...Central Park Central Park, located in New York City is a public park designed for people to enjoy sightseeing, tours, exercising, or just plain relaxing. It is an attraction sight for many tourists as well as New Yorkers. According to the book “Central Park, An American Masterpiece” by Sara Cedar Miller, the eight hundred and forty three acres of land began construction in 1857 and won the title of being a National Historic Landmark since 1962. The park which is located in the center of Manhattan, starts from 59th street and extends all the way to 110th street. Based on Miller’s assertions, Central Park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, after he won a park design contest. Olmsted also received help from Calvert Vaux, who was an architect. When the first landscaped public park in the United States was initially created, it was an attraction for wealthy people; however, after the park’s decline, and post adding more attraction sites, the park became less elite. As a result, it became a place for everyone from tourists to residents all over New York. Frederick Law Olmsted is best known for creating Manhattan's Central Park with the help of architecture Calvert Vaux, according to Scott Kirkwood, author of “The Lay of the Land.” Kirkwood claims that Central Park gave Olmsted and Vaux an opportunity to use landscape design for a social purpose. He states, “The two believed that there is no beauty without utility and based their work on the "noble motive," which drove their...
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...Natalia Rojas Prof. Rachel Schutte Polsci 110 02 May 2015 Central Park Central Park is an urban park right in the heart of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Central Park is the most visited park in all of the Untied States and it is recognized as a National History Landmark by the United States government for its outstanding degree of historical significance (Blackmar, Rosenzweig). However, the outcome of what the park is today is a product of years of the park’s planning, construction, and several renovations. These renovations though, have seen many obstacles, often reflecting the socioeconomic status of the City at the time. Central Park is a historical site in New York City with political relevance dating back to the 1800’s. The beginnings of the park date back to the early 1820’s when New York population was increasing dramatically (MacDonald, 118). The people of New York City were sifting through the area, trying to find calm, open spaces to get away from the “hustle and bustle” of the city for a moment. The city’s need for a great public park soon became prevalent to New York state legislatures. Thus, in 1853 the New York state legislature settled upon a seven hundred acre area that spread from 59th street all the way until 106th street that would be dedicated to cultivating this vast public park (MacDonald, 119). Progress of the park, once it began in the 1850’s, has lasted through the 19th, 20th, and now even the 21st century. Of course, the project...
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...New York City's Central Park was the first landscaped public park in the United States. In the early 1850s, wealthy New Yorkers envisioned a project to construct a park that had spanned for over a decade and cost the city millions of dollars. Following a long period of debate concerning the site and cost of the project, the state legislature authorized the acquisition of 700 acres of land through eminent domain. Advocates of the park hoped to refute the European notion that Americans were devoted to a life of materialism without taking consideration of the common good. Furthermore, in awe of the public grounds in London and Paris, wealthy New Yorkers wanted to uplift the international reputation of the city—or better yet, the United States—by constructing a similar feature. The high society of New York City imagined an idyllic and rustic landscape, where they could travel in carriages, socialize with the rest of the upper class, and allow the poor to live in a safer and cleaner environment as well. Using the "Greensward Plan" designed by Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux as winners of a design contest, the park underwent construction in 1853. Upon the park's completion in 1873, the idyllic landscape that encompassed large meadows, several lakes and hills, and a reservoir finally came to life. During a time period when industrialism in New York City was growing at a rapid and extraordinary pace, the green space intended to lure workers into spending time towards a life...
