Ken Taylor has the best backyard in the city. As the vice president of operations for Green-Wood Cemetery, he lives there! WNYC has some background on Taylor, who has worked in some capacity for the cemetery since 1967.
One surprising thing he's seen change over the years is a decline in kids climbing the walls of the cemetery to make-out and cause trouble:
"You don't see kids hanging out in the pizzeria or the street corner or the school yard anymore," he mused. "They're all home playing Nintendo or Wii or whatever the newest game is or on the computer and texting or whatever you have. They're not out running around on their own and playing basketball in the school yard or push over a tombstone in the cemeteries. That's just not happening."
Taylor still puts on extra patrols during Halloween just to play it safe, but there are never any problems.
If you'd like to enjoy Taylor's backyard in a sanctioned way (that's still just as fun as jumping the walls), there are two tours this weekend that will give you an inside look.
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