Tri-Cities

Gentrification is a controversial topic where the urban areas have been affected in. It is the term used for the upper-class men to arrive in what they believe is a degenerating area and take over by buying and increasing rent and property values, which affects the low-income families and small businesses. My classmates and I were assigned to go investigate small shops that were in process of gentrification in the documentary “My Brooklyn” by Kelly Anderson and interview them on what is like to…

neon lights. Nature was slightly more subdued; somewhat monochromatic, yet varied in understated tones of grey, brown, and green. Color is hard to come by, now, with the exception of flame and blood. Rampant fires and firestorms consumed forests and cities long ago, and everyday continue to demolish what was once taken for granted. From the fall of ashes and soot, the world is grey, and waterways are black. Remnants of hydrangeas, wild orchids, and daisies stand brittle in what were once great…

During the time period in which reconstruction from the Civil War has passed, cities are growing by the millions. Immigrants are flooding to America and to the highly available factories for a chance at working in the midst of new industries and technologies. Job opportunity was just waiting for the millions of people looking to settle in the cities. While these large areas are becoming even larger, America is changing in big ways. In the late 1800s, America will grow and transform into a…

For my observation exercise I decided to look at a four-way intersection that connects campus and off campus. In my Community Development and Planning graduate class, we discussed the importance of understanding physical and symbolic boundaries (i.e. edges) of a space, as a way to comprehend a location. A road can be both a physical edge as well as a symbolic one, as is the intersection of Downing Street and Florence Street. The road is an obvious edge, or boundary for both cars and pedestrians…

Since nearly every building was constructed of the local, timber, the fire spread too fast to extinguish. Even though the fire was ruinous, Seattle emerged from the ashes stronger than before. The city was rebuilt in brick and stone which inherently stimulated the economy, providing thousands of new jobs. It was just a few years later that gold was discovered in Canada and the steamship Portland traveling between its hometown and the gold docked…

feel safe while being comfortable in, and it should also be a place where they feel they made the right decision to stay. As teens turn to young adult they start to realize that they want a city that can offer better things for them and their future children. Often times young adults should start with a city that is close to the size of Phoenix or Philadelphia which are not too big because it would cause them to become overwhelmed but not too small as it could become boring. When your young you…

Rob and I found this beautiful Spanish style 20's club chair at Goodwill in the heart of Pasadena's antique row. It was like $180.00. We weren't sure if we LOVED IT, so we went and had breakfast to think about this purchase. We decided that we'd buy it if it was still there, and it was after several hours. We managed to squeeze it into our trunk with a the help of a random stranger, who used his new to him belt that he just bought to help tie it down. When I offered him money, he refused and…

the suburbs of Minnesota and working in Minneapolis, after graduating from Luther College. I want to eventually move to Denver, Colorado or Seattle, Washington. According to Forbes magazine, Denver ranks second and Seattle seventh, among the best cities for new college graduate to reside. The rankings are based on the number of jobs per resident, the percentage of millennial residents, the unemployment rate and the median rent for a 2 bedroom apartment. One of the best value the recent…

2 cities life's compared Although there are several similarities between Houston and San Antonio cities, there are many obvious differences between them as mention in this essay. Having the experience to live in two different cities gave me different perspectives of each one. In my opinion, San Antonio is way better than Houston for many, many reasons. San Antonio and Houston have many different type of attractions. First off San Antonio owns a river called “river walk”, families and couples…

I wanted to tell you about something I learned about in class this year. It was where cities were turning empty rundown lots and United Spaces in cities into green spaces, small parks and small gardens. I think this idea is marvelous. It takes an abandon lot in a small park or a community gardens. Everyone in that community would benefit from this idea. People in the area can take advantage of the garden, they would have food that is health for them, and they would take pride in it because…