2013) (On the two former parishes of St. Leo and St. Ambrose)

Published in The Churches of New York