From the Navy Yard to the Graveyard
November 10, 2008 at 9:56 pm 2 comments
I went on my second tour of the Brooklyn Navy Yard a week ago this past Sunday and Green-Wood Cemetery yesterday. Both yards are steeped in history and were outstanding tours. Now I have even more pix in my Flickr uploading backlog.
It puzzles me that I was born about 1 1/2 miles away in Sunset Park and don’t think I’ve ever been in Green-Wood Cemetery before. There is an incredible collection of very old trees in the cemetery and it was a beautiful melange of fall foliage to photograph. It is a world class botanical garden in its own right. Living in Brooklyn, who needs to drive to see fall foliage?
It is only recently that the Navy Yard has been open for public tours. There is no doubt that I will be on another tour in the near future. It’s great that they have instituted an outreach program to the community. It is a most interesting place to be with a camera. There are photo ops everywhere, as there are at Green-Wood Cemetery.
Nest Sunday I will go on a walking tour of the Sunset Park Neighborhood where I was born. Now that should be most interesting. The tour guide grew up there in the ’40s and ’50s.
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Heather | November 18, 2008 at 11:36 pm
Wow. Can’t wait to hear about your tour of the Sunset Park Neighborhood! Sounds neat! It would be nice to see fall foliage in autumn. Your posts make me jealous!
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Bob Hyland | December 25, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Green-Wood Cemetery is as good or better than any public garden; an amazing place with a hefty endowment that most nonprofits would crave. Can’t find any current Dec. posts – just trying to reconnect and send season’s greetings.