The walls were covered in polished marble facing with encrusted shapes.
The staircase itself has marble facing, with pink marble wainscoting on the sides.
On the 20th Street side a stone slab from a later storefront has been pried off, revealing the 1891 marble facing.
And here was the fine white marble facing I remembered, all the way to the summit, so high above.
Further excavations found a piece of wall with marble facing and a magnificent six-color mosaic floor.
The mihrab has recently been changed to a plain marble facing with gold patterns.
She dragged her hand along the marble facing on the wall, across the stainless steel door, and finally to the plastic plate that held the call button.
It is constructed in brick with some stucco, and has marble facing on the ground floor.
'Can do you a very nice black marble facing on the outside,' he said, without looking up.
The floors are of terrazzo and the main altar and two side altars have marble facing.