Juxtaposition project

To get to this place from city tech, you would walk down adams street towards johnson st. When reaching johnson st, make a left and go to jay street. Then make a right and you”ll find this old looking building. This picture shows juxtaposition by this old looking building being here and in the background a taller newer looking building. The material on the reddish, looking building looks way older than the material on the newer, shinier, blue building in the background. The older building at first was the Brooklyn fire headquarters before turning into a place for affordable housing. … Read More...

Juxtaposition Project

This is a perfect example to represent juxtaposition. The juxtaposition here shows two buildings made in different years. The building on the left looks a little bit old meanwhile the building on the right looks newer. The contrast between these two buildings is totally different. The building on the left has more colors and the windows are more geometric but old. On the other hand, the building on the right has a solid grey color. The windows are skinnier and much taller than the building on the left. Also, the materials were made differently. As you can see the building … Read More...

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To get there from city tech, you will have to have to take the R train at Jay Street- Metrotech station to Dekalb Avenue or Atlantic Avenue where you will then transfer to the Q or B train and take it to Avenue J. After you get off at Avenue J in Brooklyn, you will take the B6 or B11 bus right outside of the subway station to Campus Rd where one of the buses will take you directly to the front of the building. This is an example of Juxtaposition because the building … Read More...

Juxtaposition Project

To reach this location from City Tech, walk along Tillary St. then once you come across Cadman Plaza Park. From here walk through Cadman Plaza Park, passing the Brooklyn War Memorial. Near the end of Cadman Plaza Park, where Cadman Plaza W and Prospect St. meet there will be a path to walk down Old Fulton St. Following the Old Fulton St. path walk under the Brooklyn Bridge and continue walking straight, past Jane’s Carousel and you will end up in this location.

Whenever I have more than a two-hour break, I take some time to walk along the waterfront. … Read More...

juxtaposition project

From City Tech you would walk to The Supreme Court. From there would walk down Pierrepont St. past the Brooklyn Historic Society. There you wil spot a cathedral and a white building across the street from it. The juxtaposition is the old brick cathedral and the new marble building. The contrast between the two is that the cathedral is old fashioned and historic meanwhile the white building is more contemporary. It may be a house for someone to live in.

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In order to reach this location you walk on Jay street towards the train station . On your way there you’ll eventually see “Myrtle Ave” on your left it’ll be an open space where people can walk through . Its in front of a train station

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I went to the location pretty late it was after my 8:30 class and I had to wait for the bus for a while . so I wandered around and I saw these trees and I remembered about the juxtapositions .And how every tree was a different shade but they’re all the same.… Read More...

Juxtaposition project

The way to get here is exactly 4 minutes away from city tech , all you must do is exit through the tillary st exit and make a right walking down and then take a left crossing the street towards McLaughlin park , after you want to keep walking upwards to city tech’s midway building and look across the street and you’ve made it.

This juxtaposition here is by how the old church building is near the new modern building. The contrast is shown by how the church has an old and religious architecture by how the dome and cross … Read More...

Juxtapostion Project

 

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To get here from City tech, you’ll have to leave the school from the Johnson st exit, then across the street and you’ll find yourself on Adams st, and quickly back on Johnson st. You then walk down a block on Johnson st and make a left turn and find yourself towards the west of Cadman Plaza, so you across the street, make a right, and make your way onto Pierrepont st. From there you walk 4 blocks down, and that’s when you’ll reach 70 Pierrepont st, where i took this picture.

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Juxtaposition Project

So If you want to get here from city tech, you find your nearest 4 train, Bronx bound, uptown, and travel all the way to 161st Yankee Stadium. Its an hour ride so hang in there. Once you get to 161st, you leave the train station and you’ll be right near the stadium. Head towards the Tunnel right under grand concourse and it will lead you right at the corner of the Family court building which is the building at the right of the picture.

You could really tell the juxtaposition here. The left showcases an old, rusty, untouched part … Read More...

Reminder: Homework posts due 10/22

Last week for homework you contemplated whether you wanted to research before your Project #3 walk or allow your exploration to be more spontaneous.

For Tuesday (10/22):

  • Choose the location of your overlap.
  • Pinpoint your location on a map (let’s try using this map)
  • In a post on our OpenLab Ways of Seeing site (Category=ENG1101 Project #3, Tag=discover, juxtposition, and anything else you want), include your photograph, and write your process for walking there so someone else can get there, too. This should be more detailed than Google Maps directions would be by including descriptions of landmarks to help
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