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    Default "The Spaniard architect of New York" Rafael Guastavino Moreno

    Called the Architect of New York by the New Yor Times, Rafael Guastavino Moreno, based on the Catalan vault, created the Guastavino tile, a "Tile Arch System", patented in the United States in 1885, which was used for constructing robust, self-supporting arches and architectural vaults using interlocking terracotta tiles and layers of mortar.


    He made more than a 1000 buildings in New York,
    Here some of his most famous.

    Grand Central Terminal of NY











    Great Hall of Ellis Island








    Some areas of the Queensboro Bridge in Manhattan




    City Hall Station.










    Oyster Bar











    The domes of the American Museum of Natural History





    St. Paul's Chapel












    Cathedral of St. John the Divine











    Carnegie Hall







    St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church





    United States Supreme Court Building n Washington, D.C.


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    Saint John the Divine Cathedral looks like an authentic ancient gothic cathedral, I thought you were wrong to post the photo.

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