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ance of English Shakespearean actor William Macready, and in the resulting clashes 22
people died. The theatre closed in 1850.
GRACE CHURCH
802 Broadway at E 10th St. Subway N, R to 8th St.
212 254 2000,
www.gracechurchnyc.org
. Daily
noon-5pm. Free.
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The lacy marble of
Grace Church
was built and designed in 1846 by James Renwick (of St
Patrick's Cathedral fame) in a delicate Neo-Gothic style. Dark and aisled, with a flattened,
web-vaulted ceiling, it was something of a society church in its day. Nowadays it is one of
the city's most secretive escapes, and frequently offers shelter to the less fortunate.
