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Politics of Development in 3 Cities

pivoting around issues concerning one Petersons key areas, that is, the politics of development. A principal point of DeLeons anal...

Republic by Plato and the 'Just City'

in order to be just. Many are familiar with the tales of Sodom and Gomorrah from the bible. They understand that many cities had ...

A New York City Subway System Social History

of the tunnel in order to arrive at an exit point. Through its history, people have been pushed off platforms which had bystander...

Ancient Athens and Contemporary New York City

Most of us recognize that New York City serves as a symbol of all that is possible in the world today. It is also a city that repr...

Disabled New York City Taxis

that are designed to encourage taxi companies to offer wheelchair accessible service. In Chicago, for examples, companies that con...

Overview of The City of Ember

how to fix anything. Everything was provided for the inhabitants and there was plenty of everything for everyone. When the Builde...

Gentrification and Olde City

There are artisans and craftspeople who continue to sport a nineteenth century attitude ("Old City"). They live in what is called ...

New York City Politics and the Effects of Religious and Ethnic Groups

in New York, regardless of numbers. This is because New York City is "home to the nations largest community of American Jews" ("N...

What Michael Bloomberg's New York City Mayoral Victory Means

been many issues to crop up during 2005, inclusive of the bid for the Olympics. There was heated debated about a stadium to be bui...

Research Paper Proposal on Gentrification That is Plaguing Olde City

change hands." The author goes on to explain that well meaning artists who want to live in old cities because they like the charac...

Soft City by Jonathan Raban

centers and the changes that occurred in the national identity. Raban wrote: "For the new arrival, this disordered abundance is ...

Enduring Success of Philadelphia's Olde City

For example, the City Hall is in Center City, which is the name given to downtown Philadelphia (Shapiro P03). In fact, many people...

Philadelphia and Death and Life of Cities by Jane Jacobs

and at equal distances from this center is formulated four residential square, each identical and formulated for the same use (Jac...

Private Team Sports Facilities and City Financing

notes that in the 1990s alone: "30 new professional sports facilities have been built at...

A Case Study of The First Central Bank of River City

union. Perhaps the most significant and saddest example of the need for unions comes from the Triangle Factory Fire story. That oc...

US Cities Prohibition of Alcohol Sales as 'Unconstitutional'

Increasingly, cities within otherwise "wet" areas seek to prohibit the sale and use of alcohol within specific areas of these citi...

Ways to Improve Communication Between a New York City Daycare and the Department of Daycare

abide with. From a strictly business perspective, therefore, it is necessary to recognize that a daycare cannot stay in business ...

Visiting New York City

the things that tourists typically do on visiting the Big Apple. First on the agenda was to visit the Statue of Liberty. This stat...

Thom Gunn: "A Map of the City"

has what might be considered a god-like perspective. That puts him in a place where he can not only look at the city, but judge it...

The Restaurant Industry and the Trans Fat Ban in New York City

to caffeine, sugar, salt, alcohol, whole milk and any other ingredients these lunatics want to attack" (Jones and Hellmich). Tha...

Tri-Cities Community Bank A Balanced Scorecard Case

a customer has the greater the effectiveness of the internal process to maximise their return per customer. This also reflect the ...

Sacramento County and the City of Sacramento's Emergency Response Plans

of funding as well as to be participatory in the education of the applicants regarding specific program policies and procedures (...

Sherman Alexie’s On the Amtrak from Boston to New York City

time" (Alexie 34-36). This is a summation of the conflict of the modern Native, from the eyes of the narrator, today. It speaks of...

Inclusionary Housing Policy

inclusionary housings value to the local community. New Construction and Revitalization In their introduction to Presence: ...

Compare And Contrast Five City Plans

process of a comprehensive update and upgrade and in 2003, the City Council adopted the new plan. This new plan includes a number ...

Gender Relations in A Tale of Two Cities

world and symbolizes the ideal vision of a woman in a patriarchal world. This is why the embittered and lost man who is Carton lov...

New York City Draft Riots of 1863

of the rioters, which was directed at African Americans, possessed the mob with such ferocity that they lost all sense of humanity...

Long Island City Community Program of Drug Prevention Proposal

drug use, there is good reason to rail against the problem. How can a community organize against drug abuse? First, what is orga...

Overview of the Massachusetts City of Wayland

robbery, two assaults, 12 burglaries and one auto theft but there were 89 counts of larceny (City-data.com, 2004). Morbidity and ...

Fustel de Coulanges' The Ancient City

of this section. He looks at marriage practices, such as how the "As a daughter, she took part in the religious acts of her father...