Monday, July 23, 2012

Chapel By the Sea soon to be bulldozed

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Nothing is sacred when it comes to making a ton of money--not even church property. Located on Flagler Drive, south of Okeechobee, the 50-year-old chapel/amphitheater on the Intracoastal Waterway is a part of the West Palm Beach waterfront and our history. The land was filled in on the Intracoastal to create the chapel property. This land is owned by The First Baptist Church that has been here for 110 years.

Apparently the church has a big debt and in 2010 its congregation gave majority approval to sell some of its property. God works in mysterious ways as they have now found a buyer willing to pay $23 million to build twin (approximately 20 story) highrises on the chapel's waterfront property.

Say goodbye to history. Say goodbye to sunrise services.  Say hello to looking at huge condos on the waterfront and more condo inventory...like we don't have enough.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

It must be what the people want

Anonymous said...

LEt's start a referndum to put the decision by the First Baptist Church on the November election. How dare they decide to sell the Chapel-by-the-Sea property. What were they thinking?????

Lynn Anderson said...

What were they thinking? I suppose they were thinking that 24 pieces of silver were more important than sunrise services at the chapel. And of course, WPB just needs more condos on the lakeside.

Anonymous said...

What is more interesting to me is what the building is currently zoned for and what it will be rezoned for and how that process is going to work in WPB, which has a gult of condos but their commish seems interest in more even when the proposed project violates their zoning laws.

Anonymous said...

Good bye lake front breezes.As an Episcopalian, I find it very surprising that the Baptists have sold their souls.Seeing as Baptists have no souls.