City University of New York

According to data from the American FactFinder, the total number of housing units in New York City is estimated to be close to 3.5 million and 42%, almost half of these residential units, are located in buildings that were built in 1939 or earlier. Furthermore, more than half of the pre-1940 historic buildings are one or two family type houses. The Greening NYC’s historic buildings manual by the Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS) stated in their report that solid masonry walls such as…

is the leader in power, and seen as the asylum of this planet. Despite these facts, the debate on whether immigrants deserve social services such as welfare, food stamps, and medical care, rages on like a menacing wildfire. You see the topic on the news, hear it on the radio, read it on the Internet, and occasionally it may appear on your social media time line. This issue has rendered a divide between the American people, many believe that we shouldn't have immigrants to begin with, and they…

The Outsiders - Dally’s Death. In this scene, Dally, who is one of the main characters, has just been shot by the police after he robbed a grocery store. Dally is one of the greasers in the group of friends which includes Ponyboy, Soda, Darry, Johnny, Steve, Two-Bit and Dally. The reason why the police shoot at Dally is becauase he points an unloaded gun, which they think is loaded, at them. After he gets shot at the park, all of the greasers run to his side and tell the police officers to stop…

Macy’s is known for its most recognizable retail marks, the Macy’s red star followed by it the “Macy’s” name. This was inspired by Rowland Hussey, the founder of Macy’s, based on his red star tattooed on his arm, which had a special meaning to him. Rowland Hussey decided to replace his original store’s trademark to the Macy’s red star. Within the store, customers will notice a variety of symbols and logos as they shop to the deepest of their hearts desires. Historically, in the Macy’s store…

Being originally from Washington, D.C., I spent my childhood riding the subway with my parents from the city to the suburbs. We would pick up our car at the local park-and-ride down the street from our home, and then repeat the same process the next day. During the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, because of the subway, my parents had quick and easy access to my daycare center. With the said, according to the Department of Transportation, statistical data revealed that from…

It is a well-known fact that those suffering from poverty are statistically disadvantaged. According to the Chicago Tribune, between January and October of 2017, Chicago had 560 homicides, about 95% of those being in Chicago’s less affluent southside and westside neighborhoods. The association between concentrated poverty and criminal activity is statistically strong and although there are many lurking variables, (like gun attainability and segregation) poverty has proven to serve as both an…

Ellis island was an immigration station that processed over 12 million immigrants from 1892-1954. Of the 12 million people that immigrated, about 2% were turned away because they were considered “unfit” to enter the country. In some peak years, 10 to 15 percent of those processed were forced to return home. Immigrants were rejected if they were weak in the mind, mentally or physically unstable, had a criminal record or had a disease. About half the current American population can trace their…

Renaissance is about a social and artistic outbreak that took place in Harlem, New York, spanning the 1920s. During the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement". Colored people would move to Harlem for a better life and more freedom. James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry. Claude McKay was a Jamaican writer and…

The Harlem Dancer is a short poem that focuses on a woman’s beauty and a scene inside a bar. The title indicates that the location of the bar is in Harlem which was considered a common place during the Harlem Renaissance. McKay has also described the woman in this poem to be a young, black prostitute and he observes the impact that she has towards the crowd. After a while the speaker notices that the dancer is unhappy due to the lack of respect she is getting from the audience. He incorporates…

In the short story “The Rockpile” James Baldwin takes the reader into a specific atmosphere of Harlem. This is an atmosphere of suspense, stress, and struggle that Baldwin masterfully transfers to the pages of “The Rock Pile”. Therefore, there is an aggravated tension throughout the whole story. Baldwin creates this mood by focusing on frightening details, and using direct speech of the characters. First signs of tension already appear in the beginning of the story when nothing even dreadful…