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I'd also recommend a visit to Laurel Caverns, which is very close to Kentuck Knob. The sculpture gardens at Kentuck Knob are terrific. On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 12:51 PM, Williams, Tim < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > I am glad Tom mentioned houses plural re: Frank Lloyd Wright. Most folks > know about Fallingwater, but Kentuck Knob is neat-o and based around > hexagons (and our tour guide last year was candid about FLW's quirks, > stubbornness, mistakes, etc.). Kentuck Knob also has outdoor sculpture > gardens. > > Altoona seems an odd place to suggest unless you are a railroad enthusiast > because it's where a famous horseshoe train curve is located. > > Up around Oil City and Titusville where the oil industry began (and where > the nice museum Steve mentioned is), there is also a music box museum in > Franklin, PA. > > For natural wonders there are lots of state parks throughout the whole > region. Wildflower enthusiasts can travel 30-35 minutes west of town to > Raccoon Creek State Park's wildflower preserve. Ohiopyle State Park is an > hour or so east of Pgh and has a number of rapids and waterfalls. Near > Ohiopyle is Laurel Hill State Park with a nice hike through old hemlocks. > Further away (about 2 hours northeast of downtown Pgh) is Cook Forest for > those who like remaining stands of old growth forest. > > Enjoy your travels, Rainer, and others. > > -- Tim > > > Timothy R. Williams > Librarian > Music, Film & Audio Department > Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh > > Check out this list of Pittsburgh jazz musicians: > > http://carnegielibrary.org/research/music/pittsburgh/pittsburghjazzmusicians.html > > ________________________________________ > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List < > [log in to unmask]> on behalf of Steve Smolian <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Sunday, May 3, 2015 12:36 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Pittsburgh in June > > Years ago I visited Oil City, PA, within relatively easy driving distance > of > Pittsburgh. There was a small but fascinating museum on the early days of > U.S. oil exploration, the rise of Standard Oil, the muckrakers, Ida Tarbell > in particular, etc. I was in an unsuccessful search for Ida Tarbell's > voice. > > Steve Smolian > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Fine > Sent: Friday, May 01, 2015 10:15 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Pittsburgh in June > > Hi Rainer: > > Definitely see the two Frank Lloyd Wright houses near Pittsburgh. And the > Warhol Museum, if modern > art is your thing. Because there was so much industrial wealth concentrated > in Pittsburgh, I suspect > you could spend several days and still not see all of the interesting > historical and cultural > attractions. > > If you're interested in US Civil War history, Gettysburg is definitely > worth > seeing, although a bit > of a drive. Take a day and walk the battlefields. There's a place down the > road from where the old > sightseeing tower was that rents horses and offers semi-guided rides of > some > of the battlefield (at > least there was such a business 20 years ago when I visited there). > > If you don't mind a few hours driving, go to Philadelphia and enjoy cheese > steaks, the museums and > (carefully) walk around the parts of downtown where you don't need body > armor. Philly is not the > safest city in the US, but you should be OK in daylight. > > Also, check out the abandoned town of Centralia. There are signs warning > you > to stay out, but you > can go poke around. Watch out for the smoldering cracks in the ground! > http://www.centraliapa.com/ > > If you like American baseball, the park in Pittsburgh is particularly nice. > Also the minor league > park in Scranton. And, the AAA NY-Penn League park at Williamsport is one > of > the oldest surviving > baseball stadiums in the US. In that area, it's also to see all the signs > of > the booming (now > slightly busted) shale-gas business. > > If you got to Gettysburg and it gets you curious for more Civil War > sightseeing, head to Maryland > and check out Antietam, and there are more important Civil War sites as you > get closer to Washington > DC. > > -- Tom Fine > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dr Rainer E. Lotz" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Friday, May 01, 2015 9:39 AM > Subject: [ARSCLIST] Pittsburgh in June > > > > after the May conference ends, I have a week to spend, travelling by car. > > I have been advised to visit the Altoona area. Any other suggestions for > > sightseeing, scenery, antiques, fine dining, modern art in Pennsylvania? > > > > -- > > Dr. Rainer E. Lotz > > Rotdornweg 81 > > 53177 Bonn (Germany) > > > > Tel: 0049-228-352808 > > Fax: 0049-228-365142 > > Web: www.lotz-verlag.de > > > > > -- Timothy Wisniewski, M.L.I.S. Visual Materials Archivist Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions 5801 Smith Avenue, Suite 235 Baltimore, MD 21209