- Thu Sep 24, 2015 9:10 am
#9827
A Monument of Beauty and Beatitude
It will be dwarfed by the Manhattan skyline, but it will hardly go unnoticed – particularly at night.
Construction of the Saint Nicholas National Shrine, a Greek Orthodox church and nondenominational bereavement center at Ground Zero, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, began in December last year. When the long-stalled project is completed two years from now, it will feature a dome-shaped structure clad in a hi-tech translucent skin of white Vermont marble that will glow softly in the dark. Click here to read more:
Source: ekathimerini.com
It will be dwarfed by the Manhattan skyline, but it will hardly go unnoticed – particularly at night.
Construction of the Saint Nicholas National Shrine, a Greek Orthodox church and nondenominational bereavement center at Ground Zero, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, began in December last year. When the long-stalled project is completed two years from now, it will feature a dome-shaped structure clad in a hi-tech translucent skin of white Vermont marble that will glow softly in the dark. Click here to read more:
Source: ekathimerini.com
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