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
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- #21: Emperor Norton
- vintage san francisco maps — on the cheap!
- #55: Caruso, the Palace, and the 1906 earthquake
- Timecapsule podcast: San Francisco, November 3-9
Musical support:
Thanks to 2-RD and 31d1 for this week’s music, courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network.
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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. :)
April 17, 2009 at 11:17 pm
I was looking for more information about this location before touring it. I’m so glad that I discovered this Podcast about about the Columbarium and it’s caretaker; this was excellent.
Thank you very much.