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Flushing is the neighborhood located in northern part of Queens, New York. It is not a very diverse neighborhood. Flushing is a very residential and commercial area. For this paper I will be providing information based on my observations of neighborhood of flushing. I will be visiting one of the most occupied neighborhood in flushing, which is Main Street. I look forward to learn and explore this neighborhood through my two visits at different days of the week and at different times. According…

his home in lower Manhattan to pursue his art and support himself with odd jobs. During this time, punk, hip-hop, and street art greatly influenced New York City’s urban culture. His graffiti first received recognition in the 1970s when he tagged subway trains and buildings with cryptic sayings under the name “SAMO". Along with his partner, Al Diaz, Basquit tagged statements such as “Plush Safe He Think” and “Playing Arts with Daddy’s Money”. After his work was featured in a group show in the…

What does a high quality pre-kindergarten classroom look like? Include examples of instructional activities, how teachers and assistants would support children, and what you would want to see in terms of student growth and development. When you enter a high quality pre-kindergarten classroom you feel comforted that everything is in place for children to enjoy learning and to make progress in their development. This happens through the interaction between the physical and social environment. It…

own cars. They must have their own reasons for their decisions. In my hometown, Guangzhou, most people prefer to take public transportation rather than drive their personal cars, since the public transportation is well-developed. We have buses and subways for different routes, and they are always on time. Therefore, it is more convenient to get to the place by public transportation, because parking issue and traffic jam are all the factors that needed to be considered if people drive their own…

society paints the desire of materialism with golden yellow, the glory of reputation with crimson red and the dream of pleasure with optimistic turquoise. However, the only actual color we are allowed to use is grey and its shades. The pale picture of a subway train heading home in the rush hours is usually sketched with exhaustion under the lifeless tones of pressure and apathy. Even though there are newspapers, novel books, even fashion magazines available, under the tensions of sluggish…

Because of the need for revenue, she takes a job as a token booth clerk, and then in February of 2001, she becomes a conductor of a subway line. It’s here where she unexpectedly comes to love her job and the people that she meets because of it. William’s recounts a specific incident when the power went out on a train and the passengers were stuck underground in the subway. Williams explains how she tried to comfort everyone on the train, but the interviewer thought she did much more than…

The Dangers of Technology Technology is becoming a huge part in societies today and is steadily growing around the world. Most of the time technology is intended to do good for people, but other times, technology creates problems, and can lead to negative outcomes. Humans have become very dependent on technology and that dependency will only grow as time moves on. While the people described in “The Machine Stops” and the people today can be compared through a discussion of the technology…

connected to the internet and causes the person to take two steps back while taking one step forward. It is more than common and comforting to search “Google” for the location of the nearest “Subway”, instead of calling a friend that lives in the same proximity who really does know the location of the “Subway”. People have become so reliant on the internet that they refuse to use the vast knowledge that is equivalent and maybe even better than the internets options. The smart phone or cell phone…

expected to flood the coast and airports which will make shut down transportation. The city’s major airports sit along the ocean and face similar sea level rise risks. It is not just the airports that are at risk, as for many people that ride the subways, trains, taxi’s, buses are all vulnerable due to sea level rise and storm surges. Forty to fifty percent of new york's population are vulnerable due to disabilities, old age, and or sickness. New york needs to gauge their plans based on the…

Many people fail to realize the definition of the word revolution. It has multiple meanings such as: revolving and rotation, but today we are looking at it as an uprising or to become more industrialized.The Second Industrial Revolution was a type of revolution because it included new and improved technologies that helped to impact society and the economy. New technologies on the railroads and means of transportation improved. For example, streetcars were created to help city residents move…