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Church Fire Devastates Neighborhood. St. Leo the Great Will Be Demolished

Written by Alex Lloyd Gross, May 10, 2021

by Alex Lloyd Gross Yesterday evening, March 9,2021 residents in the Mayfair/ Tacony area of the city watched in disbelief as St Leos Church went up in flames. The structure, built in 1884  was decimated by a two alarm fire. Today, the reality sunk is as residents and former  parishioners stopped by to take in…