Green-Wood Cemetery
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Don't look a gift horse in the mouth...architectural dignity by renovating its brownstones and salvaging its signature fixtures, was granted his dying wish last week when Green-Wood Cemetery dedicated, next to his grave, his exquisite statue of St. Michael the Archangel. The... In this article: Brooklyn, Carroll Gardens, Revolutionary War, Mother Teresa, World Health Organization, and Charles Carroll |
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New York Post | November 04, 2009
All Saint's Day slaying in Brooklyn
...heard of. For the foreseeable future, Clara Street between Dahill Road and Chester Street - just four short blocks from the southern end of Green-Wood Cemetery - will be remembered as the spot where a man was found shot to death on the first...
In this article: All Saint's Day, Brooklyn, Halloween, and Chester
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CNN | October 30, 2009
Cemeteries breathe life into tourists
Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, hosts tours and events. It may seem morbid, but graveyard tourism can be inspirational, life-affirming Star-gazers get close to the late-famous and stories of strangers come to life Soup cans...
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New York Post | October 27, 2009
Adelaide Kassenbrock Dies
...Paul Reese, Evelyn Stedman, Peter Reese, Brian Kasssenbrock and Robert Kassenbrock; as well as 13 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Services were held Oct. 26 at Trinity Luthern. Adelaide Kassenbrock was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery.
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New York Post | October 25, 2009
A beastly voodoo to-do
...2009 Posted: 3:44 AM, October 25, 2009 An emaciated goat wandering Pelham Bay Park. A pig's head placed on a desolate street near the Green-Wood Cemetery. A dead rooster lying near a tree in Forest Park in Queens. These bizarre...
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | October 23, 2009
Tombstone tours: Check out these famous boneyards
...Boston Common and Park Street subway station; http://www.cityofboston.gov/FreedomTrail/granary.asp. NEW YORK: Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery dates to 1838 and was named a National Historic Landmark for its art, architecture, landscaping and...
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The Seattle Times | October 23, 2009
Tombstone tours you can dig into
...signers John Hancock and Samuel Adams. www. cityofboston. gov/FreedomTrail/granary.asp. New York: Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery dates to 1838 and was named a National Historic Landmark for its art, architecture, landscaping and...
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New York Post | October 19, 2009
Author ponders death - at Green-Wood Cemetery
...belong together: A rock show at the Bell House, an opera at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and, of course, morbidly depressing thoughts at Green-Wood Cemetery. So we're all in luck that death-obsessed author Alix Strauss - whose new book...
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New York Daily News | October 12, 2009
Best Windsor Terrace spots
Ying Ng and biz partner Tom Leong are hands-on bosses at Najax Cleaners. Quietly tucked between Green-Wood Cemetery and Prospect Park, Windsor Terrace is home to quiet streets and plenty of trees, making it a beautiful place to live. If...
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NBC | October 10, 2009
Will Ferrell Helps Cop Hurt On Movie Set
...on SNL but during filming of his upcoming movie, "The Other Guys," he played a new role: nurse. While filming a funeral scene at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, a heavy branch fell off a tree and hit a cop playing the bagpipes on the head.
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thestar.com | October 06, 2009
Guide to online entertainment
...Arcade made the top 10. Live at the cemetery. The video series Cemetery Gates features live performances at the chapel in New York's Green-Wood Cemetery. It's a beautiful and peaceful setting and the folks at Pitchfork have done a good...
In this article: Pitchfork, Montreal, Bowerbirds, Grizzly Bear, Brian Jonestown Massacre, and Arcade Fire
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Description from Wikipedia:
Green-Wood Cemetery was founded in 1838 as a rural cemetery in Kings County, New York, now in Brooklyn. It was granted National Historic Landmark status in 2006 by the U.S. Department of the Interior.
- Name:
- Green-Wood Cemetery
- Area:
- 478 acres (1.9 km²)
- Architect:
- David Bates Douglass; Richard Upjohn & son (Richard M. Upjohn)
- Added to NRHP:
- March 08, 1997
- NRHP Ref Number:
- 97000228
- Built:
- 1838
- Governance:
- Private cemetery
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