The Streets

Louis included “the adoption of a well-defined policy of differentiation in width of street, of roadway and character of paving” (Bartholomew 1917, 6). In addition, increasing the width of streets in the business district and residential areas to lessen the influx and backup of traffic coming into and out of St. Louis (Bartholomew 1917, 6). A decline in river traffic caused Bartholomew to…

This is where the scum of the earth goes to die. Under the buzzing glow of electric street lamps, Scarlet women glide like snakes, ready to pounce on any unsuspecting mouse that finds he has wandered onto the wrong street. Locals have taken to calling it “two-bit” street, cheap and dirty. The only people who don’t mind being seen on two-bit are the types who can be bought of by some sweet words and free liquor; just the type I love to pump for information. The summer night is sweltering, with…

is common among the street children and is seen as one of the ways through which they escape from their troubles. After Monica is disappointed when the relationship with her boyfriend turns out to be a lie, she goes directly to her friend and asked for some glue, after which she hallucinates seeing her grandmother as some sort of saint who is coming to take her. Marijuana is another drug whose consumption is evident in the movie. The chief source of these drugs is the streets here, there are…

development where I grew up was quite new and the composition was flat. The same plastic siding houses filled the streets. Trees, shrubs and perennials were immature and skimpy although as a child I didn’t know the difference and loved all the flowers and leaves just the same. It was a neighborhood of only family dwellings, no small businesses intertwined in it. Our backyards were so large so the street was not so much used for play, just mainly auto traffic and bikes. Some people would have…

research with the public. In any time of need an individual is forced to resort to do things necessary for help like seeking help or even begging. While down in the dumps, a man by the name of Richard Lemieux had to eventually start begging on the streets and he soon realized that humans aren’t…

“Manslamming” Today there are so many people walking on the streets that have taken consideration of moving for other people coming in the opposite direction. Have you noticed that women need to get out of the way of men? In the article “What Happens When a Woman Walks like a Man,” Jessica Roy from the New York Magazine, described the results of an experiment, Beth Breslaw did, to give insights on how women and men walk on the streets. This will then hopefully determine the “sidewalk…

use of technology increases every year, we become at greater risk of technology related accidents annually. Law enforcement has forbidden the use of headphones while driving in many states, however there is still a risk of fatality to those on the streets walking, jogging, bicycling, etcetera while listening to music or talking through their headphones which are often connected to a handheld device such as a cell phone or tablet. All though many pedestrians do not even realize that wearing…

offers a look at a community and public life. In the book Duneier takes on a stretch of lower sixth ave that is very much frequented by scavengers and panhandlers. Duneier worked for months at different vendor table’s on the street, thus aiding in gaining insight from the streets. In the book he talks about run ins with small local business owners, as well as their opinions on panhandlers. In the first part of chapter four, duneier talks about a convenient store owner named Jose Torres. Torres…

It is often interesting viewing your world and reality through the eyes of other people, listening as they decipher and make assumptions, none all that accurate, about the facts, while you 're left to live those facts. Americans have a lot of opinions about Haiti and about as many questions too. As soon as people know that I’m Haitian, I get flooded with questions that I highly doubt they want the answers to: “Why is Haiti so poor?” “Do you do voodoo?” “Where does all the relief money go?” “Why…

logical reasons from the beginning especially after the story you started about the parents that do not like the trash around there children at school. You stated, “City Hall needs to respond to your needs, and to meet those needs on the street, by cleaning the streets and keeping it clean for the youth.” That itself covered the reason behind why you did all these things such as the trash cans. You gave a logical reason of why you are doing this and why we should believe you want to this. You…