| Summary/Abstract |
ST. AIDAN’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, built in 1911, sat in the middle of a relatively dense and highly desirable residential area in Brookline, Massachusetts. It was, among other things, President John F. Kennedy’s childhood church and the site of his baptism. In 1999, the Archdiocese of Boston merged the shrinking parish with one across town and sought to redevelop the land to create new housing. About one year after closing the church, the diocese was working on a plan to raze the structure and build a six story, 140‐unit residential building with 92 affordable units and 48 market‐rate units.
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