TITLE Amsterdam Has So Much To Offer and Entice LEAD PARAGRAPH One of the most cosmopolitan cities in Europe, Amsterdam is a hub of finance, culture, history, art and decadence. Notoriously known throughout the world for its liberal views on prostitution, drugs and general debauchery, Amsterdam is also teeming with centuries of history, galleries of unique art, creatives at the forefront of their fields and museums that are envied throughout the world. Don’t let the stereotypes of Amsterdam…
Wallenberg Place is in the London district of England. The postcode is inside of the Bryanston and Dorset Square ward/constituent division, which is in the voting demographic of Cities of London and Westminster. Metro Take the Blue or Orange Line to the Smithsonian Station. Leave through the Independence Avenue/Bureau of Engraving and Printing Exit. As you venture off the lift proceed on Independence Avenue towards fourteenth Street. Cross and go left on fourteenth Street and the BEP is one…
Museums worldwide face the moral dilemma of what to showcase in their collections. Some governments and citizens have questioned the legitimacy of the entitlement to some ancient artifacts that were taken during circumstances like war. Countries have requested cultural repatriation of their artistic works. Cultural repatriation is the return of cultural relics that have been taken from their homeland. Items from around the world, such as Rome, Scotland, and Africa have faced this difficult…
Figure 3. Unlinked public transit trips by urbanized area in 2013, National Transit Database. New York’s public transportation system considerably impacts the geography of the City. Due to the people-driven nature of mass transit use, areas with developed transportation systems often facilitate more compact infrastructural projects to conserve and maximize space. Public transportation directly drives this high-density land development, and effectively reduces the distance people need to travel…
Neighborhood Profile: DUMBO One of Brooklyn’s trendiest neighborhoods, DUMBO is now a hotbed for tech, media, retail, art galleries and creative services companies in New York City. Once an industrial enclave situated on the Brooklyn waterfront, the neighborhood now boasts one of the highest concentrations of technology and new media companies in the city. As with many other Brooklyn neighborhoods, DUMBO has undergone rapid changes in recent years. Overview DUMBO, short for Down Under Manhattan…
The definition of a character that is masterless in Shakespeare’s Richard III is someone who lacks a role of the great chain of power descending from God. By this definition, power, then, must fall from God. Therefore, anyone who believes power flows from man is automatically masterless. Using this argument, Richard is masterless from his opening soliloquy to his death. This fact also helps justify Richmond claim to the throne. Richmond becoming king restores the great chain. This is also…
Victorian Era England was a time of major change in Western culture and was a bustling hub for technology and advancements in the way human beings thought about the world around them. Though Victorian England was a time of prosperity and overall success for England it was also a time of classism and useless prejudice. Today in my essay I will delve into the classism of the era and how it affected the people of England. I will also assess whether or not the classism still effects people…
In the United States, there is a clown phenomenon happening, according to North Idaho Law Enforcement by Heather Tooley the first creepy clown sighting started in August in South Carolina with the intent of harming others but then the phenomenon spread across the country and ended up in Idaho. The police departments around Idaho are investigating the clown sightings. A Facebook post from the Nampa Police Department stated that they are aware of the clowns and the citizens should let the police…
London in the 1960s was as central to the look and feel of that fabled era as any place on earth. The music that emerged from England (the Beatles, the Stones, the Who, Cream and countless others) was, in large part, the soundtrack of the Sixties. The street scenes, especially along Carnaby Street in Soho, with Mods and hippies parading their utterly distinctive gear, provided youth culture around the world with exemplars of cool that are still embraced today. Finally, the fashions that emerged…
Benedict Cumberbatch has a lot on his plate right now. Two movies filming, two movies in pre-production, one in post-production, and one film that has just been announced. He is also rumored to have a part in "Zoolander 2", which is in post-production, and also has a "Sherlock" Christmas special that airs this year on Christmas Day. The two films Cumberbatch has in pre-production are "Doctor Strange" and "The Current War". "Doctor Strange" is based off the Marvel comic series created by Steve…