Peaceful Places: New York City 129 Tranquil Sites in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island
, by Kanter, Evelyn
- ISBN: 9780897327206 | 0897327209
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 5/4/2010
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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