St. Patrick's Cathedral, 1946.

Construction on James Renwick Jr.'s massive Gothic Revival cathedral began in 1858 to replace the 1815-completed St. Patrick's Church on Mulberry Street. Church construction was paused during the Civil War and resumed in 1865. Dedicated on May 25, 1879, the church towered over nearly all of the built environment of the then sparsely developed neighborhood. The church rose even taller in 1888 when the spires were added to the Fifth Avenue facade. Between 2012 and 2015, a $177 million restoration project repaired the stained glass windows, restored the ceiling, and cleaned and re-cut stones of the spires.

Some fun facts:🎉 The church seats more than 2200 people.

It has three organs.

The Archbishops of New York are buried in a crypt under the high altar.

The Pieta is three times larger than the Pieta in St. Peter's, Rome.