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4 Cathedral of
St. John the Divine
Started in 1892 and still only two-thirds finished, this
will be the largest cathedral in the world. The interior is
over 600 ft (183 m) long and 146 ft (45 m) wide. It was
originally designed in Romanesque style by Heins &
LaFarge; Ralph Adams Cram took over the project in
1911, devising a Gothic nave and west front. Medieval
construction methods, such as stone-on-stone
supporting buttresses, continue to be used to complete . Peace Fountain
the cathedral, which also serves as a venue for theater, The sculpture is the creation
music, and avant-garde art. of Greg Wyatt and represents
nature in its many forms. It
stands within a granite basin
Nave on the Great Lawn, south
Rising to a of the cathedral.
height of over
100 ft (30 m),
the piers
of the nave
are topped
by graceful
stone arches.

. West Front Entrance
The portals of the cathedral’s west front are adorned
with many fine stone carvings. Some are recreations of
medieval religious sculpture, but others have modern
themes. This apocalyptic vision of New York’s skyline,
by local stonemason Joe Kincannon, seems almost to
predict the events of September 11, 2001 (see p56).

KEY
. Rose Window
1 Pulpit Completed in 1933, the
2 The Bishop’s Chair is a copy stylized motif of the
from the Henry VII chapel in Great Rose is symbolic
Westminster Abbey, in London. of the many facets of
the Christian Church.

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