Cathedral of Saint John the Divine
It is located on Amsterdam avenue between West 110th and 113th Street in Manhattan’s Morning Side Heights neighborhood. It is the largest Anglican cathedral and church. It is known to be the fourth largest Christian church in the world. The interior covers 121,000 sq ft (11,200 m2), spanning a length of 601 ft (183.2 meters) and height 232 ft (70.7 meters). The interior height of the nave is 124 feet (37.8 meters). It is fully made of stone.
Secrets about Cathedral of Saint John the Divine
Keith Haring:“The Life of Christ” was Keith Haring‘s last work before his death. There are at nine versions of this triptych, cast in bronze and covered in white gold, one of which is located in St. John the Divine’s The National AIDS Memorial.
It was never finished :A Guide to the Cathedral from 1921 posited that it might take 700 years for the Cathedral to be completed, since it was employing true Gothic building methods. However, as of now it appears that the Cathedral will never be complet
-It has the history in stone from St Paul to Albert Einstein
-It has the largest rose window in the United States
-It is the oldest building in Morningside Heights
Secrets about Cathedral of Saint John the Divine
Keith Haring:“The Life of Christ” was Keith Haring‘s last work before his death. There are at nine versions of this triptych, cast in bronze and covered in white gold, one of which is located in St. John the Divine’s The National AIDS Memorial.
It was never finished :A Guide to the Cathedral from 1921 posited that it might take 700 years for the Cathedral to be completed, since it was employing true Gothic building methods. However, as of now it appears that the Cathedral will never be complet
-It has the history in stone from St Paul to Albert Einstein
-It has the largest rose window in the United States
-It is the oldest building in Morningside Heights