Why tear down a church that can be re-used in many ways?

To The Daily Sun,

I am trying to understand the point-of-view that tearing down a church building and replacing it with a parking lot would be preferable to having it reused, in this case, for acupuncture treatments. Having experienced that very lovely calm space in Bristol for treatments to help a debilitating arthritic neck condition, I felt part of the reason I improved was because of the physical space.

I have also enjoyed churches that have become libraries, gift shops and even a fantastic pizza restaurant. They were not churches I had any personal connection with but knowing what it is like to lose a building to fire, I would always prefer having it present to see, rather than having it destroyed.

Sally Davis

Thornton