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72). John Snow studied the deaths in the Soho area using William Farr’s Weekly Returns of Births and Deaths and persisted in his studying and theorizing to convince people the air was not at fault (Johnson, 2006). John Snow contributed the brains and medical knowledge that were necessary in ending…

A New York billboard brought viral controversy in Lower East Side in late February of 2011, after residents of Soho felt highly offended by an ad Life Always placed at the intersection of Sixth Ave. and Watts St. The billboard featured a young, innocent looking, African American girl with a quote stated above her picture: “The most dangerous place for an African American is in the womb.” Life Always, an anti abortion organization from Texas, defended their billboard by stating, “The intent of…

For, as Lucie sits in her parlor in Soho, she imagines the echoes are of “people coming by-and-by into [their] lives” (104), revealing the continual coming and going of people throughout the years. Nevertheless, in England, the footsteps are often those of her husband, Charles Darnay, or…

The industrial revolution was a period of important changes. Josephine Cochrane, Charles Townshend, James Watt and Josiah Wedgewood were fundamental to process and machinery innovations. Josephine Cochrane was born in1839, Ohio. Cochrane’s husband, a prosperous politician, required his household to host many dinner parties. Over-worked staff often chipped expensive dishes during events. Cochrane observed that inefficient dish-washing was harsh on fine china. Cochrane, widowed at 45, was left…

city of Soho, where there was a huge outbreak of the disease, and…

brunch restaurants are extremely popular. Retail shopping is a prominent industry that has taken over many areas within Manhattan, such as SoHo and Herald’s Square. SoHo was once filled with brothels and deserted factories. But as artists began to illegal move into these lofts, the area’s wealth significantly rose (“Tracing Development Of Manhattan Block”). Today, SoHo is a popular shopping location for many with high-end and middle-end clothing stores. The city, packed with popular stores such…

communal pumps and wells to get water for washing, drinking and cooking. Out of observation Snow believed that because there was sewage being dumped into a local water supply that this was the cause of a rapid spread of diseases. Living near the suburb of Soho, known for the origin of the cholera outbreak in London, Snow immediately went to work in order to prove his…

night. The snowball effect to Chelsea becoming a dominant gallery neighborhood all started with the previous renown gallery district in New York City, SoHo. The former gallery district became far to expensive because of the raising of rents to fit in designer stores that were willing to pay far more then a gallery could make a marginal benefit from. “SoHo became such a desirable place to shop and work and landlords could command far greater commercial rents from high-end, relatively high-volume…

New Haven is a city located in Connecticut. It was founded by English Puritans in 1638 who laid the city according to grid, which is known as the “Nine Square Plan.” The founders of New Haven wanted to create a strong realm of commercial business in the spacious harbor of Long Island; They were even hopeful to have control as far south as the Delaware Bay. New Haven’s urban development experienced many ups and downs in its’urban development. ("New Haven | Connecticuthistory.Org") In its early…

There are many themes that can be found or interpreted from the text of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. One that is most apparent is the idea of filth which is explained in the city and the characters. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines filth as foul, putrid or moral corruption (“Filth”). Examples of this filth are established in both the setting of the story as well as in the development of the characters. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde provides many opportunities…