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Title: How to know New York City : a serviceable and trustworthy guide, having its starting point at the Grand Union hotel, just across the street from the Grand Central depot
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Sweetser, M. F. (Moses Foster), 1848-1897 Ford, Simeon, 1855-1933 Durst, Seymour B., 1913- former owner. NNC
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Publisher: New York : Press of J.J. Little & Co.
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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g lines of clustered marble columns, and carrying a lofty andrichly ornamented ceiling. On each side of the front gable (which is156 feet high, or taller than most of the steeples of America), thecarved and pinnacled spires reach the great height of 328 feet,making a huge marble mruntain, uplifted on the highest point ofFifth Avenue, truly a landmark for leagues. The 70 windows (37of which are memorial) are of rich stained glass, and were made atChartres, France, at a cost of $100,000. That in the south transeptshows forth the life of St. Patrick ; that in the north, the life of theBlessed Virgin. The main altar is 40 feet high, of Italian marble,inlaid with gems, and bass-reliefs of the Passion; and on one side isthe great. Gothic throne of the archbishop. The altar of the HolvFamily, of Tennessee marble and Caen stone; of the Blessed Virgin,of curiously carved French walnut; of the Sacred Heart, of bronze ; ofSt. Joseph, of bronze and mosaic, — are all of great interest and artis-
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Hozu to Know New York. 69 tic merit. High mass is given at 10.30 a.m., on Sunday, and vespersat 4 P.M. The cathedral is open every day of the week. Seats in thecentre may be had at high mass for 25 cents (on the sides for 15cents), tickets being procured from the verger near the main entrance,inside. St. Paul the Apostle, at 60th Street and Ninth Avenue, pertains to thecelebrated preaching Order of Paulists. whose monastery adjoins it.It is an immense and sombre pile of gray stone, with an asceticinterior, singularly devoid of ornament, but impressive from its greatsize. The main portals are flanked by statues of the sants. St. Patricks, at Mott and Prince Streets, erected in 1815, and witha very spacious interior, was formerly the cathedral. Church of the Most Holy Redeemer (German), at 3d Street andAvenue A, is a rich Byzantine building, with lofty roof, costly altar,and a spire 265 feet high. St. Stephens, on East 28th Street, near Third Avenue, is celebratedfor its beautiful music

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