New York

Figure 3. Unlinked public transit trips by urbanized area in 2013, National Transit Database. New York’s public transportation system considerably impacts the geography of the City. Due to the people-driven nature of mass transit use, areas with developed transportation systems often facilitate more compact infrastructural projects to conserve and maximize space. Public transportation directly drives this high-density land development, and effectively reduces the distance people need to travel…

Growing up in Queens, I have always been inspired and enthralled by the layers of individuality that every New Yorker wears so well. Performing on stages where actors of all ages gave me advice not only on acting (I participated in City Light’s education programs), but also on life itself. I spent my weekends taking art classes in the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and meeting other kids my age who loved art. I spent my time after school in the Queens Library talking to librarians and writing…

Blinding lights. Towering buildings. Eccentric performers. New York City has become a place known for making dreams come true. New York City fills people with joy despite the hustling of the city’s anti-social inhabitants the gut-wrenching smell of hot dogs and smoke, and the boring view of towering concrete buildings. People scurry like ants through the maze of streets attempting to make it to their subway train on time. Hundreds of people fill the streets, creating a wall that is nearly…

The New York Conspiracy Trials was a supposed plot by the poor white people and the enslaved African Americans to revolt, burn down New York City and kill the rich white citizens of New York. After a string of fires that burned down several buildings in New York slaves were identified as the only possible suspects, which are depicted in “Reading and Writing Terror: The New York Conspiracy Trials of 1741” written by Andy Doolen and in “The New York Conspiracy, Or A History of the Negro Plot”…

All my life, I’ve grown up in the city. Being from New York, I am considered to be a resident of one of the United States major metropolis. Growing up in Brooklyn I would say I have experienced a very urban upbringing. Brooklyn is a monolith of a borough, with a population of 2,636,735 residents it is considered to be the most populous borough in New York. Such a large number of residents means a large number of stores, houses, parks, schools, etc. Travelling Brooklyn by the most famous mode of…

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…

Los Angeles and New York are two of the most popular cities in the United States; cities well-known for their accumulation of millions of site seekers every year. Regardless of expense living, dangers of crime and overpopulated crowds these cities still garner the attention of most of the world. Although for some individuals it may be convenient to live in these cities, for others it would take a lot of getting used to because Los Angeles and New York both contribute different costs of living ,…

the Children in New York Class and I can definitely say that I have learn a lot about my neighborhood that I didn’t have no knowledge about. The fact that Brownsville is known as one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Brooklyn and I have been living here for so many years and wasn’t aware of that. My perspective sure did change, due to the fact that there is such a high percentage of 23.4% of people living under the poverty line which is almost the same as the while New York city at 24%.…

In New York Burning, author Jill Lepore traces the history of the conspired slave rebellion, which transpired through “[a] series of fires in the winter of 1741.” As “panicked white colonists” began to fear “a slave uprising, [they] set off a cycle of arrests, accusations, hasty trials, executions and more arrests.” This was New York City in 1741 and the victims were predominantly slaves. Through the limited sources found on the slave conspiracy, Jill Lepore questions the validity of the…