Manhattan Bridge

The terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001 is certainly one of the most memorable tragedies that people will probably never forget. The events that took place on that fateful day showed the country just how susceptible we were to a terrorist attack, and since then security has been a lot stricter, with good reason. This particular disaster required a great deal of response and resources, and the road to recovery was not going to be an easy one. An estimated 2,152 people died that day

as a private, residential matter rather than a public function in the early 19th Century (Blake, 1956). The State depended on privately owned companies to supply water for its residents rather than undertaking the responsibilities themselves. The Manhattan Water Company was chartered in 1799. They had the sole rights to supply water to the city. They had a reservoir built in the city to provide over 400 of NYC most elite

consists of five boroughs; Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island. The city home to most immigrants of any city. In that great city, people have endless options to enjoy and explore their interests. Having countless attractions, visitors will never get bored. Some iconic places like NYC parks, art museums, culture spots and traditional venues. Some of the iconic places that tourists must visit are; The Empire State Building, Brooklyn Bridge, Central Park, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

city’s housing authority. Huge amount of money was spent by the federal government on the public housing and low income housing. This money was spent in New York at the command of Robert Moses. Up to that point Moses had been building mostly parks and bridges, now, he was going to build inside the city. No one could have predicted the magnitude of explosion that would overtake New York. Moses demanded to be the construction co-ordinater. The construction co-ordinater has to represent the city in all its

This field research project is on the accessibility of Brooklyn train stations for non-ambulatory individuals. I frequently ride the subways to travel to Manhattan and the stations I have come across in the past such as 42nd street Time Square, 34th street Herald Square, and 14th street Union Square all appeared to be accessible to disabled people who use wheelchairs. I wanted to explore four train station in Brooklyn both busy and non-busy stations to see how accessible they are. The first Brooklyn

New York's Brooklyn Bridge is not only the longest bridge in the United States, but it is also the world's largest bridge. The length of the bridge is calculated as 6016 feet. The bridge extends over the East Rive and connects the Manhattan and Brooklyn boroughs. History John Augustus Roebling from Ohio was the architect of this bridge. He was the one who designed the bridge connecting Cincinnati and Covington. The bridge was built in 1883 and took almost 14 years to become available for the public

Our next adventure was Brooklyn, NY. Although this borough was just a 20-minute train ride away I never really had many opportunities to visit it. I was excited to visit the borough because growing up I always heard that it had the best food in all of New York City. The borough is also known as Kings County and is home to nearly three million people. This makes Brooklyn the second most populous boroughs in New York. It is said that if the Borough were an independent city it would be the third most

I recently took a trip to the New York Transit Museum (NYTM) where I discovered many things. First, the museum itself is the Court Street station whose line ceased in June 1946. The station had been abandoned due to slow traffic and remained deserted until the museum opened in 1976. It was fascinating to see the evolution of train cars and turnstiles from its conception in the early 1900s compared to what they are like today. Interestingly, in spite of the progression of train cars, the concept

I was raised in NYC and grew up about seven to ten city blocks from a walking bridge (I don’t think they allow people to walk over it anymore) my friends and I used to use to get on to Randalls Island. Looking back at my childhood, being raised in NYC back in the 70’s and 80’s and being a latch key kid, was like growing up in the wild wild West and we had some good and crazy times on Randalls Island, so I always enjoy the chance to go back as it brings back memories of a world that no longer exists

The area that constitutes New York City today was originally populated by the Lenape people. These autonomous groups of Native Americans were “dozen-odd groups” who lived between today’s Eastern Connecticut and central New Jersey. They spoke an Algonquian language, lived in seasonal campsites, and dedicated their lives to fishing, farming, and hunting. The first European to enter the New York Harbor was the Florentine navigator Giovanni da Verraza, who was at the time searching for a northwest passage