People from New York City

course was in Lower Manhattan also known as the Civic Center. Coming from Queens I usually take the N train coming from Astoria to the city so I was running a bit late. I was never great with directions or the subway in general but I impressed myself when I was able to take the train downtown and meet up the rest of the class. I met up with my class in the Civic Center where City Hall stood. I rarely go to lower side of the city mostly because I always found it to be a bit duller compared to the…

Ogden’s railroad brings the city Description: The first decade of the development of Chicago is closely linked to William Butler Ogden who built and owned the city. The railroad designed, raised and built by Ogden gave power to him by delivering people, more labor force, and necessary raw materials such as grain, live stocks so that industries like hotels and meat factories managed to develop under the control of the railroad tycoon. Born on June 15, 1805, in Walton, New York, Ogden lived in…

Park analyzes Chicago behaviors in homicide rates compared to New York. The purpose of this article was to explore how low incomes, segregation of neighborhoods, and gangs’ results for the increase of death rates. Chicago was at a rate of homicides as New York, however, as New York has been steadily decreasing Chicago continuously has its unstable death rates recorded. Chicago is one of the most racially segregated neighborhoods. From the South side to North side, it’s divided by races and…

founding people have fled to seek a better life within its borders. With this driving spirit of opportunity, American colonization occurred rapidly. Now the bustle of taxi cars and boisterous nightlife entrance the hopefuls who move to seek good fortune within its populated cities. There is an energy that is tangibly felt on the streets and seen within the spirit of the people who thrive there. A city best known for its lively scuttle is New York City; the city of dreams, the big apple, the city…

Many people today would argue that cities are the causes of segregations of the wealthy and poor or the African Americans and the Europeans. The problem within that statement is not based entirely on which race is poorer or less privileged than the other but problems within cities and government to cause segregations between the rich and the poor. Cities are havens for the poor to reside as they having cheaper housing in some areas more so than the country side and suburban areas. But the…

been pointed out. Everything about the city screams: Improve! Improve! Improve! Another interesting fact about San Francisco is that during the Great Depression not a single bank failed. San Francisco is truly the epicenter of world of ingenuity, allowing it to easily breeze into the number one spot. 2.New York, New York The lure of New york is impossible to emulate, it’s status as an icon is indisputable well deserved. The de-facto measure of success, New York forces you to step out of your…

reasons I want to be at NYU: New York City, and music technology. First, the city. I went to LaGuardia High School, and when I first applied to college, I was searching for something new. I figured it would be a nice change of pace to leave the hustle bustle of the city and head off to some place quiet. As the semesters went by, my upstate campus began to feel isolated. After a certain hour, the whole county shuts down and heads to bed. Quite a shock coming from the city that never sleeps.…

are attempting to ignore their realities by filling their needs. Our instant gratifications have created a never ending circle of ecological disarray that demands future generations to fix the issue. This domino effect created by people has cost us the future of peoples great grandkids and the endangerment of pivotal species. Are plastic bags more important than sea turtles and natural disasters? Both Vandana Shiva in her book Soil, Not Oil and Colin Beaven in his book No Impact Man, explore and…

frustration of limited help from the federal government and the new growing fear of terrorism the New York City Police Department created a number of counterterrorism units to combat terrorism affecting the city. The NYPD even mentions in their mission statement on their counterterrorism unit page “Built upon the realization that the City could not rely solely on the federal government for its defense, the Counterterrorism Bureau was created” (nyc.gov). Although the City still works and is…

in a positive way more people hired security officers because they didn’t feel as secure as they did before this had happened. (cnn, 2015) People never really heard of Isis or Bin Laden or Terrorists until the sept eleventh attack than people were…