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New York's Inner City Architectural History

In ten pages this paper refers to Luc Sante's Low Life in a historical consideration of New York City's urban architecture in term...

Urban Policy Decision Shifts

districts were also homes to railway stations that brought people from out of state. However, when the automobile began making lon...

Overview of the City of Jerusalem

In fourteen pages Jerusalem is examined in an overview of the holy city's history and the various religious conflicts among Muslim...

Louisville, Kentucky and the Expansion of the United Parcel Service

gained considerably from having UPS locate its hub operations in that city. For one thing, UPS contributes generously to a variety...

New York City's Fifth Avenue

This research paper examines the various changes in New York City's Fifth Avenue that have taken place since the late Nineteenth C...

Media Images of NYC

In twenty pages this paper examines New York City in a consideration of the visual imagery of the city perpetuated by the media. ...

Christopher Commission, LAPD Police Chief Daryl Gates, and the Rodney King Beating

In ten pages this paper discusses the personal biases that tainted this incident and how though the Commission's report could not ...

Should US Education be Privatized?

In fourteen pages education privatization is examined in an overview of various issues with the EAI Company and Baltimore city's f...

New Jersey State Parking Fines Collection

In five pages New Jersey's problems with parking fines' collection are considered along with other cities' solutions to similar di...

NYC and Public Transportation

In twelve pages this paper examines problems and various issues that have existed throughout New York City's public transportation...

Transit System of NYC

In twenty five pages this paper examines the bus service in a consideration of New York City's Transit System with Brooklyn's serv...

River City, California Corrections Problems

beyond us sometimes. But that ancient bit of memory seems very "right on," as far as corrections goes in California; it is "troub...

Host Nation Hotel Industries and the Effects of International Events Such as the Olympics

Demand 9 3.1.1 Price 9 3.1.2 The Price of Substitutes 11 3.1.3 Price of Complimentary Goods and Services 12 3.1.4 Advertising 13 3...

Dante Alighieri's Inferno and Medieval Cities

and Hollander 161). Dante comments to Virgil that the mosques inside the city can clearly be seen. The translators also comment th...

Evolution of the City According to Italian, Roman, Greek Cultures

In five pages the way cities evolved in terms of various cultural influences are considered with organic and planned cities exampl...

NYC and Potential for a Serious Earthquake

our rock. And these rifts share another frightening trait: a strong inclination to produce earthquakes of magnitude 7 or 7.5. A 7...

The Effect of Refunding or Reorganizing Existing Debt Obligations

of implications. There will often be a shifting of debt from one finance source to another, this may or may not involve a change o...

City in Writing of the Late Medieval Era

In six pages this paper examine 'The Taill of the Uplondis Mous and the Burges Mous' by Robert Henryson, 'To the Merchantis of Edi...

The Growth of Greensboro, North Carolina

This well written research report contains a plethora of information. The paper focuses on the city's growth and historical inform...

The Impact of Globalization on U.S. Cities

has caused a tremendous transformation in world order, and "[N]o society encapsulates this transformation more than urban society....

Spike Lee's When the Levees Broke

Lee, what the victims share is that they had little before Katrina and now have nothing (Samuels 94). It should be noted, howeve...

Reducing Gang Violence In New York City

opportunities for city residents (Soglin, 2006). This author reports that studies consistently show an inverse relationship betwee...

Race Relations/Jacksonville, FL

Then, you could go on to address the topic of race relations in Jacksonville from a broader perspective, which encompasses a brief...

Architectural Similarities and Differences in Kuala Lampur and Dubai

that people could better escape the somewhat inhospitable environment as they moved from building to building. Their time outside...

NYC's Flexible Pavement Management Problems

In five pages this paper discusses New York City's flexible pavement problems with various suggestions offered. Five sources are ...

Four Structures in Oklahoma City

are no readily discernible passive features that accommodate solar heat collection; however, the portico does offer shelter from r...

Role of Counselors in Inner City School Guidance Counseling

a perennial shortfall in state aid resulted in the reductions in guidance counselors at the same time that an increase in services...

NYC Schools and Vouchers

about systemic change" (Domanico, 1993). Their idea was school choice, not vouchers (Domanico, 1993). The difference is that paren...

Identity in 'The New York Trilogy' by Paul Auster

to Quinn because they allow him to temporarily lose his identity. By walking, he could leave "himself behind," and simply give him...

New Yorkers Walt Whitman, Frederick Law Olmsted and the NYC Military's Contributions

in colonial America and grew impressively after the Revolution, with ship production centering on the East River (NY Maritime Cult...