#Cathedral of St. John the Divine

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Lucille Corcos, Morningside Park, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1928. Oil on canvas and masonite.

Corcos paints what appears to be the northern part Central Park from an elevated view looking northwest. The artist used a restricted palette of warm browns and grays with heavy outlines. She was a leading modern American primitivist who has had numerous museum shows, including the Whitney Biennial.

Photo & text: 1st Dibs

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"Petit would be charged for trespassing, but those charges were ultimately dropped amid the positive publicity the Port Authority received for the caper — and Petit agreed to perform a free high-wire show for children in Central Park. He was even given a lifetime pass to the World Trade Center’s observation deck."

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The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York (Episcopal). The largest Gothic Cathedral in the World, length 601 feet, breadth at Transepts 320 feet, height of Central Tower 455 feet, Western Towers 265 feet. Building commenced St. John's Day, 1892.

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Literary NYC: A Literary Landmark Honoring Madeleine L’Engle!

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#EpiscopalChurch#AnglicanChurch#Cathedrals#NYC#Brooklyn#Queens#Bronx#StatenIsland#LongIsland#WashingtonDC#USA

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Welcome to the stunningly beautiful, but abandoned, New York City Hall station.

Abandoned for more than 70 yrs., it had chandeliers and beautiful leaded glass skylights.

But, by 1945, the newer, longer subway cars could no longer fit on the station’s curved tracks, so it was closed.

The City Hall station was designed by the architects Heins & LaFarge, notable for their work at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

Today, the ticket booths and wooden benches are gone, and many of the skylights are broken or still retain the tar that was used to black them out during WWII. 

In addition to the Transit Museum’s tours, (you have to be a member and tickets sell out quickly), you can catch a glimpse of the subway station if you stay on the downtown 6 train after it leaves the Brooklyn Bridge station, as it will loop through the City Hall station to head back uptown.

They were going to widen it, but ridership fell off (well, of course it did, it was closed. Duh!)

The entrances underwent a $17K cleanup. 

And are still there. 

https://www.6sqft.com/nyc-city-hall-subway-station-tour-history/

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Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York, NY (USA)

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detail, exterior of the cathedral of st john the divine in manhattan

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📍The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, NYC

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Limestone carving detail. Cathedral of St. John of the Divine, New York City.

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In 1955, women from Hiroshima whose faces had been deformed by the atom bomb flew to New York for reconstructive surgery. Dr. William H. Hitzig, the plastic surgeon, took them to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on May 9, 1955.

Photo: Associated Press

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Mariah Carey - Fresh Air Fund Benefit Concert at the Cathedral of St. John The Divine in New York, NY / December 8, 1994

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Last Friday was my first big Pride event (Pilgrimage to Pride at St John the Divine Cathedral) and I'm still high off the energy

Seeing this in person would absolutely make me cry oh my god so gorgeous. I think Grace Cathedral in SF does something similar (bless the Episcopalians) and I really need to go see it.

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Literary NYC: Book Sculptures Surrounding The Peace Fountain at The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Winter 2024

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“ And the name of the virgin was Mary. " (St. Luke 1:27)

In this simple phrase, St. Luke sums up the greatness of Mary, as epitomized in her holy name. The name of Mary was chosen by the Almighty God for the masterpiece of His creation, the Mother of His Divine Son, and was revealed to Sts. Anne and Joachim, Mary's parents by the Angel Gabriel.

The feast in Honor of Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary originated in Spain and was approved by the Holy See in 1513. Pope Innocent XI extended its observance to the whole Church in 1683 in thanksgiving to our Lady for the victory on September 12, 1683, by John Sobieski, king of Poland, over the Turks, who besieged Vienna.

The Council of Ephesus in 431 taught that the Blessed Virgin Mary was properly called the "Mother of God" or "God-Bearer" (Theotokos). By the sixth century, the angelic greeting in Luke 1:28 was commonly used as a prayer, "Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you!" By the fourteenth century, the second part of the Hail Mary prayer was often used in conjunction, "Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death." In the sixteenth century, the Council of Trent, in its catechism, formally recommended this entire prayer, as we have it today, to the faithful.

St. Louis de Montfort said, "The whole world is filled with her glory, and this is especially true of Christian peoples, who have chosen her as guardian and protectress of kingdoms, provinces, dioceses, and towns. Many cathedrals are consecrated to God in her name. There is no church without an altar dedicated to her, no country or region without at least one of her miraculous images where all kinds of afflictions are cured and all sorts of benefits received. Many are the confraternities and associations honoring her as patron; many are the orders under her name and protection; many are the members of sodalities and religious of all congregations who voice her praises and make known her compassion. There is not a child who does not praise her by lisping a 'Hail Mary.' There is scarcely a sinner, however, hardened, who does not possess some spark of confidence in her. The very devils in hell, while fearing her, show her respect."

Prayer in Honor of the Name of Mary by St. Alphonsus de Ligouri

O great Mother of God and my Mother Mary, it is true that I am unworthy to name thee; but thou, who lovest me and desirest my salvation, must, notwithstanding the impurity of my tongue, grant that I may always invoke thy most holy and powerful name in my aid, for thy name is the succor of the living, and the salvation of the dying. Ah, most pure Mary, most sweet Mary, grant that henceforth thy name may be the breath of my life. O Lady, delay not to help me when I invoke thee, for in all the temptations which assail me, and in all my wants, I will never cease calling upon thee, and repeating again and again, Mary, Mary. Thus it is that I hope to act during my life, and more particularly at death, that after that last struggle, I may eternally praise thy beloved name in heaven, O clement, O pious, O sweet Virgin Mary. Amen.