Yesterday, Y and I visited Townsend Harris‘ grave in Green-Wood Cemetery yesterday. The tree behind it stretched out its branches to shade it from the crisp mid-afternoon sunlight. Harris is known for being the first Consul General from the United States to the Empire of Japan and he founded the school that would become the City College of New York and the cornerstone of the City University of New York (CUNY). His gravesite was renovated in 1986 by Japan and it retains the evident care that went into its design and construction. It’s a short walk from the Prospect Park West entrance on the south/southeast-facing hillside between Atlantic Ave and Ocean Ave.
