WESTPALM BEACH — A nonprofit seeking to reimagine WoodlawnCemetery as a "cemetery park" said it will pull back from plans to include an event space in its proposed changes to the century-old site south of downtown.
— Friends of Woodlawn, a non-profit planning to revitalize the historic cemetery, abandoned its event space proposal following fierce opposition from families with loved ones buried there ... Friends of Woodlawn acknowledged the criticism.
By then, many pioneer families had moved their dead from LakesideCemetery across the street to Woodlawn Cemetery, which Flagler had given to the city in 1904 ... Two local historians are the experts on Woodlawn and who is buried there.
If anyone could use a do-over, it's the Friends of Woodlawn... A beautified Woodlawn Cemetery, the group insists, would draw more people to appreciate both its historic significance and its city-center location.
Those properties cover areas in the WoodlawnRoad and Spencer Mattingly Lane areas adjacent to John RowanBoulevard... × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content ... ....
Two teens were shot, one fatally, at a bus stop in Woodlawn Wednesday afternoon, according to Chicago police. The teens, a boy and girl, both 16, were at a bus stop in the 6300 block of SouthStony Island Avenue at 3.23 p.m ... No one is in custody ... ....
West Palm BeachMayorKeith James sought this week to distance himself from a proposal to renovate the historic WoodlawnCemetery and allow small events there, saying the city has “no formal involvement with this concept.”.