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New York
Architecture Images- Midtown St Malachy (RC) |
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architect |
Thomas J Duff |
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239 West 49th Street |
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1910 |
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Gothic |
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Church |
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Known also as the Actor's Chapel. The parish was
established in 1902. The church is not large and has no tower. It was
begun in 1910 to the designs of Thomas J Duff. West front with big central portal flanked by two tripartite smaller but equally ornate doorways. Inside clerestoried nave and aisles but no chancel: wider outer north aisle, added 1920 as The Actors' Chapel. Recent changes have seen the introduction of a central altar and re-arrangement of pews around it. In the 1920s the church was the setting for the funeral of Rudolph Valentino and the wedding of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. to Joan Crawford. The chimes are also renowned for palying "There's no business like show business". |
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Special thanks to
www.churchcrawler.co.uk
(British and international church architecture site) for generous
permission to use images and info.
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St Mary the Virgin |
