The site chosen for the new mausoleum was one of the few incongruous features in the Cemetery’s landscape. Near the cemetery’s entrance, surrounded by groves of majestic mature trees, the site consisted of a large sunken area, which served as the forecourt for a four-story-high mausoleum/columbarium building from 1967. A massive green space flanked by grassy inclines it was divided down the middle by rows of tall evergreen trees on the axis between the large mausoleum and Lakewood’s jewel like Byzantine-style Chapel (1909) at the opposite end. High, monolithic walls made up of “garden crypts” stood on either side of a monumental stairway leading up from the space to the chapel. The area as a whole had limited walking paths and no seating. It did include a “Pool of Reflections,” a long rectangular water feature revered by cemetery visitors, but plagued with maintenance issues and when drained for the long Minnesota winters, a less than attractive landscape element.
The site chosen for the new mausoleum was one of the few incongruous features in the Cemetery’s landscape. Near the cemetery’s entrance, surrounded by groves of majestic mature trees, the site consisted of a large sunken area, which served as the forecourt for a four-story-high mausoleum/columbarium building from 1967. A massive green space flanked by grassy inclines it was divided down the middle by rows of tall evergreen trees on the axis between the large mausoleum and Lakewood’s jewel like Byzantine-style Chapel (1909) at the opposite end. High, monolithic walls made up of “garden crypts” stood on either side of a monumental stairway leading up from the space to the chapel. The area as a whole had limited walking paths and no seating. It did include a “Pool of Reflections,” a long rectangular water feature revered by cemetery visitors, but plagued with maintenance issues and when drained for the long Minnesota winters, a less than attractive landscape element.
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