The sun., 1902-06-22
HELPS DOWNTOWN CHURCHES.
EFFttf or THE ~ IN ~ THE
TgDE ar POPf ItTION.
People In Manhattan Moving Dewn,c~n
again I sturracs Oncr timo~t
stranded see New rresp~rii, I -
town Ma, emrut af s1iurchrs Ceases.

The problem of Protestant church eN-
isicncr IN downtown Manhattan is great ~
afcctei. .one -av solv,-i by the larg.
numt.r of new apa- ment houses erected
ar hrrr built on The Fast and Wes, SIDES
below Fifry-n.nth street and IN the West
Side a. far doNn ~ Washington Squar
Al OF those already completed are filled.
with q demand for unre
Boards ~ church ,sntrpl. vc-, rios trus-
tcc~, stow arts and ',- rest have the spring
chanRs-i radically Il eir views uf tho .tua-
ton II j. no lcuger .unsidcrcd vital that
church cnfowmcn,- ~, piled up Some -ay
that extension ~ cha Vh plan, : possible
Not only j. tine uItovu ohasc 10 the
churches after pppulgt an ~ an ,ud. bat
downtown churches are cn,e more besin-
ming 20 live on tLrir own normal support
The chang has cone aSC az bccausc pco-
pile vino moved uptown -"m" YEATS ago
an. moving back aGain
Ten wears ago tho eNpc -ine',t was made
Of building m Washington square q high
grade hu,el. the rental uf which should
g. 10 the Judson Memorial Church The
result is that tho hotel = able tu pa 'he
church s?o.no a year. aud the sane pro-
pr,c'or has another apartment house or
family hotel IN another I'D. 81. the sane
square
Builders -av that tho v hoie ii strict lclov
Twentv.third -ircoi. hetwe,.' finh and
seventh avenues. will H. turned into tue
apar' mems. renting from seJ' 10 Sa.sp a
year for from fve "a sev"n runms In proof
Of what they -ay hey i,pIn' 80 'rr large
amount IT building gang on
II - 40, he huili.r- h., the p.oplc sho
are hring .ng abou' thess, changes ~ ,ha
builders Say They -Hv that thorr j.
revival - popularity Of parts Of he city
down town for purp"-'s oi residence
Tho churches that hav" gwen up the
down town field form IA long li~t H. the last
five wear, the numr"r iu ~ has b~en rather
smaller psrtly ,-'cau-" snlid wurk on c,doN-
'nruls was put ~ and Tarllv i"cau~e fcvv
r-mair",i downtown 10 e. ard fovrr SIN
werc tho desirable nrld- uptown ,n b,
u,wIpicd
IA. eNJrricnc" 80 chu.ch,.s hse tho old
Street Baptii Church. which
ven, ,n Washington Hcigh'- and changed
~ nnfn". and ot ~ pau!'S Nei ihodi-i
whi"h went To W'ss' EUd avenue nri
Eight " sixth s,rcci both -,IcC.c,iinr nnI,,
after -trIgglss. hss lbcen a Warming. and
ha- induced several church lnar,is ',
st and ills they have Holy Trinity I.u,h.
"
that religious hodv practically unr.prr-
scented down town, save on the extrem.
EAST nf tho Wc-, side. another IL.,heran
church having quittNi lower Sixth avenue
only ~hort TIM" lsfor"
The Fourth and the Scotch Pre.byterian
churches went to dc-irab,e location. ON the
West side .pto~n, nat not without con-
siderable friction. The Church OF th,
Divine patrrnr went up from Fifth avenue
ln t"ntrnl PARK West against The protest az
he Rev Dr ,p,wc'- congregation.
~ Aun's Ep ~'No,al Chup'h lcft W-~,
b. ightccn,h ~lgea uulN after n contest In A..
,~-trv. ard tho Church nf the STRANGE.
liiii duwutowd ~ tify--rvcnth .ir,st
puly bv Ina wing irhtnd a. hand uf memher,t
Who did their hs' To- k'cpa new organiza.
,nn IN tho old plno'
t1mr,'lss- TIA, hsr,c remained have SIrnt
|, larg. part ~ ths'ir ~u-reis- Ia piling IN
They haV- prfl~-~l Ia h.ln
Icr-ign missions and other GAUSS. saying |
hat their exi-tcncs' ~ar IN ia" lsalsncr
Within 10. war tho Epts'opal ,hur,h ~ |
he A~syn~ion has made Spssrisl effort in |
hi- dir-c',"n In" appeal ssid IN sub |
.'ano" that ~ ~s- nsss,-~arN to anchor
= with = t2ia "no ~ndowtn.n or u mus, go !
Iu of ~xistenc"
Grs~ parish has accumulated . tsuo.as