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El cementerio de Green-Wood es un cementerio de 193 ha en la parte occidental de Brooklyn, Nueva York.[1]​ Está ubicado entre South Slope/Greenwood Heights, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Borough Park, Kensington y Sunset Park, y se encuentra a varias cuadras al suroeste de Prospect Park. Sus límites son la calle 20 al noreste, la Quinta Avenida al noroeste, las calles 36 y 37 al suroeste, el Fort Hamilton Parkway al sur y la McDonald Avenue al este. Se fundó en 1838 como un cementerio rural, en una época de rápida urbanización cuando los cementerios de Nueva York estaban superpoblados. Descrito como “el primer parque público de Brooklyn por defecto mucho antes de que se creara Prospect Park”,[2]​ Green-Wood era tan popular que inspiró un concurso para diseñar el Central Park en Manhattan, así como el cercano Prospect Park. Fue incluido en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos en 1997 y se convirtió en Monumento Histórico Nacional en 2006. Además, las puertas de la calle 25, el invernadero Weir y la puerta de Fort Hamilton Parkway y la capilla fueron designados por separado como puntos de referencia de la ciudad por la Comisión de Preservación de Monumentos de la Ciudad de Nueva York. Diseño El sitio de Green-Wood tiene una topografía que se debe a las morrenas glaciales, particularmente Harbour Hill Moraine. Battle Hill (también conocido como Gowan's Heights), el punto más alto de Brooklyn, se encuentra en los terrenos del cementerio y se eleva aproximadamente a 65,8 m sobre el nivel del mar.[3]​ Fue el sitio de una acción importante durante la Batalla de Long Island el 27 de agosto de 1776. Un monumento de la Guerra de la Independencia de Frederick Ruckstull, Altar to Liberty: Minerva, fue erigido allí en 1920. Desde esta altura, la estatua de bronce de Minerva mira hacia la Estatua de la Libertad en el puerto de Nueva York.[4]​ Green-Wood se inspiró menos en el cementerio de Père Lachaise en París, que en ese momento conservaba la formalidad principalmente axial del diseño original de Alexandre Théodore Brongniart[5]​ que en el Mount Auburn en Cambridge, Massachusetts, donde se estableció por primera vez un paisaje parecido a un parque a la manera inglesa.[6]​ Se le ha llamado "el primer parque público de Brooklyn por defecto mucho antes de que se creara Prospect Park".[2]​ El crítico de arquitectura Paul Goldberger, citando el The New York Times de 1866, observó que "es la ambición del neoyorquino vivir en la Quinta Avenida, pasear por el [Central] Park y descansar con sus padres en Green-Wood".[7]​ Green-Wood tiene 600 000 tumbas y 7.000 árboles repartidos en 193 ha.[8]​[3]​ Las colinas y los valles, varios estanques y una capilla en el lugar brindan un entorno atractivo. En 2017 recibió 280.000 visitantes.[9]​ Aunque en un momento hubo numerosos sepultureros en Green-Wood, en 2006 ya quedaban pocos debido a la baja en el número de entierros y a la disminución del espacio para nuevas inhumaciones. Debido a esta situación, algunas parcelas se componen de tumbas "apiladas" en las que varios miembros de la familia pueden estar enterrados uno encima del otro.[10]​ También se construyeron varios refugios de madera, incluido uno de estilo neogótico, uno que se asemeja a una villa italiana y otro que se asemeja a un chalet suizo.[11]​ Una colonia descendiente de periquitos monje que se cree que escaparon de sus contenedores en el puerto mientras estaban en tránsito ahora anida en las agujas de la puerta, así como en otras áreas de Brooklyn.[12]​[13]​ En 2008, Green-Wood comenzó a adquirir una colección de arte perteneciente a los enterrados en el cementerio.[14]​ Paisajismo y circulación Green-Wood tiene varios espacios paisajísticos con nombres que evocan una escena naturalista. Estos incluyen Camellia Path, Halcyon Lake, Oaken Bluff, Sylvan Cliff y Vista Hill.[15]​ David Bates Douglass, arquitecto paisajista de Green-Wood, mantuvo en su mayoría intacto el paisaje natural del cementerio.[16]​ Gran parte del plan de Douglass todavía permanece en su lugar con sus plantaciones originales y sistemas de senderos curvos. Se han conservado los nombres originales de las calles y la cerca perimetral de hierro fundido original, pero muchos de los senderos se han pavimentado.[15]​ El cementerio se ha ampliado varias veces.[17]​[18]​ La mayoría de estas zonas han sido ajardinadas para parecerse a la parcela original, excepto el área cerca de Fort Hamilton Avenue al norte, que es más plana porque se adquirió en último lugar.[15]​ Monumentos Hay varios monumentos y mausoleos famosos ubicados allí, diseñados en varios estilos arquitectónicos, incluidos los estilos clásico, egipcio, gótico y románico. Además, muchas tumbas contienen una ornamentada decoración escultórica. La designación del Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos subdivide estos monumentos en cuatro categorías principales: los que honran eventos o profesiones; aquellos con significado arquitectónico; aquellos cuyas tumbas contienen personas de importancia histórica; y "monumentos de interés escultórico".[19]​ Entre los primeros monumentos se encontraba una estatua de DeWitt Clinton,levantada en 1853.[20]​[21]​ También hay un monumento erigido por James Brown, presidente del banco Brown Brothers y Collins Line, a los seis miembros de su familia perdidos en el desastre del SS Artic de 1854. Este incorpora una escultura del barco, medio sumergido por las olas, así como un Monumento a la Guerra Civil.[22]​ Durante la Guerra de Secesión, se creó el "lote de los soldados" para los entierros gratuitos de los veteranos; este lote incluía menos de 0,4 ha de tierra.[23]​ En 1868-1876, después de que terminó la guerra, el Monumento a los Soldados de la Guerra Civil, de 11 m de altura, se erigió en el punto más alto de Green-Wood.[24]​[25]​ Otros monumentos notables incluyen el Monumento al Piloto y el Monumento al Capitán de Mar, cada uno dedicado a una persona notable en estas respectivas profesiones.[26]​ J. Marion Sims, un monumento al ginecólogo J. Marion Sims por Ferdinand Freiherr von Miller, también está previsto para ser instalado en Green-Wood; la estatua estaba anteriormente en Bryant Park y Central Park, pero se retiró de este último en 2017.[27]​ Algunos monumentos elaborados honran a figuras notables, como el gran mausoleo gótico de William Niblo, el mausoleo clásico de la familia Steinway & Sons, Abiel Abbot Low, y la tumba y el mausoleo de estilo normando de la familia Lispenard. Existen muchos otros monumentos a figuras notables pero de diseño simple, como las tumbas de Samuel Morse, William M. Tweed, Lola Montez, Henry Ward Beecher y Currier & Ives. Por otro lado, varios monumentos conmemoran figuras menos conocidas, incluido un monumento gótico para Charlotte Canda, fallecida en accidente de carruaje el día de su 17 cumpleaños, y un muelle de principios de la época victoriana diseñado por William o Edward Potter para sus familiares.[19]​ Puertas Las puertas fueron diseñadas por Richard Upjohn .... 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    Liberation Day

