August Pullman is a 10 year old boy in the 6th grade being home-schooled by his mother. Auggie does not want to go to public school because of his face‚ but his parents decide to enroll him in Beecher Prep; a private middle school in upper Manhattan. Auggie visits Beecher Prep and meets the principal of Beecher Prep‚ Mr. Tushman‚ along with three other students: Jack Will‚ Julian Albans‚ and Charlotte Cody. He becomes friends with Jack as well as a girl named Summer Dawson‚ who sits with him during
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Resembling a beaten down path rather that a road‚ Atlantic Avenue lived in the shadow of District Street‚ which later became the southern boundary for the Village of Brooklyn in 1816 (“Atlantic Avenue”). The 1800s saw the rise of Brooklyn‚ thanks to the Manhattan ferry‚ which spurred a movement of shops and firms to the area. It was at this time around 1870 that the worn down little path was fortified and deemed Atlantic Avenue (“Atlantic Avenue”). The newly named avenue continued to flourish until the 1940s
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(today’s Governors Island) that they called New Amsterdam. In 1626‚ the settlement’s governor general‚ Peter Minuit‚ purchased the much larger Manhattan Island from the natives for 60 guilders in trade goods such as tools‚ farming equipment‚ cloth and wampum (shell beads). Fewer than 300 people lived in New Amsterdam when the settlement moved to Manhattan. But it grew quickly‚ and in 1760 the city (now called New York City; population 18‚000) surpassed Boston to become the second-largest city in
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Case Study Report COMPANY NAME/WEBSITE/INDUSTRY FreshDirect‚ https://www.freshdirect.com‚ FreshDirect an online grocer that delivers to residences and offices in New York City metropolitan area. Also offering next day delivery to most of Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn‚ Queens‚ The Bronx‚ Staten Island‚ Nassau County‚ Westchester County‚ Fairfield County‚ Hoboken‚ Jersey City‚ New Jersey‚ and Philadelphia. BACKGROUND/HISTORY FreshDirect was launched in July 2001. Cofounder and former chief
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NAME/WEBSITE/INDUSTRY FreshDirect/www.freshdirect.com / Grocery BACKGROUND/HISTORY FreshDirect is an online grocer that delivers to residences and offices in the New York City metropolitan area. FreshDirect also offers next-day delivery to most of Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn‚ Queens‚ The Bronx‚ Staten Island‚ Nassau County‚ Westchester County‚ Fairfield County‚ Hoboken‚ New Jersey and Jersey City‚ New Jersey. The company was founded in July 2001 by Joseph Fedele and Jason Ackerman; FreshDirect pronounced
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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. John Augustus Roebling‚ who was well known for
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born Ralph Lifshitz in Bronx‚ NY on October 14‚ 1939. His parents were both Jewish immigrants from Belarus. At the young age of 16‚ Ralph changed his last name to Lauren due to being teased by other kids at school. Ralph attended Baruch College in Manhattan‚ where he had studied business for two years. He then took a sales job at Brooks Brothers for a short time and then became a salesman for a tie company. His first breakthrough was in 1966 when he designed a wide‚ European style necktie. The company
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1. BRANDY ALEXANDER Ingredients: 1 jigger Brandy 1 jigger Brown Crème de Cacao 1 jigger Cream or Milk Procedure: SHAKE Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a cocktail/martini glass. Sprinkle with grated nutmeg. Glass: Cocktail glass / Martini glass 2. SIDE CAR Ingredients: 1 jigger Brandy ½ jigger Triple Sec ½ jigger Calamansi /Lemon juice Procedure: SHAKE Pour all ingredients into
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the whole city has something interesting to offer everyone. Located in the East Side‚ beside New Jersey‚ the city was known as one of the major economic centers in the world. It is sub divided into five boroughs‚ being Queens‚ The Bronx‚ Brooklyn‚ Manhattan‚ and Staten Island respectively. Even if the city was small‚ the landmarks were known all over the world. There was the famous Statue of Liberty‚ Brooklyn Bridge‚ Wall Street‚ the sky scrapers‚ and the World Trade Center. New York City is basically
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many teenage boys‚ he seems to straddle two worlds: One moment you see a man‚ another a boy. The son of Bangladeshi immigrants‚ Nayeem was born in Flushing Hospital and raised in Jackson Heights‚ a 35-minute subway ride to Stuyvesant in lower Manhattan. In the academically elite world of Stuyvesant‚ Nayeem maintains solid if unremarkable grades‚ and is a friendly‚ popular-enough kid known to take photographs of sports teams after school and post them on Facebook. When he walked into the exam
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