Midtown Churches
New York City
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Saint Bartholomew's Church.

Nave. Saint Bartholomews' nave, like Saint Thomas' Church's nave, is also very dark. My initial impression was like walking into a cinema. The next day when I walked in again, however, it wasn't as dark as I remembered it the day before. I think the mind plays tricks setting expectations too high after the first time around. In any case, the dark interior gives you a better feel of what it was like before electricity and the light bulb were invented. You may live in a big castle but to find your way around, you'd still have to navigate by candlelight.
Saint Bartholomew's Church. Nave. Saint Bartholomews' nave, like Saint Thomas' Church's nave, is also very dark. My initial impression was like walking into a cinema. The next day when I walked in again, however, it wasn't as dark as I remembered it the day before. I think the mind plays tricks setting expectations too high after the first time around. In any case, the dark interior gives you a better feel of what it was like before electricity and the light bulb were invented. You may live in a big castle but to find your way around, you'd still have to navigate by candlelight.
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