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By: AMB

AMB — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 03:26:41 +0000

Emory Baptist Church is now part of the Emory performing space.

By: At Home in Decatur

At Home in Decatur — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 03:20:58 +0000

Some churches in Decatur are growing, not shrinking.

By: Daydreamer

Daydreamer — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:40:32 +0000

I rode by the church today, and was thinking it was sad. I’m not a religious person at all (despise many aspects of the organized bit), but just the thought that so many people put their hearts and souls into building it, and all the memories it’s seen over its life, and now it will be torn to rubble as if it never existed. Like Steve mentioned, I’ve seen on HGTV a church converted to a single family home, and thought was interesting, lots of possibilities, but not a fan of erasing it completely. Man, I’m getting more sappy with every year that passes.

By: macarolina

macarolina — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:40:46 +0000

There is another church conversion process going on in Decatur now too- the UCC church on Hibernia, next to the Rosewalk neighborhood, has been sold to a private developer, to be used for residential development. I believe there have been meetings w/ the neighborhood and the developer, but I’m not sure if the project is firm or if actual plans have been prepared and/or released.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:12:55 +0000

There is a former church on Ponce near the Publix that was converted to condos several years ago. The church on the corner of Ponce and Piedmont was a restaurant for many years, then was empty, now is a church again.

By: Bulldog

Bulldog — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:41:26 +0000

There’s already some of that going on in the Northeast. Churches are closing at a higher rate than you might expect because there aren’t enough people in the congregation to support the church. And those churches are becoming nightclubs, restaurants, bars, etc., which I personally don’t like to see.

It’s a good question to Decatur government. I wonder how many churches in our 4 square miles are legitimately concerned that they might have to close their doors.

On the church in question, that’s really a sad story. 60 years! And to think that it is going to be torn down after all that time for a retail development (at one of the worst intersections, too. I think there are six different streets that feed into that one intersection).

By: Bulldog

Bulldog — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:29:13 +0000

Very true!

By: At Home in Decatur

At Home in Decatur — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:07:50 +0000

Yeah, it’s confusing because N. Druid Hills Road isn’t in Druid Hills. IMHO, Shamrock could have been renamed North Druid Hills Middle but Druid Hills is a stretch. Unless there’s a new city of Druid Hills. In which case Druid Hills High should be renamed something else, maybe Emory High School or North Decatur High School or Everyone-who-doesn’t-go-to-Paideia High School.

My first thought was that Shamrock should have stayed Shamrock. It was disingenuous to improve it by giving it a classier name. And I thought Shamrock was a cheerful name, albeit one that had gotten tarnished when Shamrock went downhill.