Brooklyn Bridge

five block wide neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights is considered to be one of the most convenient commuting neighborhoods outside of Manhattan. This is due to the fact that the neighborhood is located directly across from the East River of lower Manhattan. It was one of the first neighborhoods outside of Manhattan to be developed and settled. Originally referred to as Brooklyn Village, Brooklyn Heights has been a prominent and relevant area of Brooklyn since 1834. Brooklyn Heights possesses a…

The Brooklyn Bridge is known to be one of history's grandest engineering feats and also one of the most popular bridges in New York City. Here in the text, “A Bridge for New York” by Patricia Mayberry, and “The Celebration” by The New York Tribune. Both of these texts talk about the Brooklyn Bridge, although two of the texts are different from each other, and provide different information about the Brooklyn Bridge. The first reason why the two texts are both different from each other, and…

The Brooklyn Bridge spans over New York City’s East river, connected Manhattan and Brooklyn. The construction started in 1869. It took 14 years, 600 workers and cost 15 million US dollars to finish the building. In the beginning of the project, the main engineer was John Augustus Roebling, a great pioneer in designing steel suspension bridges. He graduated as an industrial engineer, but in the end, he became a civil engineer and ran a successful wire cable factory. Furthermore, Roebling was the…

The world financial plaza needs a new quote on their fences on the Hudson River. At the moment the quote in the fence says, "City of the Sea!¦City of wharves and stores-city of tall facades of marble and iron! Proud and passionate city! mettlesome, mad, extravagant city!" It is always good to change things up. The quote should be changed, but it should still come from the famous words of Walt Whitman. As everyone knows New York City is one of the most competitive places on earth. You need…

Whitman, is an important figure in American Literature.Walt Whitman wrote poems that represented events and important social issues going on in the United States of America during the late 1800’s. In his poems, “Song of Myself” and “Crossing the Brooklyn Ferry”, he talks to the future generations about society's problems, as if Whitman wanted the audience in today’s generation to learn from his own generation. Also, in his poems, Whitman uses transcendental thoughts and moving word choices to…

Saturday Night Fever, the iconic 1970’s disco film is really a tale of two cities, Manhattan and Brooklyn. It’s a depiction of people trying to break out of dead end lives. While both Manhattan and Brooklyn are a part of New York City, in the 1970’s they were worlds apart. Manhattan was White Collar while Brooklyn was blue collar. Manhattan was a borough full of hopes and dream while Brooklyn, the setting of the film, was the home of broken dreams. The characters in Saturday Nigh Fever, most…

To begin with, Weeksville is a neighborhood that resided in Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights, Brooklyn in 1838, but was originally located on Native American trial. It was named after a man called James Weeks who purchased some land. James Weeks were once a slave but was freed because slavery had ended in 1827 due to the fact gradual emancipation in New York on July 4th, 1827. This land was settled by African Americans after slavery abolished in New York in 1827 and grew during and after the…

going to advice you about City Tech strengths, weaknesses, opportunity and threats. City tech has been founded in 1946. There are about 7 building, and they are still building a new one. City Tech is a large public college of technology in downtown Brooklyn. According to the catalog City Tech offers “cognitive and affective strategies to 150 middle and high school students annually to promote awareness, interest and preparation for college and to prepare students who are interested in the…

At first it could seem like the conversion of industrial spaces in Williamsburg to housing would bring down prices in the area because it is creating more housing. However, the reality is that since the rezoning was approved, the rent in Williamsburg has continued to rise. The primary for this increase is that the majority of new housing that is being built is for wealthy residents and the rents on these units reflect that (Martucci, 2013). These luxury units have brought up the average rent…

Deborah Ann “Debbie” Dingell is an American woman born on November 23rd, 1953 in Detroit, Michigan and has always had a deep passion for the government and politics. Growing up, she went to Georgetown University in Washington D.C., earning her Bachelor in science and foreign services and Masters in liberal science. Shortly later in 1981, she decided to marry the love of her life, John Dingell Jr., who at the time was a United States Representative for Michigan 16th congressional district that…