MASSIVE RENOVATION. FROM ANY ANGLE, THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST LOOKS MAJESTIC. EASILY ONE OF BOSTON’S MOST ICONIC STRUCTURES, THE COMPLEX FEATURES A PLAZA TURNED RESTING SPACE FOR VISITORS.

In nearly every major American city and in many small towns, Christian Science reading rooms are found mixed in with storefronts. Passersby may hardly notice them, but to those who stop to wonder what ...