The cornerstone of the asylum was laid in 1838, and it was completed in 1843. ==== Need for a cathedral ==== Meanwhile, the Episcopal Diocese of New York started to grow in the early 19th century: there were 26 Episcopal parishes in the city by 1800, and a decade later, that number had nearly doubled to 50.
The first was the Bloomingdale Insane Asylum, no longer extant, which opened on the site of the Columbia University campus near 116th Street in 1821.
In 1828, the first proposal for a grand cathedral for the diocese was made by Bishop John Henry Hobart, who proposed a site near Washington Square Park.
The Leake and Watts asylum was incorporated in 1831 under act of the New York State Legislature, and three years later, land at the corner of Bloomingdale Road (now Broadway) and 110th Street was purchased from the Bloomingdale Asylum.
The cornerstone of the asylum was laid in 1838, and it was completed in 1843. ==== Need for a cathedral ==== Meanwhile, the Episcopal Diocese of New York started to grow in the early 19th century: there were 26 Episcopal parishes in the city by 1800, and a decade later, that number had nearly doubled to 50.
The cornerstone of the asylum was laid in 1838, and it was completed in 1843. ==== Need for a cathedral ==== Meanwhile, the Episcopal Diocese of New York started to grow in the early 19th century: there were 26 Episcopal parishes in the city by 1800, and a decade later, that number had nearly doubled to 50.
A heating plant at the southwestern corner of the cathedral close (added to the plan in 1913), and two structures planned for the western boundary and approved in 1920, were not built. === Ithiel Town Building === The former Leake and Watts Asylum building, designed by Ithiel Town and completed in 1843, is located south of the crossing, where the south transept would have been located.
The plans were canceled because of objections over erecting such a large building for the diocese, a derivative of the Church of England, even as many New Yorkers still harbored resentment over the American Revolutionary War. In 1873, a cathedral board of trustees was established under Bishop Horatio Potter.
However, the purchase was canceled after the would-be donors lost their savings in the Panic of 1873.
Yet another plot of land, at Eighth Avenue and 74th Street, was offered to the church in 1882, but rejected due to the high cost of acquisition.
Potter, Horatio Potter's nephew, became the Diocese of New York's assistant bishop in 1883, he convened the trustees to look for an alternate site.
On June 1, 1887, Henry Potter publicly announced his intention to build St.
Brick wings flanked the central pavilion to each side, and originally contained wooden porches along their facades, replaced with iron balconies in 1888. Originally, there were common areas and staff rooms within the central pavilion, and dormitories for 300 children in the wings.
Additionally, the Barberini family's tapestries were gifted to the cathedral in 1891. Numerous sites in Manhattan were examined for the new cathedral's location, and by 1889, the Leake and Watts Asylum between 110th and 113th Streets had been chosen as the site for the future site of St.
The deadline for each plan was January 1889. That May, the board of trustees formed a committee to review the more than 60 designs that had been submitted.
By 1890, there were 40,000 Episcopalians in Manhattan, and Episcopalians made up the largest bloc of Protestants in the borough.
The finalists were given more than a year to refine the details of their plans: the original deadline was set for February 1890, but was later extended to November after a failed proposal to host the World's Columbian Exposition in Morningside Park.
Unlike the main building, the cathedral close was not designed under a single master plan, and during the 1890s and 1900s, several proposals would be made for the site. ==== Initial construction ==== Actual work on St.
Various paths, gardens, play areas, and furniture are located on the cathedral close, as are numerous artworks and several commemorative or religious objects. The initial plans for the cathedral close, put forth in the 1890s, varied widely.
, the Diocesan House is used by the diocese's offices and archives; the cathedral's library; and apartments. The Diocesan House was originally built for the New York Training School for Deaconesses, which was established in 1890 and had been searching for new locations since 1898 or 1899.
Additionally, the Barberini family's tapestries were gifted to the cathedral in 1891. Numerous sites in Manhattan were examined for the new cathedral's location, and by 1889, the Leake and Watts Asylum between 110th and 113th Streets had been chosen as the site for the future site of St.
