With scaffolding receded from the front, and much of the sides, of St. Patrick's Cathedral for the first time since 2008, Fifth Avenue couldn't have looked any finer for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Friday, Dec. 12, as this view from across the street shows. It was an early Christmas present for New Yorkers, many of whom took their own shots of the cathedral's gleaming exterior. As renovation work continues on the rest of the structure, it was good to see such a promising sign.
