Fictional characters from New York City

One important issue that I am interested in is alleviating homelessness within New York City. During my final years as an undergraduate I was introduced to urban studies issues within the classroom context. I was educated about the criminalization of the poor, amongst various topics exploring various degrees of political philosophy addressing reasons for poverty. Given my interest in housing issues in NYC, I was interested in understanding further sub issues within the topic of Housing. These…

Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs house is one of New York City’s important historical landmarks. The U.S. Customs House was built in 1902-1907 near the port of New York and its job was to collect customs from imported goods (New York Architecture 2015). Before income tax was being developed in 1916, customs was the greatest source of income for our government (NMAI 2015). “It is located near the southern tip of Manhattan, next to Battery Park (New York Architecture 2015).” The building is…

As of 2010, the population in New York, NY was roughly 8,175,133. According to the Census Quick Facts Sheet, the racial population consists heavily of three races in 2010: White alone (44.0%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (28.6%), ending in Black or African American (25.5%). The remaining races all fall under 15%: American Indian and Alaska Native (0.7%), Asian (12.7%), Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (0.1%), Two or more races (4.0%). Segregation trends between 1980/1990 and 2010…

painting is to portray the loneliness of city life. The youngest of four children Mark Rothko was born Marcus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz on the 25th of September 1903 in Dvinsk, Vitebsk Governorate, in the Russian Empire. Rothko later moved to Portland, Oregon in the winter of 1913 after which he received a scholarship from Yale. His initial intention was to become an engineer or an attorney, but he dropped out at the end of his sophomore year, and moved to New York City (Breslin). One of his Yale…

The Big Apple New York City is the place that everyone dreams of visiting. From the building, to the city lights, everyone wants to see the city that never sleeps. I remember being six years old and seeing NYC on the news while sitting on my couch in my living room in Poland. All the tall building and city streets did not fail to quickly capture my attention. Before I knew it my parents and I were on the plane and ready to move to NYC. Not knowing what to expect, I was excited yet very nervous…

men to have their faces printed on a bill – the other being Benjamin Franklin. Alexander Hamilton was born, on January 11th, 1755, a British subject on the island of St. Croix in the West Indies. His father, James Hamilton, was a Scottish merchant from St. Christopher. Rachael Fawcett Levine was Alexander’s mother, but, she was not able to marry James Hamilton…

Summary: James Fenimoore Cooper begins his patriotic novel, The Spy, a Tale of the Neutral Ground, by first setting the scene for his book. During the American Revolution, after the British had captured the island of New York, a small county named Westchester had become a common ground. On this ground loyalist and patriots alike interact neutrally, at least they pretended to. Cooper first introduces the reader to Mr. Wharton, a rather wealthy man, and also a British loyalist. One evening,…

There will always be a hand willing to pull you out into brightness. “I became angry from wanting to die, failed attempts, and just being fed up with people,” said Brett A. Scudder a suicide attempt and domestic violence survivor. Scudder explained that one night in particular he was having suicidal thoughts and wanted to end his life; a call for help from a friend that also felt the same way prevented him from doing it. He is an advocate, counselor, mentor, life coach and suicide first aid…

by that time, I still had no idea what experimental films were all about. I was making films in an extremely sheltered environment, but I knew deep in my heart that I wanted to create something more extreme and more conceptual. Then I moved to New York City, and I encountered this art form that caught my attention at the first sight. Then, I started to study…

It is hard to describe and write letter to America, but things have changed a lot before and now. Before America was number one country in the world and most immigrant were willing to come and worked here. An immigrant from other countries believed that their life would be better and secure if they come to live US and work. But now everything is change and has different situations, so it will hard to scope their dream in America. When I came to US, economic was not that bad, I saw people happy…