Unit4-LionsandTigersandBearsLions and Tigers and BearsBill BufordWTBENEXTBACK
W B T L E Unit 4 – Lions and Tigers and Bears Lions and Tigers and Bears Bill Buford
Unit 4-Lions and Tigers and BearsContentsPart I Background InformationPartIITextAppreciationPartIII ReinforcementWTEBNEXTBACK
W B T L E Unit 4 – Lions and Tigers and Bears Part I Background Information Part II Text Appreciation Part III Reinforcement Contents
Unit 4-Lionsand Tigers and BearsBackgroundhnformationPartOneI.Founding Commissionersof CentralParkII.Central ParkLocationon Manhattan MapIII.VisitorAttractionsin CentralParkmentionedinthetextTEWBLENTERNEXTBACK
W B T L E Unit 4 – Lions and Tigers and Bears ENTER Part One I. Founding Commissioners of Central Park II. Central Park Location on Manhattan Map III. Visitor Attractions in Central Park mentioned in the text
Unit 4-Lions andTigers and BearsI.Founding Commissionersof CentralParkVauxarcWhenowFrederickLawOlmstedCalvert VauxTo be continued onthe nextpageWBTENEXTBACK
W B T L E Unit 4 – Lions and Tigers and Bears I. Founding Commissioners of Central Park Frederick Law Olmsted Calvert Vaux To be continued on the next page
Unit4-LionsandTigersandBearsI.FoundingCommissionersof CentralParkThe founding commissioners: the city officialswho were appointed to establish Central Park.Commissioners are officials in government, esp.those in charge of departments. The foundingcommissioners of Central Park were the landscapearchitectsFrederickLawOlmstedand Calvert VauxThe two designed and oversaw the first-phaseconstruction of the Park which began in 1858andendedin1878.WTETobecontinuedonthenextpageBLNEXTBACK
W B T L E Unit 4 – Lions and Tigers and Bears • The founding commissioners: the city officials who were appointed to establish Central Park. Commissioners are officials in government, esp. those in charge of departments. The founding commissioners of Central Park were the landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. The two designed and oversaw the first-phase construction of the Park which began in 1858 and ended in 1878. I. Founding Commissioners of Central Park To be continued on the next page