Midtown Churches
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Saint Patrick's Cathedral.

Lady's chapel behind the altar.

When I first went to Saint Patrick?s Cathedral, I asked for permission to take pictures from a blue jacketed man (guard? usher?) standing by the door and was given a slight nod. As soon as I looked past him however I saw a lot of people holding point-and-shoot cameras shooting everywhere even up front near the altar sometimes with flash.

Compared to smaller churches or those in outlying areas, maybe big churches and cathedrals in tourist locales have less restriction when it comes to photography because they are after all tourist attractions themselves.

What's nice about St. Patrick is behind the altar where the priest conducts his mass, there is a small chapel. It's like a chapel within a cathedral. Wikipedia.org designates it as the ?ady?s chapel?. At Saint Patrick?s, that small area has a "no photography beyond this point sign" and in there I saw people at the pews in silent prayer.
Saint Patrick's Cathedral. Lady's chapel behind the altar. When I first went to Saint Patrick?s Cathedral, I asked for permission to take pictures from a blue jacketed man (guard? usher?) standing by the door and was given a slight nod. As soon as I looked past him however I saw a lot of people holding point-and-shoot cameras shooting everywhere even up front near the altar sometimes with flash. Compared to smaller churches or those in outlying areas, maybe big churches and cathedrals in tourist locales have less restriction when it comes to photography because they are after all tourist attractions themselves. What's nice about St. Patrick is behind the altar where the priest conducts his mass, there is a small chapel. It's like a chapel within a cathedral. Wikipedia.org designates it as the ?ady?s chapel?. At Saint Patrick?s, that small area has a
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