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"If you are walking in Charleston, you are walking on someone's grave."--Sue Bennett, Charleston tour guide

Friday, October 18, 2019

10 Parks That Changed America (PBS Program)

This video will help understand the development of so-called "rural" cemeteries in America. The first one was Mount Auburn in Cambridge, Mass. near Boston.  PBS included Mount Auburn (10:58 in) on its list of "10 Parks That Changed America" that first aired in 2016.

Mt. Auburn Cemetery- photo courtesy Popular Science Oct. 23, 2018


The influential U.S. park Top Ten list is as follows: 
  • Square of Savannah – Savannah, GA
  • Fairmount Park – Philadelphia, PA
  • Mt. Auburn Cemetery – Cambridge, MA
  • Central Park – New York, NY  
  • Chicago’s Neighborhood Parks – Chicago, IL
  • San Antonio River Walk – San Antonio, TX
  • Overton Park – Memphis, TN
  • Freeway Park – Seattle, WA
  • Gas Works Park – Seattle, WA 
  • High Line – New York, NY

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