People from New York City

about the problems in faced mainly in New York tenements. The chapters are each focused on a varying topic or of different types of people. Riis focus as a muckraker is to expose the living conditions of those living in the tenements concentrated mainly in lower New York. Most of these tenements are home to a diversity of people that are usually segregated by national origin, ethnicity, or race. Some of the chapters that show the contrast in places and people he visited include “THE SWEATERS OF…

nature deficit in the past couple generations including the newest generation. I believe just because of our technological advances it’s almost easier to ignore the outside world. It’s easier to say hey, go watch t.v. you won’t by physically harmed from that. Except they are being harmed they have no experience with nature and its no coincidence that we are raising the most obese children to date and it has a lot to do with the amount of emphasis we put on essentially everything else but going…

as the widespread of racial discrimination and prejudice. While African Americans did not experience immense benefits upon their arrival in the city, they grew a sense of greater self-worth and self-importance as they began attempting to settle into the cities. However, a number of obstacles were present that were intended to stop African Americans from achieving full access to benefits appreciated by whites. Migration made race a national topic, the unexpected presence of African Americans and…

my birth. Then my grandmother called from Puerto Rico and told my mom to name me “Jamie” so my mom named “Jamie” to make my grandmother happy. After a while my mom didn’t like the name anymore so she decided to change my name, while I was young, to “James Anthony Regester”. She felt this name was better for me because it sounds a lot more professional, also she had a feeling I was going to be someone famous or at least a successful person. As a baby random people in the hospital would look at me…

James Mercer Langston Hughes was born February 1, 1902 in Joplin, Missouri. He was an African-American poet, columnist, dramatist, and novelist. Hughes is known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance in New York City. With a complex ancestry, Langston Hughes’s paternal great-grandmothers were enslaved African-Americans and both of his paternal great-grandfathers were white slave owners in Kentucky. (Wagner 12) Mr. Hughes was raised by his grandmother, Mary Langston. (Wagner 14) His grandmother…

overcharge for city services and take bribes from companies looking to do city jobs. The city court built by Tweed was originally going to cost three hundred and fifty thousand, but ended up costing upwards of thirteen million after Tweed overcharged substantial amounts for essentials like chairs and shades to keep a large cut of it. Thomas Nast was instrumental in putting Nast behind bars. Nast was a political cartoonist who made many key cartoons which made a big impression on new Yorkers,…

collection of souls that he had encountered throughout his life in America. Whitman felt that the unfiltered and unadulterated American ethos was too powerful, and in a sense too sacred to be manipulated or mischaracterized in his writing. If the American people were to absorb him and his writings, he must first prove that he had absorbed…

midtown New York and was founded in 1929 for the soul purpose of exhibiting the best modern art. The MoMa houses many types of modern art such as paintings, architecture, and sculptures. It allows the public to experience existing styles and creations, and perceive art in a non-historical sense. The public gets to see creations for what they truly are in essence, and not necessarily what purpose they served in past cultures or civilizations. The Making Music Modern exhibit gathers designs from…

and emphasis to demonstrate how New York is expanding in an era of industrialism. He displays this time period of the 1930s through the skyscrapers and skyline of New York. Instead of showcasing the entirety of New York, he focuses on one part, specifically around the Chrysler building. Since Hartman focuses all of his painting’s attention on the Chrysler building and the numerous skyscrapers surrounding it rather than emphasizing the nature or people within New York, it shows how he is pleased…

Paris Paris, known as the love city of the world, was not alwayss known as Paris. Its original name was Lutetia. Paris is the capital of France and the largest city in France. People from all around the world come to visit Paris to see the famous Eiffel Tower; however, they also come to learn french culture, see famous art, sample food, listen to the city’s sounds, and to see the city’s beautiful parks and gardens. When people are askeded where they would like to travel, Paris is normally at…