City University of New York

An Age Filled With Mirages The 1920's, a time where "hip flasks of hooch would be drank, jazz music would be propelled at speakeasies, women bobbed their hair and would wear short skirts …’’ In other words, life in this decade was filled with excitement, wild parties and. Life in the 20's was affected by certain factors: prohibition, the economy boomed and the social change. On January 16, 1920, the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution (ratified in 1919) went into effect. The Eighteen…

(Intro) September 11, 2001 all American lives were immediately affected immensely. The United States worst terrorism act anyone has experienced. It’s now 2016 and 15 years later our world in America is completely upside down than it was pre- 9/11. Terrorist attacks on air travel has been high in demand ever since such a devastating day, September 11, 2001. Airport security has been the biggest controversy in this generation and the main topic is the assurance of travelers safety. Whether it be…

Prologue- It's been three months since the catastrophic North Korean bombing on all of New York. Many people died during the explosions, still some died of the air pollution that took place afterward. Some people survived and are still living, though. The U.S. Government closed off all of New York with a humongous dome so that the gases couldn’t spread to any other states. However, they didn’t know that people were still alive. Those people are trapped. One of those people was Ben and his dog…

The chief engineer was William J Wilgus and build two version of the terminal before the third and final station designed by Reed and Stem and Warren and Wetmore had been the terminal’s final design. The station is over 170,000 square feet with new and improved retail space. There was slow a cluttered version in the 1970’s was amazing as well as the 1913 version. The birth of Grand Central Station was considered a tragedy, as the soot and the smog was polluting the air quality. As the air…

New York Burning, the award-winning book by Jill Lepore takes place in the mid-eighteenth century of New York City’s, Manhattan during a period where around 20% of the residents were enslaved. The book focuses primarily on the slave rebellion of 1741 and the vicious retaliation that had occurred at the time. However, the events that occurred in 1741 were quite unique seeing as there were plots to which around 200 people were involved. They wanted to take revenge on the towns people and murder…

In comparison to the wild frenzy of Gatsby’s city, 1920s America was rather tame; still, it was a time of progress and innovation. The horrors of World War I revolutionized American thinking and culture and brought a new era of prosperity. Famously dubbed the Roaring Twenties, this time raised living standards for many urban working class families, “. . . people had a little extra money to spend and more leisure time than ever before, as technology and industry gave them automobiles and…

Until the World Trade Center tragedy in 2001, the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire remained the deadliest workplace incident in U.S. history claiming the lives of 146 women and young girls on March 25, 1911. Greed, paranoia, and dominance ruled the factory owners who wanted more money for themselves without the regard for the laborers that worked long hours for little pay in the worst conditions possible. The textile factory was located on the 8th floor of a high rise building, it had two exits and a…

During my senior year, my Nursing Fundamentals teacher introduced me and my class to a book called, The Pact. She informed us that the book could really impact our outlook on our futures and maybe our careers. She was exactly right, at least in my case. The Pact, is written by three best friends who made a pact at seventeen years old and promised each other they would go to college, graduate and become doctors. These three men did entirely just that, and remain friends till today. Dr. Sampson…

9/11 was, undoubtedly, one of the terrible days in the history of the United States. It continues to horrify people of all across the world for its awfulness. Those who have watched the news and read newspapers on the incident have got shocked. The experience of those who witnessed the incident was beyond words. This is what the Timothy Townsend and Adam Mayblum elucidate in their writings titled “The First Hours” and The Price We Pay". The heartfelt and realistic account of the authors clearly…

1924 in Harlem, New York, and he died on December 1, 1987 in Saint-Paul de Vence, France. When James was a young boy he served as a young minister from the age of 14 through the age of 16. After he graduated he put his college plans on hold to help support the family. He was the oldest of 9 children and grew up in poverty, developing a troubled relationship with his stepfather. Baldwin knew that if he left the pulpit he must also leave home, so at 18 he took a job working for the New Jersey…