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Demolition

In 11/1993, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco announced that 13 churches in the city would be closed due to various factors including high maintenance costs and poor attendance. These churches included: Saint Edward the Confessor, All Hallows, Holy Cross, Immaculate Conception, Nativity, Saint Benedict's, Saint Brigid's, Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis Xavier's, Saint Joseph's, Saint Michael's, Saint Paul's, and Saint Thomas More.

Saint Edward the Confessor was torn down c. 1999. An article in the San Francisco Chronicle stated: "Twenty-nine upscale townhouses will replace St. Edward the Confessor Roman Catholic Church in a $4.1 million real estate deal announced yesterday by the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The announcement pounded the last nail in the coffin of St. Edward, where die-hard parishioners fought the archdiocese's 1994 decision to close the Laurel Heights church and eight other parishes across the city. Archdiocesan spokesman Maurice Healy said proceeds from the sale will be used to help retrofit five other churches to make them meet new earthquake safety standards. According to Healy, proceeds from the sale will go toward the archdiocese's $7.75 million commitment to retrofit St. Boniface Church in the Tenderloin, Sacred Heart in the Western Addition, Old St. Mary's in Chinatown, St. Patrick's on Mission Street and St. Paul's in Noe Valley. Those five projects will cost more than $21 million, and the individual parishes are trying to raise money to make up the difference." (See Don Lattin, San Francisco Chronicle.com, “Closed S.F. Church Sold for Townhouses / St. Edward parish fought shutdown,” published 11/03/1998, accessed 09/23/2020.)

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