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A walk through Cambridge, MA last weekend with a friend. We passed this typical New England Cemetary in the middle of town. I just love the late afternoon light and shadows on the Snow. I am such a Californian... never seeing snow unless I travel to it, I really get excited when I encounter it. Wonderful stuff if you don't have to deal with it every day.
Face by Shattered Designs Photography
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Textures by Skeletal Mass
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Death and cementary Stock photography by
Marcus J. Ranum
The Lorain County Visitors Bureau is once again hosting the Lorain County Beautiful Awards. They are in their second decade of celebrating some of the most beautiful architecture and landscaping in Lorain County. As part of this event, they display an image of all of the nominees at the Awards celebration in November. Lorain's Charleston Cemetary is a 2007 nominee.
The little cemetery on 6th (once known as Bank Street) was all but forgotten. The graves of the settlers down trodden and their headstones used as bases for baseball games by local children through the decades, people taking their dogs to the green place to defecate - its primary purpose that as a place of final rest slowly decaying over the decades until it was almost lost.
But the little cemetery found an advocate and for over two decades Diane Medina by sheer tenacity has discovered, preserved, researched, written, talked to whomever would listen ,nagged and pulled back the cemetery from almost total destruction and historic amnesia so that those interred there would not be forgotten.
Frank Sipkovsky, of the Black River Historical Society in the last year has acted as the general contractor of the restoration project to give this historic landmark the due it deserves.
Many people have given their time, talent, expertise and money to recognize the people who took this city from the woods and swamps and staying for eternity.
They, the “restorers” are the ”people”, who do not look for credit or thanks but it is “thanks to the “people” phase one of the cemetery project is nearing completion. Although there is still a long way to go to make the cemetery worthy of it’s historical status and due reverence to a group of people who clawed from the wilderness a home we know as Lorain, the first steps have been taken.
We have, thanks to their generosity, been able to purchase the archways for the entranceways on 6th Street and 7th Street designed by Gary Fischer of Arkinetics (gratis)
The bricks are a mixture of those from the torn down Hawthorne School (Lorain City Schools) and to a donation of bricks by Mr. Mike Bruder- Bruder Building Materials Inc
Mr. Ken Kudela of I.U of Brickworkers & Allied Craftworkers, Northern Ohio Administrative District Council-Local #5 and his apprentices laid the bricks.
But even before that could happen stumps of trees had to be removed and the ground prepared (City of Lorain- Chuck Camera and Bob Renney)
Preparation of the site with the backhoe equipment and labor-Jim Campana joined the group. Next came the concrete Pete Falbo of Terminal Ready Mix -he also was there ! Even coffee and donuts were sent over by Ben Fligner of Fligners Market
Landmark plaques were donated by Boyer and Cool-Home for Funerals
The Lorain High Class of 1946 : paid fully for the one wrought iron archway on the 6th street side.
The other archway for 7th street and the sandstone caps paid for by donations from:
Lorain International, Tom Koba, Phil Seguin, Maureen and Jeff Smith, Palma and Tim Stipe , Anonymous, Loraine Ritchey and stipends from performances given by Diane Medina, Renee Dore, Dave Cotton and yours truly to the following organizations:
Peter Miller Museum, Avon Historical Society, Black River Historical Society, Amherst Historical Society, Amherst Heritage House, Black River Genealogists, 1st Congregational Supper Club, Lorain County Chapter of Ohio Genealogical Society, Lorain Public Library Systems and Bay Area Divers.
**** NOTE: We are still working on getting the wrought iron fence, lighting, sidewalks , a memorial statue to the pioneers, flowering shrubs and trees to replace the diseased ones that had to be taken out and also mapping and preserving the headstones . So that as was decreed in 1834 becomes a reality
The one-acre cemetery plot between the present 6th and 7th streets west of Washinton-av, with the following restrictions: To remain forever a public burying ground and to be under the control of the Town Council of the Town of Charleston”
Information from: thewomblog.com/?cat=3
The Lorain County Visitors Bureau is once again hosting the Lorain County Beautiful Awards. They are in their second decade of celebrating some of the most beautiful architecture and landscaping in Lorain County. As part of this event, they display an image of all of the nominees at the Awards celebration in November. Lorain's Charleston Cemetary is a 2007 nominee.