The asylum site was deeded to the cathedral in October 1891, and the asylum moved to Westchester County, New York.
The submissions were placed in public view in April 1891.
By then, the public was losing interest in the competition, and the finalist designs mainly received negative criticism. ==== Plan selected ==== In July 1891, the plan-selection committee chose Heins & LaFarge's plan as the winning proposal.
The original design, in the Byzantine Revival and Romanesque Revival styles, began construction in 1892.
The following month, it was announced that work would begin in early 1892, provided that Heins & LaFarge submitted their revised plans that April.
By April 1892, the trustees had raised much of the $850,000 required for land acquisition, though there still remained a deficit of $175,000. === Construction and early years === Construction on the Cathedral of St.
John the Divine was begun with the cornerstone-laying ceremony on December 27, 1892, St.
The included a 1892 plan for buildings on Morningside Drive and Cathedral Parkway; various proposals for an Episcopal residence somewhere along the close; and an 1898–1899 plan for a deaconesses' training school.
Between 1892 and 1899, it was used as an employee dormitory and construction offices, while the parlor hosted worship services.
John's began in early 1893.
However, in September 1893, builders unexpectedly hit pockets of soft shale and an underground spring at several locations about below ground.
Originally exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893, it was then acquired by Celia Whipple Wallace and moved to the cathedral in 1898.
The pits were completed in late 1895 at a significantly higher cost than originally estimated. By 1898, St.
John's had cost an estimated $750,000, and as per an 1896 estimate, the cathedral was projected to cost at least $5 million when complete.
A private chapel between the two buildings was not built. An episcopal residence had been announced in 1897 and Heins & LaFarge drew up plans for such a structure in 1902.
The pits were completed in late 1895 at a significantly higher cost than originally estimated. By 1898, St.
Originally exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893, it was then acquired by Celia Whipple Wallace and moved to the cathedral in 1898.
The included a 1892 plan for buildings on Morningside Drive and Cathedral Parkway; various proposals for an Episcopal residence somewhere along the close; and an 1898–1899 plan for a deaconesses' training school.
, the Diocesan House is used by the diocese's offices and archives; the cathedral's library; and apartments. The Diocesan House was originally built for the New York Training School for Deaconesses, which was established in 1890 and had been searching for new locations since 1898 or 1899.
The first services were held in January 1899 within the Tiffany Chapel.
Services at the cathedral were hosted at the Tiffany Chapel from 1899 to 1911, and the chapel was reacquired by Tiffany in 1916.
Between 1892 and 1899, it was used as an employee dormitory and construction offices, while the parlor hosted worship services.
, the Diocesan House is used by the diocese's offices and archives; the cathedral's library; and apartments. The Diocesan House was originally built for the New York Training School for Deaconesses, which was established in 1890 and had been searching for new locations since 1898 or 1899.
Unlike the main building, the cathedral close was not designed under a single master plan, and during the 1890s and 1900s, several proposals would be made for the site. ==== Initial construction ==== Actual work on St.
When completed in 1900, the arches were described as the "crowning glory" of Morningside Heights.
Afterward, the former asylum's west wing was used by the day school for the cathedral's choirboys between 1901 and 1913.
Inside, the building contained classrooms; gathering space for reception, dining; music rooms; a library; a gymnasium; a dormitory; and masters’ and service rooms. The choir school was created in 1901 within the Town Building.
Two other plans were proposed in 1902 and 1903, but after objections to the 1903 plan from St.
A private chapel between the two buildings was not built. An episcopal residence had been announced in 1897 and Heins & LaFarge drew up plans for such a structure in 1902.
Morgan, and businessman Cornelius Vanderbilt, the trustees continued to raise funds. In March 1903, the trustees announced that the next stage of St.
When the columns arrived at Manhattan in July and August 1903, they were rolled onto flatbed trucks and brought to the cathedral's site.
