On the Waterfront

Texas City, Texas also known as toxic city is a booming industrial area surrounded by the most significant ports in the Galveston Bay for the shipping community, and is surrounded by oil refineries and chemical plants (Ferling, 1996, p.48). Additionally, it is a city all too familiar with industrial accidents. However, nothing will ever compare to the most devastating industrial accident the state of Texas and America has ever seen; the 1947 Texas City Explosion. An article entitled “Texas City…

In Sydney, Australia inhabitants of the Sirius waterfront building are subject to removal due to the demolition of the building to be replaced by a government-driven revitalization project. The government housing building that was once seen as an “architecturally adored icon of Sydney public housing,”…

Organized efforts to control and limit drinking or the sale of alcohol have been persistent in the United States since the early nineteenth century. For many years, before any public demonstration was made against the liquor traffic, and for some years after, distilleries by many people were deemed a blessing to the community. They provided a ready market for any surplus grain that was raised. The business was considered respectable; and members of churches, and even deacons engaged in it…

In the island town of Friday Harbor, Washington, kids were selling jellyfish to Osamu Shimomura for a penny apiece. The kids were an eclectic mix of locals, summer people, and the offspring of the scientists who had occupied the waterfront, but the jellyfish in their buckets were pretty much alike—formless, colorless blobs about the size of mice. They were blind and brainless, possessing only mouths, muscles, and weak stingers, and one more thing, of enormous interest to Shimomura—rims of…

382). This subject matter of this abstract oil on canvas is families enjoying a sunny day at the waterfront. This depiction is not an actual scene, but rather a careful construction of elements. Strangely enough it has the subject matter, light and color qualities of impressionism. The painting appears to have been made with paint spots which give it…

Naples, Florida is knows for it’s beautiful white sandy shoreline. The Miami International Airport terminal is about 30 miles northern of Naples. Regardless of whether you would like to shop until you fall, perform golfing until you finally hit that best shot, perform racket sports upon one of Naples numerous open public racket sports courts, or perhaps spend some time on the white-colored beautiful beaches, you will find an action that meets your needs. Probably the most numerous inquiry is,…

“I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched” (“Edgar Allan Poe: Death”). Edgar Allan Poe a mad man whose life was catastrophic, and expressed his pain through his work with literature. His short stories influenced many young authors to study his work and write their own. On January 19, 1809 Edgar Poe was born to two traveling actors Eliza Poe and David Poe Jr. A month after Poe was born his parents were back on the road leaving him with paternal grandparents…

Introduction How can we consider one as a successful construction? Actually, the design of the construction should be fulfill the engineering and landscape perspective with consideration of the desirable function. That means a successful design can make a harmonic landscape with satisfaction of engineering requirement and facilitation to surroundings people. A better design is also consistent with historical, cultural and social factors. The Kwun Tong Promenade is a good example for…

Why do people choose to live a boring life? This is a question Anne Bonny might have asked herself because her life was nothing if not exciting. Anne Bonny was one of the few female pirates that lived in the early 1700’s. Her family originated from Ireland but later moved to America shortly after Anne was born. Anne Bonny had many characteristics that were uncommon for women at that time. Particularly, her need to be adventurous and to travel. While she wasn’t the most respectable person, Anne…

Usually all earthquakes happen the same, but the way an earthquake actually occurs is such a spectacular process that everyone should get to know. They are created by many active fault zones within the Earth (Fronabarger). Most earthquakes are made along faults, tectonic plate boundary zones, or even along mid-oceanic ridges (Pidwirny). Small earthquakes can be caused by volcanic activity, landslides, mine blasts, and nuclear experiments (Science Daily). Sun and moon cause tremors by creating…