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...Central Park Five Discrimination and stereotypes have been a problem in the United States for a while now. There are many stereotypes for different races and there have been many cases of discrimination throughout history. In the United States, most discrimination cases are against the colored community, this includes the African American and the Hispanics. It is really easy for the police to believe that colored people are the ones responsible for many of the crimes that happen in the United States. In 1989, five young boys, Korey Wise, Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, and Yusef Salaam, were falsely accused of raping a twenty-eight year old white jogger in Central Park, New York and served up to thirteen years in prison without people questioning their innocence because they had colored skin. In April of 1989, a white female went for a jog at Central Park. She was raped multiple times and was beaten up at 10:30 pm. Her rapist left her in very critical conditions. She was found at 1:30 am by two other joggers. The joggers found the victim unconscious and almost nude. Five young colored boys were accused of raping the woman. On April 21, 1989, the Daily News newspaper in New York printed an article called “Wolf Pack’s Prey”. The article gave details about the case. The news paper used quotes that police officers would say when they would talk about what they heard in the confessions. For Example, the Daily News says, “ One youth admitted to rape and several...
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...Shirene Tabarestani 1895-0581 The Central Park Five Documentary In one of the most well known cities of the United States, New York City was the central focus in the 1980’s. Five minority youths aged 14 to 16 were arrested and convicted of rape, sexual assault, and almost murdering 28-year old white female investment banker, Trisha Meili, as she was jogging through Central Park on the night of April 19th, 1989. These innocent Latino and African American five young men— Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, Korey Wise, and Yusef Salaam—were exonerated in 2002 after serving 6-13 years in prison until the condemned murderer, Matias Reyes confessed to the rape of Trisha Meili, where his DNA was discovered to match the evidence from Meili’s rape along with other unsolved rapes that have occurred in or near the park prior to this case. The incident took over the headlines in the news and tabloids for weeks and weeks as the hungry press took the perfect golden opportunity to whip up a frenzy attack against the black middle-working class and their youths. Trisha Meili suffered from memory loss and multiple head traumas that failed to allow her to identify her attackers and therefore could not say much during the investigation. The documentary was made to open the eyes of the public by interviewing the now-adult males who suffered horrendously at a group of a vindictive and unjust legal system along with the media coverage. The general perceptions about crime and crime...
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...being in the wild nature with a small society. These differences between the species of lifestyles can be sizeable but you cannot say which one is the best. Every lifestyle has its own pros and cons. In “My Little Bit of Country”, 2012 by Susan Cheever, Cheever prefers to live in New York – Central Park is her favorite place to be. In Central Park she feels safe. Cheever is the narrator but also the main character in the essay. We have a first person narrator, but it is a subjective essay, since it is a summary of Cheever’s life and we only hear about what she longs for. The essay is chronological, because Cheever starts telling about her first memories of life – she is in Central Park with her father in the summer mornings and sometimes they visit the Central Park Zoo. Then she keeps on going telling about why she loves the city but that she is the only one, because her family rather to have a place in the countryside. She grows up in Westchester but as often as possible, she visits the Central Park. At the time when she gets her own children she “vowed to let them grew up in the city and never, ever transplant them to the country.” Her desire is to live in New York near the Central Park and she wants to let her children get the possibilities she was denied back then. Cheever makes contrasts between the city and the country throughout the text. The two places she mentions the most is New York and Westchester – the two places where her family has been living while she grows...
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...Colin Fisher Nature in the City: Urban Environmental History and Central Park E very year, thirty-five million growing population that was people visit Manhattan’s deeply divided along lines of Central Park, a vast island of class, ethnicity, and race. It is green situated in the midst of one within this historical context that of the world’s largest cities. For a group of merchants, politicians, many of these visitors, walking and middle-class reformers began through one of the park gates pushing for the creation of a large means leaving the artifice of the urban park (2). city behind and entering into an innocent green world, a vestige of A Cleansing Landscape the original Manhattan that existed For some, the new park would prior to the rise of the city. For increase adjacent property values urban environmental historians, and provide a leisure ground for though, there are two serious probrides in well-appointed carriages. lems with viewing the park in this way. Most of the city elite, though, First, Central Park is not nearly as offered less self-serving argunatural as it may appear. Far from ments, at least publicly. A large predating the rise of Manhattan, green space would not only cleanse the landscape is very much a product the air of dangerous smoke and of the mid nineteenth-century city. miasmas, it would convince the As such, Manhattan’s “front lawn” overworked sons and daughters of can be read as a primary source, a Puritans to leave their homes and unique window...
