Peaceful Places: New York City 129 Tranquil Sites in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island

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ISBN: 9780897327206 | 0897327209
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Copyright: 5/4/2010

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Life in a great metropolis can go from exciting to overwhelming. Thank goodness there are remedies, and you'll find them in Evelyn Kanter's Peaceful Places: New York City.

Dedication	p. viii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Three Paths to 129 Peaceful Places	p. xi
Peaceful Places by Area	p. xiii
Peaceful Places by Category	p. xvii
Maps	p. xxiii
The Author's Story	p. 1
Main text: Peaceful Places Alphabetically (see below)	p. 3
Bonus Section: Beyond New York City	p. 178
About the Author	p. 183
peaceful places alphabetically
African Burial Ground National Monument	p. 3
Alley Pond Environmental Center	p. 5
Aquatic Garden and Pergola, Wave Hill	p. 6
Art Students League	p. 8
Astor Court, Metropolitan Museum of Art	p. 9
Astoria Park	p. 10
Atlantic Avenue	p. 12
Atlantic Bookshop	p. 14
Battery Park and Castle Clinton National Monument	p. 15
Bauman Rare Books	p. 16
Biblical Garden, Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine	p. 17
Big City Fishing, Pier 84, Hudson River Park	p. 18
Boathouse, Prospect Park	p. 20
Bonnie Slotnick Cookbooks	p. 21
Bookmarks Lounge, Library Hotel	p. 22
Brooklyn Botanic Garden	p. 23
Brooklyn Bridge Park	p. 25
Brooklyn Heights Esplanade	p. 26
Brooklyn Heights Self-Guided Walking Tour	p. 28
Brooklyn Historical Society	p. 30
Brooklyn Museum	p. 32
Brookville Park	p. 34
Bryant Park	p. 35
Cadman Plaza Park	p. 37
Café SFA, Saks Fifth Avenue	p. 38
Campbell Apartment	p. 40
Canarsie Pier, Gateway National Recreation Area	p. 41
Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine	p. 42
Celebrity Path, Brooklyn Botanic Garden	p. 44
Channel Gardens, Rockefeller Center	p. 45
Chartwell Booksellers	p. 46
Chelsea Cove, Hudson River Park	p. 47
Cherry Walk, Riverside Park	p. 48
Chess Shops of Greenwich Village	p. 49
City Hall Park	p. 50
Cloisters, Fort Tryon Park	p. 51
Columbia University Quad	p. 53
Conservatory Garden, Central Park	p. 55
Dead Horse Bay, Gateway National Recreation Area	p. 56
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum	p. 57
East Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	p. 58
Elevated Acre	p. 60
Floyd Bennett Field, Gateway National Recreation Area	p. 61
Foley Square and Paine Park	p. 62
Forbes Galleries	p. 63
Ford Foundation Atrium	p. 64
Fort Greene Park	p. 65
Fort Tilden, Gateway National Recreation Area	p. 66
Fort Totten Park	p. 67
Fort Tryon Park	p. 69
Governors Island	p. 70
Grand Ferry Park	p. 72
Greenacre Park	p. 74
Greenbelt Nature Center, S. I. Greenbelt	p. 75
Green-Wood Cemetery	p. 76
Hall of Fame for Great Americans Colonnade	p. 77
Harlem Meer, Central Park	p. 79
Heights Books	p. 80
High Line	p. 81
Hudson River Park	p. 82
Idlewild Books	p. 83
Inwood Hill Park	p. 84
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, Metropolitan Museum of Art	p. 86
Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum	p. 87
Jacob Riis Park, Gateway National Recreation Area	p. 89
Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art	p. 90
Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden	p. 92
Jefferson Market Branch Library	p. 93
John Finley Walk, Carl Schurz Park	p. 95
John Muir Nature Trail, Van Cortlandt Park	p. 96
Linden Terrace, Fort Tryon Park	p. 98
Little Red Lighthouse, Fort Washington Park	p. 99
Lobby Lounge, Mandarin Oriental Hotel	p. 100
Lullwater and Peninsula trails, Prospect Park	p. 102
Madison Square Park	p. 103
Metropolitan Museum of Art (selected rooms)	p. 104
Morgan Library and Museum	p. 105
Moses Mountain, S. I. Greenbelt	p. 107
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden	p. 108
Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust	p. 109
National Arts Club	p. 110
New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building	p. 111
New York State Supreme Court, Civil Branch, New York County	p. 113
Onassis Cultural Center	p. 115
Orchard Beach, Pelham Bay Park	p. 116
Paley Park	p. 118
Pier 45 and Pier 46, Hudson River Park	p. 120
Plunge Bar and Lounge, Hotel Gansevoort	p. 121
Poe Cottage, Poe Park	p. 123
Promenade, Riverside Park	p. 125
Radiance Tea House and Books	p. 126
Ramble, Central Park	p. 128
Ravine, Prospect Park	p. 130
Riverside Park	p. 131
Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park	p. 133
Rockaway Beach (streets above Beach 70th)	p. 134
Rockaway Beach (streets below Beach 70th)	p. 135
Rockefeller Center Concourse	p. 136
Roosevelt Island Tramway	p. 138
Rubin Museum of Art	p. 140
Scandinavia House	p. 142
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture	p. 143
Shore Parkway Promenade	p. 144
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center	p. 146
Socrates Sculpture Park	p. 147
South Beach and Midland Beach	p. 148
St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church	p. 149
Staten Island Ferry	p. 150
Staten Island Zoo	p. 152
Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden, Brooklyn Museum	p. 153
Steuben Glass	p. 154
Stone Street	p. 155
St. Paul's Chapel	p. 157
Strand Books	p. 158
Stuyvesant Square Park	p. 159
Sutton Place Park	p. 160
Top of the Rock	p. 161
Tudor City Greens	p. 162
Twin Islands and Kazimiroff Nature trails, Orchard Beach at Pelham Bay Park	p. 163
230 Fifth	p. 164
Unnamed Atrium	p. 165
Van Cortlandt Park	p. 166
Washington Square Park	p. 168
Wave Hill	p. 170
Western Promenade, Roosevelt Island	p. 172
West Pond, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge	p. 173
Winter Garden and Plaza, World Financial Center	p. 174
Yelo Spa	p. 176
Yeshiva University Museum	p. 177
Bonus Section: Beyond New York City Author's Choice: Peaceful Day Trips
Hunter Mountain, Hunter, New York	p. 179
Hyde Park, New York	p. 180
Kykuit and Sunnyside, Tarrytown, New York	p. 181
New Jersey Pinelands National Reserve	p. 182
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Peaceful Places: New York City 129 Tranquil Sites in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island

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