Forest Hills Cemetery

Grave situation at Forest Hills Cemetery

adamg — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:03:47 -0400

Mike Ball reports somebody is stealing sculptures and urns from Forest Hills Cemtery:

... You'd suppose trying to fence two very distinctive and well-known public sculptures will end up tripping up the thieves. I hope so and I bet the cemetery (and likely its insurance company) are working that angle too ...

The Globe reports officials fear the sculptures will simply be sold for scrap.

Cherubic

adamg — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:22:34 -0400

Liskdc photographs a cherub at Forest Hills Cemetery.

Dead men tell lots of tales at Forest Hills Cemetery

adamg — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:44:43 -0400

You just have to know how to listen and do a bit of research. Mike Ball profiles a couple of inventors buried there, including Richard Lufkin, inventor of the first vamp folding machine, which was revolutionary for its time.

Cormorants vs. turkeys

adamg — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:04:53 -0400

Both are large, impressive birds. But unlike turkeys, cormorants aren't known for attacking people. Mike Ball took a couple of photos of a cormorant stretching its wings at Forest Hills Cemetery the other day.

Walking onto Walden Pond

adamg — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:22:14 -0500

Evan reports on his trek (so no, he didn't fall through); he saw plenty of ice-fishing holes and a snowman standing on the ice in the middle of the pond.

Joe Driscoll stayed firmly on solid ground as he photographed Forest Hills Cemetery in the snow.

The nude goddess of Jamaica Plain

adamg — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 13:07:01 -0500

Mike Ball notices that the naked goddess of the harvest statue in Forest Hills Cemetery no longer has a protective scarf, leaving her fully exposed to the elements:

... For Ceres, the white air with the snowy lawn and iced pond surface made the statue look all the worse equipped. I may have to take over the scarf duty.

Forest Hills in the ice

adamg — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:36:54 -0500

Jef Taylor takes a walk through Forest Hills Cemetery.

Japanese lanterns

adamg — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 09:53:36 -0400

Joe Driscoll was among those taking photos at the Japanese lantern festival at Forest Hills Cemetery on Thursday (click on the photo for a much better view).

Also there taking photos: Katken and Korri Crowley, who took one shot that showed:

The lanterns were all launched from different points all over the pond, but they still all came together in the end.

Carjacked while visiting her father's grave

adamg — Sat, 26 May 2007 12:50:01 -0400

Boston Police report that a woman who had just lit a memorial candle at her father's grave at Forest Hills yesterday afternoon was in her car about to leave when a guy came up to her, showed a box cutter and demanded she get out of the car. Police patrolling Centre Street in West Roxbury 30 minutes later spotted the car; arrested Jamal Daniels, 26, of Roslindale on a carjacking charge.

This is at least Daniels's second car-related arrest. Last November, Boston Police reported arresting him on a charge of receiving a stolen-motor vehicle.

A tour of Forest Hills Cemetery

adamg — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 20:53:16 -0500

Mass. Marrier is our host (and, yes, it's true - e.e. cummings really is buried under a tombstone reading EDWARD ESTLIN CUMMINGS):

... Instead of fame by distant contact, consider the fall and winter in one of Boston's most splendid parks. A few photos taken today show a bit of what you can see in staturary, wildlife, art, and iconography. ...