New York City’s old slum neighbourhood, the Five Points, was notoriously known for its vice and crimes. The first organized crime group in New York City was the Forty Thieves which was led by Edward Coleman, started in 1825, in the back of a grocery store. The Dead Rabbits were an Irish gang in the Five Points area, and are most known for the riot they caused in 1857. The Eastman Gang were a Jewish group in the Five Points area, which began in the late nineteenth century, and were the rival of the Five Points Gang. The Five Points Gang was another group, started by Paul Kelly and included future famous mobsters. In Five Points, where most of New York City’s crime started, it also started some of history’s most notorious gangs, and mobsters.
From the Statue of Liberty to the smooth, beautiful song of the Niagara Falls and to the busy streets of Chinatown, soaring to the height of the empire state building, New york has it all. New York is the state of the action, the calm, and the great. Starting when the Native Americans lived in a longhouse to when Henry Hudson discovered Hudson River to the battle of Saratoga, and when all the immigrants started coming to New York, New York has been through victory events good and bad. Like when NYC invented the first teddy bear, by being inspired by the fact that Theodore Roosevelt refused to hunt an injured bear. Morris and Rose Michtom who were the people inspired by his act then decided to stop selling candy and start making cute
New York City is made up of five boroughs, which include the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. Within these boroughs, there are high and low-income neighborhoods that contain either high or low status organizational structures or facilities. Each division has their own characteristics and top attractions, such as the Empire State building, Central Park, or Times Square. As New York City may be known for great food and fun attractions, New York faces infrastructure problems within each borough. New York City’s infrastructure funding is limited in lower income neighborhoods, where money needed to upkeep the city goes toward prime tourist’s areas or residents living in high status neighborhoods, such as The Upper East Side of Manhattan, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, and Lenox Hill, Manhattan. Moreover, abandoned buildings, poor sewage conditions, and rocky roads and streets are examples of low-income area infrastructure problems that may hinder neighborhood growth both structurally and economically. Harlem, East Brooklyn, and South Bronx are low-income parts of New York that lack new and refined facilities, roads, plumbing, and fundamental structures, which contribute to high crime and arrests.
Inwood is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is located on the northern tip of Manhattan Island. Inwood is a neighborhood surrounded by natural features physically bounded by the Harlem River to the north and east, the Hudson River to the west the Spuyten Duyvil Creek to the north, and the hills and ridges of Washington Heights to the south. It extends southward to Fort Tryon Park and alternatively Dyckman Street or Fairview Avenue farther south. Inwood is a vibrant community with a diverse residential population and thriving commercial corridors along Broadway, Dyckman Street, and West 207th Street. It is known for its tremendous parks and open spaces, which include Inwood Hill Park, the last natural growth
Living in America is a fantasy for a lot of people, but living in New York City is something even better, and more magical than any fantasy.
The first native New Yorkers were the Lenape, an Algonquin people who hunted, fished and farmed in the area between the Delaware and Hudson rivers. Europeans began to explore the region at the beginning of the 16th century--among the first was Giovanni da Verrazzano, an Italian who sailed up and down the Atlantic coast in search of a route to Asia--but none settled there until 1624. That year, the Dutch West India Company sent some 30 families to live and work in a tiny settlement on “Nutten Island” (today’s Governors Island) that they called New Amsterdam. In 1626, the settlement’s governor general, Peter Minuit, purchased the much larger Manhattan Island from the natives for 60 guilders in trade goods such as tools,
Throughout the ages of civilization, mankind has evolved its environment and along with the changes to the environment it has affected us immensely. As skyscrapers are erected in the middle of Manhattan, it was with the sweat on a brow of mankind. Pollution of transporting necessary objects to create the obelisk and many factors contribute to the downfall of individuals.
