Historic Brownsville church site sits vacant as senior housing moves slowly
Activists failed to stop the demolition of Our Lady of Loreto — and developers don't expect to break ground until 2020.
The Brownsville lot where a Catholic church built by immigrants stood for a century is still vacant, two years after the historic house of worship was torn down.
Weeds are growing on the rubble-and-trash-strewn site of Our Lady of Loreto at 126 Sackman St., which activists wanted to landmark and turn into a community cultural center.
Catholic Charities Progress of Peoples Development Corp., which controls the site through a long-term lease, won’t break ground on seniors housing there until next year.