an opportunity to gain further insight with the city of Philadelphia while enhancing my writing abilities to perform at the collegiate level. Prior to this course I considered myself a fairly decent writer‚ but going through the writing process during this course I was able to identify certain issues with my writing and eventually reform them. I had no idea how urban environments interacted with their varied demographics‚ and how Philadelphia functioned as a city. Reading the course texts gave me
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The Philadelphia museum of art is among the largest art museums in the United States. It is located along the west side of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The museum was established in 1876 and stocks more than 227‚000 objects. There are over 200 galleries that span over 2000 years. Each year the Museum puts on 25 or more exhibitions‚ an example being Salvador Dali. The main building of the museum is visited by more than 800‚000 people annually. This museum was not always an art museum. It began
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In chapters 1-4 of The Philadelphia Negro‚ W.E.B. Du Bois provides historical context about African Americans in Philadelphia from the early 1600s to the mid 1800s. Before he shifts to the sociological study‚ he covers the trajectory of blacks in Philadelphia from the arrival of the first slaves to the growing free community as a result of the mass exodus of African Americans from the South. He concentrates on the socioeconomic status of numerous pecuniary classes as well as changes in the division
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The summer of 1793 would be unforgettable for the people living in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. Their population of more than 40‚000 people would decline rapidly over the next few months‚ due to a deadly epidemic. As the summer came to an end the Yellow Fever would plague the city due to a filthy environment‚ lack of effective treatments‚ and misinformation. As August began‚ the citizens of Philadelphia became violently ill with multiple symptoms including: chills‚ high fevers‚ nausea‚ vomiting
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Written by Catherine Drinker Bowen‚ this book‚ Miracle at Philadelphia‚ is a written narrative about the Constitutional Convention‚ held in 1787. At this meeting twelve out of thirteen newly liberated states of America sent delegates who discussed and argued about what would make up the United States Constitution. This document they created all these years ago is still what we use today. From diaries and notes of the different delegates and newspaper articles‚ Bowen is able to portray what the time
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“The Decision in Philadelphia” America is a young country in 1787. They have just won the war for their independence and are now under the new rule of the Articles of Confederation. This government is put in place to ensure that no one leader will have too much power. The newly formed nation still has the undesirable taste of monarchy in their mouth and are hesitant to enact some sort of executive power. The Articles rely on the committee’s to take care of that missing executive branch. Committee’s
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ABSTRACT Title: From extravagant movie theaters to lowly bomba houses: Investigating the degeneration of city spaces along Claro M. Recto Avenue‚ Manila There is a lack of understanding about the overall process of degeneration of city spaces in the Philippine setting‚ specifically along Claro M. Recto Avenue‚ Manila. This study addresses this concern by suggesting a functionalist approach‚ using the theories of Durkheim and Merton‚ in analyzing the negative consequences and implications
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An examination of Philadelphia during the World War II years (1939-1945) reveals that the city of brotherly love even though still deeply divided racially‚ socially‚ and politically could come together as a united front to help support war efforts during World War II. Prior to World War II‚ Philadelphia was a thriving city looking to validate its economic importance in America. Industrialization had transformed the city’s ecological environment as well as the city’s economic and social outlook
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Upon entering the Philadelphia Museum of Art‚ the immediate visual effect of the architecture and large columns peaked my interest‚ while shifting my view towards the seven different exhibits. After analyzing the map to choose a section to start‚ the closest was American Art. This wing featured galleries featuring Philadelphia realist painter Thomas Eakins. The dark nature of the paintings was accented by dim museum lighting‚ adding to the effect of an electricity-deprived society. Haunting paintings
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The exhibit that I viewed at the Philadelphia Museum of Art was one about European Art between the years 1100-1500. This was a series of paintings‚ sculptures‚ architecture‚ and tapestry of the Medieval and Early Renaissance as well as objects from the Middle East. This exhibit was an important part of the history of the Philadelphia Museum of Art because for the first time‚ Italian‚ Spanish‚ and Northern European paintings from the John G. Johnson collection were shown. It gave me a good idea
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