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In the 1970's, the working-class community in the Love Canal area of Niagara Falls, New York, was evacuated due to deadly chemicals seeping into the environment and harming people and pets. Before that, the Hooker Chemical Company dumped industrial chemicals in the unfinished canal, and capped it only clay. The Niagara Falls City School District was in need of land, so in 1953, Hooker sold the land to them for $1. Homes were built on top of the chemicals and more than 80 industrial chemicals…

as a chemical waste dump Hooker Chemical Company sold to 99th street school for $1 Abnormally high birth defects, miscarriages and, illnesses 239 families were relocated In 1978, people in the neighborhood Love Canal of Niagara Falls, New York were discovering all sorts of different illnesses and noticed that there was an abnormally high percentage of birth defects and miscarriages. Later on they figured out it was because of former owners of the contaminated 15 acres, Hooker Chemical…

There is a great idea about living in New York City that attracts millions of people each year. This is the reason we have so many people that live in our great city. But there are still millions of people that work in our amazing city. The Long Island Rail Road, commonly referred to by acronym, LIRR is the ultimate thread that provides great transportation from the suburban Island to the urban Manhattan. A travel on the LIRR takes anywhere from 20 minutes to 2 hours to get to the city, but is…

simply, I have almost always been welcomed. Yet this seemed to magnify my perceptions for when I was in the minority. It is sort of akin to when a friend of mine from southern California spent his first winter in New York City, New York. The drastic change in climate from California to New York seemed to impact him more than myself, a person from a similar environment and one who has grown up…

The Love Canal is located in Niagara Falls, New York. It is named after William T. Love who intended for this location to become a dream community where water could be used to power the surrounding industries and homes. By 1910 it became evident that Love would not see his dream fulfilled. Ten years later industries began to use the abandoned ditch to dispose of various chemicals. Landfills can be safely used if they are managed properly. In 1942 a company began using the Love Canal as a…

The growth of technology spurred a new mood for the country. Although spread out and mainly on the East Coast, the result is an “engaging work of popular history”. The year 1908 was filled with radical changes in the technology that changed the way of American life dramatically. The automobile…

in anyway and this must be avoided. However, where the line should be drawn is not always clear, how much protection does the first amendment give us? What is too much protection and can it go too far? This argument has occurred in two cases: The New York Times Co v. US and Ginzburg v US. Each case has a different outcome with very different problems, and answers the previous questions of what is too much protection and where to draw the line when it comes to obscenity. Daniel Ellsburg risked…

Steam puffed out of manhole covers that dotted the road. Penn Station came out at an intersection where the air was filled with the melody of car horns, voices and footsteps. Authentic New York style pizza was something I had always wanted to try. Across from Penn Station was this little, uncrowded restaurant that served some very addicting garlic knots. It was impossible to just eat one. The pizza comes in large, thin slices which had just the right amounts of sauce and cheese. It was a…

experienced church camp with my best friend. I had the greatest experience there. The best part was when I had gotten to go zip-lining. I was doing my daily activities and when we got to go swimming in the lake. I viewed a humongous zip-line. I was with the new…

poem depicting the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in 1963. Several differences arise when comparing the poem to the historical account of Claude Sitton, “Birmingham Bomb Kills 4 Negro girls in Church; Riots Flare; 2 Boys Slain” in the New York Times. The poem, “The Ballad of Birmingham”, written by Dudley Randall, changes events, details of the girls killed, information of their mothers, and the voice’s point of view to elicit empathy, involve the reader emotionally, and demonstrate…