Emerald City

June twenty-seventh was the day that I had been anticipating before the start of summer vacation. I arrived to philly by bus, which was the first bus ride that I had ever taken alone. Before I began my job at Independence Hall, I arrived at Market Street where I was greeted by my crew leaders Mel and Jenny. The rest of my crew members arrived and we made our way to Independence National Historic Park Headquarters. Toni, the park’s landscape architect, introduced herself to the crew. She shared…

Aequalitatem, which translates to "equality" in Latin, is a perfect utopia. The city is located on a large island near the Equator and makes the most of what the land mass provides it. A dormant volcano, rich volcanic soil, lush vegetation, and access to ocean water all create an environment where a self-sustainable, well-organized civilization can thrive. The citizens highly value equality and respect each other, work efficiently, and follow the rules created for them by the Ducibus (council).…

Introduction Urban sprawl is the expansion of a city or its suburbs, especially the commercialization in rural areas including farmland or undeveloped lands, such as forests and open spaces. Urban sprawl can be caused by numerous factors including rapid population growth, rise of living standard, decrease of land rate, lack of urban planning, etc. Urban sprawl creates numerous problems that would decrease in environmental quality through wildlife habitat destruction, deforestation, wetlands, and…

During the time period after World War II America was booming. There were new ideas underway, one of these ideas was Levittown. Levittown was a suburb where they built houses in large loads, many of the first people to live in these houses were soldiers. This was a result of the G.I bill which supplied housing and education to veterans that just came back from the most recent war. With people gaining more money and getting jobs the population of suburbia was increased to really anyone who could…

other entertainers that exhibit the city’s vast population and traditions. During the Holiday season, Burnsville has a special event called the Winter Lighting Ceremony. The ceremony takes place in the popular Nicollet Commons Park in the Heart of the City on November 25th to celebrate…

When we think of civilizations and where their power resides, we think of the great cities and capitals that were built. As time goes on and civilizations rise and fall, most of those cities are all that remain. Most people in the world today live in an urban area, and while the term urban is defined differently in various countries, it is generally defined as a non-agrarian landscape. The author goes on that several upcoming urban areas especially those in less-developed countries are heading…

and housing costs in major cities will hold a higher price tag than suburbs, however, comparing East to West Coast,…

labeled as a history that shows the interdependent relationship between Chicago and the country. Cronon stated what nature was and how there were two types of natures, first nature, and second nature; first nature being “prehuman” and second nature was cities that were built on the first nature. Cronon stressed…

Brown in the Windy City tells the story of how Mexicans and Puerto Ricans arrived in Chicago. Is a book published addresses the issue of immigration and integration of Mexicans and Puerto Ricans after the Second World War in this city. Fernandez tells the story of the growth of these important communities and their difficult integration in the political dynamics of the metropolis of the Midwest. Figures and anecdotes, the author, who is of Mexican descent, details the problems that both…

Did you know that the community that you live in will affect you or your kids will become. For example, in you or your kids see someone litter that could lead to you or your kids to litter. Today in this essay we will be talking about adding more community centers, more playgrounds/ kid hangouts and finally what we could do with the mall of the bluffs. If I were mayor I would add more community centers because it would help a lot with keeping kids out of gangs and keeping up with grades and…