Art, architecture, celebrities, nature all for free in NYC? Critically acclaimed author Douglas Keister shows us the unlikely place you'll find it all: in New York City’s fabulous cemeteries. Stories in Stone New York: A Field Guide to New York City Cemeteries and Their Residents features some of the most fabulous cemeteries in New York City’s five boroughs and Westchester County. From Green-Wood cemetery in Brooklyn, which was the inspiration for Central Park, to Sleepy Hollow in the shadow of the Tappan Zee, art, architecture and celebrities are literally at our feet.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery gets its own chapter, you'll want this guide book in hand when you visit!
Don't miss Doug Keister's original Stories in Stone, the definitive book on cemetery symbolism. ISBN 1423621026
Publisher's description: With Stories in Stone New York, the author presents cemetery buffs with stunning photographs, fascinating text, and easy GPS directions for locating gracious architecture, fabulous artwork, and memorable gravesites of famous and not-so-famous area “residents” residing peacefully in its beautiful cemeteries. Includes The Big Four, Manhattan Churchyards & Resting Places, Eternal Excursions in well-known boroughs, as well as Humane Remains at the pet cemetery in Hartsdale.
Douglas Keister’s critically acclaimed books on cemeteries are standard references for cemetery lovers and genealogists, and have been the subject of numerous magazine, newspaper, Internet articles, and television interviews, including CBS Sunday Morning. He lives in Chico, California.
Size: 4.5" X 9" X .48"
Table Of Contents:
About New York 5
Architecture—Going Out in Style 7
Cemeteries 18
The Big Four
The Green-Wood Cemetery 21
The Woodlawn Cemetery 51
Kensico Cemetery 87
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery 103
Manhattan Resting Places
The Holy Trinitys 127
St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery 135
St. Patrick’s Cathedral Crypts 139
Grant’s Tomb 141
Eternal Excursions
Calvary Cemetery 147
Cypress Hills Cemetery 151
Ferncliff Cemetery 157
Gate of Heaven Cemetery 171
Moravian Cemetery 177
St. Raymond’s Old & New Cemeteries 181
Humane Remains
Hartsdale Pet Cemetery 189
Cemetery Symbolism 199
Secret Societies, Clubs, and Organizations 217
Stories in Stone 231
Index 252
Acknowledgments and References 256
Gazetteer INSERT
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