An angel and a cross, similar in conception to the Porter monument, but very different in execution.
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Boyle Monument, Allegheny Cemetery
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Oliver Cross, Allegheny Cemetery
The Oliver family came from Ireland, and this striking Celtic cross stands in the middle of their plot to remind them of their ancestry.
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St. Michael’s Cemetery
Downtown skyscrapers viewed from St. Michael’s Cemetery on the South Side Slopes. This picture is only as metaphorical as you want it to be.
St. Michael’s Cemetery occupies a large patch of precipitous ground on the South Side Slopes. The views from here are breathtaking and sometimes a little terrifying. Here we see Oakland in the distance across the Monongahela, with a few rows of typical Slopes frame houses in the middle distance.