Greenpoint erupts over design of McGolrick church

When the construction fence came down this month outside the old Lutheran church on McGolrick Park, Greenpoint seemed to let out a collective gasp. The exterior had been brutalized: The stained glass was gone; the gray stone had been replaced by a flat expanse of concrete. And most sinfully, a central window — right over the front entrance — was off–center. Far, far off-center, as if a toddler had drawn it. “An affront to god,” as one person put it.