the rose marble cylinders on the sides of this piece were loose enough where you could likely have pulled them out
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/TR2lI_E7pq4mkwmuesH7DYgx6HAf5alh4zTuXp7EHJY%3Dw929-h1238-no
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 15:47 (eight years ago) link
this zinc?/copper? "gravepole" was completely hollow and rang out when i knocked on the side like a bell
if you look to the right side you'll see an adjoining marble fire helmet at roughly ankle height... looks like there was some drama in the funeral plans.
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/CC-ZFDCdO-v03a172FRun8qlseYxvk0GDyUr0oKz99o%3Dw1291-h975-no
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 15:49 (eight years ago) link
whoops, that first photo should've been:
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/15qaiI4CM8BeLQnbBBqdCJabe4CZc-Y-drRIvmepJvw%3Dw929-h1238-no
another hollow metal marker for a nine year old: "GONE FROM OUR HOME, BUT NOT FROM OUR HEART".Given that the marker is 115 years old, I can't imagine who left the stone and the not-so-ancient fake flowers.
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/7AlX2ssuLRFkIOEeWLjtExwM-EF28tY0Yj74j5J4LCI%3Dw1292-h764-no
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 15:51 (eight years ago) link
Is this a colonnade? a gazebo? it's pretty goddam imposing whatever it is. each of the four slabs is a sarcophagus for the James family.
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/6M5OGek5qBDorfbs_tWDsyWu1zOi7902WCof4NqTJDc%3Dw1291-h969-no
the inner circle is engraved with scripture and the individual names. there's a semicircle bench to sit on that looks decidedly uncomfortable.
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/4fk_61qfXPL62iZUVsYhiRCMtYrqdKypTsAdy_Zbtb0%3Dw1291-h969-no
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 15:53 (eight years ago) link
Fun with Typography: the NYTimes' "T"!
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/iILLMKmUcvsuXnh_vb7nJX9u8yqZJ_GIKI_nx0lxbvs%3Dw929-h1238-no
typography here is killing me
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/t74OH_XpNkJbY99tEY6dIponxIZCGX_WKMDZG-_cxCM%3Dw929-h1238-no
there's a lot of great moments for the eagle-eyed out here; we noticed that Charles Christmas was born on Christmas Eve
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/dVB5IbvZU448V3TYY583R8p7h5ewzb-vSMDHBiZPQYw%3Dw929-h1238-no
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 15:56 (eight years ago) link
score one for the jews
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/sEj2ofdNsP0SkdAXHCcsEI_Jot_ci_oag3Qp_3wrcLc%3Dw1291-h768-no
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 15:57 (eight years ago) link
this particular family plot featured an array of ultra gothic, weatherworn markers with a sailor motif
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/4LDwJUvnATVCw5d_9puZ6YFmwLuNaB5LqtSUsB4Ftz0%3Dw1291-h969-nohttp://lh3.googleusercontent.com/MtG-PQ22cCa3-13gk7qdTwqoLmtjQCTl-fltskRJXfo%3Dw739-h1238-nohttp://lh3.googleusercontent.com/cz5UFhIx5_lUcsZjVG_JwDo266Wgpf9Imibf7ZWlGH4%3Dw708-h1238-no
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 15:59 (eight years ago) link
A more contemporary piece with a bronze "time's arrow" sculpture atop the marker
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/wYRPHT7RLQVoumaXAe_RmrSwQneowUlBtyplMb8HsTU%3Dw937-h1238-no
inner ring of one of the bands are roman numerals for clock markers, exterior is astrological symbols
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/fm7UE-Qbwk3v7Kpzowx_DFFSRvvceY6M86VB4V0qy0M%3Dw1084-h1238-no
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 16:01 (eight years ago) link
more angels 4 u
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/uLi1kALpsBd6eptVJTjSo5Nn_CWBJnl6FqlNDvc2URA%3Dw698-h1238-no
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/bvQeoMVJLma_btmYNL_71RDMOwY0hlw_OU7BvZm-u_0%3Dw929-h1238-no
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/RHW271uol6jhrndUUzl-uonZeqs5xGcwvAlJ8Ed3GT4%3Dw929-h1238-no
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 16:04 (eight years ago) link
so we're walking along on a plateau and suddenly all these vents/skylights come into view on the ground.. in the background you can see what looks like the top of a roof with a padlocked door
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/tHpQq8S4GD-G--04xfD4oKszHVwA3e_tXp97LNAhRYc%3Dw1291-h969-no
we go down the hill towards the "house" and this is what's there
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JjNSCfFXTelzL7an2evYa1GXBvdOTP9GX04Yu4oIfY%3Dw1291-h900-no
it's a shotgun crypt for folks who couldn't afford their own above ground burial space; they could just move into a brooklyn death apartment. Doors were locked unfortunately but i got an okay shot between the bars of the horror movie beyond.. would love to get a tour of this place with someone who has the keys
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/49nrmhpAo69_KpWOKId9vgeQaE0M7rAUNVnSwPxbbBw%3Dw785-h1238-no
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 16:08 (eight years ago) link
there are loads of beautiful and amazingly well kept flower gardens all over the premises
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/j55Kjp7osZE6UPA6bai1fFhuf4ERtTS9iuP8XS4M0pg%3Dw1291-h969-no
plus wildflowers growing alongside paths
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/MTQlBo4HsurJAXPBy9CVkTIsmN5UTQl6KaCmX211XHw%3Dw929-h1238-no
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 16:09 (eight years ago) link
more amazing above-ground crypts
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/jo8OeX1HtX-eHBGzZMOZ9dUm-EJV9uLrcD2t9A3jUu0%3Dw1291-h836-nohttp://lh3.googleusercontent.com/zD1rm7v5AuL4ftYERribmXqqgQVvvpHQfBnAy1lMN8Y%3Dw871-h1238-nohttp://lh3.googleusercontent.com/KpD7TXysEbIowkO4CaNIlSjNPZJn7FwUAIprz5dYHKA%3Dw929-h1238-no
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 16:10 (eight years ago) link
great thread forks, i don't know how i missed it til now!
