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Sunday 20 October 2002
1:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Designed To Death: A Misguided Tour
Brooklyn's Green Wood Cemetery
Sunday 20 October 2002
1:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Bus departs from AIGA National Design Center
164 Fifth Avenue
New York, N.Y.
The closest subway stop is the 23rd Street station on the N/R/W line.
A bus and walking tour of Brooklyn's Green Wood Cemetery, one of the 19th century
America's leading tourist attractions. By the 1850's 500,000 people passed through
its gates every year. This tour, lead by Green Wood expert Jeff Richman, includes
scenic ponds, artistic monuments, and fascinating stories. You'll visit the
Catacombs, the Receiving Tomb, Leonard Bernstein's monument and burial spots
for mobsters, robber barons and dozens of pets of the rich and famous. Wear
your walking shoes and bring a hankie.
A brown bag lunch is included. (sandwich, chips, animal crackers)
Schedule
1:30 p.m. Gather at AIGA
2:00 p.m. Bus departs for cemetery
5:30 p.m. Bus arrives back at AIGA
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