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The nave, looking west. The parish was founded in 1858, though the current building was dedicated in 1885. #52HOWin52weeks #church #Catholic #Catholicchurch #NYC #Manhattan #Midtown #MidtownManhattan #LincolnSquare #LincolnCenter #architecture #religion #⛪ (at Church of Saint Paul The Apostle, NYC)

Additional views of the Eldridge Street Synagogue. #52HOWin52weeks #NYC #Manhattan #LowerEastSide #LowerEastSideNYC #LES #LESNYC #EldridgeStreet #EldridgeStreetSynagogue #EldridgeStreetmuseum #MuseumatEldridgeStreet #synagogue #Jewishsynagogue #Jewish #Judaism #architecture #religion #historicarchitecture #MoorishRevival #🕍 #✡️ (at Museum at Eldridge Street) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnKGA58g-pG/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ftllp0ip5qu0

The Eldridge Street Synagogue. Also, this is my 1,000th post on Instagram. #52HOWin52weeks #NYC #Manhattan #LowerEastSide #LowerEastSideNYC #LES #LESNYC #EldridgeStreet #EldridgeStreetSynagogue #EldridgeStreetmuseum #MuseumatEldridgeStreet #synagogue #Jewishsynagogue #Jewish #Judaism #architecture #religion #historicarchitecture #MoorishRevival #🕍 #✡️ #1000 #1000th #1000thpost #1000thpic #1000thpicture (at Museum at Eldridge Street) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnGnCXLALL6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7rz5i1j7m43y

Construction of the Eldridge Street Synagogue began in 1886 and was completed about a year later in 1887 for about $92,000. As the Jewish population of the Lower East Side dwindled, so did the synagogue’s fortunes, and the upper sanctuary was closed, locked, and all but abandoned in the 1950s. Preservationists began restoring the building’s Moorish Revival art and architecture in 1986, a progress that took 20 years and $20 million. #52HOWin52weeks #NYC #Manhattan #LowerEastSide #LowerEastSideNYC #LES #LESNYC #EldridgeStreet #EldridgeStreetSynagogue #EldridgeStreetmuseum #MuseumatEldridgeStreet #synagogue #Jewishsynagogue #Jewish #Judaism #architecture #religion #historicarchitecture #MoorishRevival #🕍 #✡️ (at Museum at Eldridge Street) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnGi_nUg1dw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ruaatwuocj2d

In its heyday as an Orthodox synagogue, men and women sat in separate sections during worship services. Men used the main level while women used the balcony, accessed by this stairway. #52HOWin52weeks #NYC #Manhattan #LowerEastSide #LowerEastSideNYC #LES #LESNYC #EldridgeStreet #EldridgeStreetSynagogue #EldridgeStreetmuseum #MuseumatEldridgeStreet #synagogue #Jewishsynagogue #Jewish #Judaism #architecture #religion #historicarchitecture #MoorishRevival #🕍 #✡️ (at Museum at Eldridge Street) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnGbW76AGn7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=cvr25g23n0mv

After moving earlier this summer, I’m still catching up on my project to visit 52 houses of worship in 2018. This is the first synagogue I have visited in this project, though I first visited it several years ago. But it is one of those places that stands out in your memory — a place you know you’ll return to. #52HOWin52weeks #NYC #Manhattan #LowerEastSide #LowerEastSideNYC #LES #LESNYC #EldridgeStreet #EldridgeStreetsynagogue #EldridgeStreetmuseum #MuseumatEldridgeStreet #synagogue #Jewishsynagogue #Jewish #Judaism #architecture #religion #historicarchitecture #MoorishRevival #🕍 #✡️ (at Museum at Eldridge Street) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnFSaGRAXJF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1iwbjw03r4045

The stained glass is some of the most vibrant and richly colored that I have seen so far in my visits to houses of worship in New York City. #52HOWin52weeks | Week 16 #church #Catholic #Catholicchurch #HolyFamily #HolyFamilyChurch #ChurchoftheHolyFamily #NYC #Manhattan #Midtown #MidtownManhattan #TurtleBay #TurtleBayManhattan #architecture #modernarchitecture #modernism #modernist #modernistarchitecture #UnitedNations #UN #UnitedNationsHeadquarters #UNheadquarters #UnitedNationsHQ #UNhq #52in52 #design #art #religion #⛪ #🇻🇦 (at Holy Family Church)

The modern, abstract design is just as thorough on the interior as it is on the exterior. A large depiction of Jesus with arms outstretched rises above the altar and greets worshippers as they enter the sanctuary. #52HOWin52weeks | Week 16 #church #Catholic #Catholicchurch #HolyFamily #HolyFamilyChurch #ChurchoftheHolyFamily #NYC #Manhattan #Midtown #MidtownManhattan #TurtleBay #TurtleBayManhattan #architecture #modernarchitecture #modernism #modernist #modernistarchitecture #UnitedNations #UN #UnitedNationsHeadquarters #UNheadquarters #UnitedNationsHQ #UNhq #52in52 #design #art #religion #⛪ #🇻🇦 (at Holy Family Church)