If the walls at the Oak Cliff Methodist Church building could talk, they’d be horrified at what it has become: hymn books abandoned on dust‑covered pews, debris from multiple fires, trash, graffiti, and urban decay.
But the red‑brick building that has anchored the corner of Jefferson and Marsalis for more than a century is headed for a makeover.
“For me, my favorite part of every project I’ve ever done is the first time I walk in, and you see it, and there’s something terrifying about it,” admits AJ Ramler. “But there’s also something really beautiful about it, in its rawness and in its damaged state.”…