March 18, 2006
in an attempt to answer the oft-voiced question "what is that thing, anyway?", in this week’s podcast a visit is finally paid to this sumptuous victorian repository for cremated remains, the baroque center of what was once a 167 acre cemetery in the center of san francisco. it’s a spectacular building, but the real discovery comes in the form of its soulful caretaker, mr. emmitt watson.
for further edification:
» the neptune society
» columbarium - sfhistoryencyclopedia.com
» emmitt watson interview - sfgate.com
» mystical connections?
» extispicy - blog entry
» bernard cahill - architect
» columbarium - google maps
- #31: carville — a lost neighborhood
- #57: the reber plan for san francisco bay
- #22: the china clipper
- Grandpa’s archives: San Francisco Chronicle aerial photo ca. 1949
- SFist — at least today they’re being shot with cameras
musical support:
thanks to 2-RD and 31d1 for this week’s music, courtesy of the podsafe music network.
March 20, 2006 at 11:16 am
Richard,
Another Fabulous episode, it amazes me that you can come up with and write a episode every week, and each new one is better then the previous one.
Thanks for all your hard work.
John Stone
March 30, 2006 at 5:21 am
thanks, john… it’s a passion of mine.
September 15, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Just went there for a visit with a friend, thanks to your podcast…and I thought I’d heard of it all in SF! Now I’ll have to listen to it again. :)