tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post4698985961155150872..comments2024-03-26T04:26:04.911-07:00Comments on Lost City: Walls Can Be Old, TooBrooks of Sheffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-21935461380335680262011-04-19T19:32:26.342-07:002011-04-19T19:32:26.342-07:00Thse buildings we owned by an architect Mr. H F Zu...Thse buildings we owned by an architect Mr. H F Zumbo who took great pride in their architectural character,always trying to preserve their history. When the buildings under went a renovation in the 70's preservation of the stain glass in the chapel and the ornate moldings throught the buildings were a primary concern.a studentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-48406611030247751762009-03-30T11:29:00.000-07:002009-03-30T11:29:00.000-07:00And now it hides a car park. Sigh.Thanks for the p...And now it hides a car park. Sigh.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the post. I walk past this wall nearly every day and never noticed the tiny inscription. Agreed - it has a lovely spooky aura. That cross! Those vines!Therese Coxhttp://www.ampersandseven.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-77994686773702031512009-03-29T10:03:00.000-07:002009-03-29T10:03:00.000-07:00It is fun to walk by, doubtless.It is fun to walk by, doubtless.Brooks of Sheffieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-13001620249712847262009-03-29T09:22:00.000-07:002009-03-29T09:22:00.000-07:00i once passed this wall on the way to an interview...i once passed this wall on the way to an interview with drummer Clarence Penn. Just love it! Made me feel as if I was rounding some Scottish castle.Ken Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100185198750536244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-22572614893989671372009-03-28T17:08:00.000-07:002009-03-28T17:08:00.000-07:00Thanks, Prowler. I'm so happy to know this additio...Thanks, Prowler. I'm so happy to know this additional bit of information about the area. A convent wall. Who'd have thought it?Brooks of Sheffieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-88682897838534433572009-03-28T16:19:00.000-07:002009-03-28T16:19:00.000-07:00I checked more carefully, and confirmed that 439 H...I checked more carefully, and confirmed that 439 Henry was the convent of what became the Nursing Sisters of the Sick Poor/Congregation of the Infant Jesus, which began in France. They're still around, but are in Rockville Centre - see www.cijnssp.org<BR/><BR/>Don't know when they left ... but briefly, in late '60s-early '70s, the building was used by the Int'l Society for Krishna Consciousness (the Hare Krishna people).<BR/><BR/>Also - in its original report designating the Cobble Hill landmark district, the NYC Landmarks Preserv. Commission mentioned that there was a convent garden wall on that block, but didn't give more info.<BR/><BR/>Of course, most of "Upper Brooklyn" and big swaths of Manhattan were built atop former churches, chapels, shuls, rectories/parsonages, convents, cemeteries ... It's as if - through the '30s - there was one church, synagogue, or religious order for every five people.<BR/>But then things shook down, and many places folded, merged, morphed, or moved on. (Never. ever expect a "religious" site to be permanent!)<BR/><BR/>One more obvious 'morphing' example: <BR/>Hanson Place Seventh-Day Adventist Church used to be Hanson Place Baptist Church. Robert Lowry was HP Baptist's minister in 1861-69 - and while there, he wrote the well-known hymn "Shall We Gather at the River?"Prowlernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-40428629254517299172009-03-28T13:55:00.000-07:002009-03-28T13:55:00.000-07:00Good one, Prowler! I never knew.Good one, Prowler! I never knew.Brooks of Sheffieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-43123619654389811562009-03-28T10:44:00.000-07:002009-03-28T10:44:00.000-07:00Guesswork: There used to be a convent there on Hen...Guesswork: <BR/>There used to be a convent there on Henry: Little Sisters of the Infant Jesus, but changed to Nursing Sisters of the Sick Poor - or something like that.<BR/>So I'd guess that it's their garden wall.<BR/><BR/>Also ... the cross design isn't among those that generally are used by Episcopal churches (for reasons of tradition or esthetics).Prowlernoreply@blogger.com