I came across this mainstay of Manhattan just before 5 pm yesterday, as large bells called
worshippers to the services about to begin. With the light not putting the
entrance to St. Anthony of Padua Church at its best advantage at that
time of day, I decided instead to shoot this statue of the structure’s patron
saint.
Built in 1886, this church at Houston and Sullivan
Streets may have been the first church constructed by an Italian community in
the United States, but the first baby baptized there was Irish (Elizabeth
Kelly) and its architect English (Arthur Crook).
No matter: even with a more
ethnically mixed congregation, it remains inextricably a part of the
Italian-American community here, especially during the feast that takes its
name from the saint.
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