As someone who's lived on and off in NYC for over 20 years, I thought I had seen it all. Nope. Michael Horowitz's and Elizabeth's Hartman's sumptuous "Divine New York" took me on a tour of Gotham's houses of worship I thought I had known well and others I’m seeing only for the first time that was truly eye-opening.Horowitz's eye for details, the right angles, the right lighting, the right composition, were clear in his beautiful four-color photography that---for lack of a better phrase---pops, ennobles, and shimmers.It brought back memories of me decades ago seeing my cousin perform in the renowned boys' choir of St. Thomas Church on Fifth Ave. (A breathtaking jewel of a church that appropriately graces the book's cover.) Then uptown to the Cathedral of St. John The Divine while an overworked Columbia student stealing a few quiet moments from classes and exams and listening to a trumpet concerto in this almost otherworldly setting. Or, right to the tip of Manhattan after paying my respects to my university's founder, Alexander Hamilton, then popping into Trinity Church for a moment of quiet reflection in the shadow of where the Twin Towers once stood.Horowitz captures not just the image of NY's most photogenic houses of worship, but their essence. Evoking not just my own memories, but enhancing them. Hartman's text makes the experience complete. Not the usual hard-to-follow architectural details about flying buttresses and long-forgotten medieval architectural styles difficult for laypeople to decipher, but great storytelling that's approachable and relatable. Stories about immigrants planting their roots in the New World and using their houses of worship to nourish the journey.For Gotham devotees, "Divine New York" is a must-add to your collection of New York-ana. A sublime ecclesiastical feast for the eyes of the eternal side of the City that never sleeps, I'm not confining it to my coffee table alone. I'm taking it all in.