New York City

This project started with an feeling and experience rather than direct idea. Around october i went to the NYC from my dormitory in Upstate New York. On friday night i was supposed to meet a girl that i really wanted to spend some time with but as i found myself sitting underground connected to the subway station wifi waiting for her reply i realised that i'm not getting it. A wave of feelings covered me like a wave covers a surfer. I knew it's normal to be ignored as well as to feel lonely but…

Over the past eight years, New York City economy has been experiencing steady growth. According to [ U.S. Metro Economics], in 2012 The New York City Metropolitan Statistical Area generated a gross metropolitan product of over US $1.33 trillion, while the combined Statistical Area produce a GMP of over US $ 1.55 trillion, both ranking first nationally by a wide margin and behind the GDP of only twelve nationand eleven nation, respectively. The city’s economy accounts for most of the economic…

The New York City draft riots were violent disturbances in New York City during 1863 that resulted in not only African American death, but extreme social tension. The animosity was a result of the new laws passed by Congress that year to draft men to fight in the ongoing American Civil War. Spanning three days, July 13th through the 16th, 1863, the riots were the culmination of the longstanding working class and largely Irish racial, political and religious resentment of the government. Working…

Although many improvements have been made to the city, New York’s air pollution is still a key environmental issue. New York has 5 major air pollutants which are fine particulate matter (small airborne chemicals), nitrogen oxides (gases produced by fuel), elemental carbon (fossil fuels and diesel gases), sulphur dioxide (power plants and industrial gases) and ozone (vehicle and natural gases). All these gases affect people by causing lung and heart damage and also high levels of Asthma. This…

Climate Change New York City in the beginning of March of 2016 first high temperature at 75 degrees and low at 57 degrees , a year ago the same date the high was 53 degrees high and the low 39 degrees. That’s a difference for the high of 18 degree and 14 for the low. Flowers and plants began to bloom this year at end of February ,usually their blooming season starts in April. Climate refers to longer-term averages, the weather averaged over several seasons, years or decades. In New York, we…

force in 1838, following a century of police “watches” that consisted merely on a volunteer workforce. The city of Boston Massachusetts became the first State to modernize policing, and was shortly followed by New York City in 1845, and Albany, and Chicago in 1851. By the 1880s all major U.S. cities had municipal police forces in place (Potter, 2013). Compared to the “town watch” the new police Force consisted of four unique qualities; first, was public support & bureaucratic in nature,…

In past decades, New York City has had various issues which have had a major impact concerning health and wellness. There are a lot of specific environmental issues that are putting a major negative effect on NYC environmental factors. One issue that sparked my interest specifically is water pollution. The human body is 3 quarts of water. Water is essential to sustain life on all levels. New York City is covered with nearly 1,850 miles of shoreline, thousands of lakes, rivers, and others…

The article The New York City Draft Riots of 1863 is an article which tells about the riots that took place in New York city at the beginning of the civil war. The Emancipation Proclamations “led to anxiety among New York's white proslavery supporters of the Democratic Party, particularly the Irish.”. The anger felt by those against the emancipation and others was fuel by “a stricter federal draft law”. People did not support that being drafted was optional males between ages 20 to 35 and…

all the situations we face in life, knowing that tomorrow is guaranteed is something that no person is for sure of. The poem, “Summer Solstice, New York City” by Sharon Olds is a perfect example of the uncertainties in life. This short poem deals with an immensely suicidal man meeting death's face to face at the edge of a building’s roof in New York City while he is surrounded by policemen. At first, this poem seems to be primarily about a depressed man being talked out of suicide by the…

cooperation with the anti-catcalling organization Hollaback (Hollaback, 2014), released a video depicting catcalling in New York City which quickly went viral on the internet. In this 2 minute video a Caucasian actress was shown walking down several streets in the city receiving an incredible amount of harassment. If taken at face value this video gives the impression that women in New York are constantly under siege, barraged on all sides with behaviors ranging from a simple “Hey girl!” to…