Draft
Brooklyn is one of the oldest cities in New york, the Brooklyn Heights Promenade is a place where people come to relax and enjoy the view of Manhattan. Looking at Manhattan and then looking at the area around me , I could see the big difference in stature. Manhattan is a place for opportunity, they say if u can make it in new york then you could make it anywhere in the world. Having the chance to explore the area around City Tech, I believe the Brooklyn Heights Promenade has one of the greatest view in New York City. Everyone has their own perspective of the city we all love. Colson Whitehead wrote an article called “City limits” in which he explains that you have the ability to view the manhatten in your own individual way.
Being able to live in New york City is a privilege, it’s the city that never sleeps, the city where your dreams come true, a place that I call home. Being able to see the Manhattan skyline from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade is great because the location is not to far away from my school. The Brooklyn Heights Promenade is a long walk way, right over the Brooklyn Queens Expressway. People come onto the promenade for a light jog, take pictures, and to sit down onto a benches to enjoy the view of the Manhattan skyline.
The Brooklyn Heights Promenade has a spectacular view of manhattan. Juxtaposing Manhattan to Brooklyn, Brooklyn seems like a small neighborhood compared to the tall skyscrapers that Manhattan contains. Being able to see them both from a view, i can see how Manhatten stands tall and proud while Brooklyn just stands still, without no motion of growth. In the article “City Limits” by Colson Whitehead it states “The New York City you live in is not my New York City…” The author states that not everyone as the same image of manhattan. Everyone has their own perspective of New York City.
Being able to look at something in a group, I notice that not everyone thinks alike. My friend Citlalli came with me once to the Brooklyn Heights Promenade and I told her about the project I was doing and asked for her help. I told her to to tell me what you see when you look at the Manhattan skyline. She said she saw sadness and also her dreams crushed. This was nothing compared to what I saw when I looked at Manhattan. I saw an opportunity to become someone if life and also a place where dreams come true. Citlalli told me that she saw sadness because one of her family members had cancer and she goes with her to Manhattan for her treatments, she also stated that her dream were crushed because she was not accepted to a college which is located in Manhattan.
The manhattan skyline is always changing with time. In the late eighteenth century the manhattan skyline didn’t contain any building taller than 10 stories high. The brooklyn heights promenade contain pictures of the manhattan skyline made out of stone, where you can see how manhattan has changing over time. The most recent change in the manhattan skyline was the incident in 2001 when the twin towers were knocked down, in its place the Freedom tower stands. When I see the manhattan skyline i see the Freedom Tower while someone who much older than me imagines the twin towers standing tall and proud. This reminded me of a quote in “City Limits” by Colson Whitehead that states “You are a real new Yorker when what was there before is more real and solid than what is here now.” Someone older than me could imagine the twin towers standing rather than the Freedom tower. Since i was not old enough to see the twin towers then it’s difficult for me to imagine them.
When see the Manhattan skyline, I see a place where anything is possible in life. In “City Limits” by Colson Whitehead states “ … You have your own personal skyline“ Not everyone sees the same Manhattan Skyline, we all think differently and have our own personal viewpoints. Citlali and i have two different viewpoints of the same city and someone else could have a different viewpoint from us.
