
For the Art Newspaper, I reported on Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery opening its new welcome center in a restored Victorian greenhouse:
Green-Wood acquired the landmarked greenhouse from McGovern Florists in 2012 for $1.6m. At the time, it was in a deteriorated condition, with damage to the glass and its wooden frames rotting. While restoration progressed over the years, breaking ground for the new centre that wraps around it in an L shape did not take place until 2023. Where once mourners stopped in to buy flowers on their way to visit graves, visitors can now orient themselves with the new tile map of the cemetery covering the greenhouse’s floor.
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