Talk about an inside look at a noted architect’s work. The iconic First Christian Church tower’s repair work recently was at a stage of cracked or worn brick removal and replacement that those ...

The local architect leading the refurbishing of the 166-foot iconic, brick First Christian Church tower referred to its construction in 1942 as nearly something of an apparent miracle.

But a regular Mass was not always guaranteed at Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Six years ago, the Archdiocese of Newark combined the historic church with a nearby parish in Montclair.