My post yesterday about the Pope John Paul II statue in Brooklyn, reminded me of my trip to the Vatican many years ago. The tree-lined avenues of Green-Wood Cemetery remind me of walking into St. Peter’s Basilica–it’s massive stone columns easily shouldering the gigantic weight of its ornate roof and going to the right to enter the Sistine Chapel to see Michelangelo’s frescoes on the ceiling. In the cemetery, the sky is a ceiling supported by the trunk and branches of these wonderful trees. Unfortunately, the cemetery has been felling a number of these 100+ year old trees (one example can be seen on the left). Disease, infestations, lightning, and other damage likely lead to the decision to cull some of the trees so that they don’t damage the memorials or injure visitors.
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