The City

literature, sinking cities have become a reoccurring image that have appeared in numerous works. Many authors take advantage of historical cities that have sunken or created new cities of their own to demolish in their works. A large debate is centralized around the setting in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The City in the Sea.” Analysis of the poem has led people to multiple conclusions, most commonly to the city of Babylon. While a great deal of evidence points to the city being based on Babylon, the city…

Zishen Chen Fys 073 description &bibliography Title: 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…

As one of the biggest cities in the United States, Chicago stretches two hundred and thirty seven miles through the state of Illinois. Chicago has roughly two million people living in one city which is one of the many reasons it is unique. That is more people than the whole state of Iowa. The town of Chicago is one unique city compared to small town Fort Madison with the super structures over towering the city, the cultural differences in the food variety there, and ethnically diverse music are…

enchanting skyline that travels for miles and miles; encaptivating lights that reach the stars illuminate the dark sky; melodies of busy streets and hustling people fill the air, all enwrapped by snow. This is the city that never sleeps. 8.5 million of us shine to enliven the streets of New York City, doing our best to last through the dark. These lights range anywhere from the holiday string lights to the billboards that clutter Times Square. No two are the same. All powered specific amount…

Describe early city life. How did people live? What were the issues? How was the city planned over time? Early life in the urban cities of the US were a whole other world compared to what the cities are today. In the early 1800s, the US population in urbanized areas were about 300,000, with a total population peaking roughly at 5 million. By 1900 the population had spiked to about 30 million with 40 percent of it citizens living in urbanized areas. This spike in population had a lot to do…

Chicago of the 1890’s The Windy City, the White City, City by the Lake and even the Heart of America − Chicago has been known under different names underpinning its special role in the history of the United States. At the time, Paul Lindau, an author and publisher, described it as “a gigantic peepshow of utter horror, but extraordinarily to the point.” In what follows I would try to depict what Chicago was like at the end of the nineteenth century, it was a time known as “the gilded age” − an…

similarities that I will list in this essay is architecture and the different types of food Chicago and New York City Are two of the biggest cities in the U.S.A. With New York holding 8.5 million people and Chicago with 2.7 million people, the third most populous city in America. Chicago and New York are very similar in many ways. They both have a nickname Chicago's is "The Windy City" and New York's is "The Big Apple". Chicago is home to many magnificent buildings and skyscrapers. The…

1. In what ways did the growth of cities test the capacities of local governments? The growth of cities in America tested the capabilities of local governments in ways such as the changes in residential areas. These structure changes included tenements, which were sufficient in giving more spaces to people and more businesses the in central city areas. The capability of local government also became wider as there was an increase efficiency in urban public transportation, which included the…

There are cities located within the United States in which liquor and other unhealthy foods are sold based on specific locations, and those locations are mostly impoverished African-American neighborhoods and communities. A city’s location can decide how it runs and functions, meaning that the environment in which these liquor stores are located can have a heavy impact on people’s lives. In Juan Perez Jr’s article “Study links liquor outlets, gun crime”, he reports on the correlation between…

The City of Stamford is in southwestern Fairfield County, CT, near the New York state line. Stamford’s proximity to NYC and easy access to public transportation have made it an attractive market for people working in New York. There is a vibrant downtown area, beaches, and open space used as parks and conservation land. North Stamford was a separate town until around 1949, when it was incorporated into the city of Stamford. The subject is in the North Stamford section, which is a less densely…