― 1992 ball boy (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 16:13 (eight years ago) link
hi dere long forgotten gargantuan forty foot tall monument in the middle of nowhere
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/7tjPyNS2BDyR28m9cDVHsirBiO94GnfYz4gguF-GFhw%3Dw1120-h1238-no
http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/73bd1c5e395b0feed711e5dadb0663f7%26ext%3D.jpg
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 16:15 (eight years ago) link
KM, you need to take a trip with us to this amazing place; it's near your home!
hi dere two five foot long metal lions guarding a long-gone grave site that now has a tree rising in the center
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/4KOO_ItKv1JkGro_VxRBmbeA5gEdaYhvN7vowNTUtgE%3Dw1291-h911-no
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 16:16 (eight years ago) link
this grave for a lost child is heartbreaking and bizarre as the sculpture of the reclining babe has worn down to nothing
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/lXPSCFYsVPa_n8SZMuFfxSDj4-UCr9sMfLgyh5NChi8%3Dw929-h1238-nohttp://lh3.googleusercontent.com/uKJ7sk8KZyUm7YYSyvB3_1TOkT2GMplG5QgzDVgerbk%3Dw929-h1238-no
more of the same
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/WD53u0e_uMA5_Ll3pLDBmlZXik0IesjReMQxelS2X8M%3Dw855-h1238-no
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 16:18 (eight years ago) link
at the foot of the stone above, there's THIS... which i think is a dog grave. The sculpture's face being worn off makes it all the more intense...
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ejGMzFKKCG5O0M0m4I-ZqcverkhrqzJP7rCBo5FGOvc%3Dw1291-h969-no
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 16:19 (eight years ago) link
great photos, forks!
did you come across any 'white bronze' (actually zinc) headstones in your travels? I tend to look out for them when I'm walking through a cemetery. you can spot them by their color and sharp lettering (or by knocking on them) and they always seem to be extremely well-preserved compared to stones of the same vintage.
― stoomcursus rockisme (unregistered), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 21:09 (eight years ago) link
yes, great thread<3 those eroded sculpturesyes 'heartbreaking' 'bizarre' 'intense' terrifyingly, uncannily beautiful
― drash, Tuesday, 21 July 2015 21:21 (eight years ago) link
thanks for the kind wordsthere are a few zinc headstones in greenwood:http://www.green-wood.com/2009/zinc-you-think/
i'm pretty sure that lamb "stone" upthread from 1900 is zinc.
― you are extreme, Patti LuPone. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 July 2015 23:24 (eight years ago) link
http://morbidanatomymuseum.org/event/common-shade-dr-seth-a-gopin-on-the-rural-cemetery-in-paris-and-beyond/
― let's not get too excited w/ the ouches (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 30 July 2015 17:59 (eight years ago) link
so somebody has a webcomic set in the cemeteryhttp://c-realm.com/comic/page/2/
― Copy rights, pleasing all star wars fans, hiring professionals. (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 17 January 2016 19:28 (eight years ago) link
http://www.green-wood.com/event/moonlight-walking-tour-3/"The skeptical can simply enjoy the frisson of nighttime skulking, accompanied by live accordion music. Please bring a flashlight to light your way."
― ulysses, Thursday, 18 February 2016 17:57 (eight years ago) link
also: http://www.green-wood.com/event/all-dogs-go-to-heaven-trolley-tour/http://www.green-wood.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dog-tour-600x398.jpg
Expert tour guide Ruth Edebohls leads this trolley tour to visit grave sites of dogs including Gypsy, Laddie, Little Dace, Trilby and Rex, a horse who fought in the Union Army, and others.
