What 's A Name?

Mayor Dinkins invited me to his office and there I revealed my initiative of renaming a street in my Dad's memory. The mayor was in my corner 100% and after going through the necessary channels to implement this, September 18, 1993, the city added the designation “The Matthew S Turner Triangle” at 122nd Street at Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. The unveiling of the street was a historic moment for our family. In May 2002, I established a foundation in his memory, The Matthew S. Turner Foundation.

Hartford is divided in 17 neighborhoods each of one had a diversity of cultures and history that makes the city a melting pot rich city. I visited some of the neighborhoods during three different days and different hours, the two neighborhoods that impacted me and that I will describe in this paper are: Downtown Hartford, and Frog Hollow. This neighborhoods are close to each other, but the differences are evident and I will explain each one of them.

Good afternoon and welcome to Poetry Week. Today I will be talking to you about the topic of urban life in Australian poetry. During this presentation, I will discuss the poem Tree in the City by Thomas Shapcott and its representation of urban life. This will then be followed by how the poetic devices of metaphor and imagery are used in the poem and finally, I will compare it to the taught poem Phasing Out the Mangroves.

From the beginning of my architectural education I have been inspired and influenced by political realities and issues throughout Canada and the wider world. Discussions relating to how architecture participates in political change, conflict, movements, and other events have refined, shaped and sustained my interest in the field. Growing up in suburban Winnipeg I have been continuously struck by the lack of architectural authenticity, consideration and intention found on the fringes of the city. These monotonous architectural landscapes promote and enable political inactivity. Among and in-between the many strip malls, condominiums and stucco-clad houses, there is no space for political activism or protest. In a reality where consumerism

These names that have been given to the people of the City, as expected in such a society, are not at all sparkling with the individualism of the person you lay your very eyes upon in the City of collectivism. In these names, there are no expressions of personality. The name you are given may be yours and only yours, but it doesn’t mean as much.

This journal speaks on how names are seen as some form of “talent” as it is bestowed upon us on birth. This also has religious implications as some feel as their name is a gift talent given from god. Everyone's name within “their eyes were watching god mean something. An example of this would be Tea Cake. “John Callahan says that Tea Cake "revivifies" names” . The names also have a slightly overshadowed sense of racism, as in a way most of the names given to black people have a sort of dumbed down approach to them. Going back to the complete disregard of the “Afro-American” culture by the

In saying that in a decade, Clarkson became a microcosm for the world at large, St. John implies that it served to illustrate a lot of the situations that were present in the world despite the fact that it had been so far removed from them for so long. Due to the rapid influx of refugees, clarkson became more ethnically diverse and was forced to deal with culture shock as the residents were forced to interact with people from multiple backgrounds, as opposed to the homogeneity that they had been accustomed to. In several cases, the residents had to adjust their lifestyles in order to account for the changes that were taking place in their town. Such was the case with the opening of the new mosque or the new restaurants (38) for which they had

I’ve had a love affair with our handles, our names, designators, our John Hancocks, our labels, for years. I adore names, their origins, the functions they serve, or not, their misuse, and any other version of name interest imaginable. Of special interest is how we got them and how we feel about them. I’ve formally interviewed over a hundred people and informally questioned dozens. For all you havers, wearers, owners, givers and callers of names, here’s a volume with much of what I’ve learned.

The objective of this assignment was to understand how urban areas are subject to processes of change and to be familiar with as well as become accustom with the history of the space. The locale that I will be concentrating my research and observations on is Christie and Dupont and the decade I will compare and contrast is the 1910s. The location of Christie and Dupont is based in the Midwest part of the city’s downtown core; An intersection that has been in this city for over a century, this is one of the older areas in the city and has helped shape Toronto’s expanse downtown core. The intersection was recognized and named in honour of “The king of Cookies”, William Mellis Christie in 1861. Development went underway within the 1870s. Meanwhile,

Woodland avenue reminds me of the motherland. I have never been to africa because a round trip to Guinea and Sierra Leone is about five thousand dollars, which is costly. Therefore, I get somewhat of a feel of Africa from Woodland avenue. In “The way of a Cherokee”, Foxxy’s memorable place was the wild mountain country, because it reminded her of her Cherokee culture and her grandfather’s tales. Foxxy mentions the memories she would have of her and her sister running around looking for white tail deers. This reminded me of how my sister and I used to run around Woodland avenue during our thirty minute break looking for new goods to buy or different foods to try out. Sometimes I would stop at my aunt’s restaurant known an “La madinque” to order some homemade soup and rice known as peanut stew. My sister and I would invite the girls from the masjid and we would go out to eat as a group. One Saturday in April 2016, my friends and I were talking about the this major party coming up at this nightclub called “Sakira”. My friends and I skipped the first part of class to go to a nearby Rite Aid to buy Makeup and Falsies. On our way back to the masjid, we stopped at dunkin donuts and grabbed some food. We figured that if we came back during breaktime, Uncle Ali wouldn’t notice. Surprised, when we arrived back at the masjid, he was waiting for us at the door. My classmates were forced to clean the masjid at the end of class, which wasn’t too bad because that deed is a form of

As time progresses and develops so does our technology, mindsets, and cities. Our cities are as much a living and growing organism as we are. The health and prosperity of our bodies depends on the fundamental systems its built on to be working properly, as does our cities. Our towns and communities develop and mature just as we do by growing up and getting more complex. We are a constant evolving system that is faced with new problems everyday and we have to work together to solve those problems just like a city would. As time has progressed our beloved Ocean City has changed in this exact manner. Through developments in culture, landscape, buildings, attractions and travel Ocean City has become a city unrecognizable since its conception in

Cities are generators of economic life and source of changes in the world. Thereby, Jane Jacobs in her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities puts into relief the role of cities on the social and economic levels, while denouncing the disastrous consequences of urban renewal programs. To that extent, in chapters 2 and 3, she discusses "The Uses of Sidewalks”, arguing that over all people need safety and trust in their city. Therefore, first she claims the necessity of keeping streets and sidewalks safe because they are the “vital organs” of cities (29). Secondly, she argues that the functioning of cities should be organized in order to foster human interaction in which “casual public

I don't believe it is morally wrong as long as person is not identifying the patient by name, where they work, and other factors that could identify the person. I often hear doctor's discussing their patients or a story about a patient, but they are very protective about not revealing any information that could possibly identify the patient. I have a pretty uncommon name so I would not want people using my names when discussing my health, I don't believe a name even needs to be mentioned.

We need New Names is a fiction novel written by NoViolet Bulawayo. The story is told by Darling, a young girl who dreams of getting out of her homeland Zimbabwe and go into United States for a better life. Bulawayo’s storytelling thru the eyes of Darling serves various purposes- it is a delightful invitation to reflect on how the world must have looked from a kid’s perspective and to portray the reality of many immigrants who abandon their country due to economical and political circumstances. In the first half of the novel compose of 10 chapters/episodes, Bulawayo focuses on Darling and her group of friends and how they deal with extreme poverty and hunger on a day to day basis by stealing guavas from various places at a nearby rich town.

The meaning of names is a central focus of the novel, because names define people. Their worth and functions are summarized by the names. To some extent, the names also discourage originality. This occurs especially to