Adjective
Definition: In perfect condition: completely clean, fresh, and neat.
Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pristine
In the essay The Tunnel Rats of Atlantic Avenue by Yonette Joseph i came across the word pristine in this sentence ” pristine condition, a virtual time capsule”
now that i know the word i understand that the author meant that it was in a new condition, that it was unused.
Verb
Definition: trimly neat and tidy
Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nattily
On the essay The Tunnel Rats of Atlantic Avenue by Yonette Joseph i came across this word on the following sentence ” The explorers began noticing a nattily dressed man carrying a suitcase”.
Now that i understand the word i understand that the man was dressed very neatly.
Jennifer Egan’s essay, “Reading Lucy” from the collection Brooklyn Was Mine conveys Egan’s relationship to Lucy Kolkin and how it develops throughout letters written by Lucy to her husband. At the begging of the essay Egan talks about two month friendship she had with Lucy Kolkin until Lucy decided to move to California. Later on in the essay we understand that by that she meant that she spent two months reading Lucys letters to her husband that joined the navy on 1944. This relationship developed because Egan was doing research on a novel she was writing about which was about a woman who worked in Navy Yard during World War II and she came up with Lucy who also worked at the navy yard for almost two years. To help her research she decided to read the lecture notes lucy had when she took shipfitting school. While she examine the notes she noticed lucy did to-do lists just the way she did so it intrigued her to know more about this woman. Therefore, she decided to go to BHS to read the letters BHS had archived from her when she used to write to her husband. Jennifer Egan spend 2 months reading this letters and she got so into lucys life that she felt she was there a with lucy back in 1944. Even if she didn’t get the chance to meet Lucy it was like if she already knew her by the emotion lucy put in those letters to her husband. At the beginning when she said she got to know lucy until she moved to California she meant that that was the last time she got to read lucys letters because lucy went to live to California to be with her husband, so obviously the letters stop at that point. Egan learned Lucy did have kids and grandchildren but that sadly she died. After that Egan decided to read some letters that Alfred Kolkin send to Lucy and she was happy and satisfied knowing that Alfred had the same amazing personality Lucy had.
Jennifer Egan’s essay, “Reading Lucy” from the collection Brooklyn Was Mine conveys Egan’s relationship to Lucy Kolkin and how it develops throughout letters written by Lucy to her husband Alfred Kolkin. At the begging of the essay Egan talks about two month friendship she had with Lucy Kolking until Lucy decided to move to California. Later on in the essay we understand that by that she meant that she spent two months reading Lucys letters to her husband that joined the navy on 1944. This relationship developed because Egan was doing research on a novel she was writing about which was about a woman who worked in Navy Yard during World War II and she came up with Lucy who also worked at the navy yard for almost two years. To help her research she decided to read the lecture notes lucy had when she took shipfitting school. While she examine the notes she noticed lucy did to-do lists just the way she did so it intrigued her to know more about this woman. Therefore, she decided to go to BHS to read the letters BHS had archived from her when she used to write to her husband. Jennifer Egan spend 2 months reading this letters and she got so into lucys life that she felt she was there a with lucy back in 1944. Even if she didn’t get the chance to meet Lucy it was like if she already knew her by the emotion lucy put in those letters to her husband. At the beginning when she said she got to know lucy until she moved to California she meant that that was the last time she got to read lucys letters because lucy went to live to California to be with her husband, so obviously the letters stop at that point.
There are many beautiful places in New York City. When we mention New York City the first thought people have is Manhattan. You should know that aside from the City, New York City has a lot of interesting things and places in all 5 boroughs. One of the most interesting boroughs is Brooklyn. Brooklyn is filled with a lot of historic places. One of them is Fulton Ferry Landing. This was one of the first ferry services between Brooklyn and Manhattan in 1642. The restore pier was re-opened in 1997, This Ferry Landing offering visitors spectacular views of the harbor, Brooklyn Bridge and the Lower Manhattan skyline[1].