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...their own, using no public or corporate money, and therefore do not need to justify their expenses." (McIntire, 2005) The Gates was an idea conceived by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, and construction on the project began in January 2005. 23 miles of New York's Central Park walkway's were covered in this art project. The couple are known for their large environmental art. Some of their pieces include, Reichstag in Berlin, the Pont-Neuf bridge in Paris, and the 24 mile long artwork called Running Fence in Sonoma and Marin counties in California. On January 3, 2005, work began on the installation of The Gates project. The installation required the use of forklifts, marker signs, and large steel plates for mounting the pillars. There was some controversy with the project. A lot of people enjoyed the art, but there were also a lot of people who did not like it. Christo and Jeanne-Claude did not have a vote, nor did they pass around a petition to the frequent visitors of the park to see if the work would be offensive or displeasing to some. Art is all about expression, but with the cost of the project maybe it should have been done on private land where it could have a more permanent home, not all over one of the busiest parks in the country where it was up for only two weeks. A tremendous price...
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...Christo and Jeanne-Claude Origins • Christo (born Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, Bulgarian: Христо Явашев, June 13, 1935) and Jeanne-Claude (born Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon, June 13, 1935 – November 18, 2009) were a married couple who created massive and environmental works of art. • They married over objections from Jeanne Claude’s family(they became their supporters later), forming one of the most durable and creative partnerships in the history of art. • Christo studied art at the Sofia Academy from 1953 to 1956, and went to Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) until 1957, when he left for the West by bribing a railway official and stowing away with several other individuals on-board a train transporting medicine and medical supplies to Austria. • She was described as "extroverted" and with natural organizational abilities. Her hair was dyed red and she smoked cigarettes, and tried to quit many times until her weight would balloon. She did not enjoy cooking.[5] She took responsibility for overseeing work crews and for raising funds.[2] She said she became an artist out of love for Christo (if he'd been a dentist, she said she'd have become a dentist • Their works were credited to just "Christo" until 1994 when the outdoor works and large indoor installations were retroactively credited to "Christo and Jeanne-Claude • They flew in separate planes: in case one crashed, the other could continue their work. Concerns/About Work • A trademark of the work is...
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...new and innovative ways. An artist can also use their artwork to create a visual record of their specific time and place. Another role of an artist is to make functional objects and structures more pleasurable by imbuing them with beauty and meaning. Finally the fourth role of an artist is to give form to the immaterial ideas and feelings. The first piece of artwork I chose is a piece created by Christo and Jeanne-Claude called “The Gates”. This artwork is beautiful and amazingly done. It is a great example of how an artist can use their artwork to help us see the world in new and innovative ways. Christo and Jeanne-Claude used their artwork to bring two different cultures together in one place for all to see. The artwork made Central Park even more beautiful and for those who were lucky enough to see this artwork, it is something they will never forget. I like the idea of using real objects to create art. Most people think art is simply drawn or painted and they don't realize that art can be so much more than just something on paper or on a wall. Using objects to create art is so interesting and creative. The second piece of artwork I chose is Claude Monet's “Gare Saint Lazare. Monet takes the role of an artist who is creating a visual record of their time and place. The particular place in this artwork is Paris. In this painting, Monet shows a more modern Paris with both the good and bad that modern changes can cause. Monet adds more railroads to show...
