hosting programs on local history topics we draw in an audience that ranges in age and interest. Our bus trips appeal to a large variety of people. Our presence at community events puts us in the eyes of many of the community. By continually finding new ways to engage our visitors and Cortland County at large we continue to be a recognizable name. 4. Number of individuals served last year? 1,724 ; 2 years ago? 1,774 5. Geographical Area…
change from the original class to race rivalry. The setting of this play is based in the 1950s in the Upper West Side of New York City. The rivalry is between two gangs called the Jets, a white gang, and the Sharks, a Puerto Rican gang. Comparable to Romeo and Juliet the main plot to this story is based on the challenging love story between Tony, a former member of the Jets and Maria, the sister of the Sharks gang leader, Bernardo. The two gangs have been struggling for control of their…
illustrates New York with a large number of Puerto Ricans so the film can be historical source. In fact, New York Times articles from the 1900s and secondary literature of the history…
Subj: Escape from New York on 9/11, a story that is, according to KlaPensee (2011), “was a respond to requests from families and friends to write a brief account of his experiences on September 11”. The story gave a firsthand account of the events that happened on the day of the World Trade Center attack. At about exactly 8:50am that faithful morning, the first jet that took off from Newark, N.J on routine cross-country flight to the West Coast with fully-loaded fuel tanks hit tower one of the…
worst terrorist attack on record. Members of an al-Qaeda terrorist group hijacked four U.S. airplanes midair and used them as weapons to strike various targets. The Twin Towers (also referred to as the World Trade Centre) located in lower Manhattan, New York City were struck with two of the hijacked planes killing nearly three-thousand people and injuring many more. The impact of the collision caused the building to ignite and eventually collapse. Amongst the injuries and casualties caused by…
and Robert Wise. This modern day film adaptation, released in October 18th, 1961, takes place in a rundown neighborhood on the streets of New York City. A gang called the Jets, lead by Riff (Russ Tamblyn), find themselves in a turf war with the Sharks, a gang from Puerto Rico lead by Bernardo (George Chakiris) . Tony (Richard Beymer), a former member of the Jets, notices Maria (Natalie Wood), Bernardo’s little sister, at a neighborhood dance. They immediately fall in love, but are banned from…
the Jets. Arthur Laurents, a playwright, screen writer and director, came up with the plot for West Side Story, after…
Milestone Three One of the greatest events that resulted from the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire was the creation a nine member commission dubbed the Factory Investigation Commission (FIC). Following the fire, a superficial investigation was completed and it was found that there were conditions in factories and manufacturing establishments that constituted a daily menace to the lives of the thousands of working men, women, and children. It was also found that there was a lack of fire…
creative officer for his company, Michael Kors Holdings Limited, which sells men's and women's. because he has set the best designer to me.he had a major turning point in history by setting his own design Michael kors was born 1959 in Long Island New York City Micheal attended a Fashion Institute of technology, but later on dropped out after two years. Kors launched woman collection in 1981, and became a judge on Project Run in 2004. Michael has gain a net worth of $1 billion dollars making him…
for mechanical engineering made me spend my free time disassembling broken machines and trying to fix them. Furthermore, I tend to be more curious and creative when I was 10th grade. I start my research, combined all of my formulas, and think about a new source of energy that can combine to my “innovative machine” and the combination can produce a magnetic field. What is the most special part about this innovative magnetic machine is it can lift an object from any type of surface using the…