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The Riverside church. RIverside Drive and 122nd St. New York – Historic Print

The Riverside church. RIverside Drive and 122nd St. New York — historic photograph
The Riverside church. RIverside Drive and 122nd St. New York. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: The Riverside church. RIverside Drive and 122nd St. New York, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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The Riverside church. RIverside Drive and 122nd St. New York

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This photograph shows Riverside Church at the corner of Riverside Drive and 122nd Street, a Gothic Revival landmark that was still new when this picture was taken around 1930. John D. Rockefeller Jr. financed the building, and its architects, Allen & Collens, drew on French Gothic cathedrals, especially Chartres, for its massive stone tower and pointed arches. The church was built as an interdenominational congregation, a plan that set it apart from the more typical denominational churches of the period. Its tower housed one of the largest carillons in the world, and the view from the Drive makes the building's height and the sweep of its stonework easy to see.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notesc1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,241 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-120116

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