Architects see the light at church building.

Victoria Meyers, of hanrahanMeyers architects, is collaborating with Thomas Hanranhan to transform a historic six family church on MacDougal Street.

The facade of the building was bricked up as an architectural statement in the 1960's, leaving only a small entryway and a slice of a window that let some light into a second floor sanctuary.

Meyers and her team plans to bring the light back into the building and create a welcoming, modernist space.

"We've finished the design process, the working drawing." Meyers said. "Everyone who looks at it has an incredibly strong emotional reaction to it. For a church in New York City, it's rare. It was all about …