© Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd 434 INDEX Index American Revolution 77 Storm King Art Center 132 ABBREVIATIONS Amish country 319-37, 320 Susquehanna Art Museum 346-7 NY New York State culture 326-7 WheatonArts & Cultural Center 278 NJ New Jersey Amish Farm & House 329 Asbury Park 218-21 PN Pennsylvania Amish people 319, 321-2, 326 Atlantic City 262-70, 265, 9 Amish village 330-1 Atlantic City Convention Center 267 Amityville 124 Atlantic City Historical Museum & Art 30th St Station 301 Andy Warhol 359 Center 266-7 555 Hudson 89 Andy Warhol Museum 53, 358, 6 Atlantic Highlands 215 Andy Warhol’s Factory 90 ATMs 410 A animal bites 425 Atsion 262 Abingdon Square 88 animals 61, see also individual animals Atwater Kent Museum 293 Absecon Lighthouse 267 Appalachian Trail 66, 248-9 Academy of Music 294-5 architects 52 B Academy of Natural Sciences Olmstead, Frederick Law 201, 218 B&Bs 401 Museum 298-9 Wright, Frank Lloyd 52, 371-2, 373 backpacking 403 accommodations 18, 401-3, see architecture 51-2 Bally’s Atlantic City & the Wild Wild also individual locations Buffalo 201 West 264 activities 66-75, 146, 377, 403-5, see City Hall 85 Barnegat Lighthouse 231 also individual activities Empire State Building 91 baseball 29, 45, 165 Adirondacks, central 176-8 Fallingwater 371-2 basketball 45 Adirondacks, the 67, 68, 166-78, Kentuck Knob 372 Bass River State Forest 262 167, 12 Kimmel Center for the Performing Batsto 261-2 African-American Museum in Arts 295 Battle of Fort Necessity 376 Philadelphia 297 Solomon R Guggenheim Battle of Gettysburg 40 AIDS 424 Museum 95 beaches 27 air passes 417 Woolworth Building 85-6 Cape May 277 air travel art galleries, see also museums Jersey Shore 214 air fares 415-16 New Jersey 242 Long Island 232 airlines 414-15, 417 New York City 89-90 Point Pleasant 225 airports 414-15, 417 Pennsylvania 347 Sunset Beach 275 to/from NY, NJ & PN 414-16 arts 21, 46-53, see also literature, Wildwoods 272 within NY, NJ & PN 417 music, painting Bear Mountain State Park 130-2 Albany 154-9, 157 Atlantic City Historical Museum & begging 407 Albany Institute of History & Art 155 Art Center 266-7 Belmar 222-4 Albright-Knox Art Gallery 201 Dia:Beacon 132 Benjamin Franklin 37, 295 Alexandria Bay 178-82 Fenimore Art Museum 165 Benjamin Franklin Bridge 291 Allegany State Park 208 festivals 23 Benmarl Winery 145 Allegheny National Forest 67, 391-4 Hudson River School of Landscape Betsy Ross House 290-1 Allegheny Railroad Portage 381 Painters 130 bicycling 68-9, 403-4 Allen, Woody 48 Hyde Collection 170 New Jersey 232 Al-Qaeda 43 Institute for Contemporary Art 302 within NY, NJ & PN 417-18, 421 Amagansett 124-5 Ithaca 189 biking, see mountain biking American Museum of Firefighting 142 Metropolitan Museum of Art 95, 5 Biosphere Reserves 61 American Museum of Natural Pennsylvania Academy of the Bird-in-Hand 329-30 History 98 Fine Arts 294 Bird-in-Hand Farmers’ Market 329 Philadelphia Museum of Art 299 birds 61, 72-3, 247 Princeton University Art Museum 252 Allegheny National Forest 393-4 000 MapMap pagespages Queens Museum of Art 102 Cape May Bird Observatory 275-7 000 PhotographPhotograph pagespages Soho 87 Hawk Mountain Sanctuary 336 INDEX (B-D) 435 bird-watching 61, 