Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Grand Central Station
Right
U.S. Custom House
Historic Buildings
St. Paul's Chapel
Built in 1767-8, this church
has a glorious Georgian interior
lit by Waterford chandeliers. The
pew where George Washington
prayed after his inauguration as
president has been preserved
(see p80)
.
St. Patrick's
Cathedral
James Renwick,
Jr. designed
America's largest
Catholic cathedral
(built in 1878) in
French Gothic
style with twin
330-ft (100-m)
towers. The
interior has side
altars dedicated
to saints and
holy figures,
chapels, and
stained-glass windows
(see p124)
.
City Hall
Built in 1802-12, this Georgian
building with French Renaissance
influences is one of New York's
finest. The interior features a
rotunda circled by Corinthian
columns, opening to twin spiral
marble staircases
(see p80)
.
Trinity Church
Carnegie Hall
Philanthropist Andrew
Carnegie financed the city's first
great concert hall, built in 1891.
Major renovation in 1996 restor-
ed the wonderful interior bronze
balconies and ornamental plaster,
and added a museum. Corridors
are lined with memorabilia of the
great artists who have performed
here
(see p50 and p125)
.
Cathedral of St. John
the Divine
The world's largest cathedral was
begun in 1892 and is still a work in
progress. The part-Romanesque,
part-Gothic building is impressive
for its stonework, enormous
nave, bay altar windows, and
rose window. The seat of New
York's Episcopal archdiocese, the
church is the scene of many
avant-garde musical and
theatrical events
(see p145)
.
City Hall's imposing façade
Trinity Church
This lovely, square-towered
church has bronze doors designed
by Richard Morris Hunt. Built in
1839-46, the spire, once the tall-
est in Manhattan, is now dwarfed
by Wall Street towers. Alexander
Hamilton
(see p48)
and Robert
Fulton are buried here
(see p73)
.
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