New York City, The city that never sleeps is the largest city in the word. It’s ethnically diverse population is made up of immigrants from all over the world. People come here in pursuit of better job, education and life. Today, New York is all that and more, thanks to the discovery of law, order and technology. Everything about New York is grand it is a fast developing society. Few years ago, New York was nothing like what it is today. It was a discovery in a process of development. During the development process the city had to tolerate diverse types of unstable situation that are unknown to many Americans. Going back into the history of New York, one would be amazed by how this fascinating city looked a few years back. Immigrants, who were unskilled workers, and probably didn’t speak English build the city that we live in today. They worked for minimum wage and lived in poor conditions. Throughout the history, immigrants have entered New York in pursuit of a better life for themselves and their family. During the late 1800’s immigrants from Europe entered the United States through the Statue of Liberty. Statue of Liberty symbolizes freedom, and the promise of better life. Statue of Liberty welcomed all immigrants who came to her to full fill their dreams and make her place their home. During the mid 1800’s Irish emerged in New York. They were the new immigrants. The ship they sailed in to get to the State of Liberty was called the Black Death. It was called the Black Death because many people died in the ship before reaching their destination The Statue of Liberty. The distance from Ireland to New York was very long and the environment on the ship was not clean which caused people to catch illness. Also, due to lack o... ... middle of paper ... ...g on the streets. The streets of New York were not as clean as it is today. Most of NY was a farmland. People had chicken, cows, and goats in their back yard. The animals provided people with food such as milk, eggs etc. Today most New Yorkers have dogs, cats or fish as their pets. For all our necessary needs we go to the grocery story and don’t raise animals in our backyard to provide us food. In conclusion, New York today has advanced a lot compared to the New York of 1800’s. Immigrants today don't work in lowest paying jobs. Some of them are financially very secure and speak English. People read newspapers as well but not much compared to the mid 1800’s. Internet replaced newspaper today, where people can search for all the types of news with out flipping pages. Today, pigs don’t walk on the streets instead we see New Yorkers walking their dogs on the streets.
The Black Death (also called the "plague" or the "pestilence", the bacteria that causes it is Yersinia Pestis) was a devastating pandemic causing the death of over one-third of Europe's population in its major wave of 1348-1349. Yersinia Pestis had two major strains: the first, the Bubonic form, was carried by fleas on rodents and caused swelling of the lymph nodes, or "buboes", and lesions under the skin, with a fifty-percent mortality rate; the second, the pneumonic form, was airborne after the bacteria had mutated and caused fluids to build up in the lungs and other areas, causing suffocation and a seventy-percent mortality rate.
...he Nation- New York City owes pretty much what it all is today to the bosses of Tammany Hall in the last 20 years. With bosses everything runs smoothly, like noiseless machinery.
New Amsterdam became New York and changed hands from the Dutch to the English. But it is not only Dutch place names and styles of architecture scattered across the five boroughs and all of the Empire State that beat witness to this moment in history. The values of openness, tolerance, liberalism and engagement with the world remain the hallmarks of New York, city and state alike. They have made it one of the economic, intellectual and cultural centers of the
Ellis, Edward Robb., and Jeanyee Wong. The Epic of New York City. New York, NY: Carroll & Graf, 2005. Print.
New York is worlds one of the most significant, historic and precious city. It is often considered as the cultural and financial capital of the world. However, what makes New York so unique, popular and famous? It is New York’s immigrants. For my research I have used two texts, One Out of Three by Nancy Foner and New York by M.J. Howard. In the first text Foner gives an insight description about immigrant’s contribution in economic and cultural sector of New York. In the second text Howard writes about Immigration history and the way immigration has changed New Yorks lifestyle. New York is America’s most essential gateway city to immigrants. According to asanet.org “from the year 1850 to now massive amount of immigrants have moved and lived
Jonnes, Jill. “South Bronx rising: the rise, fall, and resurrection of an American city.” New York: Fordham University Press. (1986).
