Here is a cool vintage photo of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City from 1965. While unlabeled other then New York City, I figured the church was unique enough that I could find it. And I did a few minutes later with help from this little blog post.
Construction on St. Patrick’s Cathedral started in 1858 but was stopped dur [...]
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St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New Yo...
Here is a cool vintage photo of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City from 1965. While unlabeled other then New York City, I figured the church was unique enough that I could find it. And I did a few minutes later with help from this little blog post.
Construction on St. Patrick’s Cathedral started in 1858 but was stopped dur [...]
Grace Church, New York City – 1...
The Grace Church in New York City is a French Gothic Revival style building. It is built with “Sing Sing Marble,” a type of stone from quarries along the Hudson River near the (in)famous Sing Sing Prison. The stone was quarried with what was essentially slave labor, as prisoners were frequently conscripted to bring in money to the [...]
U.N. Protest Sign – 1965
This 35mm slide from 1965 is simply labeled “Across the street from UN building.” It depicts a U.N. Protest Sign erected on a building across the street from the U.N. Assembly building in New York City. This building is long gone as the entire block has been rebuilt from the ground up. But it makes one wonder about the owner of &# [...]
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