The Gates and The Rita Morena Story

The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 1979-2005 is

• Part of Central Park

• A controversial project about cars

• Work of Art

• An ecological disaster near the Atlantic Ocean

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People have strong feelings and disagreements about it

• controversy

• celebration

• skeptical

• catastrophy

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you have doubts about it

• controversy

• skeptical

• proposal

• gracing

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making the cover attractive

• controversy

• skeptical

• gracing

• proposal

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How did the environmentalist initially feel about The Gates project

• They felt confident it would protect the environment

• Worried it would damage the Park's trees, plants and wildlife

• Thought it would enhance wildlife in the park by attracting wildlife

• Thought it would introduce species of animals that would alter the ecosystem

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something made in a factory

• ambitious

• persistence

• incorporated

• manufactured

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someone who keeps doing something even when it is hard and takes a long time

• ambitious

• persistence

• fixed mindset

• ingenious

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