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Project #2

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There are many people who claim to know New York very well, yet most of the times when they say “New York” they are only referring to one borough in specific which most of the times ends up being Manhattan but, New York is not only about Manhattan, there are other boroughs too. One of those other boroughs is Brooklyn. One day while in Brooklyn I decided to take my time and explore around the surrounding area of the New York City College Of Technology, while on that trip I came upon a certain street by the name of Livingston St, that certain street had something that captivated my view and that was the Museum Of Transit. To get to the Museum Of Transit  you must first head south on Jay St towards Johnson St, turn right in Willoughby St, turn left onto Pearl St, turn right on Red Hook Lin, turn left on Boeron and finally turn onto Livingston St.

While walking towards The New York City Museum Of Transit I noticed a lot of things, for example I saw that a lot of people walked in extreme urgency, also when I reached the museum I noticed that the museum itself could be seen from a distance thanks to those hanging posters from the sides. When looking at the Museum Of Transit I began to notice that the museum itself was a Juxtaposition, the reason for this claim is because the museum itself is a modern piece of work (meaning a building) but the items that the museum displays are historical artifacts or old artifacts.The display of the artifacts is also surrounded by modernism and technology making the museum a Juxtaposition.

The buildings around the museum are very similar to each other making the museum blend in with the modern structures, The Museum Of Transit would be very difficult to locate if it wasn’t for the directions provided by the MTA on their website and also because of the big posters hanging outside of the museum.

The reason I chose this location is because I ride the subway everyday of the week and often times when I see the trains I start to wonder who came with the idea of such a method of transportation. I have also been curious about the history of the subway and the history of the MTA in general for example: Why pick letters and numbers for the trains? or why chose the stations that we have and not other stations?.

When I entered the museum it was sort of like entering the train because the museum is located underground, the museum itself is pretty huge and exhibits models of old trains, stations and even buses. My favorite part of the museum is the store, the store offers merchandise that are faithful to the MTA. Personally my favorite item of the museum has to be the centennial chick poster because I remember that piece of art being in the train the first time I rode the subway.

 

Official Map and Guide of the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad from the BHS

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Official Map and guide of the Brooklyn elevated Railroad, 1885

Flat map B C-1885a.FI

Brooklyn Historical Society

 

 

1-What is the map’s call number?

BC-1885a.Fl

2-What is the map’s title (if available)?

official map and guide of the Brooklyn elevate reailroad
3-Which collection does the map belong to?

it belong to the fllat Map, the elevated railroad train collection.

4-When was it made?

1885

Physical description of the map:
5-What size is the map (approximately)?

11x 15 inches

6-What colors does it use?

it use red, black,and tan

7-What materials were used to make the map?

it used paper, ink to make the map
8-Who made the map?

J.W.W.Mitchell made the map

Map content:
9-What location does the map depict?

it depicts Downtown Brooklyn,Willamsburg, Navy Yard…

10-What details does it include?

it include the east river, the name of each street, train stops, time table.
11-What time period does the map depict? Is this the same as the time when it was made?

it depicts late 19th century Brooklyn railroad, and it does reflect the time when it was made.
12-What is familiar to you about the location depicted in the map?

Some of the streets like Fulton street, Jay street and the east river are familiar .

Interpretation and Reflection:
13-What is the purpose of the map?

It is a guide to Brooklyn elevated railroad.
14-Why did it survive prior to becoming part of the archives at BHS?

it survives prior to becoming part of the archives at BHS because it was an important map of its time. it shows the transportation at that time of period.
15-Why did BHS incorporate it into its collections?

because it include a lot of details, show the downtown Brooklyn and its elevated railroad in the past, it is a very important history that people study history should know; and is in good condition.
16-What is familiar or unfamiliar about the map?

some of the train stops are still here today, it is familiar, but some streets like Pearl Street are changed, the structures are not the same as in the 19th century.
17-What additional information would you want to better understand the map?

I want to know what is the time table? why it is on the map
18-Where is City Tech in relation to this map?

it is on the western part of the map.

Maps At The Brooklyn Historical Society- Map Of Brooklyn Heights

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1-What is the map’s call number?

The Map’s call number is [18-?] g.FI

2-What is the map’s title (if available)?

The title of the map is map of the Brooklyn heights.

3-Which collection does the map belong to?

The collection that the map belongs to is the Pierre point collection.

4-When was it made? The map was made in the 1800’s.

5-What size is the map (approximately)?

The size of the map is10x15 Inches.

6-What colors does it use?

The colors that the map uses are Tan, Black, and Green.

7-What materials were used to make the map?

The map used paper and ink.

8-Who made the map?

The map does not say who made it.

9-What location does the map depict?

The map depicts Brooklyn Heights.

10-What details does it include?

The map includes details of the street names, and where the east river is located.

11-What time period does the map depict?Is this the same as the time when it was made?

The map depicts Brooklyn Heights in the 1800’s and the map does represent Brooklyn heights at that time.

12-What is familiar to you about the location depicted in the map?

The river, and some of the streets.

13-What is the purpose of the map?

The purpose of the map is to serve as a guide to the area and lands that the Pierre Point’s owned.

14-Why did it survive prior to becoming part of the archives at BHS?

The map survived and became part of the archives at BHS because the family managed to kept their records well.

15-Why did BHS incorporate it into its collections?

BHS incorporate it into their collections because its a map of the area in which the BHS is.

