I arrived at Dallas Forth Worth International Airport feverishly waiting to get to Wichita Falls. As I waited outside, I instantly felt a brush of heat encounter my body. I began to perspire. Five minutes later the bus had arrived. As the bus took off, the glare of the summer sun shined bright as day piercing into the vehicle. Luckily, the air conditioners cool breeze was blowing to lower my body temperature. The driver welcomed me to Texas and told me that I should get used to the temperature for a couple more months. As the conversation sped along, he mentioned that it would be at least a two-hour drive to reach our destination. I could not believe this dilemma. After spending eight hours on a flight to arrive into Texas, there is an additional two hours until I can finally get a good rest.
As the tires hit the smooth concrete road beneath me, I took in what Texas had to offer on the long drive to pass the time. Driving at a high pace on the highway there were cars driving in all directions. I had to get accustomed to being on the right side of the road as this was all new to me. There were hardly any trees in sight. Solely roadways and a little of grass beheld my eyesight. The long, monotonous drive forced me to close my eyes and imagine what is in store for my new lifestyle. As I awoke, I viewed the sign Midwestern State University that uplifted my spirits. The scenery had change from a place of commerce to a place of living areas in a few minutes.
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I was amazed by the designs of every house as we came down Taft Boulevard. Low-level houses were lining the roads on each side. I had a keen interest in the built of the homes. The majority, built with bricks or concrete had a well taken care of...
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... a fast food place, across the street from Colony Park. When asked a veteran to the school how often she goes to Sonic she told me every other Friday. There is a gas station, Stripes, nearby also. Stripes is convenient for purchasing little necessities needed in the future such as juices, milk, or bread. In as little as five minutes goods can be bought and arrive back home.
First impression of Colony Park did not exceed my visuals for it. I imagined green trees all around with places to sit down and relax outside in the shade. This was not the case. I am impressed still. The people are friendly and warm. The merging of everyone personality makes you learn more about them and their different culture and gets you more involved in international affairs when the heated topic of Politics rises. Different things fit perfectly into one. One big Jigsaw Puzzle.
Gehry draws his inspiration from famous paintings such as the Madonna and Child which he qualifies as a “strategy for architecture” (Friedman M. , 2003, p. 42) and which he used as an inspiration for a project in Mexico . Through his interpretation of the paintings and artwork, Gehry looked for a new kind of architecture. His search for a new type of architecture culminated in 1978 with his own house in Santa Monica. What was once a traditional Californian house would be redesigned to become one of the most important and revolutionary designs of the 20th century, giving Gehry international prestige and fame. Frank Gehry’s “Own House” uses a mixture of corrugated metal, plywood, chain link and asphalt to construct a new envelope for an existing typical Californian house. This house has been inspired by Joseph Cornell, Ed Moses and Bob Rauschenberg. Gehry comments on his house by saying that there was something “magical” (Friedman M. , 2003, p. 54) about it. He admits having “followed the end of his [my] nose” (Friedman M. , 2003, p. 54) when it came to constructing the “new” house, which led Arthur Drexler, former Director...
On that note, I shifted my truck into reverse and vacated the parking lot of the college I was dual-enrolled at. The thirty minute ride to my high school could not be over soon enough, as my destiny for the upcoming summer was at stake. The multitude of emotions I experienced on the seemingly endless car ride overcame me as my speedometer pushed the speed limit. Feelings of nervousness, excitement, optimism, courage, and anxiety crept into my mind.
In conducting this assignment we visited the neighborhood of Washington Heights. During our visits we interviewed several of the residences; so that we could get a first hand prospective of what it is like living in the community, why they settled in the community and the many changes that they have witness durning their time in the neighborhood.
“Driving west from Fargo on I–94, the freeway that cuts through the state of North Dakota, you’ll encounter a road so lonely, treeless, and devoid of rises and curves in places that it will feel like one 5 long-held pedal steel guitar note” (Marquart, 1-5). In the passage from The Horizontal World, Debra Marquart reveals her love for the upper Midwest region of North Dakota. Countless people who visit this region do not enjoy the site due to the location. Numerous visitors would describe the Midwest region to be boring and vacant. With the use of impressive diction and detailed allusions Marquart can show the audience that the region has outstanding characteristics and value.