As I was walking around the neighborhood of City Tech I came up with this beautiful place where I was able to watch the Brooklyn Bridge and also a splendid view into Manhattan. To get to this place was very simple. When getting out of the main entrance of the Namm Building turn left and go straight staying in Jay Street. Then you make a left going to Prospect Street. Lastly turn right to Cadman Plaza. From there you keep on walking straight and you get to Fulton Ferry Landing. This place is very comfortable because you can just sit there and explore everything that is around you there are little chairs for you to make your experience even more amazing because you can just sit there and observe.
When I got to my point it was impressive how beautiful the view was. You can see all of Manhattan even the Statue of Liberty. The buildings were huge! The image I got to capture is good but you can capture the juxtaposition. To admire its location you got to capture a larger image like I did. For example, by taking the picture in this point of view you are able to appreciate the contrast it has, You are able to see the left side of the Brooklyn bridge that there are a variety of unique buildings with a impressive architecture and in its right side of the bridge there’s buildings that look all the same and aren’t as big as the ones you see in the right left side. As you can see they also look old compared to the other buildings that are in the left side of the
bridge. Thus, in this case I think it did capture its juxtaposition even though it would be better to see this location in person to understand and see its juxtaposition more clearly.
I decided to pick the Fulton Ferry Landing as my topic because I find it fascinating how a place that was so important in history is still with us today. When I see this place I instantly imagine thousands of people traveling from Manhattan to Brooklyn or vice verse through this ferry landing to go to a important event in history.
“One day the city we built will be gone, and when it goes, we go.” This quote is from “City Limits”[2]. Through out this project we are learning about new places that exist in New York. there’s going to be a time were this places are going to change to new places that would be way different than what we saw the first time we looked at it and that’s when the place we knew will be gone. That’s why we should appreciate when the place we picked is still here because when is gone it would be like if a part of our life was erased.
“You start building your New York, once you lay eyes on it”[3]. This quote is also from “City Limits” it relates to my writing because I think that when I first saw Fulton Ferry Landing that was the starting point of my interest towards Fulton Ferry. Now I know this place and it became part of my life because is a memory of something new to me. Thus, the moment I first saw this place is going to stay in my memory regardless of any changes it makes in the future.
As a next step I would like to know more about the Ferry Landings history. For example, how many people were allowed to go on each ferry. Also if there was any discrimination on who was able to ride on the ferries. There’s so much that I would like to know about my location and is surroundings that am going to continue doing research about this to have more knowledge about the place I picked and become more fascinated with the things I find out that make this place even more special.
There are many historic places all over New York City. I never would have thought that Brooklyn would have as many historic places as I came to know now by enrolling to City Tech. Maybe because only few people have the time to really get know Brooklyn and explore its wonders. Thus, personally I am pretty impressed with the beauties the borough of Brooklyn has to share, especially Fulton Ferry Landing. This project helped me appreciate and examine thoroughly the history of the Fulton Ferry Landing. Therefore, now every time I visit this place am going to enjoy being there more than before because now I know perfectly were I am standing which brings me a whole lot of comfort and happiness to my system.
Citations
[1] Granger, Russel. “Fulton Landing, 1850s.” White Mans Brooklyn . 2010 n. page. Web. 15 Oct. 2013. <http://www.whitmans-brooklyn.org/2008/06/fulton-landing-1855/>.
[2] Whitehead, Colson. “City Limits.” The Colossus of New York: A City in Thirteen Parts. New York: Random House, 2004. 1-12.
[3] Whitehead, Colson. “City Limits.” The Colossus of New York: A City in Thirteen Parts. New York: Random House, 2004. 1-12.
One of the happiest places in NYC is the park that is near my house in 85th Street. The park is really big but theres one special place that has a lagoon and a big rock that you can sit on. its really beautiful to go there to have picnics or just to sit there with friends to have a good time. When i go to that place it brings me to a great mood because its a really nice view. Theres even ducks swimming all over the lagoon. My saddest place in NYC would be right by Queens Blvd because there was an accident there recently of a motorcyclist that crashed with a car and while i was passing by with my family in our car i saw the guy from the motorcycle laying down on the floor with blood all over his body it was really scary seeing him there laying down but i thought he was going to be okay but when we came back we heard he died there in that same place i saw him laying down. since that day that became the saddest place in NYC for me.
