The Wild Westside
We started our walk towards Broadway and west 36th street, than we moved towards Time square. Times Square, before it became what it is today, it was originally named Long acre Square which was dominated by horse exchanges, carriage factories, stables, and blacksmith shops. It got the name “Times" when the publisher of New York Times persuaded the city to rename the area for his newspaper (BG, p.217). Since the 1990s, Times Square has flourished; it went from a city of crime, drug dealing, and prostitution to attracting as many as million tourists annually (BG, p.218). Rudy Guiliani decided to clean up the Time Square so he did accomplished his decision, he pushed away prostitution, crime, drug dealing and pornography. My impression of Times Square is that it is fast paced and when you walking through there you have to pay attention especially when crossing the streets because the drivers are not going to stop for you.
From Times Square, we walked through the GE building, originally the RCA building. It was the first building constructed at Rockefeller Center and is home to NBC studios (BG, p.248). Walking through the building led us to Rockefeller Center. What captured me as I was walking around was the mural painted Jose Maria Sert that depicted the theme of "man's new possibilities" . The mural was originally created by Diego Rivera but it was discarded because he created a fresco that included a portrait of Lenin along with a crowd of workers near his tomb carrying red flags, and a scene of rich people playing cards while venereal disease germs hover over them. The mural that replaced Rivera's is now called “American Progress" in which Abraham Lincoln, stands as the "Man of Action", while Ralph Waldo Emerson seated, represents the “Man of Thought"(BG, p.249). The mural was breathtaking, I have never seen something so beautiful; it had a breathtaking aura about it even though it's is over a decade old. From Rockefeller Center, we made our way to The Museum of Modern Art also known as MoMa. It is one of the city's premier cultural institutions, one of the great repositories not only of modern painting and sculpture, but also of drawing, design, photography, and film (BG, p.260). In 1860 the art became what is called photography. I am not too much into modern art but I got to see my favorite artist Pablo Picasso. After viewing the art collections at MoMA, we stopped at a Thai restaurant called Yum Yum 2 Bangkok, located in Hell’s kitchen. Majority of us dined there, but some other students decided to go somewhere else to eat. I have never tried surprisingly, the food was great; I enjoyed my chicken curry. After lunch we went towards east Harlem to 110th street and we came across to Hungarian pastry shop, the owner name was Phil. We hang up angel cards and we also got one angel card to take home. Harlem is the most famous center of African-American life and culture in the US. African-American blacks make up most of the population, though the area east of Park Avenue and north of 96th st, with a large Puerto Rican and Latino population, is known as El Barrio or Spanish Harlem (BG p.437).
We went to the Church called Church of the Holy Name of Jesus. Holy Name of Jesus church , located in the old Bloomingdale Village on the upper west side, was built in 1898 and designed by the architect, Thomas Henry Poole. The church’s high Gothic architectural presence on the northwest corner of 96th Street and Amsterdam Avenue adds richness and interest to the neighborhood. This was the largest church in the world. We also went to the park next to the church, Greg Wyatt made the Scaptular and it is called peace fountain. Then we just across the St. Luke Hospital, it was very interesting to know that the president of the hospital is a women and that is the first nurse who is president of the hospital, i was very impressed by that. We also visited Columbia University which i have never got the chance to visit. In 1754 Columbia university started but before that it was known as King's College. I found out that president Obama was the president of Columbia University and he had lived in that neighborhood. The first television was invented in Columbia University. East Harlem was known as a 2nd largest Jewish community, in 1920 lower east Harlem had the most Jewish population, there was about 300,000 Jewish in Harlem so they called it Jews Bridge. In 1930 less than 20,000 population of blacks took over the area and in the same year 1930 most of the artists came in to the area and many theaters opened. One of the theaters is Apollo Theater that we saw . The Famous Apollo Theater opened as Hurting and seamon's New Burlesque theater, for whites only, so in 1934, Leo Brecher and Frank Schiffman, who had previously run the Lafayette Theater took over Apollo, opened it to the black citizens.
