When St. Patrick’s opened in 1879, it was the tallest building in midtown New York. Today, it is dwarfed by Rockefeller Center just across Fifth Avenue, and by the glass walls of the office towers adjacent to it. This image tells such a story, and does it through abstraction. I reveal only a small portion of James Renwick’s intricate Gothic Revival façade, yet at the same time imply the height of its towers by reflecting one of them in the background building.