Midtown Manhattan

Historic Preservation is often seen as an elite club whose membership is bought by the cities' median income. A cycle of investment and disinvestment is what generates cities today. The lower class is constantly being displaced by economic actors to serve the middle class. Some will leave this cycle having benefitted from it, able to buy the ideal single family home. Others, the renters, will have been pushed to another soon to be or already blighted area. Progress in city growth has come…

Background Lorne Avenue Public School has been an important institution in London’s Old East Village for 141 years. After many struggling debates between the parent council of Lorne Avenue and the Thames Valley District School Board, Lorne Avenue will be closing its doors this June. As such, a celebration will be taken place to celebrate Lorne Avenue’s 141 years of educated and shaping young minds. However, Lorne Avenue closing has more societal issues. This story is important because it…

As someone who grew up in a city surrounded by the Andes mountains, the idea of visiting the city of New York became a dream to fulfill. From the beginning I was impressed by Manhattan’s skyscrapers and the view of the skyline from far away. Famous attractions like Times Square, Central Park, the Empire State Building, and the Brooklyn Bridge instantly became places that I wanted to visit one day. Two years ago I was finally able to visit New York City and I was not disappointed. Besides the key…

Name Story Jackson. I do not know where it comes from or why I was given this name. In English my name means the son of Jack. However, I am not the son of a Jack and have no relatives with this name. I decided to solve the mystery and asked my parents how they chose Jackson. It seems it was the result of a compromise. My father wanted Atticus (because he admired Atticus Finch), and my mother liked Logan, because she thought it was unique. They both liked the sound of Jackson. They also thought…

Take in some culture on your sightseeing trip to the city! Open Loop, New York’s premier bus line, wants to do everything possible to ensure that you have the best possible experience during your visit to New York City. You already know that Open Loop provides amazing customer service and an up close and personal view of the city, but now they are sweetening the deal. Open Loop is proud to now offer FREE tickets to the Museum of the City of New York with the purchase of any of the sightseeing…

NYU’s main campus is located in one of the greatest cities in the world: New York City. Having lived on Long Island for most of my life I haven’t been one to spend as much time in the city as I would have liked. However, the few trips I made to the city were always an adventure. I was dazzled by the “city that never sleeps”; it was always lit up and always moving. Everything about it was enticing; and I knew one day I would live there. The real reason why I’ve chosen the New York campus is…

didn’t even care about. I always was fascinated by New York City since I have always thought of it as the capital of the world. I grew up in Queens, NY so I was no stranger to the city. Every Christmas or special occasion my family and I visited Manhattan and every one of those visits I fell in love with the lights and the atmosphere. I loved knowing that there was so much to do at my doorstep. By the end of my sophomore year I had set up my schedule with all the courses I planned on taking…

didn’t even care about. I always was fascinated by New York City since I have always thought of it as the capital of the world. I grew up in Queens, NY so I was no stranger to the city. Every Christmas or special occasion my family and I visited Manhattan and every one of those visits I fell in love with the lights and the atmosphere. I loved knowing that there was so much to do at my doorstep. So when I entered my second semester of my freshman year I knew that I wanted to learn about the city…

I’m sure that some of you sitting in the audience would agree with me when I say East New York, Brooklyn has changed tremendously. There used to be a time when the streets in this neighborhood felt safe. Random shootings, robbery and rapes was nonexistent. You could send your kids outside to play feeling positive that they would return unharmed. At any time of the night, sitting on the stoops of your home enjoying the night time breeze and the sound of kids playing, having fun was a thing of…

She fought to hold the bagel she’d had for breakfast down as she observed the businessmen and women in their expensive clothes rush in and out of the offices. The atmosphere here was busy and fast paced. Discouraged, she second-guessed herself now as she hid behind her dark, long, wavy tresses and realized she didn’t belong here. The positive attitude that helped push her through the front door and make it to the receptionist was fading fast. Despite her reservations, she was determined to break…