Work also began in 1903 on the crossing ceiling, which was to contain "Guastavino tiles" designed by Spanish architect Rafael Guastavino. The board of trustees implemented a new charter in early 1904, which provided for greater representation of laypeople on the board.
Two other plans were proposed in 1902 and 1903, but after objections to the 1903 plan from St.
The Synod Hall also contains a three-manual Skinner pipe organ. Plans for a diocesan building were considered as early as 1903.
The columns were finally lifted in July 1904, more than a year after the initial announcement.
Work also began in 1903 on the crossing ceiling, which was to contain "Guastavino tiles" designed by Spanish architect Rafael Guastavino. The board of trustees implemented a new charter in early 1904, which provided for greater representation of laypeople on the board.
Savior was the first chapel to be complete, hosting its first services in 1904.
By 1905, with $800,000 available for construction, the trustees anticipated that the cathedral would be completed within a decade.
John's, though his relation with the trustees was strained: he destroyed two angels after criticism of his work and threatened to quit in 1906.
Skinner in 1906–1910.
Luke's Hospital, a new plan was presented in 1906.
Welch's 1906 plan for the campus.
Even the trustees started to have doubts about certain aspects of the plan, criticizing Heins & LaFarge's small staff, their simultaneous involvement in many other projects, slow construction, and cost overruns. ==== Crossing opening and change in design ==== Although Heins died in 1907, LaFarge continued to design the crossing, choir, and apse of St.
Funds to build the structure were finally received in 1907 after Archdeacon Charles Comfort Tiffany included $125,000 for the deaconesses' school in his will.
The choir was covered in 1908, and the crossing was installed the next year.
After the opening of the crossing in 1909, the overall plan was changed to a Gothic Revival design.
The choir was nearly complete by October 1909, but there were insufficient funds to complete its construction, delaying its opening by at least six months.
It was completed within fifteen weeks between May and August 1909.
The Training School for Deaconesses was completed in 1909, independently of the plan.
Construction started in May 1910 and the school opened by that October.
In January 1910, Mary Eliza Blodgett (alternatively Mrs.
In March 1911, trustees finally confirmed an opening date of April 19, 1911.
However, The New York Sun reported that Cram had only reluctantly accepted the commission because the trustees had threatened to hire a foreign architect otherwise. Cram presented a master plan for the cathedral close's buildings in October 1911, and his revised designs for the main structure were completed in 1913.
The diocese was able to construct several structures to the south of the main building (see ), as part of a plan that had been approved by the trustees in late 1911.
The apse's walls are supported by gabled buttresses, which are taller than the height of the walls, and contain niches with statues. ==== Choir ==== The choir was consecrated in 1911.
Columba, patron of Ireland and Scotland; designed by Heins & LaFarge, dedicated 1911. St.
Savior (Holy Savior), devoted to immigrants from Africa and Asia; designed by Heins & LaFarge, dedicated 1911.
Services at the cathedral were hosted at the Tiffany Chapel from 1899 to 1911, and the chapel was reacquired by Tiffany in 1916.
Cram presented to the trustees an extensive plan for all the structures on the grounds in October 1911, and the trustees approved the choir school the same month.
All work was finished in February 1911, and the building was used as a deaconesses' school until May 1948, and it was converted to office use the following year. === Synod Hall === The Synod Hall (also known as the Synod House) houses the cathedral's synod or council, but is also used for various events and other functions.
The current Synod Hall was announced in 1911, in preparation for the 1913 General Convention of the Episcopal Church.
The Deanery was donated by Helen Slade Ogilvie in 1911 in memory of her late husband Clinton, while the bishop's house was funded partly by the sale of a previous bishop's house at Gramercy Park.
Regardless, there was still not enough money to complete the cathedral's construction, as the New York Episcopal Diocese Cathedral League had mentioned in 1912 that $5.5 million was still needed.
Cram's firm submitted plans for Synod Hall in March 1912, and it opened in October 1913 with the start of the convention.
