[Magdalen] Bostonian Steeples.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Interesting. Has some great windows. Is this the same church??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8iAbXjbJgY

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
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On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 3:46 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> A television add for a completely unrelated product showed what
> is the Back Bay section of the USA City of Boston, MA.  In the
> split second this image is on the screen, I recognized an impressive
> gothic church tower reminiscent of Trinity, Wall Street.  It is  240'
> and a real gem.
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> I tracked this down to Church of the Covenant - a melding of
> Congregational
> and Presbyterian congregations and designed by Richard M Upjohn  (Fils),
> son and partner of his more famous father, also Richard, who designed
> the famous Trinity Church, Wall Street, NYC about twenty years  earlier
> in 1846.
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> Despite the wonderful tower, the Covenant interior looks like an unfinished
>  barn
> to an Anglican or a Roman Catholic.
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Covenant_(Boston)
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> In the process of locating this church, I ended up seeing a lot of
> other Boston churches, and had forgotten what an impressive
> group of churches that city has.  Especially nice is the series  of
> Colonial style steeples such as that of Old North Church.
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_North_Church
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> David Strang.
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