From Times Square, we walked through the GE building, originally the RCA building. It was the first building constructed at Rockefeller Center and is home to NBC studios (BG, p.248). Walking through the building led us to Rockefeller Center. What captured me as I was walking around was the mural painted Jose Maria Sert that depicted the theme of "man's new possibilities" . The mural was originally created by Diego Rivera but it was discarded because he created a fresco that included a portrait of Lenin along with a crowd of workers near his tomb carrying red flags, and a scene of rich people playing cards while venereal disease germs hover over them. The mural that replaced Rivera's is now called “American Progress" in which Abraham Lincoln, stands as the "Man of Action", while Ralph Waldo Emerson seated, represents the “Man of Thought"(BG, p.249). The mural was breathtaking, I have never seen something so beautiful; it had a breathtaking aura about it even though it's is over a decade old. From Rockefeller Center, we made our way to The Museum of Modern Art also known as MoMa. It is one of the city's premier cultural institutions, one of the great repositories not only of modern painting and sculpture, but also of drawing, design, photography, and film (BG, p.260). In 1860 the art became what is called photography. I am not too much into modern art but I got to see my favorite artist Pablo Picasso. After viewing the art collections at MoMA, we stopped at a Thai restaurant called Yum Yum 2 Bangkok, located in Hell’s kitchen. Majority of us dined there, but some other students decided to go somewhere else to eat. I have never tried surprisingly, the food was great; I enjoyed my chicken curry. After lunch we went towards east Harlem to 110th street and we came across to Hungarian pastry shop, the owner name was Phil. We hang up angel cards and we also got one angel card to take home. Harlem is the most famous center of African-American life and culture in the US. African-American blacks make up most of the population, though the area east of Park Avenue and north of 96th st, with a large Puerto Rican and Latino population, is known as El Barrio or Spanish Harlem (BG p.437).
We went to the Church called Church of the Holy Name of Jesus. Holy Name of Jesus church , located in the old Bloomingdale Village on the upper west side, was built in 1898 and designed by the architect, Thomas Henry Poole. The church’s high Gothic architectural presence on the northwest corner of 96th Street and Amsterdam Avenue adds richness and interest to the neighborhood. This was the largest church in the world. We also went to the park next to the church, Greg Wyatt made the Scaptular and it is called peace fountain. Then we just across the St. Luke Hospital, it was very interesting to know that the president of the hospital is a women and that is the first nurse who is president of the hospital, i was very impressed by that. We also visited Columbia University which i have never got the chance to visit. In 1754 Columbia university started but before that it was known as King's College. I found out that president Obama was the president of Columbia University and he had lived in that neighborhood. The first television was invented in Columbia University. East Harlem was known as a 2nd largest Jewish community, in 1920 lower east Harlem had the most Jewish population, there was about 300,000 Jewish in Harlem so they called it Jews Bridge. In 1930 less than 20,000 population of blacks took over the area and in the same year 1930 most of the artists came in to the area and many theaters opened. One of the theaters is Apollo Theater that we saw . The Famous Apollo Theater opened as Hurting and seamon's New Burlesque theater, for whites only, so in 1934, Leo Brecher and Frank Schiffman, who had previously run the Lafayette Theater took over Apollo, opened it to the black citizens.
Lower Manhattan and Captivating Chelsea
Woke up in the morning not wanting to get out of bed, because it wasn’t feeling good but I looked forward to my exploration. We started our day by visiting the City Hall, as soon as we entered the parking lot of the City Hall, the building was just beautiful. The City Hall was under the construction in 19th century from 1803-1811, when the nation was searching for an architectural style that soothed republicans. So they choose the style that represents an outstanding example of the Federal style (B.G 84). In the interior, the lobby walls are all covered with the original white Massachusetts marble. The tour guide explained that the first families who arrived to Manhattan were speaking French. In 1653 they decided that New Hastordam is ready to become a city so they need to have a City Hall. The tour guide explained that When we entered the City Hall, on the left side was George Washington marble statue, wearing military uniform. I learned that George Washington was not well educated but he was a very smart man. In 1790, while New York was enjoying its brief fling as capital city of the nation, the common council, the city's chief legislative body, commissioned John Trumbull to paint a portrait of George Washington and another of George Clinton, the state's first governor (B.G85). We went inside the conference room where the portrait's were painted, it was just amazing and I noticed that every single portrait's were painted by John Trumbull, they were just beautiful. After City Hall we walked to where the World Trade Center towers once stood; in its place is The Freedom Tower that is set to be finish in 2013. In commemoration of September 11, 2001, The Freedom Tower is a replacement of what was once New York's World Trade Center and it represents new growth. The new tower will pay homage to the twin towers by several ways in that the base of the Freedom Tower will be 200 feet square just the same dimensions as the original towers, the observation deck will be at 1,362 feet: the height of World Trade Center Tower Two and the glass parapet will be at 1,368 feet: the height of World Trade Center Tower One . After taking in the beautiful architectural design of the Freedom Tower, we walked to St. Paul's Chapel & Churchyard. The chapel is Manhattan's only remaining colonial church, built as a