Cram approved Cook & Welch's plan in January 1912 and filed construction plans that July, with work beginning that October.
Before the structures' construction started in 1912, the sites for the bishop's house and deanery were relocated eastward.
The two buildings' sites were given preliminary approval in May 1912 and were officially approved that October.
The bishop's house started in November 1912 and was finished in April 1914.
However, The New York Sun reported that Cram had only reluctantly accepted the commission because the trustees had threatened to hire a foreign architect otherwise. Cram presented a master plan for the cathedral close's buildings in October 1911, and his revised designs for the main structure were completed in 1913.
A heating plant at the southwestern corner of the cathedral close (added to the plan in 1913), and two structures planned for the western boundary and approved in 1920, were not built. === Ithiel Town Building === The former Leake and Watts Asylum building, designed by Ithiel Town and completed in 1843, is located south of the crossing, where the south transept would have been located.
Afterward, the former asylum's west wing was used by the day school for the cathedral's choirboys between 1901 and 1913.
It was completed in 1913 and was the first of four structures on the cathedral close to be designed by Cram, and was designed to be "the most beautiful thing in New York".
The current Synod Hall was announced in 1911, in preparation for the 1913 General Convention of the Episcopal Church.
Cram's firm submitted plans for Synod Hall in March 1912, and it opened in October 1913 with the start of the convention.
The school building was finished in September 1913.
while the deanery was started in February 1913 and completed by that November.
Ambrose, patron of Milan; designed by Carrère and Hastings, dedicated 1914. St.
However, the hall was not completed until early 1914.
Bourne provided a $500,000 endowment in 1914.
The bishop's house started in November 1912 and was finished in April 1914.
The project would cost $1.5 million, even though St, John's only had about $200,000 on hand as of June 1915.
==== Nave and north transept ==== By January 1916, Bishop David H.
A groundbreaking ceremony for the nave was held on May 8, 1916.
Boniface, apostle of the Germans; designed by Henry Vaughan, dedicated 1916. St.
James, patron of Spain; designed by Henry Vaughan, dedicated 1916.
Services at the cathedral were hosted at the Tiffany Chapel from 1899 to 1911, and the chapel was reacquired by Tiffany in 1916.
Ansgar, patron of Denmark; designed by Henry Vaughan, dedicated 1918.
Martin of Tours, patron of the French; designed by Cram & Ferguson, dedicated 1918. St.
In February 1919, the trustees approved Cram's revised plan to incorporate a memorial for soldiers.
The cathedral did not yet have the money to build the nave, and furthermore, in 1920 the trustees decided not to hold fundraising drives for said purpose.
A heating plant at the southwestern corner of the cathedral close (added to the plan in 1913), and two structures planned for the western boundary and approved in 1920, were not built. === Ithiel Town Building === The former Leake and Watts Asylum building, designed by Ithiel Town and completed in 1843, is located south of the crossing, where the south transept would have been located.
The space contains the English Gothic style tomb of the man who originally conceived and founded the cathedral, the Right Reverend Horatio Potter, which was dedicated in 1921. ==== Ambulatory and chapels ==== An ambulatory, measuring long and wide, surrounds the choir to the north, east, and south, making a rough "U" shape with the two ends of the "U" facing west.
The columns' foundations descend as much as into the bedrock below them. The parapets behind the two sections of the choir were originally installed in 1922 with twenty niches for statues of the spiritual heroes of the twenty centuries since the birth of Christ.
Because of an unstable economy, work did not resume for another four years, though both Greer and Bishop Charles Sumner Burch supported the project. In 1923, Burch's successor William T.
Roosevelt, campaigned from 1923 to 1925 to raise $6 million ().
By May 1924, Manning announced that $2.5 million had been donated within the previous three months, and that work on the nave would soon begin if that rate of donation were to continue.
The baptistery was donated by three Stuyvesant family siblings in 1924.
Roosevelt, campaigned from 1923 to 1925 to raise $6 million ().
