Megalopolis

Waterloo is Sydney’s mixed media inner city suburb because this is where industry and artsy and creative design elements merge into one fantastic space. Where it was once an overcrowded industrial suburb, the transition to creative art spaces has prompted a buzz all about Sydney and the neighbouring suburbs. Waterloo is a tech-savvy suburb that embraces creativity and diversity in a friendly, community-centric way. Most people find Waterloo to be wildly appealing, and here is why. Danks Street – Danks Street is a popular street in Waterloo where you will find vintage stores, art galleries, and furniture shops lining the streetscape. Danks Street is Waterloo’s hub for the artsy and vintage-loving crowd. This creative arts centre features several galleries like The Depot Gallery, Utopia Art Sydney, Annette Larkin Fine Art, the Camellia Morris Gallery, Studio 20/17, the Brenda May Gallery, and the Aboriginal and Pacific Art gallery. Cafes and Eateries - Amid all the galleries and vintage stores, you can enjoy a bite to eat, a beverage, a coffee, and/or a cocktail at cafes and restaurants like Coffee, Tea, and Me, the Crystal Café & Restaurant, Subway Waterloo, Café Two Baristas, Baeckerei German Bakery & Café, and several other eateries where you can sit and relax between shopping and gallery hopping. Farmers’ Markets - Danks Street is also home to several farmers’ markets where you can find whole foods, artisanal menus, and culinary artistry throughout this mecca of markets…

In the article, “Social Trends in New York City” Julius B. Maller talks about the change in social trends and how they are so rapid in the megalopolis region of New York. The article looks at the demographic and social-economic trends of the city. The population of New York City has reached astonishing heights over the last few years. People have been moving in and out of the region for a variety of different regions. The density of the population is due to workers moving to New York over the…

is famous for his interesting, sparkling, and creative works. His film Exit Through the Gift Shop involves the viewer in producing its meaning and does not persuade him by 'documenting' reality as much as by enacting a particular perspective. From the point of view of the viewer, the film clearly split into two parts. The first part is about the street art directly. It concerns of incredibly mysterious and challenging art on the verge of the law. Due to Thierry Guettaʼs films, the viewers become…

Lewis Mumford Although Lewis Mumford is not mentioned in this week’s reading assignment, his understanding of city design and the conflict which might arise when poor planning is engaged shines through in various sections in the text. Through most of Mumford’s writings, his criticism towards modern man’s lifestyle is evident. From the transformation of the use of money as a commodity, the ever growing advancements in technology, to his thoughts on how new cities were growing out of control.”…

Coast also contributes to making it a major recreation, tourism, and retirement destination. The Texas and Louisiana coasts receive their share of visitors, but the greatest impact of tourism has been on Florida. Since the 1960s, Florida consistently has had one of the highest total population growth rates of any state in the US. The area from Miami Beach to Palm Beach has become the center of the recreation industry in Florida, although it also extends as far up the coast as North Carolina. One…

(TCO 10) The role of information technology has changed since the days when it was known as data processing. You have been hired as the new manager of the IT department for Megalopolis Corporation. Megalopolis Corporation manufactures and sells barbecue grills to the middle-upper end of the market. Demand continues to be strong for all products. However, providing service (both warranty and nonwarranty) continues to be a challenge. In essence, having the right parts at the right place at the…

architecture identified by its; ribbon windows, simple ¬¬colors and geometry, screen walls, flat roofs, and nonstructural partition walls Tietz (1999). Some of the first buildings to mark the age of the ‘International style include: As early as the 1940’s, International Style architecture had begun to face opposition from people like; Lewis Mumford in the United States of America, who believed that its neglection of context, produced placeless and meaningless architecture (Lefaivre and…

Because it is indicative of a focus on what the city of Shanghai meant in the eyes of those responsible for Mattel (cosmopolitan and ultra-modern megalopolis, symbolic city of the XXI century incarnation of conquering China, etc.). Mattel did he not adjusted its marketing offensive based on representations projected on the Shanghai Barbie store and designed accordingly, not based on a detailed understanding of its client, the reality of the toy market in China and Chinese cultural context?…

turn. Things that usually gave me a migraine, now made me intoxicated on my own cheerfulness. However, everyone knows that all good things must come to an end. Shortly after my dad and I had exited the carousel, it was time for us to leave the park. I felt a pang of sadness when my dad said it was time to leave so we could catch our train. The malevolent train that wanted to rip me out of the park, out of the whole city entirely. My time of frolicing in the park was done and it was time to go.…

article “streets ahead”, the shift, from being rural to urban species, 50% of the population is living in cities which can lead to a major issue in the next decades. On the one hand the significant concentration of people into cities will lead to an issue because, as stated in the journal of Environment and Urbanization in 2011, 71 % of global greenhouse are made by world’s cities. Additionally cities are not extensible so new houses and roads will have to be built on greenfield sites.…