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The Bridge War of 1845 The first bridge the east side built spanned over into the west side of Chestnut Street; Kilbourntown would not take any part to help finance the construction of the bridge. The disgruntled east-siders felt that the best way to retaliate against Kilbourntown’s lack of funding was to produce the cheapest bridge possible. Yet, over the next few years, the bridge turned out to be exactly what they paid for. This led to a village meeting on May 7, 1845, where the two towns…

diverse cultures due to its affordability, economic opportunities, and its access to cultural institutions (“Mott Haven – Choice Neighborhoods Initiative”, 2014). In 1849 Jordan Mott purchased the land of what is now known as Mott Haven. He purchased the land for workers’ homes to support his iron works business on the Harlem River at East 134st (“Mott Haven – Choice Neighborhoods Initiative”, 2014). In the 1900’s East 138st had become the main industrial and commercial district in the Bronx. In…

was so cute and he gave me my first kiss. Little Shavers is where I first experienced video games, Frogger and Space Invaders on the Atari system. Mornings were fun there we would play on the Atari or we would watch TV usually Inspector Gadget or sadly sometimes Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. I am not sure why but that man always seemed a little off and kind of creepy even…

The one and only Kalief Browder: Kalief Browder was an outstanding individual, who lived in the Bronx parish of New York; Browder never had any problems with the authority until the age of 16. When he was falsely accused of stealing a backpack, also, on duty officers never read Mr. Browder his rights, but unfortunately they did detain him. Browder was in a state of shock while being processed in the state jail facility. He couldn’t believe they were blaming a petty crime on an innocent 16 year…

now accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Tablets, television, computers, and cell phones are just a few examples of the technology we have that make screen viewing easily available. Parents are allowing children as early as 6 months of age, to watch television; exposing their young minds to the negative effects of television. In this paper I am going to discuss the negative impacts of excessively watching television, and how they effect a child’s development. I am also going to provide…

Most of these studies are conducted on the program Sesame Street. It is hard to find out any one that was not raised by watching Sesame Street. It integrates visually stimulating content that appeals to children with excellent educational content embedded into the show that have had an enormous effect on children. These effects are supported by studies. In the early 1980s, a study was conducted to find out if the viewing of Sesame Street led to improved vocabulary scores of children. It was…

steadily after World War II. Many homosexual veterans remembered San Francisco as a open-minded city and returned after the war. Seventeen percent of the city’s population was homosexual by 1980. Next to the Castro is its very affluent neighborhood Eureka Valley, a neighborhood that popular with LGBT community and family. The Market & Castro Street Cable Car line opened in 1886,…

The death penalty is a controversial means of punishment that divides society on whether it is morally acceptable to allow individuals to die as retribution for serious crimes. Australia abolished the death penalty in 1973 under the Commonwealth Death Penalty Abolition Act. Under this Act, a person under the laws of the Commonwealth “is not liable to the punishment of death for any offence (1973, s.4).” The Australian government later passed the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Torture Prohibition…

norms. Human trafficking is a crime against the individual, society, and the nation. Often it exploits people who do not regard as permissible on a prominent place in the community. You can also traffic in persons within the country or even the neighborhood in which they live. Consequently, can determine the most important types of exploitation on three factors commercial sexual, forced labor, and Organ…

Considering Fun Home as a mystery novel, Bruce Bechdel’s death serves as the inciting incident which spurs Alison Bechdel to look through the “clues” -- memories, letters, photographs, etc. -- to formulate a judgment about her father’s life. Throughout the novel, it’s clear Alison’s relationship with her parents is tumultuous. Due to her father’s uptight, perfectionist nature, Bechdel finds it difficult to attain his approval and criticize him; moreover, she describes showing him affection “an…