St. John the Baptist Church on Sanderson Street in Throop was torn down in October. The church closed in 2009. I took this photo just before the final section came down.
This wasn't my church. In fact, I'd been inside only a few times. Yet, it made me sad. This is the perfect symbol for our area-- the old goes away. Nothing replaces it. It's just demolished. Dozens of schools and churches have closed in recent years-- a symbol of changing habits, patterns, population and demographics.