Search results for Cemeteries And State Development

Montpellier Metropolitan Cemetery / Agence Traverses - Paysage, Urbanisme, Architecture

The particularity of our project lies in the versatility of its responses to the program and its adaptation to the site. We treated the cemetery like a public landscaped park, we h...

As caretakers age, some small Minnesota cemeteries struggle to survive

A growing number of small cemeteries in suburban and rural areas are turning to cities to take over ownership as community support dwindles.

In Washington, Black cemeteries suffer decay, erasure

At the historic cemeteries of Mount Zion Cemetery and the Female Union Band Society, preservationists are working to restore neglected graves and recover the identities of thousand...

St. Mary Municipal Corporation identifies two plots of land as proposed sites for new cemeteries

The St. Mary Municipal Corporation’s Public Health and Sanitation Committee has identified two plots of land to be con...

8 neglected state-owned burial sites to be surveyed, restored, including Hanapēpē cemetery

The work to restore the cemeteries is funded through a $2.3 million legislative appropriation, the first dedicated state funding for maintaining these sites where about 5,900 peopl...

8 neglected state-owned burial sites to be restored, including Mauna Ziona Cemetery in Kona

8 neglected state-owned burial sites to be restored, including Mauna Ziona Cemetery in Kona

Cemetery Ankaran / void arhitektura

Cemeteries are sites containing the quiet presence of memories and the constancy of cultural rituals; this combination poignantly defines a sense of bodily transference through atm...

Cemetery project approved by Paragould council

PARAGOULD — A new software project at Linwood Cemetery in Paragould will help residents learn more about the cemetery’s history and those who are buried there, officials said Wedne...

War has turned this African capital into a city of graves

With cemeteries inaccessible during Sudan's bloody civil war, residents of Khartoum resorted to burying their dead in just about any spare plot of land.

Proposed VA cemetery development near Salem draws pushback from politicians, neighbors 

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs officials touched down in Salem Thursday, April 30, to host two meetings about their proposal to establish a new cemetery 10 miles southeast of...

Penang’s cemetery tours spur interest in pioneers, colonial history

The sounds of passing cars and birds chirping broke the morning stillness at Penang’s Northam Road Protestant Cemetery as visitors began filtering in after 8am. Tour guide Zul Harr...

Proposed Jeffersontown apartment complex could be built on land listed as cemetery

Metro Planning approved revised Jeffersontown apartment plans despite continued concerns over nearby cemetery land.

Governor, County commissioners side with locals against federal plan to build a cemetery near Salem

Governor Tina Kotek and Marion County commissioners are urging the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to choose a different site for a veterans cemetery instead of the proposed 30...

Burials Excavated at Former Mississippi Asylum

JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI—According to a WAPT report, more than 1,000 graves have been found at the […] The post Burials Excavated at Former Mississippi Asylum appeared first on Archaeo...

Public Notice: VA Environmental Assessment for proposed cemetery

PUBLIC NOTICE: This notice is published to meet the requirement of Oregon law for publication so the public is aware. This notice is delivered as a service for a fee by Salem Repor...

VA to host two town halls in Salem on cemetery expansion

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will have two town halls in the Loucks Auditorium Thursday, April 30, on a proposed cemetery development just outside Salem. To comment on t...

Nyaradzo Buys Glen Forest Cemetery, Plans Luxury-Style Memorial Park In Harare

Nyaradzo Buys Glen Forest Cemetery, Unveils Luxury-Style Memorial Park Plans Zimbabwe’s leading funeral assurance company, The Nyaradzo Group, has bought Glen Forest Cemetery and a...

The Nieuwe Ooster by karres+brands

karres+brands: Cemeteries have always been, and still are, reflections of society: they provide an image of the relationship between the collective and the individual, the social r...

Letter: Neglected Pearl City cemetery sinking

I live next to Sunset Memorial Park cemetery in Pearl City. A number of graves are slowly sinking and there are signs that underground water is contributing to the settlement. The...

Letter: Neglected Pearl City cemetery sinking

I live next to Sunset Memorial Park cemetery in Pearl City. A number of graves are slowly sinking and there are signs that underground water is contributing to the settlement. The...

Plans submitted for new graveyard in Tipperary

Historic Green-Wood Cemetery in Sunset Park, Brooklyn gets brand new visitor center

One of the oldest and biggest cemeteries in the world, boasting 21 miles of land, is getting a new visitor center.

Plans emerge to turn deteriorating Cardiff cemetery toilets into cafe

It is a well-known cemetery of historic significance

Sunset Memorial Cemetery starting to make improvements after more than a decade of problems

After more than a decade of problems, the Sunset Memorial Cemetery in Pearl City is making improvements thanks to a team effort, including help from city and state leaders and the...