People from New York City

October 18th, 1961, takes place in a rundown neighborhood on the streets of New York City. A gang called the Jets, lead by Riff (Russ Tamblyn), find themselves in a turf war with the Sharks, a gang from Puerto Rico lead by Bernardo (George Chakiris) . Tony (Richard Beymer), a former member of the Jets, notices Maria (Natalie Wood), Bernardo’s little sister, at a neighborhood dance. They immediately fall in love, but are banned from seeing each other due to the differences between the two gangs.…

African-American Culture in Harlem. Gave people the chance to audition and show their talent. Participated on the Civil Rights Movements alongside Black Nationalist and last but not least created fundraiser for the people of Harlem. Every time Harlem is mentioned one thought that flashes through our minds is always The Apollo Theater. The Apollo Theater is located in the Capital of New York City, Harlem on 125t. At the beginning Hurting and Seaman’s New Burlesque Theater was the first named it…

The Empire State Building For almost one hundred years the Empire State Building has been operating as one of New York's most prominent buildings. The Empire State Building is a unique building that is notorious for its structure, history, and present usage. The outstanding architectural accomplishment of the Empire State Building resides on 5th Avenue in New York City. The Empire State Building is one of the most famous and important buildings in the nation. The Empire State Building has…

Exploring Transportation in America How people move from one place to another has changed juristically since the beginning of Unites Stated history and still continues to change today in America. From land travel to travel by water, the method used by the American people seems to be ever changing. With the limited variety of ways to commute, people haven’t always had many options to choose from with how they got from place to place. Transportation has helped to shape America into the great…

New York City, one of the biggest cities filled with the richest and even poorest neighborhoods in the United States. In Alex Gibney’s documentary, Park Avenue: Money, Power, and the American Dream outlines the story about residents of New York's 740 Park Avenue. Park Avenue runs from Manhattan, home of the highest concentration of billionaires through the South Bronx, which is the poorest district in the U.S. The exigence in this film is that the wage gap between the rich and the poor in…

1930’s in the underground LGBT ballroom scene, where it was known as “performance.” Voguing was mostly done in ‘houses’, which are family-like collectives of members of the LGBT community, one of the most popular being The House of Xtravanganza in New York City (the mecca of voguing). Here, the dancers would strike poses striving for perfect lines and awkward poses similar to those of the models in Vogue Magazine (where the dance form got its name). Initially, voguing was an alternative to…

carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States . Two of the planes were flown into towers in New York City, third plane hit the pentagon, fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. This is referred to 9/11 because over 3,000 people died on this tragic day. What did we do after 9/11? Everyone was cautious after this. Nobody knew if anything else would happen. Also people were thinking…

and it is time to make longtime resident of Paris come alive in all it is unique. This book will make the reader hungry for Paris, for cheese, wine and kind of street life that are too fast disappearing. Sciolino, former Paris bureau chief of the New York Times, as the author is a joy to live in the Rue des Martyrs in Paris. Sciolino is attentive jelly every one and every thing, getting its way into the affection and respect of his neighbors through her faithfulness to live in these streets.…

taking this course, I realized that I have learned a lot, and this course is not so burdensome than I thought before, on the contrary, it is quite interesting to listen to other classmates’ speeches, and giving my own speeches in front of a group of people can effectively increase my confidence. This semester we had four speeches at all, two informative speeches-- the speech designed to convey knowledge and understanding; one persuasive speech-- the speech of creating, reinforcing, or changing…

“Vivir Mi Vida” is a song written by Marco Antonio Muñiz, also known as Marc Anthony. Marc anthony is from New York City, New York. He is an actor, singer, and television producer.Marc Anthony became famous in the 1998s and still famous till today. Marc wrote “Vivir Mi Vida” in late April of 2013 and has been a hit ever since. The lyric to “Vivir Mi Vida” in Spanish are Voy a reír, voy a bailar vivir mi vida la la la la, voy a reír, voy a gozar, vivir mi vida la la la la [x2]. A veces llega…