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The World of Birds at the New York Zoo

The World of Birds at the New York Zoo DONALD BRUNING Curator, Department of Ornithology, New York Zoological Society, Bronx Zoo, New York 10460, USA T h e Lila Acheson Wallace World of Birds at the New York Zoological Park opened its doors to the public in June 1972 after several years of planning and construction; it had been a dream of the zoo’s general director, William Conway, for even longer. The original specifications for the exhibits had been prepared, in as much detail as possible, by the curators and exhibit department staff who worked closely with the architects throughout the project. EXHIBIT MATERIALS Even before the main construction was completed the exhibit department started work on the numerous pools, rocks, cliffs and trees that furnish the exhibits. T h e large cliffs are made of sections of fibreglass shaped from moulds taken from the natural rock of the Palisades cliffs along the Hudson River. T h e fibreglass sections were mounted onto a series of pipe scaffolds which stand on a concrete pad and are joined together with sprayed concrete (gunite). Planting pockets, also of fibreglass and with suitable drainage, were built into the cliffs and the entire structure stained with acid. This method ofconstruction is http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Zoo Yearbook Wiley

The World of Birds at the New York Zoo

BRUNING, DONALD
International Zoo Yearbook , Volume 21 (1) – Jan 1, 1981
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Copyright © 1981 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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0074-9664
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1748-1090
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DONALD BRUNING Curator, Department of Ornithology, New York Zoological Society, Bronx Zoo, New York 10460, USA T h e Lila Acheson Wallace World of Birds at the New York Zoological Park opened its doors to the public in June 1972 after several years of planning and construction; it had been a dream of the zoo’s general director, William Conway, for even longer. The original specifications for the exhibits had been prepared, in as much detail as possible, by the curators and exhibit department staff who worked closely with the architects throughout the project. EXHIBIT MATERIALS Even before the main construction was completed the exhibit department started work on the numerous pools, rocks, cliffs and trees that furnish the exhibits. T h e large cliffs are made of sections of fibreglass shaped from moulds taken from the natural rock of the Palisades cliffs along the Hudson River. T h e fibreglass sections were mounted onto a series of pipe scaffolds which stand on a concrete pad and are joined together with sprayed concrete (gunite). Planting pockets, also of fibreglass and with suitable drainage, were built into the cliffs and the entire structure stained with acid. This method ofconstruction is

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International Zoo Yearbook – Wiley

Published: Jan 1, 1981

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