Sometimes the world is not as kind as it was to Sherman or it is just a cruel, but in a different way. When I was younger, I knew this kid (let’s call him J). J was a generally nice kid who lived in a lower class condominium townhouse connected to my backyard. Eventually over time we became friends, and after that best friends. I met his family and bonded with them to the point I considered them my home away from home. There was nothing wrong with these people or their lifestyle from what I…
Greg Bashaw lives with his sister, mother, and father in Long Island. The family raises an array of animals including, chickens, ducks, and geese, near their suburban townhome. Four years ago, Greg six chickens, followed by two baby ducks a week later. One of the ducks lived with the chickens, causing its behavior pattern to be similar to a chicken. Since it was right after a day of private school, Greg had a brought his friend Leah home with him to study and relax. Greg took the chickens and…
1.0 Introduction This project deserves more recognition. As the first masterpiece of city revival plan, pull the Fiat Park residential area can be said which do not cross the advertised role for the development of city residence, built in the 50 years after the house into an indelible vitality also to the area of city development. It is the largest collection of buildings designed by Mies Van der Rohe in the world. Lafayette Park is the country's first planned city renewal project and has…
It is an attractive, mature community that features spacious homes and quick and easy access to social amenities. Real estate and home prices Rougemount primarily features detached houses, accounting for 72% of sales, closely followed by condo townhouses at 24% and vacant land at 2%. Two-storey houses are a common style and the majority of homes have four bedrooms. The average real estate price in Rougemount over the past twelve months is $800,568. It is an increase over the same period last…
are found. Kingsford is surrounded by other eastern suburbs, making it close to Sydney, beaches, and other recreational areas. Housing The housing situation in Kingsford consists of multi-storey apartments near the commercial area and houses, townhouses, units, flats, and apartments near the Kingsford town centre, a medium to high density residential development. Many of the houses are two-storey dwellings that were built during the housing…
Everyone should know the 1883 classic book “Pinocchio”. Later adapted into a movie in the 1940s, Pinocchio follows the story of Geppetto, a woodworker who upon seeing a falling star, wishes the puppet creation he had made would become a “real boy”. As the night fell and hours went by, the “blue fairy” grants Geppetto's wish and assigns an anthropomorphic cricket otherwise known as Jiminy Cricket, to be his conscience, the job of helping Pinocchio learn right from wrong weighing on his shoulders.…
Gladwell is offering this modest self-assessment while seated at the kitchen table of the apartment he rents in a stately West Village townhouse. He’s wearing jeans and one of those wickable running shirts, which fits snugly over his thin frame. His hazel eyes are red-rimmed. His trademark Afro, which he had cut about a month ago, is at frizz-level yellow. He looks, in short, like a caricature of Malcolm Gladwell. He is a well-known figure around his neighborhood, fond of tapping away on his…
Condos offer conveniences that townhomes and single family homes do not. A condominium is property individually owned and also shared within the condo community. As a condo owner you will own the "inside" of your property (everything inside your door) but share common areas with your neighbors. So you own your kitchen, but not your roof or the hallway leading to your door. Your condo association, collects monthly fees from you to manage and maintain the common areas. That means the condo…
building practices and many other problems. The Harbour Cay Condominium in Cocoa Beach Florida is one example of a structural failure. The Condominium was being built in 1981, would be five stories tall, contain forty five units, and twenty eight townhouses. On March 27, 1981 the workers were placing the concrete roof slab when the top floor collapsed subsequently causing the lower floors to collapse in a chain reaction. Twenty Three workers were injured and eleven were killed. Days before the…
Artists use their own distinctive visual language to communicate ideas about the world around them. The use of media, techniques and perspective can influence an artwork and convey the meaning that the artist is endeavouring to explore. John Olsen’s “Entrance to Seaport of Desire”, 1964, and Robert Dickerson’s “Woolloomooloo Landscape”, 1973, both delve into the city of Sydney as their source of inspiration. Olsen and Dickerson both express themselves through painting representations of the…