Lower Manhattan

The capital of Ontario and the nation's biggest city, Toronto is home to a dynamic blend of tourist destinations. The city also offers a dynamic Entertainment District, highlighting the latest musicals and other performing arts, and the notable Distillery District. The city centre is generally a very easy approach to explore, with large number of the top attractions within a walking distance of each other and a metro framework to cover longer separations. Canada, Canada! It’s the country which…

Colorado, home of the best city in the world. This city is Denver, the capital. Denver, hands down, my favorite place because of the city life and football. In Denver, the city atmosphere makes me feel like the happiest person in the world. For example, the urban city has many places to sightsee. In Denver, there are so many beautiful places to see such as the U.S Mint and the Denver Zoo. But, my favorite place to visit is the Capital Building, especially during the Christmas time. Furthermore…

In the novel Slam, Slam lived in the hood. Slam had been very talented at basketball but not so much at school. In the book the kids called the main character Slam. Slams real name is Greg Harris. In the movie Finding Forrester, Jamal Wallace was a good kid. Jamal did great in school and both on the court. There are many differences and similarities in both the novel Slam and the movie Finding forrester. In the book Slam, Greg harris went to Carver school. Then, Slam had to move schools not…

Let me set the scene, I wake up earlier than I should during summer break and get on the train from Queens to Brooklyn. As I walk through the Brooklyn streets I felt the most out of place that I have ever felt. At first, when walking out of the subway station everything seemed like a normal day. I stood outside the Marcy Projects (a cheaper housing choice in NYC), where I found myself looking at familiar faces of Hispanic, African-American people and the occasional Caucasian tourist walking…

Imagine being on a cramped cruise boat but a thousand times worse. That’s how bad some immigrant’s boats were to get to Ellis or Angel Island. Angel Island and Ellis Island are the same in many ways but different in others. The two Islands were both immigration immigration stations in the U.S.A. United States. Ellis Island is located in a New York Harbor. Angel Island is located in San Francisco Bay, California. Angel Island was open from about 1910~-1940. Ellis Island was open from 1892~-1954.…

This exhibit focused on Jacob A Riis and highlighted his work. Jacob A Riis was the first man to bring flash photography to New York. Most of his photography was a portrayal of what it was like to reside in the Lower East side slums area of New York. He helped document the effects of industrialization while revealing the crime and poverty that follows behind. This was his way of showing the people of New York that we are all part of different living classes. Another…

Growing up in Queens, I have always been inspired and enthralled by the layers of individuality that every New Yorker wears so well. Performing on stages where actors of all ages gave me advice not only on acting (I participated in City Light’s education programs), but also on life itself. I spent my weekends taking art classes in the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and meeting other kids my age who loved art. I spent my time after school in the Queens Library talking to librarians and writing…

city grew. Visiting Manhattan became an addiction. The more I explored, the more varying characters I encountered. The amount of diversity condensed within only a couple dozen square miles astounds me. The peoples’ interactions are one of those wonders that can’t be explained, buy only understood by observation. Even today, I marvel at how people from such different backgrounds unite to frame one community. Growing into a young adult, I’ve realized that, much in the way Manhattan is home to…

Walking across the Brooklyn Bridge and looking at the skyline of New York City (NYC) at night time was something I had always dreamed of seeing. One of my dreams came true when I was able to take my two daughters to New York City to experience this with me. They would see the sights on television and always say how much they want to go, so I decided to make that happen for them, not just once, but twice. Each one of our trips were 10 days in length and still not enough time to absolutely see…

Ne-Yo’s real name is Shaffer Chimere Smith. He was born on October 18, 1982 in Camden, Arkansas. He was mainly raised by his mom in Las Vegas, Nevada where he started to develop skills for songwriting. Ne-Yo entered the music scene as one part of an R&B group called Envy but the band sadly parted ways in 2000. He was then signed by Columbia Records, only to find his album project being disappointingly shelved for more than a year, prompting him to leave the company empty-handed. However, a song…