subsidiary chapel of Trinity Church for worshipers who lived too far uptown to make it down to Wall St. During the British occupation, St Paul's Chapel served British officers as their house of worship. It was also used by George Washington following his inauguration as Federal Hall (BG, p.77). From the outside, I could see tombstones, and on the in the ground were flags honoring those who died during 9/11. After the World Trade Center disaster, the chapel served as both a place of refuge for workers at Ground Zero and as a temporary memorial for visitors, who attached messages and memorials to the fence in front of the church (BG, p.77). The interior is painted in pale colors graced by slender Corinthian columns supporting a barrel- vaulted ceiling. The Palladian window glazed with clear glass on the chancel wall and the 14 Waterford crystal chandeliers which survived the shock waves of the collapsing Twin Towers (BG, p.78). As I walk around the church, I could feel the emotions from those who were there visiting; it was as if this tragedy just happened yesterday. I read some of the stories and letters the families wrote for their daughters, sons, husbands, wives, or friends. Reading all these made me feel as if I got affected by 9/11, at the
time that it occurred I was still living in Jamaica; and hoping and praying that my family was not affected. Although, reading the stories were sad the fact that these stories were there shows that although people lost their lives, they will never be forgotten. Another thing that struck me was seeing pictures of people who came and volunteered their time to those in need. Everyone from nurses, chiropractors, doctors, etc. came to offer their time and provide as much as they can. I found that beautiful because it shows that even though there is evil in the world, somewhere out there are angels waiting to rescue those in need. Walking down Wall Street, we saw where Occupy Wall Street took place last year on September 17, 2011. It was held by people who categorized themselves as “the99%" who will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1% http://occupywallst.org/. Continuing down Wall Street, we walk by the New York Stock Exchange. Ever since the New York Stock Exchange moved to Wall Street in 1903, it has been synonymous with New York's financial industry (BG, p.64). It is the worlds largest exchange in terms of dollar value making New York a preeminent city of the capitalist world (BG, p.68). I always hear talks about Wall Street and New York Stock Exchange in the news but never knew seen it or knew what it looked like. Next we got to inside Federal Hall National Memorial, one of New York's most important historic sites.
In the early 18th century the British City Hall stood on this site. There John Peter Zenger, the confrontational publisher of the New York Weekly Journal was
tried in 1735 for libeling the royal governor. His acquittal set forth a precedent for freedom of the press that would later be reaffirmed in the Bill of
Rights. George Washington took the oath of office in 1789 as first president of the United States (BG, p.69). Mike allowed us to go inside and we saw some of
the things that were used by the previous presidents. I also saw pictures from Obama's campaign 4 years ago where he was interacting with the public and some people were hugging him and touching his head. I appreciated that part because it shows that he is human like everyone, and that the people appreciated his eagerness and courage to be the first African American President. From there we walked a short distance to Trinity Church where we briefly looked inside. Thechurch stands 79ft wide and 166ft long; its tower including the spire stands 281ft above the ground. For many years, it was the highest point in LowerManhattan. Trinity was one of the first Gothic Revival churches in the nation as well as the first Gothic Revival church in the city (BG, p.65.We then
strolled down Broadway to the Museum of the American Indian, which housed the historic Alexander Hamilton Custom House. The museum was born from the obsession of George Gustav Heye, who gathered most of its collection. He took a job in Arizona as an electrical engineer and soon began collecting Native American artifacts. The museum today reflect attitudes toward Native American cultures and art that have evolved since Heye died (BG, p.44). Since we did not get to go inside the museum, we made our way to Battery Park where; Mike and Marietta gave us some background about the park. The name came from a row of cannons that defended the original fort. Inside the park stood a sphere originally dedicated in 1971 moved there from the World Trade Center, where it was battered and buried by debris from the falling towers on 9/11. The sphere was conceived by Koenig as a memorial to world peace through trade and it now symbolizes those who died on 9/11(BG, p.47). As we walked through the park, we could see delightful views of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. I was a little happy that this was not part of the class because it seemed to have gotten colder by walking along the water itself. Our journey north took us along the World Financial Center, and the Irish Hunger Memorial. The Irish Hunger Memorial was created by Brian Tolle and Gail Wittier-Laird as a way to raise public awareness of the events that led to the "Great Irish Famine and Migration" of 1845-1852. It serves as a reminder to millions of New Yorkers and Americans who proudly trace their heritage to Ireland, of those who were forced to emigrate during one of the most heartbreaking tragedies in the history of the world. We then stopped to visit the World Financial Center, whose five towers were designed by Cesar Pelli between 1985 and 1988. The 120 ft. glass domed atrium, the marble floor and the aerial bridge was damaged by debris from the fall of the Twin Towers. Than we walked by the meat packing district. The Meat-packing District was formerly known as the Gansevoort Market. Although the wholesale meatpacking industry remains and still gives the neighborhood its workings class edge, it gentrified rapidly during the 1990s with stylish bars and restaurants, clothing and design stores and art galleries (BG, p.184).
