CHICAGO (AP) — There is a new plan to rebuild Chicago's historic, fire-damaged Pilgrim Baptist Church.
Board of Trustee chairman Robert Vaughn tells the
Chicago Tribune members of the church located in the city's Bronzeville
neighborhood have been meeting regularly with engineers and architects to get a
plan in place. He says the plan will be unveiled Saturday.
Church officials in 2008 announced a $37 million
rebuilding plan, but nothing came of it.
Pilgrim Baptist Church is the second occupant of
the building, designed by famed architects Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan and
built in 1891 as the Kehilath Anshe Ma'ariv Synagogue.
The building was heavily damaged in a January 2006
fire ignited by workers repairing the roof. The limestone and brick exterior
walls are held up by a steel structural support system.
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