Manhattan Bridge

After an eight hour bus ride, it was finally time to get off of the bus and into the streets. The drive through Lincoln Tunnel was long and tedious and opens to a world of skyscrapers and billboards. The August heat hits you like a truck in an accident. One can remember the first time standing in New York City. The rainbow hues of flashing billboards and cameras shine into eyes as the excited screams of newcomers flood the ears making the city feel like home. The star- studded part of the city…

As the lunch-hour fades to afternoon, Zuccotti Park is claimed by yet another class of user: the tourist. Located around the corner from the September 11 Memorial Plaza, Zuccotti Park serves as a place of consolidation. Large, guided groups are particularly likely to use the park as a staging area. Because many of these groups are coming to or from the Memorial Plaza, Zuccotti Park can seem lopsided in the afternoon. The western side of the park hosts much activity, while the eastern edge…

Travel can be an adventure of a lifetime. There are so many wonderful places to visit in every country, which become famous because of particular characteristics that make people feel curiosity about that site. These characteristics are related to different points of interest or topics such as, tourism, politics, economics, fashion, history, etc. in USA, for example, New York is the fashion city, Sandiego is home of dazzling beaches, Miami beach is the most popular Floridian city for tourism…

For this project I chose to go with the New York Islanders as my company. The Islanders are a professional hockey team currently residing in Brooklyn, NY. There are 2 facets of the organization that are driving factors in its success. The first is hockey operations and the other is the business operations. Business operations handles everything not related to the construction and maintenance of the hockey team. This would include facility management, customer satisfaction and transportation. My…

Glaser created this artwork in 1977, and was first used in 1977 to promote the city and state. It was one of the most widely disturbed and imitated image in the world. New York was having a hard time with negative publicity at the time. New York had a slogan (I Love New York), that had been on TV commercials and was even a jingle but yet they still were missing a logo. Glaser was recruited by the Department of Economic Development to meet with Well Rich Greene about logo options. In that…

In this section, the findings of East Harlem and the Upper East Side will be discussed to create an understanding of why one neighborhood is extremely different or similar to the other. The Upper East Side is home to many affluent residents. (6) Focusing specifically on tobacco usage, advertisements, and corporations influence, this area is not as easily influence because of their level of income, education, and resources. Tobacco usage is not a norm in this neighborhood because the residents…

The artist I chose was Gustavo Ahr known as lil peep. I choose Lil Peep because he went through alot of depression and drug issues. Peep was an american rapper, singer , and songwriter. Lil Peep was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania on November 1, 1996. He grew up in Long Island, New york. He was half Irish and half swedish . Both of his parents were Harvard graduates . His mother was a first grade teacher and his father was a college professor . Gustavo's both parents…

spend a whole week exploring the galleries. In order to get to the Metropolitan Museum first we took the 10 number bus to Journal Square via JFK Boulevard. Then we took the World Trade Center train form Journal Square path station to WTC station in Manhattan, NY. Then we walked from Vesey Street to Fulton Street path station to take the 4 number train to 86th street and Lexington Avenue. After getting off at 86th Street we walked towards 82nd Street and 5th avenue to the Metropolitan Museum of…

places too far to walk, but on Saturday, I decided to conquer Soho on foot. The city's neighborhoods, from the Upper East Side to Chinatown to Greenwich, has a changing feel between each of them. It's almost like visiting different cities all within Manhattan. A day full of window shopping, coffee-shop hopping, and street walking. Here are just some of the highlights of my day in Soho appy Bones Coffee:…

In Remembrance of Aggie Fausnaugh (1929 – 2016) The Agnes H. Fausnaugh Endowed Scholarship Fund is a bequest from Aggie Fausnaugh, Ohio Wesleyan, to her beloved sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Aggie Park attended Ohio Wesleyan University where she became a member of Rho Chapter in 1946. It was that same fall that Aggie met Hal A. Fausnaugh, a member of Beta Theta Pi and her future husband. From the moment she met Hal, she knew he was the guy for her. Kappa was another great love of Aggie’s life.…