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Brooklyn navy yard; Never forgotten.

Built in 1801, The Brooklyn Navy Yard was always used for merchant vessels (bldg92.org). Merchant vessels would come a long to repair their ships so they could continue trade. The Brooklyn Navy Yard was important then and when it became … Continue reading

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page 247 summary

on page 247 the author compares the brooklyn bridge to other bridges in the past for example: babylon and her hanging garden, egypt her pyramid, Athens her acropolis, rome her atheneum so brooklyn is as her bridge. he talks about … Continue reading

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Wednesday session

On our Wednesday session for english we had a double period session for english since professor davis was out. In the first half we talked about Reading Lucy. we talked about details that we found very interesting. How Lucy wrote … Continue reading

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Reading Lucy Summary

in reading lucy jennifer is a woman that is trying to learn the history about Brooklyn’s navy yard. instead she gets carried away and goes more deeply into learning more about Lucy kolkin and her life. she goes to the … Continue reading

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who knows brooklyn

this story that we read in class was about a two authors that were basically always criticizing each others work. they were both pretty old. one was 54 years old. there were some vocabulary words that were in the story … Continue reading

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Where im from revised

where im from, you would find many different cultures all mixed together. cultures ranging form pakisani, indian, bengali, asian, to african amercan, we all live peacefully together in harmony. where im from, if you woke up late at night you … Continue reading

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library session

what we learned in the library on wednesday was VERY helpful. we learned how to do research. yes this might sound like its quite simple. You might think that; maybe i just have to google it and ill get my … Continue reading

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you might be quite familiar with this picture. yes, this is the government building that was built after the tragic fire and burning down of the movie theater. i took this picture on our walking tour to BHS. this picture … Continue reading

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what would my map include

if i had to make a map for my essay 2 it would most likely be a map to get to the destination of my picture. the map would be a road map including all the little streets and every … Continue reading

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walking tour

on our walking tour we walked around the streets of downtown brooklyn. this was more a green area surrounded by buildings that were under construction. i have never been to that part of brooklyn before. it was an amazing experience. … Continue reading

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where im from

Where im from Glenwood, youll find many different cultures. ranging from pakistani to indian to bengali to Caucasian to black. we wall live peacefully together in harmony. where im from if you walk down the street you would smell different … Continue reading

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class summary 9/19/12 english

in our english class we were visited by to women that were from BHS. it started as a normal english class however we were in or speech room instead of our english room. we did a very interesting activity. Professor … Continue reading

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“the people, parks and ambience of brooklyn”

in this story the author talks about how brooklyn came to be what it is today. the author starts form the beginning and how it was called “bruecklen”. As you can see it has a resemblance with the current name … Continue reading

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revised summary of “fort greene dreams”

in this short passage, nelson george talks about many thing. the most important thing he talks about is his move from jamaica queens to fort Greene in brooklyn. he shows us how is life changed and involved and also gives … Continue reading

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Fort Greene dreams

This is a short story about Nelson George around the spring of 1985. This shorstory deals with his life as he recalls his past and his profession. He tells us about how he used to live in the projects. He … Continue reading

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