Article: A Former Church As a Center of Excellence for Children.(King Center Charter School located in Buffalo, New York's historic St. Mary of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church)

By the mid-1980s, St. Mary of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church, located in downtown Buffalo, New York, appeared certain to suffer the same fate as many other historic buildings in inner cities across the United States. The immigrant populations (e.g., Polish, German, Irish, Italian) that had for years formed the heart of its congregation had long since moved elsewhere, and the church was slated for demolition. Yet, through the cooperation of a host of corporations, foundations, organizations, institutions of higher education, and community support, this church was transformed into a state-of-the-art educational facility for children and their families. It also, eventually, ...

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