New York & the Mid-Atlantic Trips 2 - Full PDF eBook

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(%716-884-0095; http://www.nps.
gov/thri; 641 Delaware Ave;
adult/child $10/5; htours
hourly 9:30am-3:30pm Mon-
Fri, from 12:30pm Sat & Sun)
has partly guided tours
of the Ansley-Wilcox
house where Teddy’s
emergency swearing in
occurred following the
assassination of William
McKinley in 1901.
There are interactive
exhibits for the attention
deficient.
North of downtown,
sprawling Delaware
Park was designed by
Frederick Law Olmsted.
Its jewel is the Albright-


Knox Art Gallery (%716-
882-8700; http://www.albrightknox.
org; 1285 Elmwood Ave; adult/
child $12/5; h10am-5pm,
closed Mon; car 198 West to
Elmwood Ave S/Art Gallery),
a sizable museum
including works by
some of the best French
Impressionists and
American masters.
Frank Lloyd Wright
fans should take a
guided tour of the
Darwin Martin House
(%716-856-3858; http://www.
darwinmartinhouse.org; 125
Jewett Pkwy; basic tour $15;
in-depth tour incl Barton

House $30; hguided tours by
reservation only, closed Tue), a
1904 Prairie-style home,
and the neighboring
Barton House.

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The Drive » Leave the city
on I-90 south and then connect
to NY-400 south which cuts
through Buffalo’s outlying
suburbs.

5 East Aurora
Not exactly a household
name today, Elbert
Hubbard is considered
the ‘grandfather of

Niagara Falls A nighttime view from Prospect Point
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