Community Corner

Splendid Sepulchre Opens In Lakewood Cemetary

New mausoleum opens to the public.

Over the last year and a half, travelers along 36th Street have been  of a neo-modernist beauty rising from the grass of .

Underneath the curving, whitewashed window openings and rusticated granite walls, the new Garden Mausoleum has hundreds of niches for the ashes of Lakewood's clients. While the building—intended to supplement the cemetery's existing mausoleum—has appeared largely complete from the outside for months, the cemetery only just opened it to the public last week.

Already, some spots have already been taken in the HGA-designed building. Enjoy it while you can still walk around it.

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