Yesterday's post showed creative re-use by a church; today's features creative re-use of a church. Originally Second Presbyterian (currently in Pleasant Valley), the Dempsey Film Group moved in 17 years ago. Downstairs is for reception and offices, while production studios are upstairs. Dempsey put a lot of effort into balancing the restoration of the building with meeting the needs of a modern film production facility.
Even the sign is an example of creative re-use.
This is the central south facing set of stained glass windows. I'm pleased to say I helped in the restoration of some of these panels.Update (July 2011) - Dempsey Film Group announced recently that it is to cease operations. The church will be sold.
2 comments:
I'd be very interested to hear more about your experiences with the stained glass windows, as well as your recolections of the church as a whole, when you were there.
Thank you,
Chris Boggs
Dempsey was in there when I worked on the windows. It was scaffold work, replacing broken pieces. Spent a few days on the job and would have liked to spend more, as they needed more work.
I walked by the church a couple of months ago and saw the For Sale sign was still up. I hope someone buys it soon and continues to maintain the building.
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