As I drive along the roads of Flagstaff, a few things immediately dawn on the mind; it seems like a place that would be used as some sort of cinematic scene in a movie. The air smells as though it would be something from a local garden; scenery that would be portrayed in a painting. The colors are seen as bright and vivid, with all different kinds of hues sprawled across the land for what seems like an infinite plane. Trees fly by at breakneck speeds as I drive by. Trying to focus on one thing seems impossible as all of the landscape speeds by in an instant, just to be replaced by something else. Flagstaff seems as though it is a place that was never intended for an automobile. I grab my bag setting out for my next
Stanley Park, named after the governor-general Lord Stanley, is a nestled place of nature that is surrounded by the concrete jungle that is known as the city of Vancouver. It allows the residents to take a break from the urban sprawl, all while remaining in the comfort of their own city. While, today it is seen as a change of pace that is smoothly integrated into our city’s culture and transportation networks, the creation of the park and its history actually has a checkered past of conflict and inequality that many seem to have taken for granted. While the park did serve as a site for sore eyes, it was not only a urban park or environmental relief, it was also an indication of the larger trend that was occurring
The arrival of winter was well on its way. Colorful leaves had turned to brown and fallen from the branches of the trees. The sky opened to a new brightness with the disappearance of the leaves. As John drove down the country road he was much more aware of all his surroundings. He grew up in this small town and knew he would live there forever. He knew every landmark in this area. This place is where he grew up and experienced many adventures. The new journey of his life was exciting, but then he also had a sick feeling in the pit of his stomach of something not right.
To appreciate a row house neighborhood, one must first look at the plan as a whole before looking at the individual blocks and houses. The city’s goal to build a neighborhood that can be seen as a singular unit is made clear in plan, at both a larger scale (the entire urban plan) and a smaller scale (the scheme of the individual houses). Around 1850, the city began to carve out blocks and streets, with the idea of orienting them around squares and small residential parks. This Victorian style plan organized rectangular blocks around rounded gardens and squares that separated the row houses from major streets. The emphasis on public spaces and gardens to provide relief from the ene...
The drive to cross the Kentucky border had taken hours and hours of strenuous patience to finally arrive in another state. The view was by far country like as hints of cow manure could be smelled far from a distance. We drive through small towns, half the size of our hometown of Glen Ellyn had been the biggest town we've seen if not smaller. The scenery had overwhelmed us, as lumps of Earth from a great distance turned to perfectly molded hills, but as we got closer and closer to our destination the hills no longer were hills anymore, instead the hills had transformed to massive mountains of various sizes. These mountains surrounded our every view as if we had sunken into a great big deep hole of green pastures. Our path of direction was seen, as the trails of our road that had followed for numerous hours ended up winding up the mountainous mountains in a corkscrew dizzy-like matter.
Many researchers have theorized why the wealthy desire to move back into the city. Schwirian believes that many wealthy people are drawn to the architectural design of some of these old houses in urban areas (Schwirian 96). Harvey believes in a number of theories, and ...
In conclusion, Wright had successfully break through his vision of destructing a rigid boxy style of 19th century architecture and refined his idea of what a house should look like; to be in a harmony with nature. As been described earlier, with plenty of technical problems, he acknowledged young architects; even a house needs constant attentions (Stungo, N., 1999). Wright’s ideal of bringing human closer to the nature had inspired many architects until today, Wright to his students “Falling water is one of the great blessing to be experienced”. In point of fact, admirers of him never stop praised of his works; Cliff Hickman passionately said “I had never before seen anything so beautiful … Over and over I came back to look at the photograph of Fallingwater, the most illustrious of all Frank Lloyd Wright architectural masterpieces” (Hickman, C., n.d).
Architectural style is regularly a paramount key to seeing how a group or neighborhood has developed. Throughout the nineteenth century, when large portions of the United States' living arrangements were constructed, most architectural styles being used were initially created in the prosperous trade urban communities in the United States or Europe (Adam, 2008, pg 75). As styles took hold in new parts of the United States experiencing monetary development, nearby architects and expert manufacturers started fusing trademark characteristics into the outline
The car was hot and stuffy when I slipped back into the driver's seat. I found the most depressing music I owned and drove out of Glenwood as the sun started to set. Two more hours until I was home, two more hours of thinking what a terrible day I had gone through, and two more hours of cussing myself for being so naïve. The drive was a long one.
In my memory, my grandparent’s house looks lively and surrounded by garden. The front door of the house was connected with the gate of the garden by cobblestone. Along both
This area of the world is so foreign to my Oklahoma life; it infuses me with awe, and with an eerie feeling of being strongly enclosed by huge mountains, and the mass of tall trees. However, when my foot first steps onto the dusty trail it feels crazily magical. The clean, crisp air, the new smell of evergreen trees and freshly fallen rain is mixed with fragrances I can only guess at. It is like the world has just taken a steroid of enchantment! I take it all in, and embrace this new place before it leaves like a dream and reality robs the moment. As I turn and look at my family, I was caught by my reflection in their impressions. The hair raising mischief in the car was forgotten and now it was time to be caught up in this newness of life. It was as if the whole world around us had changed and everyone was ready to engulf themselves in it. The trickling of water somewhere in the distance and the faint noise of animals all brought the mountains to