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1 online resource (1 audio file (24 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by John Pruden. |
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In 1858, New York City was growing so fast that new roads and tall buildings threatened to swallow up the remaining open space. The people needed a green place to be-a park with ponds to row on and paths for wandering through trees and over bridges. When a citywide contest solicited plans for creating a park out of barren swampland, Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted put their heads together to create the winning design, and the hard work of making their plans a reality began. By winter, the lake opened for skating. By the next summer, the waterside woodland known as the Ramble opened for all to enjoy. Meanwhile, sculptors, stonemasons, and master gardeners joined in to construct thirty-four unique bridges, along with fountains, pagodas, and band shells, making New York's Central Park a green gift to everyone. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903 -- Juvenile literature.
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Vaux, Calvert, 1824-1895 -- Juvenile literature.
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Central Park (New York, N.Y.) -- Juvenile literature.
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Parks -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Central Park (New York, N.Y.) -- History.
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Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903.
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Vaux, Calvert, 1824-1895.
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New York (N.Y.) -- History.
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Pruden, John, narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781974954933 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1974954935 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12357303 |
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