Woodlawn Cemetery

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George Washington DeLong memorial

Woodlawn Cemetery is not a gloomy, depressing place. Set on 400 acres in the wooded hills of the north Bronx, it’s full of interesting sculpture, magnificent trees, beautiful grounds, and yes, graves of famous people. Must go back in the Spring.

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fallen tree, decapitated statue

Lots of downed trees and other damage from super-storm Sandy.

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Herman Melville's grave

Author of Moby Dick

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Jay Gould mausoleum

Nineteenth century financier, one of the Robber Barons, his tomb is a miniature Parthenon

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Weeping Beech

One of Woodlawn’s six designated “Great Trees

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Straus mausoleum

Isidor Strauss, co-owner of Macy’s, and his wife, Isa Strauss, were lost on the Titanic in 1912. James Gamble Rogers deigned the mausoleum, not to be confused with the memorial in Strauss park, at 105th and Broadway.

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Straus mausoleum detail

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Miles Davis tombstone

Even in death, Mile Davis is flashy …

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Duke Ellington grave marker

… while Duke Ellington is modest and understated.

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Fiorello LaGuardia's grave

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Egyptian theme mausoleum

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Harkness memorial garden

The type and color of the stone, as well as the style of construction, look just like Harkness Tower at Yale University.

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G.A.R. statue, Union soldier