16-What is familiar or unfamiliar about the map?

Some familiar and unfamiliar things about the map are some of the streets.

17-What additional information would you want to better understand the map?

Some of the additional information that I would want to better understand the map is Probably a legend that tells what the color Green means.

18-Where is City Tech in relation to this map?

City Tech is located on the North East of this map.

Library session

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On October 2 , 2013 our class went to the library, while in the library we were welcomed by a librarian who kindly showed us the important places to consider when visiting the library. When the librarian finished she took us to the second floor, while in the second floor we were taken to a room full with computers and there is where our lesson began. Wednesday’s lesson consisted of learning how to do better research and how to find books both electronically and actual copies of a actual book, at first we we given copies of two actual documents and we were told to examine which one was more credible, after that we proceeded to do some research online and we were told to try to find credible sources on the topic ” Brooklyn Theater fire” which turned out to be pretty difficult not only for us but for the librarian has well since it was pretty hard to find any information about the actual fire, I believe it is was a great experience and I learned how to be a better researcher, not only that but I also gained something called patience, I would definitely go again in case I need any help or want to find resources for a project.

Brooklyn Historical Society

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On Monday September 30 our class went to the Brooklyn Historical Society, before arriving there we visited a monument of a famous priest, then we headed to the church in which the famous priest used to reside, after visiting those two locations we finally headed to the destination of our trip which was the Brooklyn Historical Society. The BHS contained a lot of interesting things which included sculptures, Historical books, and the building looking like a landmark. I personally enjoyed the trip and I can’t wait to go back, especially for the library.

Summary on City Limits

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The Story City limits written by Colson Whitehead is about a guy that observes The city of New York, he explains the amazing city that he saw and that makes other city seem very weak next to New York City. He says: “The city also puts a lot of effort into making your hometown look really drab and tiny” some people may read and think like he’s talking about New York city really cocky and thinking every other city is bad. he also spoke about the first experience to go through when you visit New York city for the first time, he explains that “that’s the first brick in your city” meaning that when you visit New York, many have their first memory as a busy city and everyone walking fast and moving at the speed of light. Others may experience their first memory in New York by the View that they might see. These are some examples the Author Whitehead to demonstrate the several ways people might see the City of New York. But one thing he emphasized in was a lot and grabbed my attention was “The New York City you live in is not my New York” what he meant by it was The memories , your way of life, the way you see New York is not that way he see’s it. Many remember New York City with Old buildings and those buildings might not exist anymore but to the person who saw them, they still are there. Everyone has a different prospective of New York, everyone experienced it in a different way. At the end like that author had said Our lives might move on and we might pass away but New York will continue its daily routine, it will continue without us.

summary of “city limited”

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From Colson Whitehead’s “City Limited”, we see New York City not just a city in his sarcastic and humorous. New York is a city with eight million naked cities in it. Everyone has their own city, based on their memories and that memories create many different “New York Cities”. As one moves, he or she carries the memory and add up to another “city”, thus New York always expanded both physically and mentally. Other people’s New York are not our New York, we built our first brick in New York is based on our first experience in this city, gradually become our own New York. Moreover, since people come from different places, the New York itself also changes physically. However, people still see New York from the past, in their memories, and experience, no matter how New York changes. The old place is the proof that we were here, when the old “building fall, we topple”. That is why it is so important to remember our New York, because we never know when to say goodbye to them and they fall and never come back.New York is the best and it ruin other places, and it will always keep moving and changing, without us it still move on. And we also move on, not hold by the former New York.

City Limits Summary

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City Limits is a story told in Colson Whitehead’s point of view, the story focuses on New York City or “Your New York City” has he often refers to it by, and it is a story that really captivates the feeling of being a New Yorker in a sense. In City Limits the author Colson Whitehead begins the story by asking us the audience how we got to New York City, Colson Whitehead then proceeds to explain how and when is the reader able to be a New Yorker and according to him “you are a New Yorker when what was there before is more real and solid than what is here now.” In a later part of the reading he starts to make comparisons of the past and the present such as “But look past the windows of the travel agency that replaced your pizza parlor.” Those two comparisons are meant to make the reader think and relate about an specific place that they know and loved but now is gone and also to point out that most people that live in New York City do that sort of thinking. After that comparison Colson Whitehead starts to tell the reader that the buildings and streets in New York city sometimes know more than the actual people living in them and that once those buildings are gone our history will go with them as well. With Colson’s description of a New Yorker is no wonder that towards the end of the reading he starts to say that once you are inside New York you will not want to live anywhere else.

Homework from class on 9/18

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For homework, write a summary of “City Limits” in a blog post. That means it should be roughly 250 words. Use the handout on writing a summary to help you decide what belongs in your summary and what does not. Choose the category “Homework” and add any tags you think are appropriate for your post. Also choose the tag for your group–I’ve added them all for this post, so you can just choose it from the list of tags. Publish your post by the end of the day on Friday.

Before class on Monday, comment briefly on the summaries of each of your groupmates. You can find them easily by clicking the tag on the right-hand sidebar of our site. Your comments might include suggestions to improve the summary, aspects of the summary that you would like to incorporate into your own summary, comments about the style of the writing, or questions you have about something they’ve included. Remember that we want comments to be encouraging, and that any comments should be respectful and helpful.

Additionally, you must revise Project #1 based on the comments I made in class and in my letter to you.

I look forward to reading your work!