The Block Club Chicago Podcast

Honoring History And Heartache By Saving A Cabrini-Green Church

Episode Summary

Marques “Merk” Elliston and Cher’Don Reynolds hope to buy the former Strangers Home Missionary Baptist Church and convert it into the Cabrini Art House, an arts and community center.

Episode Notes

Marques “Merk” Elliston and Cher’Don Reynolds hope to buy the former Strangers Home Missionary Baptist Church and convert it into the Cabrini Art House, an arts and community center.

Host - Jon Hansen

Reporter - Patrick Filbin

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