72-3, 275-7, Cape Vincent 183-4 Clermont State Historic Site INDEX 393-4, 405 Capital District 154-66, 155 139 black bears 61 car travel climate 116, 210-11, 317, Bloomingdale’s Soho 111 costs 19 406 Blue Mountain Lake 176-7 drinking & driving 410 climbing, see rock-climbing boat travel driver’s licenses 419 Cloisters, the 99 to/from NY, NJ & PN 416 ecofriendly travel 20 Clownfest 228 within NY, NJ & PN 418, 421 organizations 419 coffee 57 Boathouse Row 300 rental 419-20 Cold Spring 135-6 Bolton Landing 169-70 to/from NY, NJ & PN 416 Columbia University 99 books 20, see also literature within NY, NJ & PN 419-21 Columbus, Christopher 33 Amityville Horror, The 124 Cardiff Giant 165 Coney Island 101, see also New York Dancer from the Dance 129 Carnegie, Andrew 40, 361, 365 City Death & Life of American Cities, Carnegie Hall 110 Congress Hall 288-9 The 89 Carpenters’ Hall 285 conservation 74 Silent Spring 65 Carson, Rachel 65 consulates 409 bookstores casinos 204, 264-6, 9 Cooper Union 88 New York City 78 Cathedral of St John the Divine 99 Cooperstown 164-6 Philadelphia 282 Catskills, the 68, 143-54, 144 Corning 191 Pittsburgh 355 caving 75, 350-1 costs 18-19 Boone, Daniel 336 cell phones 410 credit cards 409 Daniel Boone Homestead 335-7 Central Park 91, 94-5, 96-7, see also cross-country skiing 70, 393 border crossings 416 New York City cruises 168, 232 Borgata 264 Chautauqua 206-8 Culinary Institute of America 137 Borscht Belt 153-4 cheesesteaks 307 culture 44-53 Brandywine Valley 314-15 Cheever, John 134 customs regulations 409 Brethren, see Amish people Chelsea 89-90, 92-3, see also New cycling, see bicycling Bridgehampton 124 York City Broadway 53, 110 children, travel with 102, 405-6 D Bronx, the 101-2, see also New York Atlantic City Aquarium 267 da Verrazano, Giovanni 33 City Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh Dan Flavin Art Institute 124 Bronx Zoo 101 360 dance 310 Brooklyn 99-101, 10, see also New Cotsen Children’s Library 252-3 dance clubs 369 York City food 58 Dancer from the Dance 129 Bucks County 314 Gettysburg 343 dangers Buddhist temples 86 Chinatown 86, 82-3, see also New hitchhiking 421 Buffalo 199-203, 202 York City road conditions 420 bus travel Church, Frederic Edwin 142 road hazards 420 to/from NY, NJ & PN 416 churches Daniel Boone Homestead 335-7 within NY, NJ & PN 418-19, 421 Christ Church 289 Death & Life of American Cities, business hours 405 Gloria Dei (Olde Swedes’) Church The 89 297 Declaration House 289 C Grace Church 88-9 Declaration of Independence 36 Camden 259-61 Mother Bethel Ame Church 296 Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park camping 401-2 St Anthony’s Chapel 360 258-9 New York State 169,183 St Peter’s Church 296 Delaware River 153, 8 Canada 186 Trinity Church 85 Delaware Water Gap National Canal Street 86 cinema 47-9, 310, 369 Recreation Area 247, 398-400 Canandaigua 198 City Hall (Philadelphia) 294 Delmonico 54 canoeing 71, 404 City Hall Park 85 Denton Hill ski area 395 New York State 153, 175 Civil Rights Movement 41 Dia:Beacon 132 Pennsylvania 393, 399, 8 Civil War 39-40 disabilities, travelers with 411-12 Cape May 274-80, 276, 8 National Civil War Museum 346 dolphins 73 Cape May Bird Observatory 275-7 classical