Essay: Emerald City Most people are pursuing a dream. The “American Dream” is the ideal of freedom and opportunity of achieving success and wealth; the belief that every individual can rise from rags to riches with a little grit‚ imagination and hard work. A dream could just as well be about personal fulfilment. We might not even need the success and glamour if we meet these personal dreams. Nevertheless we pursue opportunities in desire and expectation of living a better life‚ a life more glamorous
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Kheri Murphy AMH 2020 Devil in the White City Essay November 14‚ 2012 Erik Larson’s‚ Devil in the White City is a nonfiction literary work that takes place in Chicago during the Gilded Age. Larson transports readers to a moment in American history that shows the splendor of imagination evident at the time‚ and the violence and poverty that surrounded it. This story is one of good and evil. Daniel Burnham‚ the brilliant architect responsible for the grandeur and construction of The
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Noise in the city Steve Curwood: Modern life is full of nasty noises‚ especially in the cities. Sirens can shatter serenity at any moment and jackhammers‚ loud music‚ and useless mufflers can all send us over the edge. For many people in New York City‚ there’s one form of sonic pollution at the top of the list. They’re calling for its banning‚ even though some nervous New Yorkers savor the sound for security reasons. And as Neal Rauch reports‚ even as the controversy prompts loud debate‚ some aren’t
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1 Why cities are the best cure for our planet’s growing painsBy Robert Kunzig Photograph by Chia Ming Chien At the time of Jack the Ripper‚ a hard time for London‚ there lived in that city a mild-mannered stenographer named Ebenezer Howard. He’s worth mentioning because he had a large and lingering impact on how we think about cities. Howard was bald‚ with a bushy‚ mouth-cloaking mustache‚ wire-rim spectacles‚ and the distracted air of a seeker. His job transcribing speeches did not fulfill him
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1. In the midst of the 19th century‚ following the industrial revolution‚ many cities began to grow at an unprecedented rate. Due to this growth‚ sanitary concerns arose in the serried inner city. Locations including London‚ Chicago‚ New York were unable to appropriately house and provide infrastructure for their booming populations. In America‚ the preponderance of the slum inhabitants were immigrants‚ leading to increased marginalization compared to other locations‚ such as London. The health concerns
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World City: A large city that has outstripped its national urban network and becomes part of an international global system; a centre of world trade and communications; entertainment and sporting spectacles‚ The headquarters of Non Governments agencies and a major tourist attraction. World cities operate as the centre for a number of links among global network- they are seen
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The City of Dream Bright lights‚ massive crowds of people‚ a whole new perspective of life was all I could think about as I tossed and turned‚ unable to sleep. Anxiety and nervousness flooded my body‚ like water rushing into city streets after a hurricane. Maybe it was the fear of the unknown‚ but it was a good feeling. A feeling of anticipation; it was the night before my trip to New York and I was ready to experience the “City of Dreams” for myself. Ready to accomplish my goals
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A city has excellent conditions for people to live. It is an urban area with a large population density which causes a lot of people and business interactions. Some people like the countryside for the sake of peace‚ but others like the city because of convenience. I argue that most people prefer to live in a city. A city constructs a convenient transportation system‚ provides comprehensive services‚ and generates plentiful jobs. It makes people’s life so easy to live in a city with a convenient
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I have been living in Venice for the last 15 years and know almost every street of this city. The city I knew the first time I came here is far more different than the city has evolved now. The north part of the city has changed more than any part of the city and still changing. When I first visited this part of the city‚ it was mostly an open space that had lots of fields‚ trees and a very minimum number of dwellers. There were hardly any high rising building and mostly farmers and fishers lived
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Compact City The Next Urban Evolution Thomas Saaty saaty@katz.pitt.edu Compact City The Next Urban Evolution Thomas L. Saaty saaty@katz.pitt.edu No part of this book may be reproduced by any mechanical‚ photographic‚ or electronic process‚ or in the form of a phonographic recording‚ nor may it be stored in a retrieval system‚ transmitted‚ or otherwise copied for public or private use without written permission from the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: to be obtained
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