Brooklyn Arcadia: Art, History, and Nature at Majestic Green-Wood Garn Andrew
Brooklyn Arcadia: Art, History, and Nature at Majestic Green-Wood Garn Andrew The New York City treasure, newly photographed, is revealed as garden in the city, repository for memory, and a place for…
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Brooklyn Arcadia: Art, History, and Nature at Majestic Green-Wood Garn Andrew
The New York City treasure, newly photographed, is revealed as garden in the city, repository for memory, and a place for repose, inspiration, and delight.Green-Wood is a living cemetery that brings people closer to the world by memorializing the dead even as it embraces the art, history, and natural beauty of New York. By the early 1860s, it had earned an international reputation for its beauty, attracting 500,000 visitors a year, second only to Niagara Falls as the nation's greatest tourist attraction. Founded in 1838 and now a National Historic Landmark, Green-Wood was one of the first rural cemeteries in America.
Green-Wood's popularity helped inspire the creation of public parks, including New York City's Central and Prospect parks. Crowds flocked here to enjoy family outings in the finest of first-generation American landscapes. Green-Wood is 478 spectacular acres of
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