    Andy McNab

    The brilliant Nick Stone thriller from the bestselling author of Bravo Two Zero.If Nick Stone wasn't so desperate for his American citizenship, he probably wouldn't have agreed to ...

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    Under Milk Wood

    Dylan Thomas

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    Playing from the Rough

    Jimmie James

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    Step By Step

    Simon Reeve

    'Equal parts an inspiring account of Reeve's determination and adventurous spirit, as well as a field guide to some of the most remote parts of the world, Step by Step is a vivid a...

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    Aggressor

    Andy McNab

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    I, Michael Bennett

    James Patterson

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    Decider

    Dick Francis

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    Prairie Man

    Dean Butler

    Celebrating its 50th anniversary and still airing in the U.S. and around the world, Little House on the Prairie is one of the most cherished family dramas in television history, an...

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    The Battle of Polygon Wood 1917

    Jonathan Passlow

    Buoyed by the success of the 1st and 2nd Australian divisions in the Battle of Menin Road, the men of the 4th and 5th Australian divisions filed into the front line ready for the n...

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    The Animals Of Farthing Wood

    Colin Dann

    After their legendary journey out of danger and into the safe haven of White Deer Park, the animals of Farthing Wood look forward to getting used to their new life in the nature re...

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    Winter Wood

    Steve Augarde

    In this astonishing final part of Steve Augarde's captivating trilogy, past and present are connected and the interwoven threads lead to an astonishing series of revelations. Midge...

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    Gone

    James Patterson

    Forced into hiding from a mass murderer seeking vengeance, Detective Michael Bennett must decide whether to stay and protect his family, or hunt down the man who is hunting them.Wh...

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    The Boy from the Woods

    Harlan Coben

    FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE MATCH AND CREATOR OF HIT NETFLIX DRAMA STAY CLOSEThirty years ago, a child was found in the New Jersey backwoods.He had been living a feral exist...

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    Monte Campbell v. Michael J. Wood

    First District, Houston No. 01-90-00920-CV Court of Appeals of Texas

    This is an appeal from the trial court's order denying appellant's motion for new trial after the trial court had dismissed with prejudice appellant's complaint as a sanction under...

