Photos 15 Apr 2012 04:13 am
Steve Fisher “Manhattan Views”
Here are some Manhattan views as photographed by Steve Fisher.
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Photos 3-11 are of The Church of the Heavenly Rest.
Steve went there for an illustrated lecture given by David Lowe
on Art Deco in NY, sponsored by the New York Landmarks Conservancy.
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The Church of the Heavenly Rest and its adjoining Parish House
are in a Gothic Revival style melding into Art Deco.
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The Fifth Avenue façade features sculpture
by the renowned artist Lee Lawrie.
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The church was built on land purchased by Andrew Carnegie in 1917 . . .
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. . . to prevent the construction of a tall building on the site
which would have cast a shadow . . .
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. . . on the adjacent Carnegie mansion and garden.
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The Indiana limestone clad buildings were constructed
in 1927-29 by Mayers, Murray & Phillip.
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The interior vaulting is of Guastavino tile.
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on 15 Apr 2012 at 6:44 pm 1.The Gee said …
Awe-some!