The Brooklyn Bridge (initially known as the "New York and Brooklyn Bridge") links the districts of Manhattan and Brooklyn in New York City . It was built between 1870 and 1883 and‚ at the time of its inauguration‚ it was the largest suspension bridge in the world (1825 meters long‚ and the light between pillars is 486.3 meters)‚ a record of light until 1889 the Forth Bridge is built ‚ with a maximum light of 521 m. It was also the first suspended by steel cables . Since then‚ it has become one of
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Suspension bridges come in two different designs: the suspension bridge‚ recognized by the elongated ’M’ shape‚ and the less-common cable-stayed design‚ which has more of an ’A’ shape. The cable-stayed bridge does not require two towers and four anchorages as does the suspension bridge. Instead‚ the cables are run from the roadway up to a single tower where they are secured. Forces on a cable-stayed bridge A cable-stayed bridge near Savannah‚ Georgia‚ USA A typical cable-stayed bridge is a continuous
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reason I found this piece so interesting is that the canvas are very tall‚ making it seem like you’re look out of a large window. The Voice of the City of New York Interpreted: The Bridge (Brooklyn Bridge) was made with oil and tempera on canvas. It seem like Joseph Stella was trying to captured different parts the bridge and try to tell a story through the 5 canvases and it creates a uniqueness to it. “Italian immigrant Joseph Stella painted and O. Henry wrote their impressions of the essence‚ or
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Ruby Bridges was born on September 8‚1954 in Tylertown Mississippi. She grew up on a farm with her parents and grandparents. When she was 4 years old her parents moved to New Orleans hoping for a better life. Her father worked at a gas station attendant and her mom took night jobs to help support the family’s growth. Ruby had 2 young brothers and a young sister. When Ruby was in kindergarten she was one of the African-American in New Orleans who was chosen to take a test to determine if she could
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Building a Bridge to the Eighteenth Century By: Neil Postman Neil Postman identifies himself as a "neo-Luddite". What bothers Postman most is the fact that the great innovators of this time have no frame of reference other than their own experience‚ and that experience is only that of the 20th century. Advocates of trends such as information superhighways and economic globalization appear to know nothing of history‚ philosophy and culture; they live digitally in the hollow present.
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INTRODUCTION A View from the Bridge is a play by American playwright Arthur Miller that was first staged on 1955. At the beginning was considered as a one-act verse drama but then it subsequently revised the play to contain two acts. The Drama presents different society taboos that happened at that time in the United States such as migration‚ sex-war‚ maleness and homosexuality. ANALYSIS It is set in 1950s‚ in an American neighborhood near the Brooklyn Bridge NY; where most of the European
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From the Bridge” is written by Arthur Miller who was born in New York to a Jewish family. Miller worked in the Brooklyn shipyards for two years‚ where he befriended the Italians he worked alongside. He heard a story of some men coming over to work illegally and being betrayed. The story inspired ‘A View from the Bridge‘‚ which was written in 1950s but set in late 1940s. The play is set in Red Hook‚ New York‚ Alfieri quotes “The slum that faces the bay on the seaward side of Brooklyn Bridge…the gullet
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A Murdery in Bosphorus The first bridge over İstanbul’s Bosporus was the Boğaziçi Bridge‚ which was opened in 1973 by then-President Fahri Korutürk‚ while the FSM began operating in 1988 when Turgut Özal was prime minister. The Turkish government announced plans to construct a third bridge over the Bosphorus.The name of the future bridge has not been decided yet. The third bridge is expected to connect a highway starting in the Western province of Tekirdağ’s Kınalı with another highway starting
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In Spring 1960‚ Ruby Bridges was one of several African-Americans in New Orleans to take a test to determine which children would be the first to attend integrated schools. Six students were chosen‚ however‚ two students decided to stay at their old school‚ and three were transfered to Mcdonough. Ruby was the only one assigned to William Frantz. Her father initially was reluctant‚ but her mother felt strongly that the move was needed not only to give her own daughter a better education‚ but to "take
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Islam being frowned upon in Society When asking someone about their religion every religion gets the same reaction either “oh that’s cool” or will make a comment to seem interested‚ but when the answer is Islam‚ the facial expression and opinion of the person changes‚ and the first thing that comes to mind is “terrorist” or “why?” This‚ is not a personal opinion‚ this is a fact. I have witnessed many instances where someone who is Muslim being judged and looked down upon. In fact‚ in an
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