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Tiffany & Co. (also located here on Fifth Ave.), while the St. Eliza-
beth altar—honoring Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first Ameri-
can-born saint—was designed by Paolo Medici of Rome.
Fifth Ave. (btwn 50th & 51st sts.).
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212/753-2261.
www.ny-archdiocese.org. Free
admission. Sun-Fri 7am-8:30pm; Sat 8am-8:30pm. Mass Mon-Fri 7, 7:30, and 8am,
noon, and 12:30, 1, and 5:30pm; Sat 8am, noon, and 12:30 and 5:30pm; Sun 7, 8,
9, and 10:15am (Cardinal's mass), noon, and 1 and 5:30pm; holy days 7, 7:30, 8,
8:30, and 11:30am, noon, and 12:30, 1, and 5:30pm. Subway: B, D, F, V to 47th-50th
sts./Rockefeller Center.
Temple Emanu-El
Many of New York's most prominent and
wealthy families are members of this Reform congregation—the first
in New York City—housed in the city's most famous synagogue. The
largest house of Jewish worship in the world is a majestic blend of
Moorish and Romanesque styles, symbolizing the mingling of East-
ern and Western cultures. The temple houses a small but remarkable
collection of Judaica in the Herbert & Eileen Bernard Museum,
including a collection of Hanukkah lamps with examples ranging
from the 14th to the 20th centuries. Three galleries also tell the story
of the congregation Emanu-El from 1845 to the present. Tours are
given after morning services Saturday at noon. Inquire for a sched-
ule of lectures, films, music, symposiums, and other events.
1 E. 65th St. (at Fifth Ave.).
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212/744-1400.
www.emanuelnyc.org. Free admis-
sion. Daily 10am-5pm. Services Sun-Thurs 5:30pm; Fri 5:15pm; Sat 10:30am. Sub-
way: N, R to Fifth Ave.; 6 to 68th St.
Trinity Church
Serving God and Mammon, this Wall Street
house of worship—with neo-Gothic flying buttresses, beautiful
stained-glass windows, and vaulted ceilings—was designed by
Richard Upjohn and consecrated in 1846. At that time, its 280-foot
spire dominated the skyline. Its main doors, embellished with bibli-
cal scenes, were inspired in part by Ghiberti's famed doors on Flo-
rence's Baptistery. The historic Episcopal church stood strong while
office towers crumbled around it on September 11, 2001; however,
an electronic organ has temporarily replaced the historic pipe organ,
which was damaged by dust and debris. The gates to the church cur-
rently serve as a memorial to the victims of 9/11, with countless
tokens of remembrance left by locals and visitors.
The church runs a tour daily at 2pm (a second Sun tour follows
the 11:15am Eucharist); groups of five or more should call
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212/
602-0872
to reserve. Also part of Trinity Church is
St. Paul's
Chapel,
at Broadway and Fulton Street, New York's only surviving
pre-Revolutionary church, and a transition shelter for homeless men
