A view of Forest Lawn Cemetery's Crystal Lake from the top of the Blue-Sky Mausoleum, Buffalo, New York, April 2016. Visible is an engraved quotation from designer Frank Lloyd Wright describing his architectural vision for the mausoleum: "a burial facing the open sky... the whole could not fail of noble effect".‹›
Blue Sky Mausoleum

Frank Lloyd Wright

Exterior · New York, United States

Photo: Andre Carrotflower · 2016-04 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Original 2048×1135

A view of Forest Lawn Cemetery's Crystal Lake from the top of the Blue-Sky Mausoleum, Buffalo, New York, April 2016. Visible is an engraved quotation from designer Frank Lloyd Wright describing his architectural vision for the mausoleum: "a burial facing the open sky... the whole could not fail of noble effect".

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