September 3rd‚ 2010 Significant Place: Brooklyn‚ New York Many people have a place that is very significant to them. In my opinion‚ having a significant place is a very good thing because that means that significant place has a meaning. Brooklyn‚ New York‚ is the original hometown of the majority of my family and they have a very significant background history there. Brooklyn‚ New York is a very capacious city. My favorite thing to do there is shop. When I go shopping‚ I often enjoy seeing the
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West of downtown Toronto‚ and located between Spadina‚ Dundas‚ Bathurst and College‚ Kensington Market is an extremely vibrant community. Recognized for its distinctively rich culture‚ ethnic diversity‚ and plethora of unique food vendors‚ Kensington is one of Toronto’s most eclectic boroughs. Patrons can look forward to purchasing thrifted finds‚ fresh produce‚ and navigating through small roadways that focus on accommodating the needs of pedestrians and cyclists—which make it a good fit with people’s
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Chris Naylor U.S. Expansion and The Dodgers Move West Baseball in Brooklyn has been in existence since the 1800s with the Brooklyn Grays‚ but the name that most people remember when they talk about Brooklyn is the Dodgers. Most people remember the Dodgers for their great play and also for a man by the name of Walter O’Malley on moving the Dodgers to Los Angeles. This move was made possible by the political maneuverings of New York City and Los Angeles‚ families moving away from big cities to the
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community to redevelop‚ forcing this community to be physically pinned down. Also‚ unfortunately local government hasn’t been helpful either. Therefore‚ my prospective on how the community is addressing these issues has changed‚ and how I see gentrification issues of the community. Lastly‚ due to these external factors‚ families rather work on and combat other tangible social justice issues‚ such as immigration‚ food insecurity and healthcare mainly because they can directly see the results of their
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The Hipster Culture The coolness of New York is at a dangerous risk. What’s the danger? The answer is simple‚ Hipsters. Often referred to as bored‚ slacker trust-fund kids‚ the Hipster is a noticeably present subculture in New York City. Before coming to New York from a small college town in Texas‚ I had never even heard of these “hipsters.” From my first impression‚ they seemed to try so hard to be unique and “cool” by their own definition‚ which‚ for the most part‚ was an accurate assumption
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New York vs. New Jersey Khalidah Garrett English composition‚ section M03 Professor Laura Butchy July 15‚ 2013 A way life is different from when I was younger would be the location I’ve lived in. Being born in Brooklyn‚ New York then moving to Carteret‚ New Jersey would appear to be a difficult transition for most ten year olds to handle. A few ways that made it different from each other is the pace‚ the educational system‚ and the economy. New Jersey seemed different because of the slower
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Two Native American tribes discovered Manhattan. This was established in the time of 10‚000 BCE. With that‚ in 1524‚ French voyagers were the founders of New York State and approved the Dutch colonies to reclaim the area in 1609. In 1664 England bought the island of Manhattan and altered it into a foremost trading port for the 13 original colonies. New York City then turned out to be an area of prodigious population and diversity. The New York harbor was first discovered by an Italian man in 1524
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exposed to things he didn’t see living with his mother. His father was quite the intelligent man‚ and was able to keep him out of trouble. Some of the lessons his father taught him stuck with me to this day about how to be leader‚ He spoke on Gentrification in a clip in the film. Towards the end of the film‚ The young man was walking to the store with his friend and his friend was killed. At this point he was given a crucial fork in the road and had a very difficult decision to make. Rather
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topic that is original and actually controversial. In my CAS 100 class when the class was assigned with to do a policy speech I aimed to find a topic which I was fairly ignorant on‚ in order to challenge myself. I decided to chose the topic of gentrification‚ since I felt it was a topic that many‚ including myself‚ weren’t very aware of the occurrence. Others on the other hand decided to pick topics which were‚ in my opinion‚ a little too easy. Topics such as global warming can easily “persuade” an
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Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese Monument is outside of MCU Park (home of the Brooklyn Cyclones) in Brooklyn‚ New York. William Behrends who is an artist from North Carolina and he is famous for his portraits of Major League Baseball (MLB) players sculpted the monument and the walkway to the monument was designed by Ken Smith. The idea came to him when he saw Pee Wee Reese‚ who at the time was the captain of the Brooklyn Dodgers‚ put his arm around Jackie Robinson. (Nycgovparks.org) The monument
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