Sentence examples for granite cornerstone from inspiring English sources

In the center of the seating area, behind a velvet rope, a large red granite cornerstone, engraved in gold lettering, was surrounded by sand.

The building's granite cornerstone reads, "Dedicated to the performing artists of the 20th and 21st centuries and to the spells they cast".

Beautifying other sections of 11.3-acre property, which has largely been a work in progress since the cathedral's granite cornerstone was laid in 1892, is also a goal of St. John's leaders.

In the dusty bowl of ground zero, a garnet-speckled granite cornerstone was laid yesterday for the Freedom Tower, the tallest skyscraper planned at the World Trade Center site.

In 1795, while the leaders of a young US were busy settling scores with Britain, two Boston patriots named Paul Revere and Sam Adams decided the time was right to wrap some of their stuff up in cowhide and stick it in the granite cornerstone of the city's new statehouse.

There they oversaw the ceremonial laying of a 20-ton Adirondack granite cornerstone — flecked with garnet, the state gem — for what was to be the first building to rise at the new World Trade Center: the 1,776-foot 1,776-footwer.

The large red cornerstone was made of granite and was fitted with an iron box.

A detailed historical guide published in 1931 suggests the craggy foundation cornerstone was "not the kind of granite that yields easily, if at all, to the sculptor's chisel".

Using a 20-ton slab of Adirondack granite -- "the bedrock of our state" -- as a fitting cornerstone, Gov. George Pataki announced yesterday that the rebuilding at ground zero had officially begun.

Rather than breaking already broken ground at the World Trade Center site on July 4, Gov. George E. Pataki will instead preside as a cornerstone is laid for Freedom Tower -- more than 20 tons of garnet-flecked granite from the Adirondacks.

In the late 1980's, when Court Plaza -- two buildings of polished gray granite and reflecting glass -- went up across from the courthouse, the $40 million complex was seen by many as a cornerstone of Hackensack's downtown redevelopment efforts.