[Magdalen] Pray for GTS today

[Lynn Ronkainen]

the part about 'the property' being developed... it was sold...  What really 
saddened and confused me was how the Tutu center, which I thought was owned 
by TEC and an integral part of some kind of long term planning, was also 
sold and is now a luxury hotel on the back corner of what was an entire city 
block of GTS. The front on 9th became the high rise condos with commercial 
stores and the 'new' front 'door' of the seminary is the rehabbed former 
garbage truck entrance, 2/3rds down 21st. the only sign is flat on the 
building so you have to be walking/driving by and actually see it to realize 
the seminary is there.  Back when I first started displaying there in 2002, 
there was a sandwich board out on 9th ave inviting ANYONE to come into the 
close and to come to Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer that stayed there 
until they ripped that 1970s front off the block and began construction.

GTS was not only in a financial bind of the usual sort that educational 
institutions find themselves, they also had extremely high costs associated 
with renovations (much  needed)  to their buildings that had to be done in 
accordance with state laws due to their historical designation.... those 
expenses were what finally broke them.

L

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From: "Jim Guthrie" <jguthrie at pipeline.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 9:13 AM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Pray for GTS today

> From: Heather Angus
>
>>Yes, the "back story" is surely as juicy as the "front story" we've been
>>reading at Episcopal Cafe and other places. Let us in on it, Jim G.
>
> The Back Story involves lots of things -- mainly Finances. Check out the 
> flack regarding allowing part of the GTS property to be developed 
> commercially as a way of raising the income level,O! how it was going to 
> destroy the seminary. You might look at the former positions of some of 
> the faculty and their departures from those positions as well.
>
> Those should keep you busy, for starters.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim
>