Among many other things, all had been formed in New York City. ... Crossing the great river by ferry also had a down side. ... His persistence and well as others did not simmer. ... On either side of the tracks, he designed four lanes - two lanes on two outer roadways - for use by carriages and horseback riders. ... Arthur, president of the United States, walked across the bridge to meet Emily on the other side. ...
African Americans settled uptown along the East River and 116th St. area. Buildings and tenements began to boom along the East River. ... Later on Eastern European families moved from the Lower East side. ... They attracted other Italian families and took advantage of open housing as other groups began to spread out into other areas of Harlem. ... Many of these homes are side to side of each other on the mid-block of 116th street north to 120th street along Pleasant Avenue. ...
Rivers were an unreliable source of transportation due to the current, constant changes in the wind, beaver damns, droughts, and of course mother-nature. ... On the other side was the tantalizing west, stretching clear to the Mississippi River and beyond. ... "At the time, it took nearly a month or more to get a barrel of flour from the shores of Lake Erie along the Mohawk Trail to the Hudson River."... The canal consisted of 85 locks to manage a 500 foot rise in elevation from the Hudson River to Buffalo. ... The other great eastern cities hastily began to plan canals of their own. ...
Jacob Riis, the author of the bestseller How the Other Half Lives, hated poverty because it reminded him of his own tumultuous past. ... He was poor as the other immigrants, sleeping in doorways like many other adults and children. ... he writesthe bodies of drowned children turn up in the rivers? ... The one large orphanage room is strewn with beds on both sides. ... Jacob Riis passionate and oftentimes brutal descriptions of the conditions of poverty in the lower East Side of Manhattan were compelling. ...
Completed in 1883, it connects the boroughs of Manhattan andBrooklyn by spanning the East River. ... It was originally referred to as the New York and Brooklyn Bridge and as the East River Bridge, but it was later dubbed the Brooklyn Bridge, a name coming from an earlier January 25, 1867, letter to the editor of theBrooklyn Daily Eagle,[7] and formally so named by the city government in 1915. ... Roebling conducted the entire construction from his apartment with a view of the work, designing and redesigning caissons and other equipment. ... Arthur and Mayor Franklin E...
In upstate New York, a man made river is cutting through the wilderness. ... On the other hand, it was called Clinton's big ditch, but it will change New York forever. ... If you are a free slave they still can sell you to who ever want to buy you weather they lived up or down the river. ... Brown had his five sons fighting by his side. ... On the other hand, the North was one hundred percent behind Lincoln to get rid of slavery. ...
Therefore, the shade of blood notably darkens and due to the force gravity, it sinks to the lower sides of the body as muscles begin to tense up. ... Other objects that serve as clues are so minute, they require a microscope to find them. ... In order to wash away any particles, he began to throw the bodies into the river. The Atlanta task force began to keep a constant eye on the river and sure enough, when a man was witnessed dumping something into the river one night, police were able to get a warrant issued. ... This bit of evidence weighed heavily on the prosecution side and both charges ...
Yet, there are specific landmarks that set Brooklyn apart from the other boroughs. ... Designed in 1866, the park is 526 acres with a 60 acre lake on its east side and a 90 acre Long Meadow on the west side. ... Connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn over the East River, the bridge is 3,460 feet. ...
New York City is located on the Eastern Atlantic coast of the United States, at the mouth of the Hudson River. ... • 34th to 59th Street is generally regarded as "Midtown" • 59th to 110th Street contains the Upper West Side and Upper East Side, respectively. ... Museum Mile The Museum Mile is a lovely stretch along 5th Avenue chock full of museums and other fine arts institutions. ... The tree lined walk down the side of Central Park is also a nice treat. ...
Water Pollution According to Forseman, water pollution is the release of substances that become dissolved or suspended in the water or are accumulated to the extent that they interfere with the function of aquatic organisms in lakes, streams, rivers, and oceans or any other aquatic biome. ... The use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or other materials may contribute to water pollution. ... Methods of disposal other than recycling include ocean dumping, which creates water pollution and destroys marine habitats. ... Pollution control does not mean to stop using existing forms of natural re...
Didion enjoyed walks through the city, around the village and down to the river, and through uptown on summer evenings. ... A place to stay and visit but not to live, she could not understand how other young women were making lives there, a place where "Nothing was irrevocable; everything in reach," (Didion 229). ... No longer did she go out to parties, and soon she began to despise her life, hurting those people who had been her friends and offending others who had not. ... The negative side of a fantasy life is really shown in this essay, as well as the notion that "It is distinctly possi...
Instead, Hudson discovered New York Harbor which had an island and a river that ventured into the "unknown interior" as well as many hostile natives that he deemed, "Manates". Hudson went north to trade furs and other goods to Indians to were willing to trade. ... The town did not have a very good moral reputation, however, it carried on successful trade with other English colonies. As the town grew more successful, Englishmen from other colonies came to New York. ... Because of these and other occurrences of this sort, the Stamp Act was repealed in 1766. ...
This is my side of the story. ... Some glowed blue while others were green. ... Eventually, it vanished from my point of view and was replaced by an unfathomable amount of intricate streets, rivers, trails, pastures, and neighborhoods. ...
