|
Welcome
Taphophilia (dot) Com...
A repository of morbid curiosities:
Thanatology and Taphophile Issues, Cemetery,
Funeral Industry and Death Related News.
A Taphophilia Thank You...
Taphophilia (dot) Com would not be possible without the knowledge, experience and talent of DarkestWeb. From its conception and early development, DarkestWeb was faced with many challenges; from inspiring and motivating, to providing guidance and direction. The continued dedication and support has produced results greater than ever expected, and for this, I owe a huge debt of gratitude.
Announcements
Graveyards of Chicago:
The People, History, Art, and Lore of Cook County Cemeteries
By Matt Hucke And Ursula Bielski. Discover a Chicago That Exists Just Beneath the Surface - About Six Feet Under! Take a tour of Chicago's permanent residents! Please visit the Lake Claremont Press website to purchase your copy of Graveyards of Chicago today!
Green-Wood Cemetery Arcadia Publishing announces the release of Alexandra Mosca's historic account of one of New York's most famous cemeteries. Aracdia Publishing's Images of America series has an extensive catalog of many cemetery publications! Please visit Arcadia Publishing to purchase your copy of Green-Wood Cemetery and to browse other available titles!
Men of Mortuaries Calendar
To purchase your 2008 calendar, learn more about the KAMMCARES Foundation, or to be featured in the 2009 calendar, please visit Men of Mortuaries.
Epitaphs: The Magazine for Cemetery Lovers By Cemetery Lovers
For information regarding subscriptions, single issues, submission guidelines, deadlines, classifieds or advertising for future issues, please visit The Cemetery Club.
Guardians of the Soul: Angels and Innocents, Mourners and Saints, Indiana's remarkable cemetery sculpture
with photography by John Bower and foreword by Claude Cookman is now
available. Please visit
Studio Indiana for more information.
West Springfield Massachusetts: Stories Carved in Stone by Rusty Clark features information on early New England gravestone carvers with more than two hundred photos and illustrations. Please visit the Dog Pond Press website.
|
|
Life after death: A troubled cemetery is revived |
|
|
|
|
Written by DeadGirl
|
|
Monday, 09 August 2004 |
Broward County developers say they've turned around a Boca Raton cemetery once mired in litigation. Among the amenities: an air-conditioned mausoleum.
BY ELIOT KLEINBERG
Palm Beach Post
David F. Goldstein stood on the steps of his showcase, his gray ponytail bound neatly behind him, sweating in his dark suit in the oppressive summer sun.
''C'mon gang,'' he schmoozed in his Brooklyn accent, stooping to kiss a woman on the cheek. ``So good to see you. Nice to see you. C'mon down.''
The North Broward developer was welcoming people recently into what he claims is the only fully air-conditioned mausoleum in the Southeast, perhaps the country.
Three years ago, The Gardens, then Heritage Manor Memorial Park, was mired in lawsuits after the deaths of its previous developers. Construction stopped and clients' money was trapped in litigation.
But all that has changed, he assured visitors.
`LIVING MEMORIAL'
``We have created a living memorial, a library, a celebration of life.''
Eventually, Goldstein said, the 18.7-acre complex along Military Trail, just south of Yamato Road, will house seven buildings and spaces for the remains of 150,000 people. The north building, which officially opened on July 31, is designed for Jewish families.
Goldstein even had a replica of Jerusalem's Western Wall installed, and he plans to place the first prayer card in the bricks' cracks. The interior was awash in marble and onyx, chandeliers, paintings, columns, wreaths and floral arrangements.
So far, only one of that building's five wings is completed. It contains thousands of vaults and urn niches.
The south building, under construction, will be for Christian families, Goldstein said. Others will be nonsectarian, he said.
The grounds also would have passive parks, meditation areas, a memorial walkway and a gazebo for concerts.
The project stalled after Boca Raton developer Norman Michael and his brother, Theodore Michael of Michigan, died, and their families disagreed about whether to sell the property to Goldstein. He took over the project in late March 2003 along with his partners, brothers Edward and Arthur Falcone of Coral Springs-based Transeastern Properties.
$14 MILLION FIX
The partnership spent about $14 million to buy and improve the property and satisfy claims, Goldstein said.
About 250 families had signed up, and about 150 demanded their money back. Goldstein said he spent about $600,000 to satisfy everyone. The remains of about 70 people are in a temporary outdoor vault.
Goldstein said he has sold about 500 spaces. Alan Kaplan and Brad Levine, of suburban Boca Raton, whose mothers had walked them side-by-side in the same baby carriage decades ago in New York, had made plans to be interred with their wives at Heritage Park.
Kaplan said he was worried when the project was dormant, but Goldstein assuaged his concerns. ''They were first-class all the way,'' he said on a recent visit outside the north building. 'I believed every they time they said, `It's coming,' '' Linda Kaplan said. ``It's gorgeous.''
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/states/florida/counties/broward_county/9341626.htm?ERIGHTS=-7409854702947593555miami::
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
&KRD_RM=8oqoxvxqwxwwxrpoosrooooooo|tammy|Y |
|
Taphophilia?
taphophilia (taf′ō-fil′ē-ă)
ORIGIN:
From the Greek words taphos, meaning "tomb" or "sepulcher" and philia, meaning "attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something"
DEFINITION: 1. An excessive interest in graves and cemeteries. 2. A love or fondness for funerals, graves, and cemeteries. 3. In psychiatry, a morbid attraction to graves and cemeteries
Quote Repository
“When it is time to die, let us not discover that we never lived.” Henry David Thoreau
Shirtless and Sculpted
The Men of Mortuaries 2008 Calendar is now available! All sale proceeds benefit KAMMCARES, a breast cancer foundation.
|
