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    Impacts of Urban Renewal on Pyrmont‚ Sydney. Urban Renewal- The redevelopment of an urban area. INTRO Since 1992‚ the 100-hectare peninsula of Pyrmont-Ultimo has been the subject of major master-planning‚ intensive infrastructure and property development that is expected to result in the residential population increasing from 3‚000 originally to 20‚000 by 2021. The Ultimo-Pyrmont re-development is part of a government-led Urban renewal program (now administered by the Sydney Harbour

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    Poet Walt Whitman was born in Westhills‚ Long Island‚ May 31‚ 1819. Walt Whitman lived in Brooklyn as a child‚ his childhood was unfortunately unhappy and boring. He finished education at the age of eleven‚ he then found a job for extra income. As a poet he was not afraid to write about anyone or thing. In the poems “O Captain! My Captain!” and “To You” Walt Whitman uses punchuation and writing about dramatic things to get his points about life across. I think this makes him a good poet because

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    With just 2 children‚ and a spouse‚ Walter Whitman (Walt Whitman’s father) took the growing family to Brooklyn‚ New York to start a new life. (Reynolds) Back in 1822‚ Brooklyn was just a small town with a very small population compared to today’s. However‚ Walter Whitman had a hard time finding a job at the time‚ even though Brooklyn was going through a building boom which by 1855 would make it the fourth largest city in America. (Reynolds) The reasons for his struggles

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    Born in Brooklyn‚ New York‚ in 1924‚ Shirley Chisholm is best known for becoming the first black congresswoman (1968)‚ representing New York State in the U.S. House of Representatives for seven terms. She went on to run for the 1972 Democratic nomination for the presidency—becoming the first major-party African-American candidate to do so. Throughout her political career‚"My greatest political asset‚ which professional politicians fear‚ is my mouth‚ out of which come all kinds of things one shouldn’t

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    The Life of Shirley Chisholm

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    SHIRLY CHISHOLM A MARVICK IN HER TIME Table of Contents Introduction to Shirley Chisholm 3 Shirley’s rearing In Barbados 4 Retuning to Brooklyn 5 Shirley gets an Intro to Politics in College 6 Time for Shirley to Stop watching and get in the Mix 7 Shirley the Assemblywoman 8 Shirley the Congresswoman 10 Shirley fights for our basic Civil Rights 11 Shirley’s work in Congress reflected the Civil Rights Movement 12 Shirley’s Bid for the President

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    has been focus on obesity and personal health for everyone. HSB (Hot Sexy Body) Fitness Center is looking to help individual who heard the call for a sexier and healthier body. HSB will open it door in the Downtown section of Brooklyn in New York. This section of Brooklyn has grown the third largest central business district behind New York City. In the coming years the area will continue to grow as many large companies move into many of the office buildings been created; this will then increase

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    want to spend the money in the city look to come over the bridge to spend a little less and still have the same quality and feel. Also as more people move in the more new businesses are needy. I believe that another big reason people are coming to Brooklyn because it allows them to live the city life but also have a community feel‚ something that is hard to come by in NYC. NYC is very overcrowded and many of the neighborhoods don’t

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    NEIGHBORHOOD

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    Canarsie is a neighborhood in the southern part of Brooklyn and is bordered on the east by Fresh Creek Basin‚ East 108th St.‚ and the L Subway line‚ on the North by Linden Boulevard‚ on the west by Remsen Avenue and on the South by Jamaica Bay. Canarsie is surrounded by the neighborhoods of East Flatbush‚ Flatlands‚ Mill Basin‚ Bergen Beach‚ and East New York. Canarsie was built on swamps near Jamaica Bay. The name “Canarsee”‘s etymology is in dispute‚ but it some scholars of Native American

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    Seminary in Brooklyn Should be Encouraged In the beginning of twelfth many girls have the conflict of deciding whether they should attend a year in Israel for an experience in Jewish studies‚ or to stay home and have the same kind Jewish Studies of experience in New York without being in Israel and attend college. In this beginning time period of twelfth grade the chatter of whose going to seminary and whose not are the constant conversations. This causes way too much stress and tension on girls

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    What Is Gentrification?

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    encourage middle income to settle down in D.C. In a 2005 study by the Fannie Mae Foundation discovered that a third of the run-up in housing prices between 1997 and 2001 were a directly caused by this new tax policy (Frank Ruta‚) meaning that gentrification is not just something that randomly happens but something that can also be sanctioned by the government itself‚ and this is how it first moved into U street. Modern Day U street has plummeting crime rates and is back to being a bustling neighborhood

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