New York City is mostly known as the city that never sleeps. The city earned its nickname because it is full of life and there is always something going on somewhere. It's like a magical place that attracts people from all over the world, from tourists who want to visit the many historic landmarks that the city has to offer, to immigrants who come here with hope to achieve a better future. The minute I left my home country guinea, I knew I was about to experience something very different than I have ever had. I had painted this picture of a beautiful city in my mind. It was mostly from what I had seen on TV or heard from people who have been here before. However, all those people failed to mention a few things like how harsh the weather can be or how overwhelming life in New city can be. Nothing had prepared me for life in this big city because it seemed like a totally different world from where I was coming from. As a newcomer, seeing this city for the first time, I found myself struggling to grasp the rules on how to survive here.
I came here in February 2010, it was during the winter and for someone who is not used to the cold weather, it's not a good time to come to New York City. Before that, the coldest I have experienced was 59°F. So when I was told it would be cold, I decided to wear trousers and a blazer. Today, those are clothes that you will never see me wearing in New York during winter time. When we got to the airport, I was so excited that I didn't wait for my family to come pick me up. I Left my aunt, with whom I had traveled from my country, at the phone booth making calls and went outside. It was freezing and nobody else seemed to care. Everybody just went about their business. I immediately went back inside and...
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...e unspoken rule on how to conduct in Times Square.
New York City is an interesting and unusual city. My first day here, I could not imagine ever living in this city. The pace was too quick for me and I found everything overwhelming. I could not imagine how one city can be so different. Some parts like Times Square makes you fall in love with the city because it is beautiful. While other parts, like the subway makes you want to run away. But one thing I have learned it not just the sight of this city but also it’s the combination of all these things that makes New York City what it is. After living here for four years, I can’t imagine being anywhere else. Today, I can walk on Times Square without bumping into people. It seems like I too have the learned the secret rule. But it is not something I can tell or show anyone, it is just a thing you learn after living in Ne
essence of New York and all its nuances in the form of terse observations. Whether
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
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In its long and illustrious history, New York City (NYC) has gone through tremendous change. From a small trading post on the tip of Manhattan Island, to the greatest metropolis in the world, NYC has continued to evolve over time. One period in particular that had more degrees of change than many others, was 1860 to 1865. The lives of the residents of the great port city would be completely changed forever.
account of success and its unhappy fallout, and a great look into New York City life
The arrival to Manhattan was like an entry to a whole new world: from the sea, its breezes, color, and landscapes, to the heart of the city beating louder than ever at the Whitehall Terminal. I could smell New York’s bagels in Battery Park with a mixture of the most relaxing scents: the coffee people were holding while walking down the streets, the old walls of Castle Clinton ...
...nter of culture and civilization” (39). He has faith that in the near future, New York can come together and turn their city into a model city for all other cities in the world.
New York City is one of the most significant city in the world. It started out as a small Dutch city and grew to what it has become today. It didn’t “just happen” right away but instead, it took a long time to be called as “The Big Apple” or “The City that Never Sleeps.” The character of the place has gradually changed over time and really came to become a global power city during the early twentieth century. For example, 1783 to 1835 was also an important time period in the history of New York City that laid a strong foundation to become an industrialized city. However, considering the developments that happened from 1898 to 1945 to be more organized and effective, the most iconic and quintessential period was from 1898 to 1945 in the history of New York, which we haven’t reached it in our course so far.
In order to adequately depict my feelings, I must start at the beginning. In the fall of 1996, I embarked on my maiden NYC voyage. Armed with a camera, city guide, and my little sister, I headed for New York to discover myself. As I began this adventure, I had no idea how it would end. When I landed at JFK I was a little girl, trying to have some fun, but by the time I boarded the plane to head home my world had changed.
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.
Colson Whitehead ponders the essence of New York in his collection of essays titled, The Colossus of New York. Throughout the entire collection of essaysWhitehead inquires about what New York stands for based on the journey’s of its inhabitants and visitors. By establishing a sense of authenticity and creating an intimate relationship between him and the reader, Whitehead effectively provides his readers with a genuine account of New York. This genuineness found in Whitehad’s writing has not been met without criticism. Wyatt Mason’s critique of Whitehead’s essays reiterates throughout the review that Whitehead’s account go New York isn’t unique to New York and that the essayist isn’t particularly attentive to detail. While I agree with the
The main content of this film was to explain to us how New York city is always changing. First, we saw how from the 1880’s immigrants started coming to New York from Europe due to the industrial revolution that was happening there. When they got to New York they described the good feeling they got when they first saw the Statue of Liberty, it was a feeling of freedom. They described New York as “A City of Heaven.” Many and many of them were coming to New York to get that freedom that they did not have in their countries. Immigrants basically changed New York and New York changed them too. In the film we saw that because of the growing population, they were obligated to start constructing up. With the help of new technologies like the elevator and steel, out came the skyscraper. Everything that happened during this time made what is New York today. New York changed with the immigrant labor, for example, they were the one who constructed skyscraper, which are one of the things that makes New York unique today. Almost all of those immigrants were farmers, and they changed with New York, an example, is when those farmers came to work with steel which was something new to them. Immigrants worked hard, they did whatever was necessary to survive. Also, they wanted their kids to keep their culture, which made New York a multicultural city.
“Our cultural diversity has most certainly shaped our national character,” affirmed Julie Bishop. From my perception, 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. Just walking around the streets of the city can be like walking around the halls of a cultural museum. From borough to borough, you can straightforwardly experience several features of different cultures by going to the different ethnic neighborhoods that exist throughout the city. For instance, if you wanted to take a trip to China that you've always dreamed of but couldn’t afford it, when living in New York City you can hop on a subway to Canal Street and be in Chinatown for just a few dollars. Certainly, it's not the same as literally being in China, however, you can experience a quantity of the culture and perchance grab some bona fide Chinese food for dinner. Several places holds their culture to denote each individual in New York City, to make an abundant of people to visit and feel each culture one setting at a time.
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'.