curb appeal

 

Most homes don't have the curb appeal of the Powell family crypt located in the Mountain View Cemetery.  The effect is definitely castle gothic. The lane with the crypts where Powell is interred is across the way from the monuments known as Millionaires Row.  He must be just on Rich Man's Row.

 



 

Mountain View Cemetery

Oakland, California

1.18.2015

cemetery stroller

 

All the "to do" lists for Oakland rate Mountain View Cemetery as a place to visit -- so we did, not that cemeteries aren't always on my list.  While "notables' are buried there, there wasn't anybody I recognized.  Mountain View  was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, the landscape architectwho also designed New York's Central Park and much of New York City's Central Park and much of Berkeley and Stanford. My favorite part was Millionaires' Row with crypts resembling miniature castles,  In addition to tourists, the cemetery was filled joggers, dog walkers and bicyclists.

 

Mountain View Cemetery

Oakland, California

1.18.2016