Watch an old church be moved, tomorrow starting at 8 am in Porter Square

[ron_newman]

Lesley University will pick up and move the old North Prospect Church tomorrow morning starting at 8 am. This is on the east side of Mass. Ave. just south of the Porter Exchange (ex-Sears) building. They are moving the church to a new foundation on the same lot, to make room for a new adjoining Art Institute of Boston building.

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[coffeekitty.livejournal.com]

and judging by the drawings, they spared no effort to make the new building as much of an eyesore as possible.

[hubidajubidaba.livejournal.com]

I suppose this explains the helicopters this morning.

[aliothsan.livejournal.com]

Did anyone get video?

[ron_newman]

Lesley is going to put a time-lapse video on http://www.lesley.edu/artsconstruction/ .

Also, at least two TV stations (4 and 7) had trucks there this morning, so watch for it on the local news.

[pakoo.livejournal.com]

This is the second time that it has moved. It was first built in Harvard Square and stayed there for approx 25 years before being moved up Mass Ave near Porter around 1865--