Finally, we got to eat. From Chelsea Market, we hopped onto the High Line. The High Line was constructed in the 1930s to solve the problems along where the New York Central Railroad used to run. The streets were clogged with traffic, the trains were dirty, and the tracks were dangerous. West Side Cowboys used to horseback to tell people when the trains were coming, but a lot of accidents happened as a result (BG, p.188). We tookthe High Line to 20th Street, where we descend into the heart of Chelsea's art gallery scene. Chelsea has undergone rapid changes in the past decade making it one of the most exclusive areas in the city. Chelsea is home to hundreds of art galleries and boy did Mike make us see the art. We went to maybe 5 art galleries they weren’t all that great, but mainly because a new season was starting and that is normally when installations occur. One art gallery we went to have a big black metal abstract work that resembled a table, and a painting on the wall. We then went to another gallery that had a huge display made of burnt wood. I loved it was like a clouded passage to your dreams that went in and out of tunnels. Our day finally ended with frigid Chelsea.
Immigrant New York
Coming to the city this morning I was excited that this is the last class and finally I will be done this weekend with the work of this class, but at the same time I was also sad and that's because I will actually miss this class, I will miss exploring the city. I loved this class and loved walking but this class requires a lot of work and by taking nursing classes with this class is just a torture so for the fact that now its over and I can spend more time studying is great,
We started our day with Lower East side. In 18th century Lower East side was filled with the City's wealthy landowners . During 1850 the pressure of immigration were beginning to be felt and the Lower East side started to decline economically. The ethnic makeup of the district was also shifting. Between 1846-1860, large numbers of Irish immigrants settled here. At mid- century Germans, both Jews and gentiles, also arrived. In 1881 Russian and Eastern European Jewish immigrated which changed the Lower East side and still affects the ethnic makeup of New York. Almost 2 million Jews who came to the US from Russia, Poland and Romanian were during 1881 and 1914, many settled temporarily on the Lower East side (BG p.118-119).
Than we went to the Essex Market, the history behind the Essex street is that people used to sell fruits, Vegetables, food in the pushcart at the street so the place started to become very dirty. Mayor LaGuardia decided to clean the area so he made the Essex Market in 1940, so it is no longer in the street and in the pushcarts. There was another major problem with the area was that housing apartments used to through their garbage's by just dumping it in the street. The area became very dirty, there was mouse's. We met Jim our tour guide who provided us the history behind the apartment buildings. The housing apartments used to not having any ventilations (windows) back then, there used to be only 3 bathrooms fro the whole apartment complex, which all residents used to share. In 1901they changed the residents apartments, every room had window, every apartment had to had bathroom. By 1960 they had to had a fire escape stairs. I also Forgot to mention that we went to the world greatest candy store called Economy Candy, and almost everyone of us came out with the bag of candy. As we were standing by the Williamsburg Bridge, Jim explained that The nick name of the Bridge was Jews Highway. Wiiliamsburg bridge was built on 1903. Williamsburg Bridge goes over to the Brooklyn site. The Jews were at the Brooklyn site and Delancey street was a commercial area.
The Bialystoker Synagogue at 7-11 Bailystoker Place between Grand and Broome Streets in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue. The building was constructed in 1826 as the Willett Street Methodist Episcopal Church; the synagogue purchased
the building in 1905.
We also stopped by the building called Ritularium, which is where the Jewish Ladies go before getting married to get purified, which was something new that I learned about Jewish culture.
We also went to the Henry street Settlement House which was used to provided shulter for poor immigrants. This house on Henry street is dedicated to Lillian Wald, who was the founder of the Henry street settlement on the occasions of the centennial year 1893-1993. Lillian Wald lived and worked at 265 Henry street improving the quality of life in the Lower East side, throughout New York City and across the nation . Lillian Wald was the one who actually made the Hospitals to be associated with Nursing school.
