Chicago Outfit

“Can you believe we actually made it?’’ That’s what I asked my sister when we crossed the Brooklyn Bridge in our car. The lights, the people, the buildings, all so intriguing. We even saw the Statue of Liberty our first 5 minutes in the city. I couldn't help but to stick my head out of the window and breathe in that New York air, which was not a very good idea because there was trash a couple feet away from the car. This experience was just the encouragement I needed to chase after my dreams,…

Boredom again, nothing but boredom. All day long after breakfast we haven’t stopped or do anything. Minnesota is a real boring state, if you think about it. Almost as bad as Nebraska. At least there is some cities and a big lake to drive by. In Nebraska there is nothing but wheat fields flat as a doornail. We have been driving for over ten hours already, and it will still be tomorrow when we cross the Canadian border. What this is all about is the time I made a quick think decision, and almost…

In my visit to the Chicago History Museum (Chicago Historical Society)- on Saturday, June 18th, 2016- I experienced and was subject to visual study of various artifacts and exhibits which greatly expanded the range of my views and thoughts on history and the various smaller components which make up the history of a place, person, or thing. Such exhibits ranged from minute details making up a whole gallery on the evolution of everyday clothing and costumes in Chicago to major events which have…

One city that has been negatively impacted by the arrival of professional sports teams is the city of Detroit, Michigan. At one point essentially in shambles, Detroit, though still bankrupt and not very well off, at least now has something positive associated with its name. As the article by Joe Drape of the New York Times explains, “where even keeping the streetlights on has proved a struggle…”, Detroit is a city in complete and utter bankruptcy due to the reduction of population within the…

The document in chapter 21-1 – Jane Addams on Settlement Houses: The Subjective Necessity for Social Settlements – was written by Jane Addams in 1892. The author is writing about the topic of social settlements to share the necessity for social settlements as there are major problems in the society, and these settlements would make “universal” those “blessings which we associate with a life of refinement and cultivation” and help provide for the betterment of immigrants and educated middle class…

The Working Families Party is party that was founded in New York in 1998 by a coalition of progressive elected officials, labor union and community organization members of the presently non active New Party. The Working Families Party has active groups scattered throughout the United States, in addition to the chapter in New York, they have another in Oregon, Maryland, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Washington DC. To expand as whole, the aim is to open more branches in other states…

Eric Larson's book, The Devil In The White City, takes place in Chicago during the Gilded age. Big business was on the rise, America was experiencing vast economic expansion, however, poverty still affected millions of Americans. Larson communicates the essential features of the Gilded age through his novel by showing the struggle that the architects and investors faced to make the world fair a success in the struggling economy, while also using the story of H.H Holmes as an analogy to depict…

The play, A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry introduces characters that perfectly reflect the negative scenarios of the poem, “Dream Deferred” by Langston Hughes. These scenarios are caused by dreams that are unattainable, but not forgotten. The poem and the lives of several characters of the play portray discouragement, helplessness, anger and even violence. These deferred dreams effect the characters negatively as their dreams seem unattainable with the passing of time. However, the…

that I will list in this essay is architecture and the different types of food Chicago and New York City Are two of the biggest cities in the U.S.A. With New York holding 8.5 million people and Chicago with 2.7 million people, the third most populous city in America. Chicago and New York are very similar in many ways. They both have a nickname Chicago's is "The Windy City" and New York's is "The Big Apple". Chicago is home to many magnificent buildings and skyscrapers. The Sears Tower is…

Mexico City, like other megacities in Latin America, faces several major environmental problems that have not just local but regional and global implications. One of the prominent issues that plague Mexico City is the pollution of water. Therefore with the rapid population growth, insufficient sanitation, urbanization, and inefficient treatment of waste water or lack of management of the water resources, the water pollution continues to rise each year. Due to the unclean water there have been…