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As a child, there was nothing I enjoyed more taking a train ride to Manhattan from Brooklyn on the J train, which is strange because I can not stand taking the train today. I can remember the...
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I liked the topic of the your blog. This past summer, I studied abroad in Spain and the cobblestones in certain neighborhoods in this city, remind of the streets of Toledo and Andalusia. The...
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This past weekend, my family and I were invited to a wedding at Terrace on the Park. The views from the roof are amazing. You can see Citi field, the skyline of Manhattan, and the Queens museum....
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luisjorge wrote a new post, The Evolution of the Media, on the site The Arts...
Reading John Berger’s Ways of Seeing not only highlights the change in media focus, but also the change in society. The principle goal of a camera in the past was to reproduce images, so that people...
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Still Life with Lobster and Fruitby Abraham Van Beyeren After our trip to the New York Historical Society, my Art History Survey II class visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art. While looking in one of...
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luisjorge wrote a new post, Arch of Reality, on the site The Arts in New York...
Having gone to high school close to Washington Square Park and taken a class at New York University (whose many buildings and dorms surround the park), I am pretty familiar with the aesthetics and...
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I do not really feel that the book portrays Washington Square Park as a “romantic” destination. I feel that it was a place where business was conducted and where many relationships may have ended. This...
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I really enjoyed your post. It was very detailed and interesting. What I liked most was your mention of possible highway near the park. I feel that if the park had these two highways, that it would not...
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I liked that picture of the statue of Garibaldi you included. Italians or people of Italian ancestry make up around 8% of the population in New York City. The majority of these Italians came in the...
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Even though our seats were extremely uncomfortable, I’m pretty sure we all enjoyed the play, Cloud Nine, last Friday. I thought that we were all going to be seated in a large theater and was extremely...
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Yeah, I completely agree with you. Religion is supposed to be a choice, not a requirement. By trying to “save” others, colonist are actually digging their own grave. In reply to - luisjorge wrote a new...
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I really like the idea of having performers on the subway platforms. They help calm our nerves down when we are spending more than 20 minutes waiting for the train. I only wish that there were more...
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That is true. In America, we do not seem to embrace or even acknowledge sexuality much. In other countries like Spain, sex is a common theme of everyday conversations. We do not seem to be a...
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luisjorge wrote a new post, Conflicting Neighbors, on the site The Arts in...
As we all know Mexico and the US have not had the best of relationships. The US and Mexico went to war in 1848 and as a result the US gained Western land and access to the Pacific. This along with the...
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luisjorge wrote a new post, The Late Show, on the site The Arts in New York...
On Columbus Day, my cousin and I attended he Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Colbert is one of the funniest comedians on television and makes sure that the audience is as much a part of the show as he...
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I liked your blog, but I disagree with one aspect of it. I feel that Mexico’s disdain toward the US is justified. The United States has invaded Mexico multiple times and have been known to interfere in...
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One of the most visited new attractions in New York City is the High Line. Before this year I had no idea what the High Line was. I was surprised to find out that it was just blocks away from my high...
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When I was informed that I would have to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the second time this semester, I thought to myself, not again. I would have to deal with the traffic, both inside and...
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There was an interesting guest at BAM yesterday. It was the film director, Spike Lee. Most people know him for being a huge Knicks fan, but many people do not realize that he is a professor at NYU....
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luisjorge wrote a new post, Stop Signs, on the site The Arts in New York...
Stop signs are very interesting signs throughout the world. Everywhere in the world the stop sign is the same shape: an octagon. Usually these signs are in the native country’s language. This is not...
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Why choose Bob, when there are more exotic names out there? In reply to - Sing Fung Cheung wrote a new post, My Name, on the site The Arts in New York City: Time Travel My alias when I go to Starbucks....
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Unfortunately, because of our last outing to BAM, I missed the second game of the World Series. On Friday, October 30, the Mets will be in town to play the Royals. They are down by two games, but I...
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Lafii, JaQin, Fung Sing In reply to - Sing Fung Cheung wrote a new post, My Name, on the site The Arts in New York City: Time Travel My alias when I go to Starbucks. I thought they’ll ever get my real...
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When I looked at my schedule and saw that the Sankai Juku Butoh dance performance was at the same time as the World Series, I almost cried! I waited nine long years for my favorite team to get to the...
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I found your discussion on the Lion Dogs you saw very interesting. As a child, I used to walk through Chinatown and wondered what they symbolized. Thanks also for including me in your pictures. In...
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I was on the train yesterday and saw a guy with an interesting shirt. It was an image of a blue pig with the New York State on it. I thought it was interesting, so I asked the guy if I could take a...
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luisjorge wrote a new post, Females: Seducer or Care giver?, on the site The...
Can you believe that this is our last outing together as a class? It has been such a merry, interesting, and eye-opening semester. We all went to places we never thought we would ever visit and learned...
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luisjorge wrote a new post, Fulton Center, on the site The Arts in New York...
One of the most beautiful and expense subway stations here in NYC is Fulton Center. As a child, my mom would always take me to Manhattan to go the Century 21 department store and we would get off at...
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I completely agree with you. The seats here at BAM were arranged so well, that we saw every movement clearly. At the Metropolitan Opera, many of us struggled to see anything at all. In reply to -...
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I found the screams of the dance performers to be very similar to Munch’s The Scream. I find it ironic how in the painting, you can sort of hear the scream in your mind by following the lines, but in...
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I am glad you took my advice and it helped you out. Gentrification is a major issue in New York City. We will one day get to the point where the rich will push the poor out to sea. In reply to - Ryan...
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Like you, I was very surprised by what I saw at Grand Central Station. It was my first time ever in Grand Central Station!!! I really surprised by the color of the ceiling, which contrasts greatly with...
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My friends from Ecuador have experienced similar emotions, when they encountered an animal. In Ecuador it is very common for people to eat guinea pigs. Although guinea pigs are not as common as other...
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Wow!! What an interesting topic!! Last Monday, I was going on my way to school and ended up taking the wrong train. Instead of taking the uptown Q, I took the downtown one. On my way back to Brooklyn,...
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Perhaps, the creator of the Opera chose to include the paper bags to represent adoration. The men loved Lulu so much that they considered her a work of art. In reply to - Young Kim wrote a new post,...
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Before I came to this museum for the first time, I thought that it was going to be an at gallery of the Dtuch painter, Peter Paul Rubens. I had no idea that it was going to be about Asian at. In reply...
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I found some interesting photos in the boys bathroom, that might help your project. It appears that graffiti has had a large impact here at Baruch and maybe you could discuss the fact that it also...
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Amazing piece of architecture! It looks like you put in many hours to create it. In reply to - nahiyan14 wrote a new post, My 3D Recreation Of Penn-Station, on the site The Arts in New York City: Time...
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