A Tour of Chapel of Chimes and Garden of Memory

Chapel of Chimes
photo by V

Alex Handy and his friend V recently toured the beautiful Chapel Of Chimes in Oakland, during New Music Bay Area’s annual “Garden of Memory” Summer Solstice walk-through concert. They shot a bunch of photos and video, including some footage of our friends from The Crank Ensemble.

The Chapel Of Chimes is an amazing labyrinth style columbarium and mausoleum, designed in 1928 by legendary California architect Julia Morgan (she was the architect for the Hearst Castle and many other buildings built by William Randolph Hearst).

Sarah Lefton wrote about the Garden of Memory for SFGate’s Culture Blog.

Here’s more video of the event from redheadjokes.

Scott Beale
Scott Beale

Scott Beale founded Laughing Squid in 1995 in San Francisco and is currently based in New York City. When not running the blog, Scott can be found posting on Threads and sharing photos on Instagram.