A Walk in New York

I have been in New York for about three years and Brooklyn for one. I like to walk and never really had the chance because where I lived previously, you needed a car to go anywhere. Once I moved here i decided to take advantage of the opportunity. I took many walks and enjoyed them all, long and short. i walked along the Hudson River park on the westside, the entire length of Central Park, and from the South Street Seaport to Battery Park. Most recently, I walked the Brooklyn Bridge. I started in Brooklyn and went to Manhattan. The first thing I noticed is that there is very fluent traffic on the path in the center of the bridge. Both pedestrians and bikers. There were a lot of tourists, as well as people just out on their daily jog. The sun was shining and there was a delightful breeze. This moment sticks out to me especially because I was walking with my soon-to-be girlfriend. i decided to take the extra step to go up on the side of the walkway for a better view and it was worth it. You could see all the boats in the water and beautiful clouds in the sky. Even more mesmerizing was the traffic going in both directions on either side of me. This is a sight that most will never experience considering how dangerous it would be to be in the middle of opposite flowing traffic at that speed. It wasn’t until i reached the middle that I realized it wasn’t the end and that it was much longer than i anticipated, although I didn’t mind. I look forward to having many more walks in Brooklyn that impact me like this one did.

Cumulative summary for “City Limits”

In the essay “City Limits”, written by Colson Whitehead, New York is described and presented in a different way than we’re accustomed to. He explains that everyone has their own New York and it all starts with your first experience there and what you visually take in. In his opinion, being in New York makes living any other place inferior. No matter what changes and is gone, it’s still alive through what you saw New York as when it was significant to you. People’s stories entice you to make the first move to come here but once you’re here, everything’s irrelevant because you only know for sure what your own experiences are. You need to remember and cherish what you see because when it isn’t there anymore, you don’t want to forget what you learned and did in those places.

English class summery 09-15-13

Today we went over the second page of City limits by Colson Whitehead focusing on the hidden meaning of his words and which ones he chose to use. Several decisions were stated based on the responses to what was implied in the piece and why they were important. one of those was at what time did  Colson Whitehead write this piece due to his reference of the checkered cab and disposable cameras. several vocabulary words came up also such as matinee and incredulous. At the end of class we looked over the Bloomberg Years presentation and all that has changed in and around New York City.

This are images of the taxi cab in the film The Fifth Element in 1997 which stared Bruce Willis as the driver. the last image is a comparison of a real checkered cab and the futuristic move version.

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