Washington Heights‚ I can expect to hear music blasting‚ smell the many different kinds of food and a very crowded place; likewise in the Upper East Side‚ I expect to see many fancy‚ tall buildings and expensive stores. Washington Heights is a part of Manhattan primarily full of Dominicans‚ though this was not always the case. Back in the early 1900s‚ there were many Irish Immigrants and European Jews escaping from Nazism; by the 1920s‚ Greeks started moving into this neighborhood‚ and lastly by the 1960s
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first to use steel-wire – and dominated the New York City skyline as the tallest structure in the western hemisphere. The idea of a bridge linking Manhattan to Brooklyn was first formalized in a petition to the state legislature in 1802 (Feuerstein 24). From the time Dutch settlers arrived in Brooklyn in 1636‚ there had been a need to travel between Manhattan and Brooklyn (Feuerstein 98). There were many factors that made constructing a bridge there difficult‚ though. The East River was a wide and busy
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the scandalous lives of manhattans elite." Hooked yet? I know I was when I first heard this famous sign on II. What makes this show oh so delectable is 3 main components‚ the setting‚ the plot‚ and the love dynamics. III. I consider myself an expert on the topic because for two weeks over christmas break I did absolutely nothing but eat‚ sleep‚ and breathe Gossip Girl. IV. (synopsis) Gossip girl is about several main characters living in upper east side Manhattan. The main characters are
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Program in Bronx is ruled Unconstitutional In this article by Joseph Goldstein‚ facts point out that N.Y.P.D.’s rule to stop and frisk has been ruled Unconstitutional. Judge‚ Shira A. Scheindlin of Federal District court in Manhattan‚ said “Officers were routinely stopping people outside the buildings without reasonable suspicion that they were trespassing”. With this stop-and-frisk program innocent people are being stopped outside of Bronx Tap buildings. “During October
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It is well known that the origins of our modern hiphip stemmed from the boroughs of New York City in the late 1970’s. New York City at the time was a raw and racially diverse place in areas outside of Manhattan; further‚ New York was in the midst of one the worse crime surges in modern America. This tumultuous environment bred a new generation of artists and as such‚this crossculture integration produced a new forms of expression through music. Clive Campbell‚ Jamaican immigrant that went by the name Kool Herc
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One of the most important infrastructural masterpieces of the United States of America stands as the George Washington Bridge (GWB) located above the Hudson River. The eastern side of the Bridge rests on the shores of Manhattan while the western end of the Bridge lies on the woody areas of the New Jersey Palisades. The construction of the Bridge was meant to give a connection to New York City and New Jersey and facilitate traveling over the vast expanse. The construction of the George Washington
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comes as no surprise that the city of New York is among one of the most populated states and tourist areas in America. New York City‚ also known as‚ “The Big Apple” is divided up into five boroughs; Manhattan‚ Brooklyn‚ Queens‚ The Bronx‚ and Staten Island. Particularly‚ within the borough of Manhattan lies a neighborhood often referred to as “Hell’s Kitchen” which will be the focus of this study. The neighborhood streches a little over 0.8 square miles‚ starting from its southern border on 34th street
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Millions of people entered the US in the late 1800’s‚ but how? Ellis Island was the one and only provider for immigration in the late 1800’s. At first‚ the Battery in lower Manhattan was the immigration station. Eventually‚ the Battery could not handle the flow of immigrants. This caused the federal government to buy Ellis Island from Samuel Ellis‚ a merchant of New York City‚ and that’s how the Islands name was given. Ellis Island was opened on January 1‚ 1892 and closed in November 1954. It was
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Firstly there’s Manhattan. New York. As one of the most popular tourist destinations and heavily populated places anywhere in the world‚ Manhattan offers something for everyone‚ including vast amounts beauty‚ irrelevant of what you consider to be beautiful. From the lush greenery and openness of Central Park to the awe-inspiring and breathtaking view from the top of the Rockefeller Centre to the iconic Statue of Liberty‚ it would be difficult for anyone to visit Manhattan and not find part
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of a middle aged woman. This story is located in New York City‚ where Isabel‚ the main character‚ lives and works for a company as a typist. The author mentioned many areas from New York‚ such as Central Park‚ the Metropolitan Museum‚ Brooklyn‚ Manhattan or Queens. Isabel is an only child and an orphan and what she used to do was reading romantic novels‚ that is the reason of the title. Loneliness is present during all the story and suffered by Isabel. On the one hand‚ both stories present
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