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Photographer and Social Reformer Jacob Riis

16). In 1888, Riis left the Tribune to work for the Evening Sun, at which time he also began work on his first book concerning t...

NY Politics Evolution

In five pages New York City politics and its evolution are discussed in a consideration of its historical development with politic...

Urban Development of Boston and London

In twelve pages this research paper compares London and Boston in terms of the urban development of each city. Eleven sources are...

2 Perceptual Impressions of Chicago

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares Ring Lardner's You Know Me Al and Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie in a considerat...

Detroit Michigan's History

In ten pages this report considers the history of one of America's largest and oldest cities dating back to the first years of the...

Mike Davis's The Ecology of Fear Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster

In five pages this paper discusses the city of Los Angeles and the mismanagement and misunderstanding that have led to its geograp...

Essay on Bogota, Colombia

In an analytical essay that consists of eight pages the many contributions and rich cultural history of Bogota are discussed in te...

Successful Leadership in Business

In five pages this paper examines effective business management in a consideration of Good Guys and Circuit City companies. Six s...

Pericles' Funeral Oration

In an essay consisting of five pages the comment that city is the best teacher of man by ancient Greek poet Simonides is examined ...

Baby Boy Film by John Singleton

vulnerable in all their humanity - authentically reveal their most personal hopes and aspirations. Ten years after Boyz N T...

Economic Overview of Norfolk, VA

In five pages this paper discusses how this Virginia city is trying to improve its economic circumstances by encouraging business ...

U.S. Supreme Court and the Georgia State Supreme Court

In eleven pages this paper considers the histories of both courts and also provides case details of N.Y. Times v. Sullivan, City o...

Police Departments of Hampton Roads and Norfolk in Virginia

largest naval base and the auspicious beginnings of Americas colonial history. This essay compares a number of issues relevant to...

Atomic Bombs Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Reasons Behind Them

The assumption was that Germans were working as feverishly on atomic power as was the U.S. - and it was only late in 1944 that the...

The Link Between Urban Development and Design and Pollution in London

the way that we see rubbish collect on the streets, and from here it will have a further impact as it is gathered together or coll...

NYC's DOT

the citys franchise agreements that include seven private bus companies (2002). They oversee private ferry operations on city-owne...

Athens, Duty, Pericles and Socrates

that Pericles was a man who felt a powerful sense of duty to his city. He was, after all, an official who stood as one who support...

Second World War Atomic Bombs Usage Justifications

number of lives lost as a result of the atomic bombs. This paper will seek to illustrate that there are, therefore,...

NYC and the Real Estate Market After the 911 Attacks

days, and then everything went back to what was thought to be normal. After September 11, 2001, things would never be the same aga...

Landmark Buildings of NYC

of the pyramidal spire. As Flagg did, Gilbert has a tower shaft that rises from a supporting block base, but to maximize the expr...

Historical Connections Between Liverpool and Shanghai

This paper discusses the common historical aspects of these two very different and distant cities. The author examines how Ninete...

Timothy McVeigh's Execution and Its Social and Legal Repercussions

suffering, and death upon fellow Americans. Evidence quickly developed to incriminate at least two individuals associated with th...

Improving American Neighborhoods

and carriage, most of the people lived within walking distance - or at worse, simply a few miles away from their downtown centers....

NYC Skyscrapers' Controversy

population grew and the need for office space expanded. The growth of the city almost demanded that the tiny strip of island grow ...

Policy and Social Work Implications of The Corner by David Simon and Edward Burns

The most vivid message of "The Corner" is the desperate situation under which the people of "the corner" exists. We find that the...

Three Questions about Urban Policy

This 5 page paper answers three questions about urban policy: 1) how to control the power of large corporations; 2) the impact of ...

Los Angeles' and New Orleans' Tensions

product of their heritage in many ways, for they are from the Old South, a place where women looked good, if they were wealthy, an...

An Overview of Ancient Alexandria

economic metropolis, the remains of which are still evident to this day" (Nunes, 2001; alex1.html). Ancient Alexandria was appr...

Japanese Architect Studios and a Team Zoo

In ten pages this paper discusses the Nago City Hall and Miyashiron community center in a consideration of a Japanese architectura...

Fritz Lang's Films

the audience. In many modern examples, the most creative thing that can be said about a particular movie maker is his or her abili...