Creating private outdoor spaces

Creating some private outdoor space for the residents of the redeveloped Church is no simple task. One of the developer’s proposals removes the roof from the sacristy (the lowest part of the building in the foreground).

This would allow the developer to create a landscaped private outdoor courtyard overlooking the future green core of the campus. [...]

Stony Brook Cohousing to redevelop Blessed Sacrament Church

Stony Brook Cohousing, a local group formed in 2006 to create an “intentional community” in Jamaica Plain, has entered into a deal to take on the redevelopment of the long-vacant Blessed Sacrament Church. The group is planning to purchase the church from the JPNDC and New Atlantic, the original partnership that formed to redevelop the [...]