Halsted Street

Ah, the sweet taste of success! I thought as my teeth sank into my Kit-Kat bar, which was the only piece of candy I managed to keep. Alone in my room, I munched onto the candy and recalled the unexpected events of tonight... Halloween started like every other year. I told my mom I was headed to Jenny’s house for her Halloween party. In reality, I went trick or treating. This year, my best friend, Jenny, and I agreed to dress up as Twix and Kit-Kat bars. The next few weeks were spent planning…

Louis included “the adoption of a well-defined policy of differentiation in width of street, of roadway and character of paving” (Bartholomew 1917, 6). In addition, increasing the width of streets in the business district and residential areas to lessen the influx and backup of traffic coming into and out of St. Louis (Bartholomew 1917, 6). A decline in river traffic caused Bartholomew to…

The sun beat down on us as we drew squares on the crumbled street and numbered them with the chalk we had stolen. We played lagoori with a pile of stones and a dirt-covered ball. Each day, our bodies grew, our minds expanded, the streets crumbled some more, but the chalk was always stolen and the stones were always free. My mother’s cold palm gently woke me. A sea of bored, excited and curious faces moved in an unseen current. There were plasma screens of arrival and departure times and people…

Working as a firefighter for the city of New Orleans from December 2, 2001 – April 9, 2008; I have experienced countless tragedies and devastation during that time. However; in September of 2005, I faced one of the most devastating event of my life, Hurricane Katrina. This had been the most horrific storm to hit our beloved city. According to our schedule, my next duty day was the Monday after predicted landfall. But out of a sense of obligation to the city and the possibility of things getting…

conversation..I didn’t expect him to actually understand at all, but I also didn’t expect him to be completely ignorant about it either. “Cherry, look what’s coming,” Marcia quickly addressed. I watched the blue Mustang as it was coming down the street.…

I live over fifteen miles from the small town that I would consider my hometown. While the distance between myself and Auburn, Indiana is large I have been closely influenced by the small town’s values of hard work and tradition. With the city being founded around the manufacturing of the Auburn Automobile, today the town takes pride in the museum to honor the traditions of the company. When visitors come to my town I would invite them to the Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg museum. The town is proud of…

"Saving children in humanity should always weigh greater than all world politics.The children we save today is the world that we save tomorrow." by Timothy Pina.One day the youth seen today will mature into the elders of the world.Everything that occurs has the power to shape the youth's lives The futures' of the youth are in jeopardy everyday with the economy changing .Now that the world has become more advance and self aware ,society has just started to recognize these serious issues that…

County, although some cities contribute much more taxes than those given back and vice versa. Most people would agree that it's only fair that every city keeps its own taxes that its residents contribute. The taxes would go towards services, such as: street repairs, public services, transportation, etc. This makes lots of sense, since residents would be getting back from the city, the money they paid themselves, in the form of city…

Her target was having sex with his fiancé when Alexia snuck into the dimly lit hotel suite. Approaching the bedroom door that was ajar, she spotted a petite blonde gasping and panting as her man mercilessly fucked her. Alexia froze, uncertain with the situation. The plan was to eliminate her target, Theo Zhang, whom she had been following for months. Lowering her baseball cap and gripping her pistol, she continued to watch. Surprisingly, she felt ashamed, watching the amateur porn before her,…

Come and take a walk with me down 21ST Northeast DC. Ward 5 in the District of Columbia. Here, you will see plenty of trash cans on the street, but plenty more trash on the ground. Also, you will see ripped couches, old dirty mattresses, abandoned bicycles that are disassembled, and drug paraphernalia. What you won’t see are white picket fences, flower gardens, or a suitable playground for kids to frequent. When I say unsuitable I mean the equipment is in deplorable condition, or completely…