New York City

I used to believe that your first time in New York City was the perfect opportunity to be whomever you want, eat whatever you want, and see whatever you want. I imagined my first experiences in the city that never sleeps to be something Carrie Bradshaw would write about and Serena Van Der Woodsen would be proud of. I pictured myself hailing taxis by doing that cool whistling thing with my fingers and eating at restaurants with only the finest of cuisines. I dreamed about strutting down Madison…

Carlson Brebnor Policing Society Local Police Dept. NYPD The New York Police Department is the largest municipal police force in the United States. The primary responsibilities of the police force is to enforce the law and investigate crimes in the five boroughs. The New York Police Department is one of the oldest departments in the United States. There are approximately 34,500 uniformed police officers working within 76 precincts, 12 Transit Districts and 9 Housing Police Service Areas.…

He died April 30, 1983 in New York City. His parents were Meliton Balanchivadze, and Maria Nikolayevna Vasilyeva. He started dancing at the age of 10. He studied music and ballet in Russia before moving to America. While he was there, he mixed together many different techniques he had learned and created his own signature "neoclassical style".Balanchine was the artistic director and chief choreographer of the New York City Ballet. Also, he co-founded the New York City Ballet (NYCB) with…

It was the middle of November, my family and I took a road trip to New York City. As we arrived to the city, we had to wait a few minutes to cross the George Washington Bridge because there was a lot of traffic. After waiting for a while we drove across the bridge and as we made our way across I saw a lot of skyscrapers, including the New World Trade Center and the Empire State Building. We arrived to a place where we had to wait for more than an hour to get on a ferry boat that would take us…

59th Street By: ROBERT LO NOV. 29, 2016 Great diverse city filled with historical backgrounds, multiple cultures, and variety of delicious foods. New York City is a great place to be around One reason tourists visit New York City is for its culture such as art galleries, museums, broadway, theaters, music, concert hall, zoos… Chinatown The largest Chinatown in the United States is located in New York City. Home to Chinese immigrants in New York, it becomes an important destination for…

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 years for…

The evolution of capitalism in New York City begins during the pre-industrial mercantile city as a shipping and distribution point of the hinterlands and to the colonial government. As New York changes hands the British government helps New York grow further by allowing it special privileges. This in turn helped the merchants to accumulate capital. However after the Revolutionary War ended, New York became the Capital of the country and continued to ship goods and resources to not only the…

of an individual or the environment. Regardless, that change can affect an individual through his or her actions and behaviors. In his “The Power of Context: Bernie Goetz and the Rise and Fall of New York City Crime,” Malcolm Gladwell presents a theory to help explain the time period when New York City was crime ridden, and also explains human behavior in his analysis. Gladwell argues that the physical environment of an individual plays a significant role in an individual’s behaviors and actions…

Gentrification can be defined as the practices in a social situation where by the richer people acquire properties mainly residential assets from the poor class of people. This structures a social cultural circumstances and a new group is created when both grouping benefit indirectly and directly from the acquirement of property of richer people from the less privileged community in the civilization. The resulting repercussions of gentrification view decrease of standard people set up and sizes…

My city is located alongside a major river and is surrounded by farmland. We have three sections or school districts in our city, and a transportation system radiating from the center, and connecting everyone anywhere they would go. Our city runs on hydrogen fuel cell powered buses and natural gas. Apartments, small businesses and parks are placed around the center of the city with a bike trail along the riverside. I am most proud of the walkability of the city. Because we have green space…