Every time I hear this song it makes me long to leave all of my responsibilities and head off to the city of dreams. A trip to New York has been a dream of mine since I was a little girl. I have always wanted to visit the place of tall buildings, history, and where culture is intertwined with its people. I have wanted to live the fast pace life of a New Yorker, where I could stand outside and see, smell, and taste all of the experiences that this city has to offer. I have been building and building this ideal image in my mind for so long. If I ever get to New York, will I be disappointed by the city that never sleeps? The city that is a part of almost every movie I watch. Can New York live up to the expectations I have
In the heart of New York City, the lives of Melvin Udall, Carol Connely, Simon Bishop, and Frank Sachs collided every day. However, when tragedy struck not only did they form mutual friendships, they helped each other become their best selves. While there were several interesting characters in this film, I chose to focus on the life of Simon Bishop (Brooks, 1997).
People call New York City, the city of dreams, and I agree with them. I've lived in Queens, New York for 11 years exactly. While I have lived there I have experienced the most exuberant time of my life. I empathically think that New York is the place to be when you are feeling lethargic and sluggish.
New York is the most complex city in the world. On a simple day with crowded people, suddenly I stun because of the restful surrounding in the park of New York, a beautiful lady, and the smell of her coffee. At this moment, I am sitting on a bench surrounded by a carnation garden. I smell the scent of carnations as though I were standing among the mountains and flower gardens. I see many dark red carnations and colorful butterflies in the garden, along with the vanilla sky which makes everything around here more romantic. I take my eyes to a lady drinking a cup of coffee. The sunlight gradually shines on her face. which makes me notice a woman. She has long straight dark hair which gracefully falls down to her shoulders. She has a heart-shaped
Many people have heard of the first settlements and are aware of the early humans but many aren’t aware of the urban revolution. “The Urban revolution- that is features that set cities apart from earlier forms of human settlement” (PALEN, J. J. (1987). The urban world. New York: McGraw-Hill Book.) Two important characteristics of the urban revolution are permanent settlement in dense aggregation and technological evolution.
New York: the city that never sleeps, the Big Apple, the most lively city in America. It is home of the greatest pizza (right behind Italy) and the greatest bagels. It is home to the some of the greatest food in the world, as you can’t walk a hundred feet without seeing a different restaurant. It is home to nearly eight and a half million people, many of them world renowned names like Jay-Z, Robert De Niro, and Adam Sandler. I must admit, though, I am a little biased. This is because I come to UMass Amherst from Long Island, New York, from a town about a half hour train ride from New York City.
With so much to see in the world, it is hard to decide between two places to go. Some people choose large cities. Some people choose the intimate solace of nature. Some go to explore the history of our ancestors. Some go to feel adrenaline and excitement. Some go for people, family, and culture. So the question is brought to me every time I feel my wandering spirit long for a new adventure, “Where do I want to go?” With such a diverse planet, it is easy for me to find something I wish to see. The only issue is that I have to choose based on circumstances, budget, and safety. After much internal debate, I decided on two separate destinations. With a budget of three thousand dollars, I have to choose between a trip
I close my eyes and everything seems so calm that it is as if time itself has stopped altogether. A wave of peacefulness rushes over me. New York City, I still cannot believe it. I begin to hear a soft hum in my ears that quickly increases in volume. I open my eyes and I am suddenly brought back to reality as the train rushes by, its horn blowing loud and strong. The train slows to a stop and the doors open. All at once a massive crowd of people rush off of the subway. Those of us standing on the platform push through the crowd, praying that our massive group of dancers will all make it onto the train. Due to the morning rush hour there is not a seat in sight and there is barely any room to stand. As the train lurches forward we struggle to stay standing. I look out of the window and watch the flashes of graffiti on the dark walls as we charge forward. The train stops and starts three times. Each station just as chaotic as the last. We quickly approach our fourth stop, West 4th Street, the nerves begin to kick in. The train slows to a stop and once again we push through the morning foot traffic. We follow the signs towards the West 8th Street exit, struggling to stay together. I think to myself, “whatever happens, don’t lose sight of the chaperone.” As we approach the stairwell the air begins to feel cooler. We reach the top of the stairs and the entire atmosphere changes. Whereas the people in the subway were frantic and rude, the people that filled the sidewalks are calm