Me and Miss P like to walk in different places, so we can look (or sniff) at different things as we slowly stroll along.   We (especially me) like to walk along on cleared sidewalks, so I don’t slip and fall on the ice.   Downtown seemed to be the place to go today, and we looked at a number of former religious buildings.    These ones have been re-purposed.

This building might look like it was once a church, but it’s not.   It was the original synagogue, now it’s an architect’s office.

This sturdy brick building was built for a large congregation, now vanished.   It was some sort of art place for a while, but now it is home to an alternative free newspaper.

This former Catholic church is sandwiched between businesses.   The last time I was in there it was an attorney’s office, now it is vacant awaiting the next tenant.

Yet another office space, but it’s a great looking building.   The congregation must have thought that they would need and occupy this forever so they built it to last.

This final one has had the most interesting re-purposing of all of these.  It was formerly a restaurant, and now it has been converted (in more than one sense) into a church!    So this place has gone full circle.