Apple New York City is the place that everyone dreams of visiting. From the building, to the city lights, everyone wants to see the city that never sleeps. I remember being six years old and seeing NYC on the news while sitting on my couch in my living room in Poland. All the tall building and city streets did not fail to quickly capture my attention. Before I knew it my parents and I were on the plane and ready to move to NYC. Not knowing what to expect, I was excited yet very nervous at the same time. I was really hoping my high expectations of NYC would not be turned upside down once I actually get there. Every single person has a different interpretation of New York. Some are more enthusiastic than others but most view this city…
opportunity arose to travel to New York City, with my friend Zach. My school’s basketball team was participating in a National tournament at Yeshiva University, where my friend Zach’s brother had an apartment nearby in Washington Heights. Hearing about the safety issues in the Heights, my parents didn’t want me roaming around the city without any adult supervision. With the backing of my Uncle Richard, who live in the Upper East Side, I began to plan my trip. Brainstorming with my uncle…
the Philippines. However, I was worried about college starting and whether I would like it or not because it was something so new that I wasn’t accustomed to. I was more worried about college than the roaring of the storm outside my window. “Take this,” my grandmother whispered, interrupting my thoughts. She passed me a handheld candle. “Thank you,” I whispered back, taking the candle and holding it up to the foggy window. It was difficult to comprehend how a week ago I was in the United…
Of the places I've gone that have importance to me, New York City stands out. In 2011, I was there for the second time on a spiritual excursion with a group of zealots I called friends. At the start of the journey, I had no premonition this trip could have changed my life. My parents look back on the pilgrimage as what strengthened their faith, on the contrary, I remember it as what destroyed mine. To others in my caravan it was the holy grail. The center of true worship was separated into…
I’m Lauren. I’m a 16 year old girl who lives in a small town called Miniville. My family and I are going to be moving to New York city in two days. I’m not sure if I’m ready for it. I’m going to miss this place with my friends that I’ve got to know so well throughout my life. The reason we are moving is because my dad got a promotion for a new job there. I’ve heard some things about New York. I’ve heard about how big the city is, the people, and the food. The one thing I haven’t heard about is…
The New York Times dialect map pinned me, based on my use of language, as a New York City, Paterson, or Yonkers native. I find that extremely interesting because it is true – I spent the last eighteen years of my life in a New Jersey suburb an hour outside of the Big Apple. How did the Times know? Is it because I am familiar with the term “mischief night?” Is it because I call my Nikes “sneakers?” Whatever the reason, dialects, while understood by those who are familiar, can be lost in…
Ellison was a 20th century African American writer and scholar know best for his award-winning novel Invisible man (Biography.com Editors). Ellison was born March 1, 1914 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Ellison moved to New York City where I began working as a writer. He published his bestselling novel Invisible man in 1952. It was seen as a seminal work from an African-American on marginalization. During the summer of his senior year Ellison when to New York to earn money to finish off his…
documentary concentrated on how people interacted with the physical design of modernist public space. His focus was on “exchange, the most vital measure of the city’s intensity”. Lesser known is Whyte’s commitment to theoretical framing for understanding this intensity and how his research into the behaviour of the everyday users of the city had the potential to debunk hypothesis on congestion and to subvert a broader perception of a beleaguered city post-war. Professor of Sociology Nathan…
Urbanization and industry transformed Midwest from agricultural to urbanized economies with trading hubs in cities like Chicago. This transformation from rural to urban sparked the Great Migration, a mass movement of African Americans from the South to industrialized cities in the North. This influx of African American communities challenged the existing racial constructs in the metropolis and gave rise to new socially constructed identities and means of self-expression. Davarian L. Baldwin…
Born in 1929, New York City, Milton Glaser has become a recognised designer in putting your mind in a state of readiness. He brings a complexity of understanding and conceptual thinking, which is combined with a varied richness of visual language, to his highly creative and individualistic work (Miltonglaser.com). At the age of thirteen, Glaser started taking life-drawing classes that subsequently led him onto studying at the high School of music and Art. Glaser went on to study painting,…