Well, now that Hatred is buried, we can move forward as a planet, right?
Recently I visited Greenwood Cemetery for the first time, which is mildly embarrassing given that I've lived 20 blocks away from this historic landmark for 2 years now. Perhaps I felt that cemeteries are morbid (or a site of abjectourism, perhaps?), but I'm glad I got over my hangup!
Greenwood Cemetery was founded in 1838, and spans 478 acres of hilly, once-rural Brooklyn. Famous folks are buried here, from Bill the Butcher (see: Gangs of New York), Louis Comfort Tiffany, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Boss Tweed, Leonard Bernstein, and Susan Smith McKinney-Stewards, New York's first black woman doctor.
Greenwood is absolutely beautiful, and relaxing.
And the lovely Greenwood Chapel:
I highly recommend taking a walk through Greenwood during the summer. It's a calming throwback to Old New York, and one of the few places in America with substantive and lengthy history.
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