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The sounds of Madam C. J. Walker strutting down the street, Dorothy Parker raising a glass, and Cicely Tyson whispering to Miles Davis are all part of The Woodlawn Suite, Victor Goines’ 13 movement work celebrating the lives of New Yorkers now at rest within the historic Woodlawn Cemetery. Commissioned by the Woodlawn Conservancy to create a modern memorial, the saxophonist and composer created these biographical sketches that link listeners to the lives of those who impacted our culture. Join Victor and his ensemble of creative musicians to be part of the premier of The Woodlawn Suite. A long-time member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and former director of the Jazz Studies Program at Northwestern University, Goines serves as President and CEO of Jazz St. Louis.
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Among the most celebrated and documented American Families, several descendants of Cornelius Vanderbilt are memorialized at Woodlawn. Some of the cemetery’s most significant mausolea and monuments were commissioned by the original lot owners. The tour will be led by Susan Olsen, Woodlawn’s Director of Historical Services.
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Hop aboard the Woodlawn Trolley and visit the final resting place of Woodlawn’s notable Italian-Americans. The tour will also visit memorials created by the Piccirilli Brothers, noted marble carvers and sculptors, famous for carving the Lincoln Memorial, the Maine Memorial in Central Park, and the famous lions at the New York Public Library. The tour will be led by Anthony Pellino, Architectural Historian and Woodlawn Volunteer.
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Color, artistry, brilliant glass: these are the things that come to mind when we think of Tiffany Studios. Few of us are aware that funerary art created by the firm’s artists and artisans within its Ecclesiastical Department produced memorials from headstones to mausolea, incorporating all of the decorative arts for which they were famed. The techniques Louis Comfort Tiffany and his staff utilized in creating art glass, mosaics and stonework derived from his unparalleled capacity to infuse artworks with singular and often striking effects of light, hue and texture.
Among its treasures, Woodlawn arguably contains the largest repository of Tiffany Studios’ funerary art in the world. The Cemetery holds wonderful stained glass, bronze work, mosaic ornaments and architecture designed and created by them, always at the highest level of artisanry. Join us on a walking tour to explore Louis Comfort Tiffany’s development from painter to designer, the cultural movements that influenced him and the unique evolution of his company’s capacities in the decorative arts. This is a walking tour, please wear comfortable shoes as we will be walking on grass and other uneven surfaces.
The residents of the Gilded Age Mansions also had Gilded Age Mausoleums. Join us on an evening walking tour of the Woodlawn Cemetery to experience these grand memorials as part of Woodlawn’s popular Illuminated Mausoleums Tour. This is a walking tour. Please dress for weather and wear comfortable shoes.
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A Level II Arboretum, with over 6,000 trees on-site, The Woodlawn Cemetery displays breathtaking beauty in the autumn. We hope you will join us for a Trolley Tour to view the Fall Foliage led by Herb Landmann, Project Manager for The Davey Tree Expert Company.
A Level II Arboretum, with over 6,000 trees on-site, The Woodlawn Cemetery displays breathtaking beauty in the autumn. We hope you will join us for a Trolley Tour to view the Fall Foliage led by Herb Landmann, Project Manager for The Davey Tree Expert Company. This is a walking tour, please dress for weather and wear comfortable walking shoes.
Woodlawn Cemetery is proud to be the final resting place of veterans and dependents of every conflict stretching back to the American Revolution. In the poignant words of General John J. Pershing–commander of the World War I American Expeditionary Forces: “Time will not dim the glory of their deeds.” In honor of Veteran’s Day, we invite you to join Kevin C. Fitzpatrick, the award-winning author of “World War I New York: A Guide to the City’s Enduring Ties to the Great War,” for a walking tour of the graves and memorials of World War I veterans, men and women, who served in the Great War a century ago. You will meet enlisted men who served in trench warfare, brave aviators who risked their lives in biplanes, a member of the Harlem Hellfighters, and poor immigrants who were drafted and served their new country with honor. Kevin will have copies of his book for sale, which includes a chapter on Woodlawn heroes.
