15 April, 2008

St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York Postcard

St. Patrick's Cathedral is a decorated Neo-Gothic-style Catholic cathedral located on the east side of Fifth Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets in midtown Manhattan. The cathedral is built of white marble quarried in New York and Massachusetts and can accommodate 2,200 people. The spires rise 330 feet (100 meters) from street level. The roof is made from slate from Monson, Maine.

St. Patrick's Cathedral Postcard
(Trade with Barbara Sussman)

The postcard also shows Lee Lawrie's colossal bronze statue of Atlas.

SOURCE:
St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York Wikipedia Entry

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