The thousands of Irish laborers engaged upon the work added to the liveliness and colorfulness of the city life.
"Children of the Market Place"
Edgar Lee Masters
The last half of the nine hundred tons of stone, ordered in Italy for its construction, have reached their destination, enabling the exterior of the building to be completed, while the forty-four tons of glazed green tiles, manufactured in Utrecht, to cover the five hundred square meters of roof, have been placed in position, the whole contributing, to an unprecedented degree, through its colorfulness, its classic style and graceful proportions, and in conjunction with the stately, golden-crowned Mausoleum rising beyond it, to the unfolding glory of the central institutions of a World Faith nestling in the heart of God's holy mountain.
"Messages to the Bahá’àWorld: 1950–1957"
Shoghi Effendi