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Here's the view today, farther back seen through the St. Patrick's spires and somewhat higher than the 1933 photo. Lots more buildings now. The proximity to the cathedral to tower by Raymond Hood brings to mind two "bookends concepts of romantic imagery of the Gothic, the sublime juxtapositions of minimal ornament on architectonic massing was being forged with modern construction technology.
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