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    Shoe Dog

    Phil Knight

    In this instant and tenacious New York Times bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight “offers a rare and revealing look at the notoriously mediashy man behind the sw...

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    Shock Wave

    John Sandford

    The fifth Virgil Flowers novel by internationally bestselling author John Sandford The superstore chain PyeMart has its sights set on a Minnesota river town, but two very angry gro...

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    Burn

    James Patterson

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    Walt Disney

    Mike Wood

    This is a short Bio of Walt Disney and his many accomplishments. I did not have time to write a full biography of the man, this is just to get you interested in finding out more ab...

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    The Woman in the Woods

    John Connolly

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    The Black Billionaires: How Oprah, Michael Jordan, Jay-Z, Tiger Woods, and Others Are Redefining Black Wealth

    Darryl Henderson

    Are you someone who looks to famous black personalities for inspiration?Would you like to have the wealth and status of people like Oprah Winfrey or Tiger Woods?Do you want to know...

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    The Woods

    Harlan Coben

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    Natural Causes

    James Oswald

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    Ed Zwick

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    Worst Case

    James Patterson

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    NYPD Red 6

    James Patterson

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    Tick Tock

    James Patterson

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    The Corfu Trilogy

    Gerald Durrell

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    Alert

    James Patterson

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    NYPD Red 4

    James Patterson

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    Bullseye

    James Patterson

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    Unsolved

    James Patterson

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    Conquistadores

    Fernando Cervantes

    NAMED A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 BY THE SUNDAY TIMES, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, THE TABLET AND THE LADY'This book is a terrific read ... I could not put it down' Matthew Restall, Lit...

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    Recoil

    Andy McNab

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    Blindside

    James Patterson

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    Simple Abundance

    Sarah Ban Breathnach

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    The Legends of Sports: Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan and Muhammad Ali - Sports Book for Kids Children's Sports & Outdoors Books

    Baby Professor

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    A Walk In The Woods

    Bill Bryson

    'Short of doing it yourself, the best way of escaping into nature is to read a book like A Walk in the Woods.' New York TimesIn the company of his friend Stephen Katz (last seen in...

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    The Black Dahlia

    James Ellroy

    Los Angeles, 15th January 1947. A beautiful young woman walks into the night and meets a horrific destiny. Five days later, her tortured body is found drained of blood and cut in h...

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    Mad River

    John Sandford

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    The Story of China

    Michael Wood

    'A learned, wise, wonderfully written single volume history of a civilisation that I knew I should know more about' Tom Holland 'Masterful and engrossing...wellpaced, eminently rea...

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    Open Wide

    benny blanco & Jess Damuck

    The debut cookbook from benny blancopop music superproducer, artist, actor on FXX’s Dave, and consummate food freakteaches you everything you need to know about cooking, enjoy...

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    Farthing Wood Collection 3

    Colin Dann

    The Siege of White Deer Park: the animals are in danger and they need to make a plan fast! A killer beast is on the loose and the deaths are mounting up... In the Path of the Sto...

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    Killing JonBenét Ramsey

    Dylan Howard

    Resolving for the Murder of a Child Beauty Queen and a Botched Investigation The killing of sixyearold beauty queen JonBenét Ramseyfound in the basement of her family home in Bould...

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    Haunted

    James Patterson

    You can take Michael Bennett out of New York City, but you can't take the cop out of Michael Bennett.Detective Michael Bennett is ready for a vacation after a series of crises push...

  • Michael Verbouwens v. Hamm Wood Products sinopsis y comentarios

    Michael Verbouwens v. Hamm Wood Products

    Supreme Court of South Dakota

    HENDERSON, Justice. ACTION On May 14, 1982, appellant VerBouwens filed a complaint against appellee Hamm Wood Products and The Maryland Casualty Company for injuries sustained in a...

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    Ambush

    James Patterson

    FROM THE AUTHOR OF SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER, THE PRESIDENT IS MISSINGDetective Michael Bennett's enemies know where to find him.An anonymous tip about a crime in Upper Manhatt...

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    Farthing Wood Collection 1

    Colin Dann

    The first two stories about the Animals of Farthing Wood have been brought together in one, value for money bindup. In the prequel to The Animals of Farthing Wood, THE ADVENTURE BE...

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    Banquet of Beggars

    Chris Lloyd

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    Buy a Bullet

    Gregg Hurwitz

    AN EXCLUSIVE EBOOK SHORT STORY, NOT A FULLLENGTH NOVEL. Taken from a children's home as a young boy, Evan Smoak was a trained to become a government operative known as Orphan X. Bu...

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    NYPD Red 3

    James Patterson

    A chilling conspiracy leads NYPD Red into extreme dangerHunter Alden Jr. has it all: a beautiful wife, a brilliant son and billions in the bank. But when his son goes missing and h...