St
.
Patrick's
____________________
is
a
____________________
cathedral
in
the
Midtown
Manhattan
neighborhood
of
New
York
City
.
It
is
the
seat
of
the
____________________
of
New
York
as
well
as
a
parish
____________________
.
The
cathedral
occupies
a
city
block
____________________
by
Fifth
Avenue
,
Madison
Avenue
,
50th
Street
,
and
51st
Street
,
directly
across
from
Rockefeller
Center
.
____________________
by
James
Renwick
Jr
.
,
it
is
the
largest
Gothic
Revival
Catholic
cathedral
in
North
America
.
The
cathedral
was
constructed
starting
in
1858
to
accommodate
the
growing
Archdiocese
of
New
York
and
to
replace
St
.
Patrick's
Old
Cathedral
.
Work
was
halted
in
the
early
1860s
during
the
American
Civil
War
;
the
cathedral
was
completed
in
____________________
and
dedicated
on
May
25
,
1879
.
The
archbishop's
house
and
____________________
were
added
in
the
early
1880s
,
both
by
James
Renwick
Jr
.
,
and
the
spires
were
added
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