In one way, my neighborhood is odd.  A block and a half north of my house is Lee Highway, which runs east to west.  South of Lee Highway it’s all residential, almost all Cape Cods that were built just after WWII.  To the north is National Memorial Park/National Funeral Home/King David Memorial Gardens/The Cremation Center of NoVa. (“National” in name only, since it’s a private concern.)  It stretches for several blocks to the east and west and farther north.  A lot of it is standard cemetery, but its 200 acres encompass everything from a King David Memorial to Buddhist temples, interesting/odd architecture and sculpture, and although much of it is well-maintained, there are pockets that are ramshackle and tumbledown. 

Here are some pictures:

(yes, that’s my car in the background — sorry!)

(that’s a sculpture by Carl Milles, who will be the subject of another blog post)

In the middle of the park, on top of the highest hill, is this odd tower thingy, which reminds of some sort of a space-related monument in a Soviet bloc country from the 1960’s (sort of). There’s no attribution so I don’t know who’s responsible……. I think it’s kind of great.

Cheers,

-R