New York City

Ralph Lauren is one the most well-known designers in the world. He was born in the Bronx of New York. Hired by Beau Brummell ties as a designer. He then continued into his own work. Due to his accomplishments as a designer, Ralph Lauren is one of the most well-known designers all around the world (“Lauren”). Ralph Lauren grew up like an average kid. On October, 14, 1939 he was born in the Bronx, New York. He was the youngest of four children. His name wasn’t always Ralph Lauren. His actual name…

boredom that she has experienced she thinks it would be better to be a fool, and just have more fun while living a simplistic life. In chapter two Nick introduces us to the land between New York City and the West egg, he refers to it as the “Valley of ashes”. The valley of the ashes is a desolate plain where New York dumps its ashes, the men who work there shovel up the ashes. Unlike the other settings of the book this one shows us a picture of absolute desolation and poverty, it doesn 't have…

“consumer society.” Many Americans were uncomfortable with this new, urban, sometimes racy “mass culture” but many people lived in the moment surrounded by the newest kitchen appliances, shorter skirts and lots of alcohol. Although technology, culture, and science were advancing, life wasn’t always “the bees knees.” Racism and segregation was still a continuous issue especially with the rise of the new KKK, woman were advocating a new way of feminism that was promiscuous and non- traditional,…

he was doing was wrong, and changing his self entirely to a new and improved person. Big events happening in a person’s life can either change them for the best or for worse. In James’s case, he experienced both. James had an outstanding relationship with Hunter. Hunter was his new stepdad that his mother Ruth had gotten married to. Hunter was a furnace fireman for New York city and he did anything and everything he could to keep his new family happy. James’s real father died before he was…

Jacob A. Riis’s informative book How The Other Half Lives overall summary is the exposing to readers the ignorance and disingenuous conditions endured in New York’s slums. He includes history about the tenements which belonged to the city’s wealthiest families and as industrialization increased it attracted many immigrants in the 19th century and the buildings were divided into overcrowded apartments for arrivals. Additionally, he mentions that cholera epidemics led people to desire reform.…

Being originally from Washington, D.C., I spent my childhood riding the subway with my parents from the city to the suburbs. We would pick up our car at the local park-and-ride down the street from our home, and then repeat the same process the next day. During the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, because of the subway, my parents had quick and easy access to my daycare center. With the said, according to the Department of Transportation, statistical data revealed that from…

most horrible unforgettable terror attack in US history. Al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners, two planes were flown into the trade center towers in New York City, third plane hit pentagon just outside Washington, D.C., and the forth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. According to news, “More than 3,000 people were killed during attack in New York City and Washington, D.C., including more than 400 police officer and firefighters.” I have watch many videos of Septembers11 but…

family with his father as a Jewish Rabbi, and had 6 brothers and sister as well.When he was thirteen years old he moved from Budapest to New York with his father,where he found a love for trapeze arts and magic.From then on he devoted his time to learning and mastering new tricks and dreaming of being on stage one day. Only a few years after Erik moved to New York,he decided to change his name to Harry Houdini after a famous French magician who had a similar name. Harry had to start off at…

fiction novels by American novelists Jeffery Deaver. The lead in the series is the title character Rune, a young streetwise woman living in New York City. Rune makes her first appearance in the first novel in the series Manhattan Is My Beat that was published in 1988. When we are first introduced to Rune, she is an aspiring filmmaker that just moved to New York City. Rune spends most of her time watching movies but often finds herself embroiled in a range of crime and murder mysteries. Curious…

Introduction Beautician, Cosmetics pioneer and industry executive Estée Lauder, born in Queens, New York, in 1908, established a beauty company with a skin cream developed by her chemist uncle. After years of marketing products solitarily, she officially established Estée Lauder Cosmetics Inc. in 1946 that still bears her name today. Estée Lauder Cosmetics Inc. “No one ever became a success without taking chances… One must be able to recognize the moment and seize it without delay.” Estée…