The little cemetery on 6th (once known as Bank Street) was all but forgotten. The graves of the settlers down trodden and their headstones used as bases for baseball games by local children through the decades, people taking their dogs to the green place to defecate - its primary purpose that as a place of final rest slowly decaying over the decades until it was almost lost.
But the little cemetery found an advocate and for over two decades Diane Medina by sheer tenacity has discovered, preserved, researched, written, talked to whomever would listen ,nagged and pulled back the cemetery from almost total destruction and historic amnesia so that those interred there would not be forgotten.
Frank Sipkovsky, of the Black River Historical Society in the last year has acted as the general contractor of the restoration project to give this historic landmark the due it deserves.
Many people have given their time, talent, expertise and money to recognize the people who took this city from the woods and swamps and staying for eternity.
They, the “restorers” are the ”people”, who do not look for credit or thanks but it is “thanks to the “people” phase one of the cemetery project is nearing completion. Although there is still a long way to go to make the cemetery worthy of it’s historical status and due reverence to a group of people who clawed from the wilderness a home we know as Lorain, the first steps have been taken.
We have, thanks to their generosity, been able to purchase the archways for the entranceways on 6th Street and 7th Street designed by Gary Fischer of Arkinetics (gratis)
The bricks are a mixture of those from the torn down Hawthorne School (Lorain City Schools) and to a donation of bricks by Mr. Mike Bruder- Bruder Building Materials Inc
Mr. Ken Kudela of I.U of Brickworkers & Allied Craftworkers, Northern Ohio Administrative District Council-Local #5 and his apprentices laid the bricks.
But even before that could happen stumps of trees had to be removed and the ground prepared (City of Lorain- Chuck Camera and Bob Renney)
Preparation of the site with the backhoe equipment and labor-Jim Campana joined the group. Next came the concrete Pete Falbo of Terminal Ready Mix -he also was there ! Even coffee and donuts were sent over by Ben Fligner of Fligners Market
Landmark plaques were donated by Boyer and Cool-Home for Funerals
The Lorain High Class of 1946 : paid fully for the one wrought iron archway on the 6th street side.
The other archway for 7th street and the sandstone caps paid for by donations from:
Lorain International, Tom Koba, Phil Seguin, Maureen and Jeff Smith, Palma and Tim Stipe , Anonymous, Loraine Ritchey and stipends from performances given by Diane Medina, Renee Dore, Dave Cotton and yours truly to the following organizations:
Peter Miller Museum, Avon Historical Society, Black River Historical Society, Amherst Historical Society, Amherst Heritage House, Black River Genealogists, 1st Congregational Supper Club, Lorain County Chapter of Ohio Genealogical Society, Lorain Public Library Systems and Bay Area Divers.
**** NOTE: We are still working on getting the wrought iron fence, lighting, sidewalks , a memorial statue to the pioneers, flowering shrubs and trees to replace the diseased ones that had to be taken out and also mapping and preserving the headstones . So that as was decreed in 1834 becomes a reality
The one-acre cemetery plot between the present 6th and 7th streets west of Washinton-av, with the following restrictions: To remain forever a public burying ground and to be under the control of the Town Council of the Town of Charleston”
Information from: thewomblog.com/?cat=3
So we go inside and gravely read the stones
All those people,all those lives
Where are they now ?with the loves the hates the passions just like mine
They were born and then they lived and then they died
Seems so unfair and i want to cry...
...A dreaded sunny day so i meet you at the cemetary gates
Keats and Yates are by your side
While Wilde is on mine..
Taken in Flaybrick Cemetary. I liked the effect of using a shallow depth of field to see how the identical railing become more and more out of focus, and how the highlights on the tops turn into overlapping circles of confusion!
Despite the looks, it was taken on a nice day with a modern digital SLR. The rest is all digital darkroom effects. I tried explaining to my daughter how I did it, but she to became part of my own circle of confusion!
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