music 50, 110, 166, 294, 310 Doo-Wop Museum 272 Cape May Point State Park 275 Clayton 182-3 Drake Well Museum 387-8 436 INDEX (D-G) drinks 54-9 fashion 49-50 itineraries 30, 30 beer 368 Fifth Avenue 91 pretzels 307 cocktails 108 Madison Avenue 95 shoofly pie 55 INDEX coffee 57 Federal Hall 85 TV shows 56 drinking & driving 410 Fenimore Art Museum 165 vegetarian travelers 58 wine 57 festivals & events 23-4 food festivals 23, 24, 57, 263, 328 driver’s licenses 419 arts 23 Atlantic City Food & Wine Festival driving, see car travel Clownfest 228 58 Dutch West India Company 33, 77 film 23, 103, 304 Big Apple Barbecue Block Party 57 DVDs 411 food 23, 24, 57, 263, 328 Blueberry Festival 57 gay & lesbian 23, 103, 304 Finger Lakes Wine Festival 57 E Halloween 24, 304 Greek Festival 57 early American houses 300 Independence Day 23 Hudson Valley Wine & Food East Hampton 124-5 Italian 23, 24, 103, 364 Fest 58 East Village 87, 82-3, see also New Ithaca 187 Italian Heritage Festival 57 York City Latino culture 304 New Jersey State Chili & Salsa Eastern State Penitentiary 298 Mummers Parade 304, 305 Cook Off 57 economy 44-5 music 23, 24 Pennsylvania Maple Festival 57 Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Pennsylvania Dutch Country 334 Pittsburgh Wine Festival 57, 364 Site 298 Que by the Sea 228 Pocono Garlic Festival 58 Edison, Thomas 243-5 Syracuse Jazz Fest 194 Rhubarb Festival 57, 328 Edwin B Forsythe National Wildlife Thanksgiving 24, 304 football 29, 45 Refuge 262 Thousand Islands 182 Ford, Harrison 327 Eisenhower, Dwight D 340-1 Fifth Avenue 91 forests 61-2 National Historic Site 340-1 film 47, 49, 319 Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge 232 Eleanor Roosevelt 136 festivals 23, 103, 304 Fort Hancock 213 National Historic Site 137 Grey Gardens 125 Fort Necessity 376 electricity 410 Groundhog Day 391 Fort Niagara State Park 206 elephants 29 Rocky 299 Franklin, Benjamin 37, 295 Elfreth’s Alley 290 Witness 319, 327 Franklin Court 289 elk 61 Finger Lakes region 186-99, 193, 7 Franklin D Roosevelt 136 Ellis Island 84-5, see also New York Finger Lakes Trail 67 National Historic Site 137 City Fire Island 129, 11 Franklin Institute Science Museum 299 embassies 409 Fire Island National Seashore 128-30 Frederic Remington Museum 180 emergencies 78, 355 Fireman’s Hall 291 French & Indian War 35-6, 376 Empire State Building 91 Firestone Library, Princeton 252-3 French Creek State Park 336-7 environmental issues 64-5 fish 61 Frick, Henry Clay 40, 365 conservation 74 fishing 70-2, 404 Ephrata 333 New Jersey 215, 232, 273 G Erie 381-6, 384 Pennsylvania 394 galleries, see art galleries events, see festivals & events Fitzgerald, F Scott 122 gardens, see also parks exchange rates, see inside front childhood home 201 Brooklyn Botanic Garden 100-1 cover Flatiron District 90, see also New New York Botanical Garden 101-2 York City Old Westbury Gardens 120 F Flood Museum 378-9 Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens 296 Fairmount Park 299-300 Flood National Memorial 380-1 Gateway National Recreation Area 213 Fairmount Water Works Interpretive food 54-9, 407, see also food festivals gay travelers 407-8 Center 299-300 business hours 58 festivals 23, 103, 304 Fallingwater