Monthly Archives: October 2011

Summaries of “City Limits” by Colson Whitehead

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Jody R. Rosen

Please add your summary as a comment to this post. Use the handout from class to help guide your drafting of the summary.

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Summary of View of the World from 9th Avenue by Saul Steinberg

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Jody R. Rosen

Our summary:   In the illustration View of the World from 9th Avenue, Saul Steinberg provides a bird’s-eye view of Ninth Avenue, possibly at 56th street, toward the west. He shows that other places are not as important or lively … Continue reading →

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BHS

Posted on October 7, 2011 by tiyeblair

When first hearing we were going to the Brooklyn Historical Society to look at maps I was very skeptical at the whole idea that it would be even the least bit interesting; but to my surprise it was actually pretty … Continue reading →

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The Heart of Brooklyn

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Mohd.Parvez

The other day when we all went to the Brooklyn Historical Society Library, all of us had the chance to see different types of map that had been created different historical time periods.  After we had seen the maps then … Continue reading →

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Learning about maps

Posted on October 3, 2011 by mishell

At first I didn’t really think that people studied maps.Maps no longer seem to have so much importance.Now a days a map can be found in any train station or even outside some little truck stand by central park. Seeing … Continue reading →

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