China Town, while many of Manhattan's other ethnic enclaves are gentrifying , china town is expanding eastward beyond its original boundaries into the Lower East side and northward into Little Italy (BG p.107). So in this area we got to spend 30 minutes without our professors and guide tour, as I was walking noticed there was a lot of stores and by reading the blue guide now I know that visitors come for the ambiance, for bargains, and for food, as well as for knockoff designer handbags and perfume (BG p.107). After that we went for Lunch to the Chinese Restaurant, where our professors treated us. I enjoyed the food, what I loved that I got to eat lot's of vegetables, every thing else had some kind of pork meat except sesame chicken which I also enjoyed.
After Lunch we went to the Tenement Museum, just loved it. That was my favorite part of this course, I had fun. The actress Victoria was so great playing the character of Sephardic which I learned that it means Spanish Jewish. we had to imagine that we were Russian immigrants looking for an apartment and how were the immigrants were treated once they got here. They used to put buttons on their eyes to check if they have the pink eye disease. The tour guide asked us to imagine that you traveled three weeks in the both without food and water. So Victoria's Grand grand parents was originally from Spain since they were Jewish they had to leave Spain and immigrated into a small town in Italy called Kastoria and than her family immigrated to U.S.
After that everyone got to leave but I and my couple of other classmates decided to cross Williamsburg Bridge with our Professors, which was another beautiful experience, I really enjoyed that.
We started our day with Lower East side. In 18th century Lower East side was filled with the City's wealthy landowners . During 1850 the pressure of immigration were beginning to be felt and the Lower East side started to decline economically. The ethnic makeup of the district was also shifting. Between 1846-1860, large numbers of Irish immigrants settled here. At mid- century Germans, both Jews and gentiles, also arrived. In 1881 Russian and Eastern European Jewish immigrated which changed the Lower East side and still affects the ethnic makeup of New York. Almost 2 million Jews who came to the US from Russia, Poland and Romanian were during 1881 and 1914, many settled temporarily on the Lower East side (BG p.118-119).
Than we went to the Essex Market, the history behind the Essex street is that people used to sell fruits, Vegetables, food in the pushcart at the street so the place started to become very dirty. Mayor LaGuardia decided to clean the area so he made the Essex Market in 1940, so it is no longer in the street and in the pushcarts. There was another major problem with the area was that housing apartments used to through their garbage's by just dumping it in the street. The area became very dirty, there was mouse's. We met Jim our tour guide who provided us the history behind the apartment buildings. The housing apartments used to not having any ventilations (windows) back then, there used to be only 3 bathrooms fro the whole apartment complex, which all residents used to share. In 1901they changed the residents apartments, every room had window, every apartment had to had bathroom. By 1960 they had to had a fire escape stairs. I also Forgot to mention that we went to the world greatest candy store called Economy Candy, and almost everyone of us came out with the bag of candy. As we were standing by the Williamsburg Bridge, Jim explained that The nick name of the Bridge was Jews Highway. Wiiliamsburg bridge was built on 1903. Williamsburg Bridge goes over to the Brooklyn site. The Jews were at the Brooklyn site and Delancey street was a commercial area.
The Bialystoker Synagogue at 7-11 Bailystoker Place between Grand and Broome Streets in the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue. The building was constructed in 1826 as the Willett Street Methodist Episcopal Church; the synagogue purchased
the building in 1905.
We also stopped by the building called Ritularium, which is where the Jewish Ladies go before getting married to get purified, which was something new that I learned about Jewish culture.
We also went to the Henry street Settlement House which was used to provided shulter for poor immigrants. This house on Henry street is dedicated to Lillian Wald, who was the founder of the Henry street settlement on the occasions of the centennial year 1893-1993. Lillian Wald lived and worked at 265 Henry street improving the quality of life in the Lower East side, throughout New York City and across the nation . Lillian Wald was the one who actually made the Hospitals to be associated with Nursing school.
China Town, while many of Manhattan's other ethnic enclaves are gentrifying , china town is expanding eastward beyond its original boundaries into the Lower East side and northward into Little Italy (BG p.107). So in this area we got to spend 30 minutes without our professors and guide tour, as I was walking noticed there was a lot of stores and by reading the blue guide now I know that visitors come for the ambiance, for bargains, and for food, as well as for knockoff designer handbags and perfume (BG p.107). After that we went for Lunch to the Chinese Restaurant, where our professors treated us. I enjoyed the food, what I loved that I got to eat lot's of vegetables, every thing else had some kind of pork meat except sesame chicken which I also enjoyed.
