George E. Merrick
• General purpose: to inform
• Special purpose: to inform my audience about George Merrick and his great design of the City of Coral Gables
A. Introduction
I) Attention getter: according to George (2011), 80 years ago, a city that covered 10,000 acres, had total of $150 million in sales and over $100 million spent on construction (para. 10)
II) Credibility statement: I had been living at Coral Gables since 2011, where I visited the Merrick House, Coral Gables Museum, and Biltmore Hotel, and learned a lot of history of Goral Gables.
III) Relating to the audience: it is a good place for sightseeing
IV) Thesis statement: George Merrick, a distinguished real estate developer, planned and designed the City of Coral Gables, having a …show more content…
Body
I) Main point 1: George Merrick, a real estate developer, designed and planned one of the fully planned garden community among US, the City of Coral Gables.
A. George Merrick designed the city of Coral Gables following the line of City Beautiful Movement
1. George Merrick designed Coral Gables with tree-sided boulevards, stone-sculptured gates, and elegant bridges
B. George Merrick planed three different areas within the City of Coral Gables: residential area, downtown area, and educational area.
1. The residential area consists of more that 600 Mediterranean Revival Style fine residences with a public golf course, public swimming pool named Venetian Pool, and a luxury Biltmore Hotel. (Steig, n.d.)
2. The downtown area are designed to be commercial concentrated, where companies can settled down from all over the world
3. According to New York Times (1925), George Merrick donated 600 acres and 5 million dollars to found the University of Miami Coral Gables campus.
Transition: Now that you have heard about the story of George Merrick and the City of Coral Gables that he designed and developed, let me move on to the City of Coral Gables nowadays and show you the accomplishment that George Merrick
• General purpose: to inform
• Special purpose: to inform my audience about George Merrick and his great design of the City of Coral Gables
A. Introduction
I) Attention getter: according to George (2011), 80 years ago, a city that covered 10,000 acres, had total of $150 million in sales and over $100 million spent on construction (para. 10)
II) Credibility statement: I had been living at Coral Gables since 2011, where I visited the Merrick House, Coral Gables Museum, and Biltmore Hotel, and learned a lot of history of Goral Gables.
III) Relating to the audience: it is a good place for sightseeing
IV) Thesis statement: George Merrick, a distinguished real estate developer, planned and designed the City of Coral Gables, having a …show more content…
Body
I) Main point 1: George Merrick, a real estate developer, designed and planned one of the fully planned garden community among US, the City of Coral Gables.
A. George Merrick designed the city of Coral Gables following the line of City Beautiful Movement
1. George Merrick designed Coral Gables with tree-sided boulevards, stone-sculptured gates, and elegant bridges
B. George Merrick planed three different areas within the City of Coral Gables: residential area, downtown area, and educational area.
1. The residential area consists of more that 600 Mediterranean Revival Style fine residences with a public golf course, public swimming pool named Venetian Pool, and a luxury Biltmore Hotel. (Steig, n.d.)
2. The downtown area are designed to be commercial concentrated, where companies can settled down from all over the world
3. According to New York Times (1925), George Merrick donated 600 acres and 5 million dollars to found the University of Miami Coral Gables campus.
Transition: Now that you have heard about the story of George Merrick and the City of Coral Gables that he designed and developed, let me move on to the City of Coral Gables nowadays and show you the accomplishment that George Merrick