Some $7.7 million had been raised by February 1925, and the laying of the nave's cornerstone occurred on November 9, 1925.
One major change, published in 1926, called for a , square tower above the crossing and five portals on the western facade.
Rockefeller Jr., a Baptist, despite the latter's $500,000 donation toward the cathedral's building fund. In January 1927, Manning announced that the trustees had approved Cram's proposal for a square tower above the crossing; the tower would replace the dome, which did not conform to the Gothic style.
John's northern transept began construction in December 1927.
On the gable above the large rose window, there are lancets as well as a medallion in the middle. The two pairs of great west doors on the western facade, set beneath the elaborate center portal, were designed between 1927 and 1931 by the designer Henry Wilson.
Cram's blueprint revisions, published in 1929, entailed building the square tower over the crossing, and adding two portals to the western facade.
Work on the Women's Transept was halted in October 1930 due to a lack of funds.
On the gable above the large rose window, there are lancets as well as a medallion in the middle. The two pairs of great west doors on the western facade, set beneath the elaborate center portal, were designed between 1927 and 1931 by the designer Henry Wilson.
During this duration, work was concentrated mainly on the western facade. When construction of the Women's Transept resumed in 1934, the nave and the western facade were nearly complete except for the two towers above the western facade, but work on the crossing tower and south transept had yet to commence.
By 1938, the nave was completed, but the temporary construction wall between the nave and crossing was still in place because the Byzantine-Romanesque crossing's design had yet to be harmonized with the Gothic nave.
The 1939 WPA Guide to New York City stated that $20 million had been spent on the cathedral by then. === Full-length opening and expansion === The full length of the Cathedral of St.
However, during the late 1940s, his successor Bishop Charles Kendall Gilbert turned efforts toward alleviating social issues in the vicinity of the cathedral.
The completion of the nave was delayed until 1941 due to various funding shortfalls, and little progress has occurred since then, except for an addition to the tower at the nave's southwest corner.
John the Divine was opened for the first time on November 30, 1941.
The completed cathedral was supposed to have been long and wide between transepts, while the tower would have been tall. The modern plan for the building, as it appeared upon its official opening in 1941, conforms primarily to the second design campaign from the prolific Gothic Revival architect Ralph Adams Cram.
Cram revised his plans yet again just before his 1942 death, this time with shorter western towers and a slim spire in place of the square tower over the crossing. ==== Halt in construction ==== Following the end of World War II, St.
Another revision was published just before he died in 1942, and called for a spire above the crossing.
In 1945, Manning had attempted to start a fundraising drive for $10 million so that the remaining funds could be raised for the cathedral's completion.
After the 1947 Diocesan Convention, the bishop moved into the upper two floors of the deanery, and the old bishop's house was turned into administration offices. === Residential buildings === In 2008, the cathedral leased the southeast corner of its property, which contained the cathedral's playground and Rose Garden, to the AvalonBay Communities, which built a luxury apartment building called the Avalon Morningside Park.
All work was finished in February 1911, and the building was used as a deaconesses' school until May 1948, and it was converted to office use the following year. === Synod Hall === The Synod Hall (also known as the Synod House) houses the cathedral's synod or council, but is also used for various events and other functions.
Subsequently, the west wing was used by the Diocese offices, and the east wing by Cathedral offices until 1949.
By the 1950s, there was debate over whether to complete St.
In 1954, it was enlarged by the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company, Opus 150-A, under the tonal direction of G.
Several plans were proposed through the early 1960s, but none were examined in depth. In 1966, it was announced that work at St.
(2003), bishop Eleanor Roosevelt (memorial, 1962), activist, diplomat, U.S.
It was turned into a boys' day school in 1964 and a coeducational day school for grades K-8 in 1972. === Bishop's house and deanery === The Episcopal Residence, consisting of the bishop's house (also Cathedral House) and deanery (also Ogilvie House), were the final buildings that Cram designed within the cathedral close.
