Why I Live in New York: Personal Indulgences No. 13 April 1‚ 2009 by Tobi Tobias 26 Comments Why I live in New York. New York City‚ that is. Manhattan‚ to be exact. Dirty. Dangerous. Expensive (so much so today that people who once thought of themselves as middle class now fear they’re only a few ladder-rungs above the have-nots. And the number of have-nots is heart-rending. But still . . . I was born and raised in Brooklyn‚ in a neighborhood and time suited only to people with a deep tolerance–or
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constructing a public park would offer families an attractive setting for every-day life and incorporate nature into their surroundings. In 1853‚ the state legislature gave the power to New York City to acquire more than 700 acres of land in the center of Manhattan‚ specifically the area between Fifth Avenue and Eight Avenue and 59th Street and 106th Street for the site of Central Park. In 1857‚ a landscape
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One of the most important infrastructural masterpieces of the United States of America stands as the George Washington Bridge (GWB) located above the Hudson River. The eastern side of the Bridge rests on the shores of Manhattan while the western end of the Bridge lies on the woody areas of the New Jersey Palisades. The construction of the Bridge was meant to give a connection to New York City and New Jersey and facilitate traveling over the vast expanse. The construction of the George Washington
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March 10‚ 2009 Rose Schmitt Prof. J.W. Zuggi The Urban Experience LOVE Park In the heart of Center City‚ Philadelphia is the JFK Plaza‚ which is known to many Philadelphians as LOVE Park. The plaza is the home of The Fairmount Park Welcome Center‚ a single-spout fountain‚ and Robert Indiana’s LOVE sculpture. The plaza serves as a terminal point for The Ben Franklin Parkway and merges it to City Hall. The plaza itself was designed in 1965 by city planners Vincent King and Edmund Bacon as
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Issac ’s Transformation Woody Allen’s film‚ Manhattan‚ takes its viewers on a journey through the life of a middle-aged television writer who has trouble with relationships‚ named Isaac Davis. Isaac has a very distinctive personality. He can become very paranoid over the little things in life and he sees very black and white. Those characteristics prove to be tragic for his relationships with women. In the film‚ Isaac is currently in a relationship with a seventeen year old girl‚ named Tracy. He
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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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charm to the whole opera night. Every opera performance requires its spectators to dress up formal and basically give them an opportunity to show off their best attire‚ that included me as well. In order to get to the Upper West Side of Manhattan‚ I had to take the subway‚ which allowed me to reach my destination in only 40 minutes. After a short walk from the subway station I arrived at this magnificence structure with a great fountain in the
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claim to lands in North America for the founding of New Netherland. Over the next 60 years or so Dutch entrepreneurs would establish a series of trading posts‚ towns‚ and forts up and down the Hudson River‚ including New Amsterdam or what we know as Manhattan today. For the first twenty years or so efforts to colonize the areas were slow and unsuccessful‚ as a result the Dutch Parliament chartered the West India Company to oversee the Dutch ventures in the
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This house believes State Of NY should authorize organized Gambling Casinos I. Evaluation Observation A. Definitions 1. Authorize: Give official permission for or approval to 2. Organized: Functioning within a formal structure‚ as in the coordination and direction of activities. 3. Casinos: A public room or building where gambling games are played. B. Policy: Utilitarianism: It is more beneficial to have Organized Casinos In the state of NY. It makes more sense that the
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by many influential New Yorkers‚ and in 1853 the New York legislature designated a 700-acre (280 ha) area from 59th to 106th Streets for the creation of the park‚ to a cost of more than US $5 million for the land alone. The park is the largest on Manhattan Island. When In 1853‚ the New York legislature designated a 700-acre (280 ha) area from 59th to 106th Streets for the creation of the park. In 1857‚ Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux developed the so-called "Greensward Plan‚" which
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