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New Jersey ancient pre-Columbian, Asian,
and African art to modern
Despite the industrial image earned by New Jersey’s works. The University Chapel is
manufacturing and railroad towns such as Newark and one of the world’s largest – of
Hoboken, the “Garden State” really does live up to its special interest are the Gothic
architecture, stained-glass
moniker. Outside the urban, industrial corridor that lies windows, and the superb
across the Hudson River from New York City and extends 16th-century French pulpit and
all the way into Philadelphia, New Jersey is a gentle country lectern. About 30 gargoyles in
of green and orderly small towns, dairy farms, rolling hills, different styles decorate buildings
pine forests, and miles and miles of white sandy beaches on the campus, including the
along the Atlantic Ocean. Firestone Library. Inside this
building, the Cotsen Children’s
Library features a small museum
with works by Beatrix Potter,
the Brothers Grimm, and Hans
Christian Andersen.
P Princeton University
Visitors’ Center
Welcome Desk, First Campus Center.
Tel (609) 258-1766. Open daily. 8
11:15am, 1pm, 3:30pm Mon–Sat, 1pm,
3:30pm Sun. Closed public hols. 7
∑ princeton.edu

y Atlantic City
* 39,000. ~ £ @ n Boardwalk
Strolling on the peaceful campus of Princeton University Information Center at Mississippi
t Princeton exhibits and walking tours, Ave, (609) 449-7130. ∑ atlantic
citynj.com
* 30,110. £ @ n Princeton highlighting the town’s fine
Chamber of Commerce, 182 Nassau 18th-century architecture. Called the “Queen of the Coast”
St, Suite 301, (609) 924-1776. The popular Palmer Square, by generations of beachgoers,
∑ visitprinceton.org on Nassau Street, is home to Atlantic City has been a favored
Nassau Inn, which is the 1930s vacation spot since the mid-
The central New Jersey village replica of the older colonial inn, 1800s. The first casino opened
of Princeton witnessed Princeton’s premier hotel. on the boardwalk in 1978,
considerable activity during the The College of New Jersey, and since then the town has
Revolutionary War period, one of the 14 original Colonial become one of the most
changing hands between colleges, moved to Princeton popular destinations on the
British forces under General in 1756 and was renamed eastern seaboard.
Charles Cornwallis and the Princeton University in 1896. All gambling – euphemistically
Continental Army, led by Nassau Hall, a landmark referred to as “gaming”– takes
General George building on campus, was place in the large, ostentatious,
Washington. The once- the site of the initial casino-hotels that lie within a
sleepy agricultural village meeting of the New Jersey
is now a pleasant tree- State Legislature in 1776.
lined town, combining Renowned physicist Albert
sophisticated shops, Einstein spent his
lodgings, and a final years here at
variety of the Institute for
restaurants, with Princeton’s tiger Advanced Study.
one of America’s most mascot Today, the campus
prestigious universities. covers 2.5 sq miles
The center of Princeton’s (6.5 sq km), and the university
shopping and dining area is enrolls 6,000 students annually.
Nassau Street. Located here The grounds include sculptures
is Updike Farmstead at 354 by Picasso, Henry Moore, Louise
Quaker Road, which now Nevelson, and Alexander Calder.
accommodates The Historical The Art Museum in McCormick
Society of Princeton. The Hall displays paintings and A casino along the boardwalk at
Society offers local history sculptures that range from Atlantic City
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp122–4 and pp125–7

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