"Zoological garden" Quotes from Famous Books
... is taken up with buildings and cages containing the living animals, birds, and reptiles of the collection. They are admirably arranged, and the occupants are all fine specimens of their species. These accommodations are only temporary, as the Commissioners are now engaged in the construction of a Zoological Garden, on Eighth avenue, between Seventy-seventh and Eighty-first streets, immediately opposite the park, with which it will be connected by means of a tunnel under ... — Lights and Shadows of New York Life - or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City • James D. McCabe |