{"id":10373,"date":"2012-07-27T23:15:36","date_gmt":"2012-07-28T03:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/?p=10373"},"modified":"2012-07-27T23:15:36","modified_gmt":"2012-07-28T03:15:36","slug":"buffalo-news-corpus-christi-brings-back-church-bowling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/2012\/07\/buffalo-news-corpus-christi-brings-back-church-bowling\/","title":{"rendered":"Buffalo News: Corpus Christi brings back church bowling"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(By Jon Harris\/NEWS STAFF REPORTER) Many would consider what’s inside the building at 165 Sears Street on Buffalo’s East Side to be an endangered species.<\/p>\n

The Corpus Christi Social & Athletic Club has a 12-lane bowling alley within its walls, complete with retro furniture, paper scoring and nearly 60-year-old AMF machines that run like new.<\/p>\n

For many of the past several years, the building that was constructed in 1928 has sat idle with only one of the bowling alley’s lanes functioning – and barely at that. But this past winter, all 12 lanes were oiled and ready for winter leagues.<\/p>\n

The lanes at Corpus Christi are making a comeback when other church bowling alleys continue to die off as they have for the past 30 years. The most interesting part: The lanes are helping Corpus Christi stay afloat financially.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the eight-lane bowling alley at Infant of Prague in Cheektowaga recently shut down because of expenses not deemed cost-effective.<\/p>\n

Read full story in the Buffalo News<\/a>—><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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