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multiple times that they don’t care to hear it. But, if you asked me what my favorite sport to watch is I would tell you that I love watching all of them equally. If you ask me what sport was on television or who was playing, I could most likely tell you. If you told me that the Boston Celtics, New York Yankees, or San Francisco 49ers was playing, I would tell you to switch to all of them. Those are the sports teams that I follow religiously and I have multiple reasons why. The New York…

Many developers did not care about preserving the architecture of the community while renovating. In figure 2, after renovation a modern designed floor was added to include all the new features. I find it disturbing because this one of the historic building of New York City, particularly Harlem. The addition of new floor stands out any spectators because the architecture added floor does not match with that of the historic building. The houses in Harlem were built by experienced European…

New Haven, a city in Connecticut, is notable for undergoing major changes during the city’s existence. It doesn’t offer images glamorous and lavish lifestyle like major US cities, or the dream of someone coming into this city and having it change their entire life. Nonetheless, it offers the idea of the American Dream, New Haven is a city where one can own a house a among the most modern and sophisticated infrastructures. Its history of development and redevelopment is an uncommon story,…

This process means to gentrify the neighborhood, building around the highly valued institution of the Yale-New Haven Hospital. However, the gentrifying process overlooks the implications for the marginalized group already there (Loughran). The displacement of the densely low income populated residential area over the school construction is what Harvey would…

hot pink glitter and rhinestones. After we finished decorating the cards we started to play a made up game called “What is That?” The goal of the game was for me to correctly pronounce the name of the picture. Every time I pronounced the name of the picture correctly I was given a new shiny penny to add to my light pink piggy bank. It became a sacred tradition that at the end of the day we would play a fun game of “What is…

Not necessarily, I do maintain any order of my reading, neither do I control. There isn’t a clue what factor dominates the list of my readings! Lately, my fiction reading narrowed in a specific area, obviously the criteria of selections indicate my recent reading focal point. It’s Bengali Diaspora literature, not the whole, but a major portion of the chunk, which is available in the open market. I remember the instigation of this diasporas reading. It is Zadie Smith, who I consider the pioneer…

The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster is a page-turner to say the least. The surprising ride Auster delivered covers a range of literary and critical topics. I expected it to more or less follow the expectable twists, turns, and general direction of the genre I believed it to take part in. What I got was something different. It seems to me like in all three trilogies, “City of Glass”, “Ghost”, and the final trilogy “Locked room”. All have a similarity of losing someone. In the first trilogy “City…

the United States following New York City on the East Coast. This idolized city that many have nicknamed, L.A., rests within the southern region of the ‘Golden State’ of California. Los Angeles is most widely known for its mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, sprawling metropolis, and for also housing a major center of the American entertainment industry. The worldwide popularity L.A. has received, stems from the city being the source of many publications, old and new, such as famous…

Also, Jeter never betrayed the organization or the city of New York by getting arrested for a DUI or getting accused of sexual assault or any public dilemma like many of his peers. Despite living in the spotlight for over 25 years, he has not committed a single outlash.(Citation) The loyalty derek Jeter has showed…

Final Essays 1. Analyze New York City’s rise as a diverse metropolis during the 1950s. In your essay, include a detailed analysis of the Puerto Rican migration to New York City. What were the causes of this migration? What conditions in Puerto Rico led many of its citizens to choose New York City? What government programs also led many Puerto Ricans to choose to come to the mainland, in particular, New York City? What problems did Puerto Ricans face when they arrived in New York City? Prior to…