After Lunch we went to the Tenement Museum, just loved it. That was my favorite part of this course, I had fun. The actress Victoria was so great playing the character of Sephardic which I learned that it means Spanish Jewish. we had to imagine that we were Russian immigrants looking for an apartment and how were the immigrants were treated once they got here. They used to put buttons on their eyes to check if they have the pink eye disease. The tour guide asked us to imagine that you traveled three weeks in the both without food and water. So Victoria's Grand grand parents was originally from Spain since they were Jewish they had to leave Spain and immigrated into a small town in Italy called Kastoria and than her family immigrated to U.S.
After that everyone got to leave but I and my couple of other classmates decided to cross Williamsburg Bridge with our Professors, which was another beautiful experience, I really enjoyed that.
Final Impressions of New York
I can’t believe that classes have ended I was sad but happy at the same time. Sad because all of the adventures have ended and happy because although I can withstand a lot of walking I hate exercising. This class have given me a different intake of all the boroughs. It taught me how to get to different
parts of the city, especially how to read the subway and not going on the wrong side. The class have really showed me the history and different things that are
in Queens Manhattan and Brooklyn to explore.
My favorite part of this class was the Tenement Museum, I loved the whole idea behind that Museum. I believe everyone who lives in N.Y should go there once . I enjoyed Harlem a bit because we got to do a walking tour of the place and saw random things and even the artist making his work. That was a good do for us to go out, I thought that was great timing. I did not enjoy the Botanica in the fact that I did not believe in those type of practices. I really
loved the park that we stopped in with the Frida Kahlo painting, and the sculpture that had some type of reference to the female body. It seemed to me
that this park is a little bit feminist, but it was great.
Another great part was going to central park. Although I have been to Manhattan and the different Art museums multiple times I never went into central park. Mainly, because I know that I would probably walk in circles; but now with trip I wouldn’t get lost in the park. The Thia food for lunch was also a different
type of experience.
Chelsea stood out to me because it was somewhere that I was use to going, also the fact that I have been there multiple times, I did not know about there being a park that was on what use to be railroads. I liked Williamsburg a bit because I could see that it was mainly a town full of edgy artistic people that have been there for years. But because of gentrification they are being forced out. I also enjoyed the little antique store. The Museum of modern art wasn’t all that great, I loved the Picasso the most but others weren’t of interest to me. All in all, this class was a great experience that helped me to conquer fears, know different places, culture, Hardship that people went through and thing that they are still going through. This class have given me a different insight on life and traveling, and I know that I will be visiting most of these place sometime soon with friends and family passing what I learned from the wonderful adventurous class.
parts of the city, especially how to read the subway and not going on the wrong side. The class have really showed me the history and different things that are
in Queens Manhattan and Brooklyn to explore.
My favorite part of this class was the Tenement Museum, I loved the whole idea behind that Museum. I believe everyone who lives in N.Y should go there once . I enjoyed Harlem a bit because we got to do a walking tour of the place and saw random things and even the artist making his work. That was a good do for us to go out, I thought that was great timing. I did not enjoy the Botanica in the fact that I did not believe in those type of practices. I really
loved the park that we stopped in with the Frida Kahlo painting, and the sculpture that had some type of reference to the female body. It seemed to me
that this park is a little bit feminist, but it was great.
Another great part was going to central park. Although I have been to Manhattan and the different Art museums multiple times I never went into central park. Mainly, because I know that I would probably walk in circles; but now with trip I wouldn’t get lost in the park. The Thia food for lunch was also a different
type of experience.
Chelsea stood out to me because it was somewhere that I was use to going, also the fact that I have been there multiple times, I did not know about there being a park that was on what use to be railroads. I liked Williamsburg a bit because I could see that it was mainly a town full of edgy artistic people that have been there for years. But because of gentrification they are being forced out. I also enjoyed the little antique store. The Museum of modern art wasn’t all that great, I loved the Picasso the most but others weren’t of interest to me. All in all, this class was a great experience that helped me to conquer fears, know different places, culture, Hardship that people went through and thing that they are still going through. This class have given me a different insight on life and traveling, and I know that I will be visiting most of these place sometime soon with friends and family passing what I learned from the wonderful adventurous class.