Several plans were proposed through the early 1960s, but none were examined in depth. In 1966, it was announced that work at St.
John the Divine is also used as an art exhibition space: In 1977, a sculpture dedicated to the 12 firemen who died in the 23rd Street Fire of 1966 was unveiled at St.
John the Divine complex had been considered for designation as an official landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1966.
The musical group also performs at the annual Winter Solstice program. ==== One-time events ==== The cathedral has also been used for several individual events: Duke Ellington's Second Sacred Concert, of his original sacred music compositions, premiered at the cathedral on January 19, 1968. When construction on the south tower restarted in 1982, French high-wire artist Philippe Petit walked on a tightrope stretched across Amsterdam Avenue.
In the 1970s, the cathedral's activities turned toward improving quality of life in Morningside Heights; helping the elderly, young, and the environment; and participating in the civil rights movement and the opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
The baptistery's iconography depicts the Stuyvesant family history; icons of New Amsterdam, New York, and Dutch history; and the 12 apostles. The columbarium, established in the 1970s, is in a room directly west of the baptistery.
In 1971, the cathedral founded ACT (Athletics, Creativity, and Trips), a program that provided after-school activities and summer camp to children in the neighborhood.
It was turned into a boys' day school in 1964 and a coeducational day school for grades K-8 in 1972. === Bishop's house and deanery === The Episcopal Residence, consisting of the bishop's house (also Cathedral House) and deanery (also Ogilvie House), were the final buildings that Cram designed within the cathedral close.
John's dean in 1973, he said that construction at St.
In 1974, in response to a need for housing in New York City, St.
John the Divine is also used as an art exhibition space: In 1977, a sculpture dedicated to the 12 firemen who died in the 23rd Street Fire of 1966 was unveiled at St.
John's had become overcrowded because of its increasing focus on community activities, and even though the cathedral was losing $500,000 each year, Morton believed that an expansion would help make space for these extra activities. ==== Resumption of work ==== Morton announced in December 1978 that construction would soon begin on constructing the two western towers, extending their height by and bringing their total height to .
John's stone yard, the Cathedral Stoneworks, which received its first several Indiana limestone blocks in June 1979.
Among them are Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, who first visited the cathedral in 1979.
A subsequent landmark designation was precluded in 1979 for a similar reason. In 2003, the exterior of the cathedral was again considered for landmark status; the interior was ineligible because the commission was legally unable to recognize religious buildings' interiors as landmarks.
In the 1980s, the crypt was also home to the Cathedral Works Company, which sold textiles. The crypt also formerly contained the Tiffany Chapel, created by jewelry designer Louis Comfort Tiffany.
Construction started first on the south tower, named for Saint Paul, which began to rise in 1982.
The north tower reaches to the roof of the nave, which is above ground level; the south tower is about taller, with the additional height having been built between 1982 and 1992.
The musical group also performs at the annual Winter Solstice program. ==== One-time events ==== The cathedral has also been used for several individual events: Duke Ellington's Second Sacred Concert, of his original sacred music compositions, premiered at the cathedral on January 19, 1968. When construction on the south tower restarted in 1982, French high-wire artist Philippe Petit walked on a tightrope stretched across Amsterdam Avenue.
John's starting in 1982. In 1990, the avant-garde musician Diamanda Galas performed Plague Mass, a culmination of her work dedicated to the victims of the AIDS epidemic.
John's. Edwina Sandys's Christa, a sculpture exhibited during Holy Week in 1984, was based upon the feminine divine.
The Postlude to Act I of Leonard Bernstein's opera Quiet Place received its New York premiere at the 1985 concert.
It was dedicated in 1985, with Emily Dickinson, Washington Irving, and Walt Whitman being the first poets to be inducted as part of the tradition.
It was commissioned in 1985 and depicts the struggle of good and evil; a battle between the Archangel Michael and Satan; and images of the Sun, the Moon, and several animals. == Advocacy == Throughout the years, the Cathedral of St.