The Black Death was a dark period of human history, approximately 60% of European died. Black Death also known as the bubonic plague, it happened during 1346-1353. The plague spread during the crusades along the ships, and it was originated from a mice from Asia. It is a irremediable disease. The plague made so many negative influence on society, as well as positive effects on human population, such as social, medical and economical effects.
Gentrification is designed to improve the quality of life for the residents, but the fact is that it pushes out old residents to welcome in young and wealthy citizens. To analyze the demographic even further, gentrified neighborhoods in New York City have seen an increase in white population despite a city wide decrease. As Kate Abbey-Lamertz of the Huffington Post states, “The report notes that change is driven by educated people moving in, rather than by existing residents becoming more educated.” These changes are being driven by a millennial demographic who can afford the changed aesthetic. The influx of millennials are pushing out families whose lifestyle can’t keep up with the changing demographic. Even though these changes have been occurring for almost thirty years, and the city hasn’t made the changes needed for people who need low income housing. New York City’s gentrification must be slowed in order for people in low income housing to catch
The issue of recovering the extremely destroyed and chaotic state of New York became the prime concern. Luckily, with the genius minds of people from all over the globe, different inventions and advancements came to life. After the war, even more immigrants came to the area while the French gift – The Statue of Liberty – became the symbol of freedom and hope for many prospective immigrants. By the late 1700s the population was back up to 20,000. During the 1800s, the population of New York had increased to over 60,000 people and that was only the start. Further along the line, in the late 1800s many more immigrants arrived to New York and they were mostly from southern and eastern Europe and China which made the population consistently increase (Jackson and Dunbar 362). Along with the different immigrants came different religions that in result built more churches and religious buildings that enhanced New York’s cultural diversity. The different immigrant groups attracted by the free New York also increased the amounts of different divergent business and restaurants present in the area that helped boost the
Noticing the influx of immigration and population boom in Manhattan at the end of the 19th century, a man named J. Clarence...
New York City’s population is a little over 8.3 million people. 8.3 million people are spread out among five boroughs and each have their own set routine. Each one of those 8.3 million see New York in a different way becuase “You start building your private New York the first time you lay eyes on it” (“City Limits” 4). Some people are like Colson Whitehead who “was born here and thus ruined for anywhere else” (“City Limits” 3). Others may have “moved here a couple years ago for a job. Maybe [they] came here for school” (“City Limits” 3). Different reasons have brought these people together. They are grouped as New Yorkers, but many times, living in New York is their only bond. With on going changes and never ending commotion, it is hard to define New York and its inhabitants in simple terms.
It is quite ironic that these "nativists" came to America for the same reasons as the immigrants who came in the time period of 1880-1925; however, they do not accept the immigrants who came in that period, just as they had once wanted to be accepted. Emma Lazarus’ "The New Colossus", which is on the Statue of Liberty, reads "Give me you tired, your poor, Your huddled mass yearning to breathe free," but in fact, many Americans, nativists, did not want these poor, huddled mass at all.
During the last 10-15 years of the Progressive Era, more than 15 million immigrants arrived in the United States— a number equal to the total number of immigrants that arrived in the previous 40 years. In 1910, three-fourths of New York City's population was made up of either immigrants or first generation Americans. Unlike earlier immigrants, the majority of the newcomers during this time came from non-English speaking European countries. Immigrants mostly traveled in from...
To conclude, New York City is one of the most densely inhabited metropolitan collection of cultural diversity in the world in which structures our temperament. New York City applies an imperative influence upon trade, economics, mass communication, skill, style, and education. Frequently it is known that New York City is a crucial core for global politics and has been depicted as the ethnic headquarters of the globe. New York City has been known as a melting pot of culture and as this prolong throughout towards the current day, the city has become ornate with distinct cultures. You can easily experience many aspects of different cultures by going to the different ethnic neighborhoods that exist throughout the city.
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 swelter from the continuous walking, you find yourself pressing on with the yearning to discover the 'New York Experience'.