” comparing YIBE to emanuel is unfair. “
You are correct, in as much as BE and YI are orthodox by charter. That’s why I said <lehavdil> on each of the examples I cited.
But the sad fact remains, if a bldg is not in use, it either gets turned over to someone else, or gets torn down.
But let me change directions for a moment. In 10 years from now, if no new members are signed on, which would the current membership of YIBE prefer:
Preserve the bldg as is, but vacant?
Subdivide the bldg, and turn in into classrooms?
In which way would Hashem’s glory be better served; having a magnificent bldg stand like a monument to what once was or the sounds of children learning be heard?