On a radiant Saturday morning in late May, the twin neo-Gothic spires of St. Patrick’s Cathedral rose three hundred and thirty feet into a sky of brilliant, sun-drenched sapphire above Fifth Avenue. Across the great boulevard, thousands of New York citizens, architecture students, union construction workers, and well-wishers had gathered along the sidewalks outside Rockefeller Center. White lilies, fragrant gardenias, and polished silver ribbons adorned the cathedral's monumental bronze portals,…
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