― ulysses, Thursday, 18 February 2016 18:01 (eight years ago) link
Nope, on my computer. The last one I can see is this one. The url is googleusercontent.com; the new ones are photos.google.com?
― mutually aquatinted (doo dah), Tuesday, 15 March 2016 14:02 (eight years ago) link
Okay, one more time with feeling, all the way back to February... these coming through?
http://i.imgur.com/8Cj08xo.jpg
sometimes the ground gives and the stones sink and it can be very sad
http://i.imgur.com/2nrUbVd.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/yzm4J2x.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/1653ECl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/PQ1dgkJ.jpg
― ulysses, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 01:48 (eight years ago) link
This is the crypt of the guy that popularized the hot dog in the united states
http://i.imgur.com/8yfmgHa.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/E4uav1q.jpg
"A Life of Difficulty / A Life But Half Rewarded / Yet Marked By Simplicity / Manliness and Fidelity"
http://i.imgur.com/9i30r6A.jpg
and some of us are long winded unto death.
http://i.imgur.com/aQWY5Zu.jpg
― ulysses, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 01:51 (eight years ago) link
Oh, hey that's an interesting marker, let me look a little closer...
http://i.imgur.com/HreA0HT.jpg
YIKES!
http://i.imgur.com/wYzqaZC.jpg
"As Far As He Knew He Was A Just Man" seems a little snarky for a tombstone imo
http://i.imgur.com/c1rCw1S.jpg
On the other hand, I thought this was a pretty dope way to be remembered.
http://i.imgur.com/NrNRHTU.jpg
The weather wear on some of the bronze sculptures leads to occasionally awesome tableau.
http://i.imgur.com/fgCr2zO.jpg
For scale: in the immediate background, you'll see a car bumper poking out
http://i.imgur.com/go8BZyL.jpg
Two more Butts.
http://i.imgur.com/BeFDxCo.jpg
― ulysses, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 01:57 (eight years ago) link
Can't tell if this is a regrettable typo or just the daughter she liked best?
http://i.imgur.com/Q6dBkYH.jpg
Maybe take it down a notch here pal; nobody likes a pushy tombstone.
http://i.imgur.com/qxTTI5w.jpg
Mercy Plum Nason, dead at 23 in '29: "So Fair, So Gentle and Unspotted From the World"
http://i.imgur.com/S6fYx2b.jpg
This bronze angel is about twice the size of a man and super intense.
http://i.imgur.com/sgXAJEz.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/lgOPSUD.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/hYNdEU2.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Vlj4QhQ.jpg
― ulysses, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 02:01 (eight years ago) link
This is metal inlay on stone and absolutely beautiful. Maybe 12 feet long by five wide.
http://i.imgur.com/V4e4kFZ.jpg
Pretty sure this is a marker for a dog? You'll find these sorts of cryptic stones and apparently many of them are for pets.
http://i.imgur.com/SFnbTjN.jpg
this marbling is exquisite.
http://i.imgur.com/Rvs8DUR.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/KqfV4Gd.jpg
Helluva story on this stone, so I'll transcribe:
"Sacred to the Memory of Dr. WILLIAM ADAMS, born & educated in Ireland. For 75 years a citizen of the State of New York came on a visit to this city August 11th 1829. Died January 20 1859, Aged 100 Years. Beside him, lies a descendent of the fourth generation, Aged 1 day. Recovered from Frederick Township, Maryland; June 19 1805"
― ulysses, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 02:04 (eight years ago) link
The unassuming grave of a simple man.
http://i.imgur.com/Ys6Ykbx.jpg
Similarly low key:
http://i.imgur.com/QvGygDQ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/UJuw9Wi.jpg
I traveled up a hill and found this valley ringed with stones both old and new.
http://i.imgur.com/fMZv3qW.jpg
The most surprising stones in this plot were almost halloween prop fake looking, with death dates that predated the founding of the cemetery by nearly a century. These were clearly reclaimed from much older graveyards by Brooklyn family and reset here when Green Wood was the HOT place to be buried. Many have capsized into the soft ground by more than half.
http://i.imgur.com/WVMWWxU.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/SE5bTL0.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/aGsIF0J.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/iKqsLDR.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/xr2f3lR.jpg
― ulysses, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 02:54 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/nJEcdy6.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/JfrtNlu.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/cyBPU6t.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/0alxjIp.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ou1SJCq.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/U1RbzbR.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/uk9Hf3p.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/dQUuHeI.jpg
― ulysses, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 02:57 (eight years ago) link
These I can see, thanks. Great shots.
― nickn, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 06:39 (eight years ago) link
Yes, thanks!
