A 40-foot-tall bell tower that has peered over the Volker neighborhood for 122 years is on the verge of collapse. Neighbors want it replaced.

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The bell tower can be seen atop the building at W. 39th Street and Roanoke Road in the city’s Volker Neighborhood. Property managers say the bell tower may have to come down.

The bell tower at the Sisters of Loretto Academy is the logo of the historic building, built in 1903, and now used as an event space, apartments and offices. “Hopefully it can go back up.

Colon said the bell was forged when the chapel was moved to Altamonte. In the early 1900′s the steeple was constructed and the bell was placed, and it’s been there ever since.

The bell tower can be seen atop the building at W. 39th Street and Roanoke Road in the city’s Volker Neighborhood. Property managers say the bell tower may have to come down.