In addition, Bishop Desmond Tutu led a service in the cathedral in 1986. === Temporary art exhibitions === The Cathedral of St.
During this era, the cathedral expanded its cultural programming, hosting some 140 shows and performances in the 1987–1988 season, some of which drew up to 3,000 observers. By 1992, the construction budget had been depleted; work was halted, and the stone yard was closed.
John's created a program that became the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB); by 1987, the program had helped residential tenants in over 500 buildings to renovate and take ownership of their houses.
Under the leadership of master stone carvers Nicholas Fairplay, Simon Verity, and Jean Claude Marchionni, work on the statuary of the central portal of the cathedral's western facade was started in 1988 and completed in 1997.
John and 32 biblical characters; these were carved in 1988 under Simon Verity's leadership.
The 1990 concert was a tribute to Bernstein himself, who helped found the event and had died two months earlier on October 14. Paul Winter has given many concerts at the cathedral, and the Paul Winter Consort are the artists in residence.
John's starting in 1982. In 1990, the avant-garde musician Diamanda Galas performed Plague Mass, a culmination of her work dedicated to the victims of the AIDS epidemic.
The Temple of Understanding, an interfaith organization, was housed at the cathedral for several decades in the late 20th century, moving to Midtown Manhattan in the 1990s. Several programs have been directed toward helping members of the surrounding community.
During this era, the cathedral expanded its cultural programming, hosting some 140 shows and performances in the 1987–1988 season, some of which drew up to 3,000 observers. By 1992, the construction budget had been depleted; work was halted, and the stone yard was closed.
The north tower reaches to the roof of the nave, which is above ground level; the south tower is about taller, with the additional height having been built between 1982 and 1992.
She said it was a protest against what she saw as the ignorance and condemnation toward people with AIDS from religious and political groups. On December 8, 1994, Mariah Carey hosted a benefit concert for The Fresh Air Fund.
Under the leadership of master stone carvers Nicholas Fairplay, Simon Verity, and Jean Claude Marchionni, work on the statuary of the central portal of the cathedral's western facade was started in 1988 and completed in 1997.
Pritchett Jr., who succeeded Morton in 1997, decided against further expansion of St.
The chapel has been in the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art in Winter Park, Florida, since 1999. == Cathedral close == The cathedral close, surrounding the main cathedral, consists of several buildings on a site, including the former Leake & Watts asylum building, which predates the land's acquisition by the Episcopal Diocese of New York.
The electors' choices can be overturned, as occurred in 1999, when the Very Reverend Harry Pritchett vetoed Ezra Pound's inclusion because of Pound's anti-Semitic statements during World War II. === Permanent works === The pulpit green contains the Peace Fountain, a large bronze work of public art by the cathedral's sculptor-in-residence, Greg Wyatt.
John's was projected to be complete in 2000.
After a large fire damaged part of the cathedral in 2001, it was renovated and rededicated in 2008.
John's, especially since the existing facilities needed $20–40 million in repairs. === 21st century === On December 18, 2001, a fire swept through the unfinished north transept, destroying the gift shop and damaging tapestries.
In January 2005, the cathedral began a major restoration to not only remove smoke damage resulting from the 2001 fire, but also clean the 80 years of dirt accumulation in the nave.
In 2001 the choir parapet was completed with carvings of Martin Luther King Jr., Albert Einstein, Susan B.
While most of the pipes are located above the choir stalls, the Great Organ also controls the State Trumpet, located beneath the rose window about to the west. The 2001 fire in the north transept resulted in heavy smoke damage to the organ, and it was subsequently restored by Quimby Pipe Organs, Inc., of Warrensburg, Missouri.
The crypt also includes objects such as a large fossil and a massive crystal of quartz, both of which were relocated to the crypt after the 2001 fire.
The scaffolding around the south tower was removed in 2007, and the cathedral was rededicated on November 30, 2008. The cathedral's main building was made a city landmark in June 2003, but the designation was overturned that October, since it did not cover the entire cathedral close.
