A Woodie for Green-wood
Wrapping up our tour of the South Slope and Greenwood Heights from a couple of weeks ago is the characterful McGovern Florist at 5th Avenue and 25th Street across from the entrance to the Green-wood Cemetery; also included is the gothic Greenwood Chapel. For those who haven’t been, the sheer scale of the cemetery–about the…
Wrapping up our tour of the South Slope and Greenwood Heights from a couple of weeks ago is the characterful McGovern Florist at 5th Avenue and 25th Street across from the entrance to the Green-wood Cemetery; also included is the gothic Greenwood Chapel. For those who haven’t been, the sheer scale of the cemetery–about the same size as Prospect Park–is almost as impressive as the array of sculpture and architecture. We’d recommend you go when it’s a sunny day and you can hang out for a couple of hours.
Greenwood Chapel [Bridge and Tunnel Club]
GMAP
Our fav place on earth…that’s why we live across the street.
No better of a park/cultural institution/bird sanctuary/historical site/green-space…and heck, a great final resting place (hopefully I do not speak prematurely for myself, ha!). One of Bklyn’s less-discovered GEMS, but quickly becoming discovered by the tons of folks through the gates each warm weekend (not just visiting love-ones). Tell all your friends to take a hike, tour or cruise through our second largest green-space in Bklyn…I think?
Victorians were nut jobs in a lot of ways, but they got their upperclass cemetaries right. They built them with the care and architectural spendor they employed in their own homes. Part of that was certainly self aggrandisement, but also in part to have a beautiful park in which to honor their loved ones.
Today, we are so creeped out by the dead, maybe because we fight so hard to stave it off and deny it. An interesting topic for another day. I used to live near Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, and spent many a spring day admiring the monuments, finding famous people, and enjoying the trees blossoms, and the stained glass shining from the crypts and mauseleoums. Green-Wood is even better.
GothBoyNYC will you trade shifts with me at Cinnabon?
i went for a “gangs of new york” tour 2 years ago– it was a windy day, but sunny and gorgeous and lots of fun.
I sometimes take dates there for a picnic. We sit under a shady tree eating Soylent Green and listening to Bauhaus and Joy Division.
back in good old college days, we took many field class trips to cemetary in Rochester, Syracuse,PA and Delaware. The old cementaries are filled with horticulture interests and the ground workers are often great gardeners. They are often as interesting as botanical garden & arboretum.
we moved into a house next to greenwood cemetary last year and LOVE walking around, especially in the spring time, which the plants and blossoms and tree go CRAZY. calling it a cemetary is really only partly true, as it’s a magnificant arboretum, botanic garden, etc.
definitely worth a couple of hours on some sunny saturday or sunday. if you go through the main entrance, look to the top of the gothic archway and see the (famous) neighborhood parrots..
i wish they let me ride my bike…:(
We took a tour last spring. The grounds are stunning and many of the grave-stones are ornate. I would recommend it.