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burchfield96

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on: Jun 23, 2018
Describe the purpose of New York's Central Park and how it was designed to achieve its purpose.
 
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What is the name for the ability of a material to span a horizontal distance without sagging or breaking? What aspects of a building are affected by this ability?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jun 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: The goal was to put city dwellers in touch with their roots in nature and to evoke feelings of leisure and happy tranquility. The designers, Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux, developed paths, fields, and wooded areas, with artificial gardens and lakes that appear natural, adorned with fake Greek ruins.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: The characteristic is tensile strength. The tensile strength of a building's materials determine how high that building can be.


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