CN Tower

One of the first things that you notice in our group’s poster would be the CN Tower. We chose this building because it is not only the iconic symbol of Urban Toronto, but also because it is a popular hotspot for tourists. This would benefit the tourism industry, as approximately 1.5 million people visit from around the world each year. Also the CN Tower is one of the 7 wonders of the modern world, making the CN tower an interesting place to visit. The second thing your eyes might have been drawn to is City Hall.This building represents the unity of 6 cities and the vast amount of communities in each of these cities, which amalgamated with one another. The CN Tower is also a symbol of Modernism, with its unique design of the building. Underneath…

Imagine you’re 600 feet in the air, looking down at the little world below you. The itty bitty cars and teeny tiny people. It is hard to believe you were once down there, that the world shrunk or that you grew. The Mississippi River and beyond on one side, St Louis on the other. That's right, you're at the top of the western hemisphere's tallest monument, the Gateway Arch! The Gateway Arch is 630 feet tall and wide, as well as being 43,306 tons and costing 13 million dollars. Four million…

church was not built for an intricate design, but for a functional purpose. One limitation of using brick to build the church is that it must be a plain, rectangular shape and does not give the architect much room for creative design. By using brick to build a majority of the church it is clear that this church was created for day-to-day functionality over creative design; there are minimal design aspects to this church when compared to churches from previous periods. In addition to the…

The Big Move After what felt like a lifetime of planning, our family was finally making the big move from New York to Texas. The house we lived in was my childhood home and my husband and I shared it for fifteen years together. This was not going to be an easy task. Our first hurdle was preparing for this huge adventure. Secondly, we needed to drive both cars down. That meant that we would not have the other person to take over driving when our eyelids became as heavy as weights over our…

Planet earth has witnessed a vast amount of highs and lows that define humans through patterns of world history. Relating back to the birth of civilization, mankind has come a way to be far from that starting point in the early B.C. In order to relate to this beginning time William Goulding wrote during World War II, Lord of the Flies, expressing the innocent can easily be shaped for the destruction of their own people. According to Goulding, mankind is initially wicked; therefore its man-made…

Paris, France There are many sites to see all over the world that are very interesting and have a lot of history behind them. For example, the pyramids in Egypt and Big Ben in London, England. Lets focus on just one part of the world that I find very fascinating. This place is called Paris. Paris is located in France and is actually the capital. Paris is well known for many things such as the Eiffel Tower, shopping, Art, and many more things. In this paper, I plan on going into great detail…

all around the train station headed for Paris. After an extremely long four hours on the train, I arrived, but it was not as I would have expected it too be. Paris was really hot. It reminded me of summertime Florida weather. There were many pick pocketers, scammers and drunks that came up to my group. For example, two incidents would be when one of my group members almost got pickpocketed while she was not paying attention, or the times that I saw scammers trying to get others to buy…

On the way into the city, I was able to see the sunset over the French countryside. I was so overwhelmed by the warm glow of orange and pink brush strokes in the sky that I did not realize how close we were to a huge city. A few women across the aisle on the bus started gasping and pointing – I turned my head to the left and, in the distance, was the Eiffel Tower sparkling at exactly 10pm. My first view of the Eiffel Tower. Soon, I was on the metro to Megan’s apartment. I stood out front, rang…

Introduction The Burj Dubai Tower is the world’s tallest structure, having a final height of more than 838 metres, exceeding the 160 stories. According to its structural system and its dimensions and features, the structure holds various worldwide records. Is the tallest free-standing structure in the world with the highest number of stories, which most of them are occupied, disposing the longest travel distance lift with its respective tallest services in the world. Also, it is the structure…

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