Toronto

Our great nation has an abundance of popular, historic spectator events in which innumerable people attend such as the Super Bowl, World Series, and the US Open. Explicitly, on the first weekend in May, Louisville, Kentucky hosts one of the most traditional events in history. Dating back to 1875, the Kentucky Derby brings in about 170,000 people a year. This past year, I had the privilege of being one of those 170,000 people at Churchill Downs attending the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby…

Jacob Riis was born on May 03, 1849, in Ribe, Denmark. Riis migrated to this country in 1870 on a steamship. . He arrived in New York City. Riis took on demanding jobs as an ironworker, farmer, and bricklayer. These jobs gave him a glimpse of the less fortunate side of America's economic system. However, it was not until he became a police reporter for the NYPD that he discovered the true suffering. Citizens living in extremely poor conditions. He felt compelled to find a way to expose this to…

New York City is considered to be one of the busiest cities with some of the rudest people. Everyone has heard of the New York minute, everything happens so fast around us that we don’t notice what’s really going on. But there's something else happening in that split second, there is a whole community working together, all at once to create a single day. Some may think that since everyone is always in such a rush they are naturally rude and would push people out of their way. While that may…

The capital of Ontario and the nation's biggest city, Toronto is home to a dynamic blend of tourist destinations. The city also offers a dynamic Entertainment District, highlighting the latest musicals and other performing arts, and the notable Distillery District. The city centre is generally a very easy approach to explore, with large number of the top attractions within a walking distance of each other and a metro framework to cover longer separations. Canada, Canada! It’s the country which…

Toronto airport is ranked number two on Corporate Knight report, and we are not even on the ranking. Toronto airport has more than double of passengers than us each year, but Toronto have successfully reduced GHG emission by 50% since 2006, and we have only reduced 21% GHG emission since 2007. In addition, in 2015, Toronto successfully diverted 71% of waste from landfill in 2015, and we only diverted 47% of waste in the same year. By benchmarking ourselves to Toronto airport, we can…

Toronto can position itself as a city with a higher quality of living than its competition, most notably its American competition such as Chicago, Boston, and Philadelphia. It is home to the third largest public transportation system in North America, enabling residents to go without a car if they so choose. This drastically decreases the city’s pollution providing better breathing air for its residents. The buses are electric hybrids and there is a public smoking ban which further contributes…

Introduction In this essay I will be exploring a topic most deeply embedded in New York’s history, which happens to be a theme widely pertinent and of extensive influence on the characters and the plot of “A Summer’s Reading”, by Bernard Malamud. New York has, since the days it was known as New Amsterdam, been the most prominent port of entry into North America. From the crown of the Statue of Liberty, one could easily make out scores of ship entering her harbor daily, and onboard, millions of…

Cultures and food somewhat will water down in the future, but will not be entirely lost. It is important to recognize someone culture and background. Understanding where their family came from and how socialization played a major factor in the history of their family. In addition, it allows us to realize that our own families came from diverse roots and heritages. Does not matter what cultures we came from or if we are citizens or immigrants. By preserving culture, we are exposed to…

ArtPrize in Grand Rapids, Michigan is a time when artists and creative minds alike are able to show their work and, if you will, bare their soul. On September 28, 2015 the sun is shining bright, scorching the skin of locals and tourists gathered around venues in the name of art. On the corner of Fountain Street and Division is the Fountain Street Church. The non-denominational, liberal church holds one of the best venues at ArtPrize. It is a piece of art itself with a tower standing tall above…

Just over a century ago a new bird species was introduced in Central Park, New York. A man by the name of Eugene Schieffelin; a Shakespeare enthusiast, had brought a bird species in called the European Starling (Sturnus Vulgaris). Eugene had set them off in this park with the hopes that these birds that are mentioned in Shakespeare's works would be established here in the “New World”. To Schieffelin's surprise, his introduction to this new bird species was a success throughout the nation, but…