The New York trip opened my eyes to how unique of a city it is in America. Considering I’ve never been to Times Square, I’ve only been to the Bronx for a Yankee game, this was really an eye-opening experience to me. On the trip I didn’t know many people for a variety of reason. I’m not in the Business LLC, and I commute unlike a majority of the people I was with. Nonetheless, I was able to meet new people, but I placed a heavy emphasis on the observation of everything around me in the city.…
Cheers to Michael Lerner's brilliant delve into Prohibition in New York City! Dry Manhattan gives a riveting taste of how it was in 1920s Prohibition-`dry' (or not so dry indeed) NYC.Dry Manhattan takes us along through the beginning of Prohibition to it's repeal, catching us up in the Roaring Twenties along the way, but even more notably bringing out the undercurrents -the lead-up to and the backdrop of the `dry', speakeasy-nightclub-bootlegging-flapper-filled scene. Dry Manhattan offers a…
Paris Paris, known as the love city of the world, was not alwayss known as Paris. Its original name was Lutetia. Paris is the capital of France and the largest city in France. People from all around the world come to visit Paris to see the famous Eiffel Tower; however, they also come to learn french culture, see famous art, sample food, listen to the city’s sounds, and to see the city’s beautiful parks and gardens. When people are askeded where they would like to travel, Paris is normally at…
March 18, 1837 in Caldwell, New Jersey. He was the fifth of nine children, and his father was a Presbyterian minister. Because the church regularly transferred their ministers, the family moved many times, primarily around central and western New York. The death of his father in 1853 forced him to abandon school in order to support his family. He worked as a teacher in a school for the blind in New York City and then worked as a clerk in a law firm in Buffalo, New York. He began his own law firm…
New Haven is a city in Connecticut, it’s a city that is notable because it has undergone a lot of changes. It does not offer images of a glamorous or lavish lifestyle other major US cities such as Las Vegas, Miami, Los Angeles, and it doesn’t offer the dream of someone coming into this city and having it change your whole life. However, it does offer the idea of an American Dream, the city is depicted as one where there are houses and having sophisticated and modern infrastructures. Its history…
Wall Street Journalist who is a brother and a son to a firemen, is furious and offended that the families of the first responders were not invited to the 10th anniversary remembrance. By writing this, Burke’s goal is to put pressure on the New York City Mayor, Mike Bloomberg. Also, Burke wanted to leverage wealthy and influential people into doing something about the problem. Burke utilized several stylistic elements to influence the audience; including, the organization of the piece and the…
and chest, while the second one was shot in the leg, a source tells Breitbart News. Both were rushed to Jacobi Hospital. One of the sergeant, Paul Tuozzolo, 41, was listed in critical condition and was lately pronounced dead at Jacobi “A long term and devoted member of the 43 precinct and a lovely father of two young children,” Mayor de Blasio said at a press conference at Jacobi Hospital shortly around 6pm. “The city is in morning and the family of the NYPD, in particular the 43 precinct are…
to reduce the crime rate in New York City by granting law enforcement the power to detain a suspicious individual based on reasonable suspicion and search the civilian outer garments for illegal contrabands. There are many controversy surrounding this practice that it is based on racial discrimination and the idea that it is unconstitutional. Civilians feels like this practice only target blacks and Latinos. Supporting civilian concerns, a study conducted by the New York Civil Liberties Union…
The Queens Borough Public Library (also known as Queens Library) is one of the three library systems operating in New York City. The library has 62 locations all across Queens. Volunteering at the library for the past two summers has allowed me to further understand how Queens Library operates. I have always been curious about how the library system is able to be interconnected with all 62 branches. As a kid, I always wondered how they were able to keep track of everything. I could return and…
Tom Wolfe’s The Bonfire of the Vanities: Insularity Among and Within Communities Tom Wolfe’s novel The Bonfire of the Vanities, written in 1987, depicts New York City in the 1980s as a combination of racism, corrupt politics, warring social classes, and crime. The novel follows the narrative of Sherman McCoy, a Wall Street bond trader with his wife, Judy McCoy, and daughter, Campbell McCoy. Sherman’s life is dramatically altered after he him and his lover, Maria Ruskin, are involved in a…