Landmarked Florist Building Up For Sale
Here’s a neat opportunity for someone with a little vision: The landmarked McGovern Florist building at the corner of 25th Street and 5th Avenue in Greenwood Heights is up for sale. The glass structure is being sold along with an adjacent two-story woodframe house for $1,500,000 or on its own for $775,000. Obviously the location…
Here’s a neat opportunity for someone with a little vision: The landmarked McGovern Florist building at the corner of 25th Street and 5th Avenue in Greenwood Heights is up for sale. The glass structure is being sold along with an adjacent two-story woodframe house for $1,500,000 or on its own for $775,000. Obviously the location across from the entrance to Green-wood Cemetery makes flowers an obvious choice, but that space would be pretty amazing as a beer garden!
750 5th Avenue Listing [CPEX] GMAP
Seemed to be plenty of Jewish graves (Stars of David etc on the grave) at Green-Wood last time I went there. Not sure if it was planned like this but they seemed to be concentrated in certain areas and most seemed older than the average.
Leonard Bernstein and wife is buried there. I guess that’s at least one Jewish family.
bxgl WTF are you talking about???
Brenda from Flatbush said – (paraphrase) Everyone knows that funerals and flowers go together
stonergut said – (paraphrasing) – the people here are from Ohio so they dont get the NY connection btwn flowers and funerals
I say – actually in NY there is a sizable % of Jews and Jews dont have flowers at funerals/graves [meaning that flowers and funerals dont actually go together as much in NYC as say…Ohio]
How you can imply some sort of anti-semetic meaning to that is truly truly truly frightening
As to the connection of Jews to Greenwood cemetery – I have no idea if any Jews are buried there, or if any Jews will be buried there and I wasn’t really commenting on whether a florist would work at Greenwood Cemetery at all, simply to the misnomer that Funerals and flowers in NY have to go together
Brenda is AWESOME!
I mean I grew up here and there was ALWAYS a bar next to the funeral home and you always ALWAYS went out to lunch after the funeral – so agreed it would be a good spot to put a decent priced “American/Continental” type place that isn’t too”frou-frou”
I agree I wouldn’t want to see a beer garden here
LOL, Kensingtonka! True. Greenwood is not our final resting place of choice (not that we were given that choice either) 🙂
However, when I do go to the cemetery for my parents I do bring red roses for my mother because she loved them so much. But for the actual funerals and services- usually Jewish funerals have none. But again, the less conservative branches don’t always follow that tradition. Did you have a problem with the number of Jews in Brooklyn, FSRG because your comment was quite ridiculous.
http://wanderingbrooklyn.wordpress.com/2010/09/20/greenwood-cemetery-and-the-soda-fountain-king/
http://wanderingbrooklyn.wordpress.com/2010/09/28/green-wood-2-getting-high-on-history/
I was hanging out in Greenwood the other day waiting for my car to be serviced at Midas nearby. What a nice place to spend an hour or two. I got a bench by the side of the lily pond. I tell you, it’s nicer than Prospect Park. No kids, no cyclists, no dog walkers. Just trees and flowers, and tombs of course.
Like many nice cemeteries the trees are magnificent because they have space to spread out. I recommend a contemplative afternoon at Greenwood.
As for the florist shop, I am not optimistic. Those old glass conservatories are very difficult to repair and restore. Many of the old wrought iron and cast-iron members are probably badly rusted and the vents frozen shut etc etc.
FRSQ, the Jews that don’t have flowers at a grave do not bury and never buried their loved ones at Greenwood cemetery.
B&B and Restaurant combo is an excellent idea. Green-wood Cemetery hosts many tours, book signinings, talks. Lot’s of their tours including the upcoming Halloween special tours are VERY popular and fill up quickly. I would also think that travelers and guests of Greenwood residents would use a B&B and regular visitors and special event visitors to Green-Wood would love a place for a meal or a coffe break.