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01 - The Art of the Brick - Nathan Sawaya (E)
GLENDALE FOREST LAWN CEMETERY
It’s not exactly your run-of-the-mill tourist attraction, unless you’re there to lay flowers at the doors of the Mausoleum housing Michael Jackson and Elizabeth Taylor. And you can’t get anywhere near either of them, so it’s hardly worth the drive for that. However, Forest Lawn in Glendale does have a wonderful museum and some of LA’s most prominent citizens have been buried there.
Recently I trekked up to the top of the hill (on foot) to see an exhibit of my favorite toys – Lego's! “The Art of the Brick,” created by Nathan Sawaya, was on display. All I can say is: Amazing! It really is a great exhibit. It’s one of those things that make you think, “Why didn't I think of that?”
I was a little disappointed that I couldn’t take pictures. I mean, it’s not like photos aren’t all over the internet anyway. . . Nevertheless, I did manage to click one photo before being scolded by a curator.
Also at the museum is stained glass and sculpture. In the older section of the cemetery are some interesting finds.
01 - Not the best sculpture at the exhibit, but it was the only one I could photograph without being kicked out of a cemetery!
02 - 14th, 13th & 12th Century stained glass, from Germany and France.
03 - The Young Lincoln (Model), by Bryant Baker, 1935. A full-scale sculpture was commissioned by the City of Buffalo, New York. This is a working model. It’s an interesting contrast with “The Young Lincoln” by James Hansen, just a few years later in 1939. Hansen’s Lincoln is seductive, whereas Baker’s is wholesome.
04 - William George Kerckhoff Monument. The house, now known as Kerckhoff Hall, still stands on West Adams Boulevard, near USC, Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument No. 606, in the Historic West Adams District.
05 - Eli P Clark and General Moses H Sherman Monument. Without these two men there would have been no Yellow Car or Red Car in Los Angeles. LA probably wouldn't have developed into the powerhouse it is today either. Clark lived in St. James Park, next to Chester Place and near USC, in the Historic West Adams District.
06 - L Frank Baum Monument. There is nothing about his marker to give it away that he was the creator of the most well-known and beloved children’s stories – The Wizard of Oz.
07 - Mary B Ertl, MD, Monument. One of my favorite monuments in the park, although I have no idea who Doctor Ertl was. Obviously prominent. I love the mix of Arroyo Craftsman and Art Nuveau glass. She still sits with her doctor bag, ready to treat patients.
08 - Administrative Buildings. I love coming into Forest Lawn because it makes you feel like you’re going to Disney Land or that cheesy little English town outside the Queen Mary.
09 - Park Gates. The gates make you feel like you’re entering Buckingham Palace!
01 - The Art of the Brick - Nathan Sawaya (E)
GLENDALE FOREST LAWN CEMETERY
It’s not exactly your run-of-the-mill tourist attraction, unless you’re there to lay flowers at the doors of the Mausoleum housing Michael Jackson and Elizabeth Taylor. And you can’t get anywhere near either of them, so it’s hardly worth the drive for that. However, Forest Lawn in Glendale does have a wonderful museum and some of LA’s most prominent citizens have been buried there.
Recently I trekked up to the top of the hill (on foot) to see an exhibit of my favorite toys – Lego's! “The Art of the Brick,” created by Nathan Sawaya, was on display. All I can say is: Amazing! It really is a great exhibit. It’s one of those things that make you think, “Why didn't I think of that?”
I was a little disappointed that I couldn’t take pictures. I mean, it’s not like photos aren’t all over the internet anyway. . . Nevertheless, I did manage to click one photo before being scolded by a curator.
Also at the museum is stained glass and sculpture. In the older section of the cemetery are some interesting finds.
01 - Not the best sculpture at the exhibit, but it was the only one I could photograph without being kicked out of a cemetery!
02 - 14th, 13th & 12th Century stained glass, from Germany and France.
03 - The Young Lincoln (Model), by Bryant Baker, 1935. A full-scale sculpture was commissioned by the City of Buffalo, New York. This is a working model. It’s an interesting contrast with “The Young Lincoln” by James Hansen, just a few years later in 1939. Hansen’s Lincoln is seductive, whereas Baker’s is wholesome.
04 - William George Kerckhoff Monument. The house, now known as Kerckhoff Hall, still stands on West Adams Boulevard, near USC, Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument No. 606, in the Historic West Adams District.
05 - Eli P Clark and General Moses H Sherman Monument. Without these two men there would have been no Yellow Car or Red Car in Los Angeles. LA probably wouldn't have developed into the powerhouse it is today either. Clark lived in St. James Park, next to Chester Place and near USC, in the Historic West Adams District.
06 - L Frank Baum Monument. There is nothing about his marker to give it away that he was the creator of the most well-known and beloved children’s stories – The Wizard of Oz.
07 - Mary B Ertl, MD, Monument. One of my favorite monuments in the park, although I have no idea who Doctor Ertl was. Obviously prominent. I love the mix of Arroyo Craftsman and Art Nuveau glass. She still sits with her doctor bag, ready to treat patients.
08 - Administrative Buildings. I love coming into Forest Lawn because it makes you feel like you’re going to Disney Land or that cheesy little English town outside the Queen Mary.
09 - Park Gates. The gates make you feel like you’re entering Buckingham Palace!