New York: City of the Dead
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Taught by Allison M
Allison C. Meier is a freelance and fiction writer focusing on the arts, travel, and the possibility of giant squids in the catacombs of Paris. Originally from Oklahoma, she spent time teaching English in the south of France before relocating to New York. She chronicles her world travel and New York adventures on her blog, Allez, Allie!: http://allezallie.wordpress.com.
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jen posted New York City Cemetery Wrap Up: Part Three
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jen posted Forgotten New York City Cemeteries
I've been remiss in posting Allison's awesomely thorough wrap up frommore
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New York City is dense with the dead. From the sprawling acres of Green-Wood in Brooklyn and Woodlawn in the Bronx, to the hidden urban corners of the New York Marble Cemetery in the East Village and Trinity Church Cemetery on Wall Street, the eternal New Yorkers are a silent, but considerable, population. But much more than just places of morbid curiosity, the cemeteries of New York City are cross sections of the city's history, and are the final homes of its most significant citizens.
This one-session class will give an overview of the evolution of cemeteries in New York City, their place in its history, as well as a look into some of the "secret" cemeteries hidden all around us. (For example, did you know there is a potters field under Washington Square and a Quaker Cemetery in Prospect Park?) The session will be followed up with a field trip (date to be announced soon) for hands-on exploration.
Notes & Posts
New York City Cemetery Wrap Up: Part Three
And finally, part three of our brief tour of New York City'smore
A Brief History of New York City's Early Cemeteries
Forgotten New York City Cemeteries
I've been remiss in posting Allison's awesomely thorough wrap up frommore
August + September Classes Up
We've just announced lots and lots of late summer timed and themed (basil,more
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Empire City: New York Through the Centuries
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