Journey to New England -- NYC -- St. Patrick's Cathedral

[miladycarol]

We are roaming the city until it's time for the Gerber event. Part of our day involved a tour of St. Patrick's Cathedral, the largest cathedral in America. The land was originally bought to be burial ground as it was so far away from the settled area. The people thought it was silliness to build a cathedral so far afield, yet the city grew to its doors and the majestic building is quite dwarfed by the surrounding skyscrapers. What was once the tallest, most magnificent building is barely perceptible until one is right next to it.



View from the outside.


Interior cross groin vault ceiling of the main apse.


A marble angel.

Comments

[macmoyer.livejournal.com]

Did you take these pictures? They're super!

[miladycarol.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm pretty sure I took all of these save the view down the apse. I think that was G. We have two cameras and we switch between them sometimes, so it's never a sure thing. G has a fancy camera and mine is just a little pocket sized Olympus.

We've decided that G is a better technical photographer. He can fuddle with the camera and take a perfect shot. I'm better at composition and interesting angles. Sometimes I frame a shot on my little Olympus and show him so he can take the technically perfect version of it. Go Team! Rah!