Tower of London

The Newport Beach City Hall is a very large and sculptural building that draws attention due to its interesting architectural design. The building is a civic structure with the purpose of being the central place in the city, where the every day function of the city of Newport Beach is overseen. It is an administrative building where the city council meets, city employees work, and community members can receive assistance for different services in the city. It functions as a place that…

The Victorian Era was the period in time in which Queen Victoria of England ruled. This time period lasted from 1837 to 1901, and has been characterized as an extended period of peace with rigid codes of social conduct. Throughout this time period, an abundance of music, art, technological and scientific advances were produced that have continued into the present. One of the greatest progressions of the Victorian Era was the rise of literature. During this time period, literature became an…

Baltimore City Sewage Overflow: Past Time to Fix the Pipes Do you ever take a drink from a water fountain and realize that it doesn't taste as fresh and cool as your bottled water from the supermarket? Do you actually know when the last time your school's water pipes have last been changed? Well in Baltimore they are dealing with a bad sewage overflow that should have been over with by now. Baltimore residents are infuriated by the fact that there is nothing they can do to fix this problem,…

unparalleled growth and optimism for the British Empire. (BBC.co.uk) Supplies and workforce taken from groups worldwide had made England grow, and the time of serious freedom struggles placed in the distant future. Business succeeded, technology grew, and London developed at a fast rate and contributing to crime. While the great divide between rich and poor and the financial and human worry…

Night London travel is regularly connected with pictures of Big Ben, the acclaimed clock tower from the Palace of Westminster. Worked along the Thames River, Westminster is home to the significant vacation spots in London, including Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, Buckingham Palace and the Palace of Westminster. During the evening, astounding pictures can be caught from the Westminster connect or the Waterloo Bridge of the enlightened attractions, including the London Eye. London…

In the show Blue blood one of the main characters works in the district attorney office in New York City and her name is Erin Reagan. In this episode the case she is working on is about Lenny a mob boss that she knows had been linked to many crimes. As a district attorney it is her job to put criminals in jail but she cannot put Lenny in jail because she cannot get enough evidence against him. She finds a 15 year old cold case about a drug dealer named Mr. Green that she thinks Lenny is somehow…

In London the lower class, known as “plain” people, continued to prefer the plays of Shakespeare while the Plebeian folk of Madrid still loved the plays of Lope de vegu and Calderon. Many places preferred different types and styles of drama. Some even liked…

As of January first, all employs working within Morgantown city limits will see a three dollar per week fee automatically deducted from their income to pay the new city user service fee. This fee, costing each worker over $150 a year, is designed to pay for upgrades and upkeep to city roads and to finance Morgantown City Police. The city is charging this tax to those who work within city limits as a way to target those who are most likely to use the roads and police. Conservative city estimates…

Within this essay, I will discuss the conflict between Museum of London Docklands’s efforts to conserve the past and Canary Wharf’s efforts to progress economically. I will use supplementary sources from various authors to aid in the discussion. I conclude that it is precisely the conflict between the two areas, one past oriented, the other present and future oriented, that helps constitute what kind of ‘place’ the London Docklands is. The concept of how to preserve the past while still…

My object is found at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, England, filed under no. T. 113-1964. It is from the 19th century to early 20th century, around the 1800s, and is made for a woman. It is a deep purple color, and is made of satin. It is a dress of the Victorian age, one of the many styles that went in and out of fad during that time. This particular dress was a style going on during 1860s-1890, at the beginning of the time the fullness of the very large crinoline, a stiffened…