A Visit to Zhengjue Temple Zhengjue Temple is located on Wentworth Avenue in the center of China Town in Chicago. It is a small-scale Mahayana Buddhism temple founded in 2003 by a Malaysian nun. It currently consists of two nuns --- the Abbot and founder of the temple and Rev Chi-Miu Sik. The decoration of the temple looks very similar to temples I used to visit in China‚ except for the fact that Zhengjue Temple is smaller in size. It has one big hall mainly used to place the statues of Buddhas
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History of Chicago Midterm March 16‚ 2012 Why was Chicago chosen to become the center of the 19th century growth? Experts have determined that 19th-century Chicago was the fastest-growing city in U.S. history. Census data show the population went from about 5‚000 in the early 1800s to more than 2 million by 1900. (Census) The population more than doubled every decade during the 19th century. This massive rate of growth was much faster than that seen in other large U.S. cities such as Boston
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fully‚ one must begin with the history in which it was derived from. The Art Institute of Chicago was initially located in Grant Park for more than 100 years. One will find very interesting that much if not all the land in which the museum sits upon has been man made over time. The Art Institute’s building located on Michigan Avenue was developed on land that was once turned to rubble due to the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. During the 1890’s more parks were being created east of an existing railway
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understand the final impression left on the average mind...as to the inward meaning of this dream of beauty. Of course‚ I don’t understand it‚ but then I don’t understand anything...”‚ Henry Adams‚ in a letter to Lucy Baxter‚ October 18‚ 1893 The Chicago worlds fair was a bustling whirlwind that swept the country’s grittiest city in 1893. A race was run by the nation’s top architects and landscapers to beat the clock and Paris’s previous display. The streets were dirty‚ the numerous train tracks dangerous
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got rescheduled the next day through Chicago‚ so I went home to spend the night at my aunt’s house. The next morning‚ I got on a flight to Chicago‚ but when I got there‚ it turned out my flight home to NYC had been cancelled. Fortunately‚ my sister lives in Chicago‚ so I spent the night with her. The next morning I got up in the dark and got in a cab to go to the airport and sit on the waitlist for a flight home. It’s snowing‚ but nothing unusual for Chicago. As the cab speeded on the highway‚ it
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Argumentative Essay People in Chicago are just like everybody else but they are getting judged on their skin tone. How would you feel if people would think you are a robber or a criminal just because your a colored person in a nice car. People are getting thrown into jail for some crime they didn’t commit and be in jail for years knowing they are innocent. These people could be just as smart as Albert Einstein but because they are colored they would never be able to show the world. People are getting
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While reading the Chicago Poems by Carl Sandburg I got the feeling as though I was in the early 1920’s. I was able to know what life was like back then and how the people of the time felt about the events that were going on around them. He wrote what he was experiencing during the First World War and how death was realized by this generation for the first time. This work was quite efficient in doing what it needed to do. It is difficult for a poet to convey a single message in a collection of
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I had only gotten six hours of sleep. I didn’t want to get up but today is the day that I get to explore Chicago with my friends! Even though I felt exhausted I pushed myself up and got ready. I didn’t know whether to expect it to be warm like the last few days have been or if it would be cold‚ so I dressed for both. I pulled my sneakers on and collected my little bag full of snacks and essentials for walking around all day. Getting to school I go sit with my friends outside the gym as we anxiously
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Going into the weekend‚ I had no idea what to expect from the musical Chicago. I had never seen the movie‚ or anything related to the musical. I had however been to the city of Chicago‚ although it turns out‚ that wasn’t very useful information preluding the musical. I went into the theatre not having any clue‚ and I returned actually learning quite a bit. The things I learned from this experience are not solely related to the musical. I learned that musicals‚ and not understanding the arts very
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history. Cities such as New York and Chicago were known to be over-populated during this time because everybody came from different parts of the country to have their dreams come true‚ since there were more opportunities in the cities. Chicago was known for being a magical city with the best jazz musicians‚ amazing trading routs‚ the greatest pizza‚ and a amazing place to have a drink. Until 1920‚ when Prohibition had hit and had forever tainted the history of Chicago. The forbidding of alcohol had caused
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