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...Christo Vladimirov Javacheff and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon are the married couple who make up the artistic duo known world-wide as Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Both born on June 13, 1935, he in Bulgaria and she in France, the couple met in Paris in 1958 when Jeanne-Claude's mother hired Christo to paint a portrait. Although Jeanne-Claude was engaged to another man, whom she eventually married, Jeanne-Claude still fell in love with Christo. She left her husband after 3 weeks of marriage to be with Christo. In 1960, the couple had a son, Cyril Christo. From then on, the couple were virtually inseparable. The only time they left one another's side was when flying so that, should there be a crash, at least one of them would survive to continue their work. Christo and Jeanne-Claude were permanently separated on November 18, 2009, after 51 years, when Jeanne-Claude passed away after suffering a brain aneurysm. She is survived not only by her husband and son, but by their works, one of which has yet to be completed. The couple first came up with the idea of the "Over The River" project in 1992. Over a period of years, the couple scrutinized 15,000 miles of river through five different states. The pair was looking for a location that would meet certain requirements. They wanted the river to have steep walls with no trees to obscure the view. They also required a railroad track to run alongside one of the river shores. It was important that the location have homes...
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....8 High Bridge Park High Bridge Park was assembled piecemeal between 1867 and the 1960s, it was named after the High Bridge. Located in the Washington Heights in the “real Upper East Side” of Manhattan, the High Bridge was a place to visit for the rich and poor alike, to walk, to promenade, and to watch races. Currently it is being restored and expected to reopen in winter 2014. The whole park is subject to a Master Plan renovation and is supposed to be labeled as an adventure park in the future. Its size and features, a steep topography, rock outcropping and steep slopes, are ideal sources to do so. The area, that stretches between Dykman Street in the North down to 155th Street in the South along Fort George, Amsterdam, and Edgecombe Avenues,...
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...Jennifer Flake Mrs. Kathy Marks English 10 9 February 2010 Narrow is the Gate “If I could only make it through middle school…” I thought to myself as I tossed my book bag onto the couch. The overload of school, boys, and drama made me wonder how I made it from day to day. My sixth grade year had been a catastrophe so far. At lease once a day, I thought about where my parents were. My grandmother showed love for me in place of them. Although there were many people in my life who loved me, the thought of my parents still nagged at the back of my mind. “What could I have done wrong to be left by the people who brought me into this world? Was it my looks or my personality?” These thoughts were always sitting in the back of my conscience. Sometimes, I would lie in bed at night, unable to sleep, and I would feel this overwhelming sense of rejection. On most days, I felt as if the gates of my life were closing rapidly in my face. Growing up, my grandmother was always my role model, but I never imagined I would be living with her. My parents decided to live in sin rather than work towards the gates of Heaven. They were driven by rebellion and deceit every day, and the responsibility of taking care of their only child just wasn’t a priority to either one of them. As I tossed and turned in bed, I wondered what the talk of the lunch table would be the next day. I always seemed to be the center of attention in a negative way. I was often referred to as the “new girl” or the “loner...
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...Instrumental-coerced confessions mean that long hours of intense interrogations without any break can lead a suspect to confess to a crime they did not commit. Even if a suspect knows they are innocent they end up confessing due to mental and emotional exhaustion caused by intense interrogation. This is evident in the case of the Central Park Jogger case where five suspects were exonerated years after they had falsely confessed to raping and beating a woman who was jogging through Central Park. Four of the five defendants had videotaped their confessions sharing gruesome details of the crime. Nevertheless, no physical or DNA evidence convicted them of the crime. Years later the perpetrator Matias Reyes, a convicted serial rapist, and murderer,...
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...Word Count (Body): 421 Title: Why to Choose Central Park Pedicab Tours? Keyword(s): Central Park Pedicab Tours Body: New York City is a center of trade and commerce; it is a city that never sleeps. Finding a relaxing environment is hard; however amidst this hustle and bustle of the city there is a place where you can unwind yourself after a hectic day. You don’t need to travel far to experience the beauty of nature as an amazing sanctuary lies at the heart of Manhattan. The 843-acre, Central Park offers an array of activities in the clam ambience of the beautiful landscape and lush trees. Mostly people opt for tours as it gives an opportunity to view the park completely. Central Park pedicab tours are also referred to as the fun and enjoyment....
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