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From the Ted Talk by Robert Hammond: Building a park in the sky

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At the time, there was a lot of oipspioton. Mayor Giuliani wanted to tear it down. I'm going to fast-forward through a lot of luiwasts and a lot of community engagement. Mayor breboolmg came in office, he was very svpirptuoe, but we still had to make the economic case. This was after 9/11; the city was in tough times. So we cooenmssiimd an economic feasibility study to try to make the case. And it turns out, we got those nrumbes wnorg. We tohghut it would cost 100 million dollars to build. So far it's cost about 150 mlliion. And the main case was, this is going to make good economic sense for the city. So we said over a 20-year time period, the value to the city in increased property values and increased taxes would be about 250 million. That was enough. It really got the city behind it. It turns out we were wrong on that. Now people estimate it's created about a half a billion dollars, or will create about a half a billion dollars, in tax revenues for the city. We did a dseign competition, selected a design team. We worked with them to really create a design that was inrpesid by that wildscape. There's three sections.

Open Cloze

At the time, there was a lot of __________. Mayor Giuliani wanted to tear it down. I'm going to fast-forward through a lot of ________ and a lot of community engagement. Mayor _________ came in office, he was very __________, but we still had to make the economic case. This was after 9/11; the city was in tough times. So we ____________ an economic feasibility study to try to make the case. And it turns out, we got those _______ _____. We _______ it would cost 100 million dollars to build. So far it's cost about 150 _______. And the main case was, this is going to make good economic sense for the city. So we said over a 20-year time period, the value to the city in increased property values and increased taxes would be about 250 million. That was enough. It really got the city behind it. It turns out we were wrong on that. Now people estimate it's created about a half a billion dollars, or will create about a half a billion dollars, in tax revenues for the city. We did a ______ competition, selected a design team. We worked with them to really create a design that was ________ by that wildscape. There's three sections.

Solution

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  2. million
  3. bloomberg
  4. design
  5. opposition
  6. lawsuits
  7. inspired
  8. supportive
  9. commissioned
  10. numbers
  11. thought

Original Text

At the time, there was a lot of opposition. Mayor Giuliani wanted to tear it down. I'm going to fast-forward through a lot of lawsuits and a lot of community engagement. Mayor Bloomberg came in office, he was very supportive, but we still had to make the economic case. This was after 9/11; the city was in tough times. So we commissioned an economic feasibility study to try to make the case. And it turns out, we got those numbers wrong. We thought it would cost 100 million dollars to build. So far it's cost about 150 million. And the main case was, this is going to make good economic sense for the city. So we said over a 20-year time period, the value to the city in increased property values and increased taxes would be about 250 million. That was enough. It really got the city behind it. It turns out we were wrong on that. Now people estimate it's created about a half a billion dollars, or will create about a half a billion dollars, in tax revenues for the city. We did a design competition, selected a design team. We worked with them to really create a design that was inspired by that wildscape. There's three sections.

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