Today in class we had a double session of English. In the room of Prof. Davis class we first started with a speech a guy gave us about how is so important for you to register to vote. Even if you don’t vote the your registration still counts. After listening to him we answered the other side of the quiz that was from the reading “Who knows Brooklyn?”. Most of the group had trouble with question number seven which asked us what was the first battle of Brooklyn. Prof. Rosen allowed us to Google the information and we was able to answer it. For our second session we went down to Prof. Rosen’s classroom and we formed in our groups again so we analyzed our groups drafts. She explain what was a juxtaposition which basically is to compare and contrast two things that are adjacent to each other and she also gave good examples to explain its meaning . This information made us understand more clearly what we had to do. She also changed the syllabus for our projects to be due this Wednesday which is the 16th.She also gave us a worksheet that we had to fill in while grading our classmates paper. There was 13 questions in total that we had to fill in so it can help our classmate do their final copy better. Is also important to mention that this Monday theirs no class but Tuesday we would follow a Monday schedule and we will be going to BHS.
This map was from a cover drawing from the New Yorker on March, 29, 1976. I think this Is considered a map because it illustrated a variety of things and like buildings that are in the city specially in 9th Avenue. It also shows its surroundings. For example it shows the Hudson River, the Pacific Ocean , Mexico, Canada and even some states that surround New York City. In fact is a map but in my opinion its a unique map because the drawer Saul Steingber illustrated this map with his point of view. For example, if You see 9th Avenue and even 10th Avenue everything is so exact and big enough for everyone to analyze. Thus, everything that is passing the Hudson River becoming smaller and smaller. Jersey is just a narrow long line and cities like Kansas City, Texas, Chicago are smaller that 9th Avenue. Canada and Mexico are blank with only their names written on them to tell their even there. The inaccuracies of the smaller places probably mean that for the drawer maybe the places like jersey or Kansas City are not s important as the City is. Therefore, for Steingber in the point of view of 9th Avenue everything else is small and is has less significance. Its tittle “View of The World From 9th Avenue” tells me that I could be write that the author is trying to tell us that once your in 9th avenue everything else seems less. The New Yorker is a magazine that mostly covers topics of New York City this topic was Steinberg V. Columbia Pictures so probably they went for a picture of Steinberg because in the article Steinbergs drawing was the best or the reason of the conflict.
For the library session on 10/2/13 we went to the fourth floor library of City Tech. We went to a room in the second floor of the library that was pretty big . We also sat with our groups to work together in two readings. We were supposed to analyze this reading carefully and see what were some credible details about the readings and what were some bias details about them too. After that Ms. Smail showed us how to do a good research using the theatre fire as an example. We started looking for research through Google and also through the Ursula library website. She explained how we was able to access to books through the website but we MUST have our library card activated first. Therefore, we have a easier access to books from the library. There were thousands of books in the Ursula library and un top of that if we weren’t able to find a book in our library and any Cuny library has the book we can make the book be sent to our library which I found fascinating! This Library session was very helpful because now we have more experience finding good credible information t use in our research and future researches.
On Monday our class went to a small field trip to know and learn of many places including the BHS. While we walked we came upon a really big court house. Prof. Rosen explained to us that that court house was once a big movie theatre but sadly it burned out. We learned that there were only 2 main exits thus, the people couldn’t get out on time. There we about 300 bodies found the next day! Then we crossed the street and saw a statue of Henry Ward Beecher. He looked so brave and with his eyes straight forward like if he was someone very important. there were Also kids trying to reach out to him like if he was their only hope. That’s when prof. Rosen explained to use that he was a very important preacher who use to help slaves. He received a lot of hate from people for trying to help slaves but many people use to cross on boats from Manhattan to Brooklyn just to listen to him. We also saw one of the church that he used to preach at. We also walked up to the edge of Brooklyn were we observed from across all of Manhattan. We was even able to see the Statue of Liberty. Lastly, we visited the BHS. it was very pretty and historic. There were heads of very important people surrounding the building. When we went to their library it was quite unique. Gladly I got to see these things in person not only through pictures. Its always better to see things in person that can see many more details that in a picture is not visible.
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