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    The Museum of the City of New York has allowed people to learn about the city's history. The exhibition New York at it Core exposes people to the different faces that the city has undergone. It is divided into 3 parts “Port City” (1609–1898), “World City” (1898-2012), and “Future City Lab.” The exhibition illustrates the city's long history of immigration and change. First, as a dutch colony, New Amsterdam, follow by being a British colony to the modern city that it is today. The 3 parts are divided

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    Essay on Tom Wolfe’s: O Rotten Gotham

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    Wolfe’s: O Rotten Gotham “It got to be easy to look at New Yorkers as animals, especially looking down from some place like a balcony at Grand Central at the rush hour Friday afternoon.” (Tom Wolfe). “O Rotten Gotham” argues that New Yorkers are in a state of behavioral sink. It would not be long before a “population collapse” or a “massive die off”. Throughout the article, Wolfe made his opinion clear. He believes everything New Yorkers go through is unhealthy and inhumane. Humans were compared

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    * Essay When you associate anything with New York City it is usually the extraordinary buildings that pierce the sky or the congested sidewalks with people desperate to shop in the famous stores in which celebrities dwell. Even with my short visit there I found myself lost within the Big Apple. The voices of the never-ending attractions call out and envelop you in their awe. The streets are filled with an atmosphere that is like a young child on a shopping spree in a candy store. Although your feet

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    The New York City 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. Although regarded as the `most populated city ' in the United States, the whole city has something interesting to offer everyone. It is sub divided into five boroughs , being Queens , The Bronx , Brooklyn , Manhattan , and Staten Island respectively .The landmarks in New York city are known all over the world . There is

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    Question: Demonstrate why world cities are powerful centres of economic and cultural authority A world city is a large city that has been outstripped its natural urban network and become part of an international global system. World cities have become the central connecting point for the multiplicity of linkages and interconnections that sustain the contemporary world economy, and its social and political systems. According to the 2004 GaWC studies world cities can be ranked based on their provision

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    Hurricane Essay

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    What Would a Massive Hurricane Mean To NYC In my community of New York City it is unlikely for a major hurricane to hit. It's only happened a handful of times in history. If a major superstorm hit our city it would be considered a Nor'easter. Nor'easters are intense storms that can cause heavy snow, rain and oversized waves that can cause beach erosion and a low level storm surge and structural damage. The intensity of the wind gusts associated with these storms can exceed hurricane force in intensity

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    Everyone's New York experience has its differences and similarities. In “Growing up Unrented on the Lower East Side” by Edmund Berrigan and “Here is New York” by E.B White two stories that tell the audiences each of the author's encounters and what they observe living in New York. In White’s journal, he talks about New York as a whole and what it’s like to live in New York. On the other hand, Berrigan speaks about what his childhood was like living in New York. White and Berrigan both lived in New York

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    Raising the Age The complex question that was asked in the post was, “What are the consequences the city of New York will face by raising the smoking age to twenty-one?” This paper will discuss the multifaceted controversial subject facing the New York City residents; those ages eighteen through twenty-one and many merchants around the city. Multiple opinions show why this bill is a very good decision when looking at the health at these eighteen to twenty-one year olds in addition to the city’s youth

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    significantly found this sort of graffiti extraordinarily political. This way of graffiti typically breaks the present taboos within the society. These types of graffiti art are most frequently found on subways or trains or sometimes even in tunnels in New York City. The root of the word graffiti is to write, so graffiti can be interpreted as an instinctual human nature and need for communication and as an instrument to rise against power and speak up. Some taggers are members of street gangs, although they

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    Prepare the financial plan and budget justification proposal. The agency is contracted to work with New York City on several capital projects. To proceed with negotiations, an analysis of the city’s financial documents must be considered. Review the New York City Financial Plan, located athttp://www.nyc.gov/html/omb/downloads/pdf/fp6_12.pdf,to answer questions listed. (Title this section “New York City Financial Plan”) 1.

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