New York City

The Empire State Building is without doubt one of the most impressive places have ever been to. It is the most iconic landmark in New York City and the most famous office building in the country. With heights soaring up to 1,454 feet, the ESP. was known as the tallest building in the world for…

Personal Writing: Living In Both Texas and New York CityWhere a person was born or raised often plays an important role in theirlives. There are often comparisons between a urban civilization to ruralcivilization. Humans adopt to different environments that would be the mostsuitable for their style of living. Society as a whole didn’t tell us…

The picture that is focused on in this essay conveys a message from past leaders who believed they could manage, control, and profit from the growth of New York City with a grid system throughout its landscape. They envisioned a partitioned landscape that could enhance and manage various aspects of New York City life. Their…

World was a fascinating place full of industry and industrialization. From the shipbuilding yards of the highly-structured Marietta, to the booming pork industry of Cincinnati, opportunity abounded. For some people. Under the right circumstances. The Pan-Mississippian world was also full of disease, unchecked growth, racism, violence, and slavery. Ohio was right at the center of…

The novel starts with the main character, Iliana, who immigrated from the Dominican Republic to New York City. One of her sisters, Marina, had to go through psychological distress one time following being raped by someone. She often hallucinates or envisions spiders and other scary imaginations. Iliana has another sister named Rebecca who had to…

From 1876 to 1924, more than 4.5 million Italian immigrants arrived in America, bringing their culture which encompassed traditions, food, literature, and music. The influx of immigrants had a significant impact on the growth of New York City during the nineteenth century due to the rising immigrant population. Italian music has since become a widely…

Are essential hubs serving communities, providing essential resources and services that help individuals and families prosper, and offering a venue for people from all backgrounds to come together to discuss, debate and learn from one another. Yet, underserved communities throughout the United States lack the access and opportunities that these institutions offer. By reconfiguring strategies…

For my Art Exhibition Response Paper, I spent a day in New York City to see the Museum of the City of New York’s Furniture and Decorative Arts Collection. This exhibit displays New York City furniture and art styles from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth century. In the exhibit, one learns how…

When it comes to choosing a neighborhood to live in, or if you have grown up in a specific neighborhood in a specific city, people often wonder if their neighborhood, or the city, has shaped who they are and what they have become. A neighborhood provides experiences which do shape a person’s way of thinking….

This article breaks down five television shows that have New York City as their setting of their shows. The main argument Sadler and Haskins present is that these portraits of cityscapes put on by these shows generates a “postcard effect,” which gives the audience the understanding of a tourist view. In another sense this phenomenon…