Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Essays

  • A Life of Optimism

    590 Words  | 2 Pages

    I am an ambitious person, whose attitude on life is of absolute optimism. Throughout my 17 years, I have experienced many difficult situations. Those situations have helped me to appreciate the small things of life that people usually take for granted. Many of which have shaped who I am today. I come from a family in which my parents have struggled to give me a delightful life; we came to America looking for a better future. I come from a place between rivers, and mountains with an amazing sunshine

  • Robert Venturi Contribution

    1481 Words  | 3 Pages

    the twentieth century. According to Venturi, "Less is a bore". ARTIST BIOGRAPHY Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 25, 1925, Robert Charles Venturi, Jr. has been recognized as one of America’s most successful architectural figures of the twentieth century. Venturi was born to Robert Venturi Sr. and Vanna Venturi and was raised as a Quaker. As a youth he attended Episcopal Academy in Merion, Pennsylvania. Venturi graduated from Princeton summa cum laude in 1947. He also a member-elect of Phi

  • Texas

    10528 Words  | 22 Pages

    Texas, one of the West South Central states of the United States. It borders Mexico on the southwest and the Gulf of Mexico on the southeast. To the west is New Mexico, to the north and northeast lie Oklahoma and Arkansas, and Louisiana bounds Texas on the east. Austin is the capital of Texas. Houston is the largest city. Texas is the size of Ohio, Indiana, and all the New England and Middle Atlantic states combined, and its vast area encompasses forests, mountains, deserts and dry plains, and a