― mutually aquatinted (doo dah), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 11:31 (eight years ago) link
lambs, two examples of which are above, were often placed for deaths of babies or the too-young-to-be-named. makes their little worn bodies that much more sad.
― ulysses, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 14:29 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/zMg9k2S.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/GOpFlmZ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ECaQhjd.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/4kab0t1.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/UlzZdi8.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/UPfddt7.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Ogczx87.jpg
― ulysses, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 14:36 (eight years ago) link
"heroic in life, sublime in death"
http://i.imgur.com/EBrlgIQ.jpg
this gives you some sense of the constant work going on in a space this big that's completely open to the elements. They do a great job keeping it up but you will sometimes come upon a post-storm fix up and get a sense of the scale involved.
http://i.imgur.com/naG1ijF.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Am3ZBXl.jpg
"Aphrodite Finale"!!!!
http://i.imgur.com/4nH9HRM.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/rDnzxN6.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/emflscD.jpg
A pair of these life-sized setters are cast in bronze on either side of a tomb... they're awful soulful.
http://i.imgur.com/OcObty3.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/4Mi7DTO.jpg
I peered into a crypt and saw this gorgeous and masterful stained glass window... gotta be tiffany, right? astonishing and beautiful and completely invisible to the outside world.
http://i.imgur.com/Wz79oAv.jpg
"In their lives they were lovelyAnd in death they were not divided"
http://i.imgur.com/9bJf32o.jpg
― ulysses, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 14:41 (eight years ago) link
The typos are weirdly heartbreaking; what a way to spend eternity, as a "neice"
http://i.imgur.com/VOOcHXM.jpg
There are thousands, if not tens of thousands, of stones out there that are so worn that you cannot make out the original sentiment and, even if you could, they're often in German or French. So much effort mocked effortlessly by time.
http://i.imgur.com/q4rWMaS.jpg
An odd block of graves for "ISAAC NEWTON" and his family. I presume they're all quite tired of having to say "NO, not THAT one."
http://i.imgur.com/DzDCbA7.jpg
Air pollution and time has left mottled discolorations on some of the stones where the wind cuts strongest. These splotches aren't to be washed off; they're part of the permanent edifice.
http://i.imgur.com/6ezIihG.jpg
This monument stands a good fifteen feet tall.
THE TRUTH THAT I HAVE TRIED TO MAKE CLEAR WILL NOT FIND EASY ACCEPTANCE. IF THAT IT COULD BE. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED LONG AGO. IF THAT COULD BE. IT WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN OBSCURED BUT IT WILL FIND FRIENDS. THOSE WHO WILL TOIL FOR IT, SUFFER FOR IT, IF NEED BE, DIE FOR IT. THIS IS THE POWER OF TRUTH.
It was just after halloween, but even so.
http://i.imgur.com/lIibP6v.jpg
Another meticulous metal stone. Note the array of men's organization insignias.
http://i.imgur.com/bwEFdqc.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/7LSe9La.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/phMikYY.jpg
"McWhiney" = too much time on ilx
http://i.imgur.com/tIxWUVZ.jpg
Somewhere out there is a 134 year old woman named Julia Sariol who will be reunited with Arthur in good time.
― ulysses, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 14:55 (eight years ago) link
I love the rural cemetery type, used to live around the corner from Allegheny Cemetery, spent a lot of time walking around. My favorite, don't have a photo, was a small, worn headstone that simply said "My Angel Lila".
Wonderful photos!
― mutually aquatinted (doo dah), Wednesday, 16 March 2016 15:03 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/sXAYJfv.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/DYkc6el.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/k1mJ7oc.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/MLqsPJF.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Qpvu57M.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/me0vNOr.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/xE7AgPG.jpg
― ulysses, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 15:09 (eight years ago) link
Thanks for the kind words... would love to see photos of other folks' nearby rural cemeteries.
― ulysses, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 15:10 (eight years ago) link
http://imgur.com/zJigsGd
I went to Green-Wood for the first time last summer, on a blazingly hot day, and it was an incredible experience. I don't think I saw another soul while I was there. I have a few pictures at home I'll post but I am kicking myself for living in NYC for 30 years and never going before. Will go at least every summer from now on.
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 15:21 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/zJigsGd.jpg
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 15:22 (eight years ago) link
what's wild is that I've been there likely 12 times now and you've probably seen things I haven't seen! it's just too big. reminds me of the met museum.
― ulysses, Wednesday, 16 March 2016 15:36 (eight years ago) link
You found the Morse monument! I found it for the first time a month ago! I have a lot of photos that are worth digging up and posting here; perhaps that's a good wintry day project.
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Thursday, 9 February 2017 18:36 (seven years ago) link
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― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 2 April 2020 15:28 (four years ago) link