Hurricane Sandy Aftermath Hurricane Sandy hit New York hard. Power was lost; there were floods‚ several casualties and deaths. But the neighborhoods of Lower Manhattan‚ Red Hook and Gowanus areas of Brooklyn‚ and Staten Island were perhaps one of the greatest affected by this natural disaster. Because scientists are predicting that by 2100‚ the century event of Hurricane Sandy will be an annual occurrence. So‚ because of this‚ the question of “How can we protect New York from this in the future
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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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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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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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Together‚ they found success with fashion work. The couple pursued a shared interest in photography‚ turning the bathroom of their Manhattan apartment into a part-time darkroom. David NEMEROV gave them work shooting fashion photographs for RUSSEK’S advertisements. After the war‚ the ARBUS career as a commercial photographers took off‚ and soon they were working for top magazines and
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to settle inside its medieval walls. Tuscan towns can be expected to have one or two for a church or town hall‚ but the people of San Gimignano built 70. San Gimignano is now a world heritage site‚ and has a skyline that could be reminiscent of manhattan. It is very peculiar for such a small town to have so many towers‚ however in the video of ‘Skyscraper’ a local resident said “The noble families were always arguing about who was the boss‚ they wanted to build taller and taller towers to publicise
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LONDON What is London? We can say that it is one of the largest cities and ports in the world‚ that it is one of the most important world`s business. Industrial and cultural centres and that it is the capital of Great Britain. But this answers don`t give a full idea of London. London is the oldest city in the country. It is 2500 years old. The London underground is the longest in Europe. The population of London is over 7 million people. As London is a very old city most of its streets
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lower Manhattan would be a bridge or a tunnel. Bridges can be wider and cheaper but tall ones use more ramp space at landfall than tunnels. A "Brooklyn Battery Bridge" would have destroyed Battery Park and physically encroached on the financial district. The bridge was opposed by the Regional Plan Association‚ historical preservationists‚ Wall Street financial interests and property owners‚ various high society people‚ construction unions (since a tunnel would give them more work)‚ the Manhattan borough
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August Pullman is a 10 year old boy in the 6th grade being home-schooled by his mother. Auggie does not want to go to public school because of his face‚ but his parents decide to enroll him in Beecher Prep; a private middle school in upper Manhattan. Auggie visits Beecher Prep and meets the principal of Beecher Prep‚ Mr. Tushman‚ along with three other students: Jack Will‚ Julian Albans‚ and Charlotte Cody. He becomes friends with Jack as well as a girl named Summer Dawson‚ who sits with him during
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