Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
Stephen Aviano | Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine

Review

Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine

4 out of 5 stars
  • Attractions | Religious buildings and sites
  • Morningside Heights
  • Recommended
Advertising

Time Out says

The delay-addled construction on "Saint John the Unfinished" began in 1892 in Romanesque style, was put on hold for a Gothic Revival redesign in 1911, then ground to a halt in 1941, when the U.S. entered World War II. It resumed in earnest in 1979, but a fire in 2001 destroyed the church’s gift shop and damaged two 17th-century Italian tapestries, which has delayed completion further. In addition to Sunday services, the cathedral hosts concerts and tours. It bills itself as a place for all people—and it means it. Annual events include both winter and summer solstice celebrations; the Blessing of the Animals during the Feast of Saint Francis, which draws pets and their people from all over the city; and, would you believe it, the Blessing of the Bikes, which kicks off the bicycle season each spring.

Details

Address
1047 Amsterdam Ave
New York
10025
Cross street:
at 112th St
Transport:
Subway: 1 to 110th St–Cathedral Pkwy
Opening hours:
Mon–Sat 7am–6pm, Sun 7am–7pm
Do you own this business?Sign in & claim business

What’s on

Pericles

The Public Theater's civically ambitious Public Works series, which collaborates with multiple New York communities to create large-scale theater, lost its leader when director Laurie Woolery fell victim to budget cuts at the Public last year. But the program soldiers on with songwriter-playwright Troy Anthony's new concert adapatation of one of Shakespeare's strangest plays: a kind of Ancient Mediterranean Flash Gordon adventure (often co-attributed to Elizabethan ne'er-do-well George Wilkins) that includes shipwrecks, contests to win a princess’s hand, a pirate abduction, a virgin in a brothel and a guest shot by the goddess Diana. Carl Cofield directs the production, which is performed at the impressive Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Morningside Heights in lieu of the usual Delacorte Theater, which is busy hosting Shakespeare in the Park this year. Casting of the principal roles—usually played by professional actors, leading an army of amateurs—has not yet been announced.
  • Shakespeare
Advertising
You may also like
You may also like