Historic Church near Downtown Orlando Becomes Townhomes
In an unusual move for Orlando, instead of razing a structure to build new, Mark Kinchla has transformed the former United Pentecostal Church near downtown into five townhomes. Each unit has three stories, a garage for two cars, its own elevator, exposed historic brick and rooftop-terrace view of the Orlando skyline. It will be called: Samsara, which is Sanskrit for rebirth. Built in 1928, the building is not, by itself, on the National Register of Historic Places. But it is