{"id":187,"date":"2019-11-01T17:30:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T21:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.mekshq.com\/voice\/?p=187"},"modified":"2019-12-01T20:57:36","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T01:57:36","slug":"stspeterandpaulmelrosebronx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/stspeterandpaulmelrosebronx\/","title":{"rendered":"Sts. 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Melrose has undergone possibly the most intense urban renewal in the entire borough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/St-Peter-Paul-Church-Morrisania-4-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/St-Peter-Paul-Church-Morrisania-4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/St-Peter-Paul-Church-Morrisania-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/St-Peter-Paul-Church-Morrisania-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/St-Peter-Paul-Church-Morrisania-4-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/St-Peter-Paul-Church-Morrisania-4-270x180.jpg 270w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/St-Peter-Paul-Church-Morrisania-4-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/St-Peter-Paul-Church-Morrisania-4-740x493.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Morrisania, The Bronx; New York City, New York, United States<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When it was built by Robert J. 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Nowadays, after the turbulent 1970s, most of the nearby structures are newly built or less than half a century old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"829\" height=\"609\" src=\"http:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sspeterpaul.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sspeterpaul.png 829w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sspeterpaul-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sspeterpaul-768x564.png 768w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sspeterpaul-370x272.png 370w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sspeterpaul-270x198.png 270w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sspeterpaul-570x419.png 570w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sspeterpaul-740x544.png 740w, https:\/\/nychurchproject.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sspeterpaul-80x60.png 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 829px) 100vw, 829px\" \/><figcaption>The neighborhood around SS Peter and Paul (red), with buildings built after 1977 in blue. 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