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    Brooklyn

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    Brooklyn is more about loss than gain? How accurate is this statement? Brooklyn is neither more nor less about loss than it is about gain. Rather they are both two of the crucial ideas within the novel experienced by characters other than just Eilis. These two key ideas which are evident throughout play an important role in aiding the growth and development of characters throughout the novel‚ particularly Eilis. The examples of apparent loss experienced include the losses for family and loss

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    Bronx vs. Brooklyn

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    What factors prevented The Bronx from developing like Brooklyn? Well‚ to start talking about the factors that prevent the Bronx develop as Brooklyn‚ I have to say that the way in which we see the two cities greatly affects the factors‚ because perhaps the greatest factor in a city development ‚ isn’t of interest in the other‚ and vice versa. For me the factors that are preventing the Bronx to develop as other counties in New York State or even the country are mainly education and economy. Education

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    Brooklyn Bridge

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    BROOKLYN BRIDGE” The Brooklyn Bridge’s construction is one of the great achievements in United States history and helped pave the way for New York City’s rapid expansion in the 19th and 20th centuries. It was an undertaking that required extraordinary effort‚ sacrifice and ingenuity by its designers as well as its builders to complete. Its completion was a feat of engineering that was unmatched in its time: it was the longest suspension bridge – the first to use steel-wire – and dominated the New

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    Crossing Brooklyn Ferry

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    Crossing Brooklyn Ferry Crossing Brooklyn Ferry is considered one of the greatest lyrical poems of all time. In Crossing Brooklyn Ferry‚ Walt Whitman uses connotative diction‚ prying questions‚ and critical reader engagement to convey a feeling of connection and unity of people through time. By using these certain rhetoric strategies‚ Whitman creates a piece of poetry that seems to be timeless. Whitman carefully chooses certain words and phrases that really highlight his intentions to connect

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    Brooklyn Bridge

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    The Brooklyn Bridge The Brooklyn bridge in its days was the biggest‚ most famous bridge in the world‚ it had the most beautiful suspension bridges and the most dramatic testament yet to American technical ingenuity and daring. The bridge indicated that there was no place like New York‚ no place like American in the 19th century .The heroic history of the Brooklyn Bridge and its construction is well known‚ its position in the American life is remarkable ‚as is the infinitely unprecedented structure

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    Brooklyn Bridge

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    ------------------------------------------------- Brooklyn Bridge This essay introduces the Brooklyn Bridge. The Bridge is located in America over the East river; the nearest city to the bridge is New York and Manhattan‚ Brooklyn. After 60 years of political‚ financial and technical discussions to start the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge it was approved. The Bill to start construction was signed in 1869 by the New York Bridge company president‚ Ulysses S Grant. The cost of the original

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    Spectacular Notorious Brooklyn Bridge When you hear the word bridge‚ I’m sure the first thing that comes to mind is connection. Yes‚ connection is such a vague word when we talk about a bridge but it blossoms in variety and definitions when we specify the Brooklyn Bridge. The Brooklyn Bridge is the first bridge built in New york City 1883. The first of many construction work that would build the well known juggernaut of a city that we have here today. Many people view the Brooklyn Bridge as a symbol

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    The Brooklyn Bridge The Brooklyn Bridge‚ originally known as the East River Bridge‚ is a bridge in New York City that spans over the East River. It is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. This is the only bridge that connects the borough of Brooklyn to its sister‚ Manhattan. This bridge‚ with a huge span of 486.3m‚ was the longest suspension bridge in the world until 1903. Not only was it the longest‚ but it was the very first steel-wire suspension bridge in America

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    John Roebling‚ the creative genius behind the Brooklyn Bridge project‚ had first envisioned it in 1852 after having witnessed the horrible delays caused by the East River choked with ice. However‚ because of suspicions among the public of whether a bridge that would have to be wide enough to allow boats to pass under it and strong enough to sustain the terrible winds and powerful currents of the river was possible‚ the project seemed unrealistic. The winter of 1866/1867‚ which was one of the worst

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    The Brooklyn Bridge After the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge in 1883‚ it was known as the longest bridge in the world during that time period. The bridge is also defined as the first bridge to have been built with steel wires. In addition‚ The Brooklyn Bridge is included among the most elegant inventions of humankind and the best architectural achievement of its period. The history of the Brooklyn Bridge is a classic written by the strength and forfeit of two brilliant engineers‚ John A. Roebling

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