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The New York City government gave the cathedral a $1.5 million grant in August 2024 to convert Synod Hall into a community center. [212] [213] A restoration of the organ, which had been damaged in the 2019 fire, was completed in December 2024. [214] [215]
The Basilica of Saint Patrick's Old Cathedral, sometimes shortened to St. Patrick's Old Cathedral or simply Old St. Patrick's, is a Catholic parish church, a basilica, and the former cathedral of the Archdiocese of New York, located in the Nolita neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City.
The chapel of Saint Petronilla was later demolished and the sculpture was later moved to its current location, the first chapel on the north side after the entrance of the new basilica, in the 18th century. [5] It is the only piece Michelangelo ever signed. The structure is pyramidal, and the vertex coincides with Mary's head.
Saint Benedict Joseph Labre Parish is a historic Roman Catholic parish church complex in the Diocese of Brooklyn, located at 94-40 118th Street in Richmond Hill, Queens, New York City. Description [ edit ]
The Basilica of Regina Pacis (Latin for Queen of Peace) is a Catholic parish church located in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, New York, under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn. The church was built as a votive shrine, within the then-Parish of St. Rosalia (later renamed St. Rosalia-Regina Pacis Parish). The original parish church ...
The marble was transported down to New York City via the Harlem Railroad, where a branch track led to the new cathedral's site. [50] The construction of the new cathedral drew relatively little interest for New York City's non-Catholic population, [63] though several commentators praised the cathedral's design. [31]
The Taft Hotel building is a 22-story pre-war Spanish Renaissance structure that occupies the eastern side of Seventh Avenue between 50th and 51st streets, just north of Times Square, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. In its modern configuration, it features two separate portions with their own entrance on 51st Street.
St. Monica's Church is a historic former Roman Catholic parish church in the Diocese of Brooklyn, located in Jamaica, Queens, New York. It was built in 1856 and is a brick basilica-type building in the Romanesque style. It features a four-story entrance tower in the center of its three-bay-wide front façade. [2]