Price Chopper still cool with knocking down historic church for yet another grocery store

By on November 21, 2012 in Albany

Kenneth Crowe for The Times Union:

The City Council voted 3-0 Tuesday night to rezone the 3.5-acre St. Patrick’s Church site, clearing the way for the historic building to be knocked down and replaced with a grocery store.

Nigro Companies’ plans call for razing the church, rectory, school and six residences to clear the site for the supermarket and the two other buildings.

At least the demolition of a historic building is worth is as there’s clearly no grocery stores at all nearby.

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  • commodoresixtyfour

    Its an Abandoned church thats falling into disrepair after all ,and what do we need religion for in 2012? Other than hosting sex addict meetings in the basements churches are useless.Grocery stores sell food which you need to live so…

  • TiredofGreed

    That is really a shame. It’s such a beautiful building in an area where good architecture is sparse. Neil Golub should really consider not being a dick for once and put his store somewhere else, like perhaps the alluded to Price Chopper three blocks east of the church.

  • groucho

    while i am no fan of the church, the building itself is worth saving. The lot and the church would be better suited as a community center, and perhaps a museum.