Divine New York

Divine New YorkFor the past fifteen years, Michael L. Horowitz has been photographing the interiors of Manhattans historic churches and synagogues. Though their exteriors are often unassuming and overlooked by passersby, their interiors are spectacular, uplifting worshippers and architectural devotees alike. In this book, Horowitz takes us from Lower to Upper Manhattan, from the colorful wall paintings of Bialystocker Synagogue, to the jewel like stained glass

From field to court

explaining how people of that time mined and refined gold

to establish a setting

showing how letters can be found in things we encounter everyday

In the years that followed

it will come down to Ty Cobb versus the kabbalah

as the population of watermen who live by crabbing and oystering dwindles

Throughout human history

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An authoritative yet accessible text weaves the stories behind these artifacts into an encompassing history of Auschwitz—from a Polish town at the crossroads of Europe

she decided early on to create a new name and a new identity for herself

Florence attained a glory that was reflected down through the later centuries of Medici rule