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Saint Raphael's Church.

Saint Raphael's Roman Catholic Church on 41st Street and 10th Avenue was “established in 1886 to serve the Irish Catholics of Hell's Kitchen.”* From this angle it looks like the church's dominance of the area is being threatened by the buildings surrounding it. There's construction going on in the foreground on the 10th Avenue side which I'm sure the church is hoping is not going to be a skyscraper.

From this angle it would seem that the church is partially blocked by the purple building....

(*Source: http://www.nycago.org/Organs/NYC/html/SSCyrilMethodius.html)
Saint Raphael's Church.Saint Raphael's Roman Catholic Church on 41st Street and 10th Avenue was “established in 1886 to serve the Irish Catholics of Hell's Kitchen.”* From this angle it looks like the church's dominance of the area is being threatened by the buildings surrounding it. There's construction going on in the foreground on the 10th Avenue side which I'm sure the church is hoping is not going to be a skyscraper.From this angle it would seem that the church is partially blocked by the purple building....(*Source: http://www.nycago.org/Organs/NYC/html/SSCyrilMethodius.html)
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