A subsequent landmark designation was precluded in 1979 for a similar reason. In 2003, the exterior of the cathedral was again considered for landmark status; the interior was ineligible because the commission was legally unable to recognize religious buildings' interiors as landmarks.
The structure was renovated in 2004–2012, becoming the "Ithiel Town Building". The Ithiel Town Building houses a textile laboratory that conserves the cathedral's textiles, including the Barberini tapestries to cartoons by Raphael.
In January 2005, the cathedral began a major restoration to not only remove smoke damage resulting from the 2001 fire, but also clean the 80 years of dirt accumulation in the nave.
The scaffolding around the south tower was removed in 2007, and the cathedral was rededicated on November 30, 2008. The cathedral's main building was made a city landmark in June 2003, but the designation was overturned that October, since it did not cover the entire cathedral close.
After a large fire damaged part of the cathedral in 2001, it was renovated and rededicated in 2008.
The scaffolding around the south tower was removed in 2007, and the cathedral was rededicated on November 30, 2008. The cathedral's main building was made a city landmark in June 2003, but the designation was overturned that October, since it did not cover the entire cathedral close.
After two years of extensive and detailed refurbishment work, including a reorganization of many pipes and a rebuilding of the console, the organ finally returned to service in 2008 as part of an overall $41-million cleaning and repair to the cathedral.
After the 1947 Diocesan Convention, the bishop moved into the upper two floors of the deanery, and the old bishop's house was turned into administration offices. === Residential buildings === In 2008, the cathedral leased the southeast corner of its property, which contained the cathedral's playground and Rose Garden, to the AvalonBay Communities, which built a luxury apartment building called the Avalon Morningside Park.
The statue was displayed again at The Christa Project: Manifesting Divine Bodies exhibition in 2016. The Value of Water, curated by artist activist Fredericka Foster, was exhibited at the cathedral in 2011.
The cathedral leased the northeastern edge of its property, formerly a parking lot, in 2012.
The lessee was the Brodsky Organization, which built a residential building called the Enclave between 2014 and 2015.
Featuring over forty artists, it was the largest-ever art exhibition to appear at the cathedral. In 2014, the cathedral housed Phoenix, a sculptural group by Chinese artist Xu Bing.
The lessee was the Brodsky Organization, which built a residential building called the Enclave between 2014 and 2015.
The statue was displayed again at The Christa Project: Manifesting Divine Bodies exhibition in 2016. The Value of Water, curated by artist activist Fredericka Foster, was exhibited at the cathedral in 2011.
The cathedral close was collectively designated an official city landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 2017. == History == === Context === ==== Site ==== The neighborhood of Morningside Heights was thinly settled in the 17th century by the Dutch, then by the British.
In 2017, the cathedral close was re-designated a city landmark, except for the two new residential buildings.
The concert helped raise $700,000 to support the Fresh Air Fund and Carey's own Camp Mariah, and an additional $1 million from Carey herself. In November 2017, Aretha Franklin held her last large public concert, a 25th-anniversary event for the Elton John AIDS Foundation being hosted at the cathedral. The Cathedral of St.
The next year, the first phase of the north transept's renovation was finally completed, and work began on a renovation of the crypt. On April 14, 2019, a small fire occurred in the crypt; except for smoke damage, the cathedral building was mostly unaffected.
Also in 2019, Ennead Architects proposed erecting a copper dome above the crossing so that the crossing's tiles could be rehabilitated.
The Great Organ was damaged again in the April 2019 crypt fire, and was indefinitely placed out of service pending a thorough cleaning.
In 2019, Ennead Architects proposed to build a copper dome over the crossing so that the ceiling tiles could be renovated. === Basement === Directly below the crossing is the basement, which contains the crypt, now used as a storage area.
On December 13, 2020, following the end of a choir performance outside the cathedral, a man fired guns at the crowd and was fatally shot by police; nobody else was injured. == Main structure == The Cathedral of St.
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