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Louisville, Kentucky and the Expansion of the United Parcel Service

gained considerably from having UPS locate its hub operations in that city. For one thing, UPS contributes generously to a variety...

New York City's Fifth Avenue

This research paper examines the various changes in New York City's Fifth Avenue that have taken place since the late Nineteenth C...

Media Images of NYC

In twenty pages this paper examines New York City in a consideration of the visual imagery of the city perpetuated by the media. ...

Christopher Commission, LAPD Police Chief Daryl Gates, and the Rodney King Beating

In ten pages this paper discusses the personal biases that tainted this incident and how though the Commission's report could not ...

Should US Education be Privatized?

In fourteen pages education privatization is examined in an overview of various issues with the EAI Company and Baltimore city's f...

European Painters' Display Viewed on a Trip to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art I

fit the mold of others who painted during the Baroque period. Historically, Toledo was a center of inquisition activity and int...

Canadian Patterns of Immigration in Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver

In eight pages this paper examines various immigration patterns in these Canadian cities since 1961 in a contrast and comparison o...

The Transformation of Major Central Cities

7 pages and 5 sources used. This paper provides an overview of the transformation of major cities. This paper looks at the proce...

Home Town by Tracy Kidder

In five pages this Pulitzer Prize winning text is reviewed in terms of an average American city's sociological complexities. Ther...

Austin, Texas and Fresh Water

In five pages the problems with fresh water as a result of pollution in Austin, Texas are discussed in terms of the situation itse...

Camden, NJ and Corruption in Law Enforcement

In six pages this paper examines the issue of police corruption as it pertains to Camden, New Jersey with the emphasis upon the re...

NYC's Flexible Pavement Management Problems

In five pages this paper discusses New York City's flexible pavement problems with various suggestions offered. Five sources are ...

Society and American Pop Art

In five pages this paper examines pop art as featured at New York City's Whitney Museum of American Art in terms of history and th...

Atlanta and Detroit Crime from 1986 Until 1996

In eight pages a literature review of these two regions is presented in order to compare these cities' crime problems and concludi...

Boston's Immigrant Newcomers

In six pages this research paper examines Boston and the profound effect 19th century immigrant newcomers had on changing the city...

Proposal for an Emergency Room Expansion

and many others have pondered the difficulties of running ERs around the country. In order to eliminate problems, several ideas ...

WTC Towers' Rebuilding Proposal

of north and south sections and the verticle structures that are central to the overall construction. Procopius wrote: "And In th...

The Park and the People A History of Central Park by Roy Rosenzweig and Elizabeth Blackmar

4) Redefining Central Park; 5) The Nineteenth-Century Park in the Twentieth-Century City; and, 6) The Past Fifty Years, in additio...

NYC's PE Programs

Fay and Doolittle (2002) recount how in the early 1990s concern over standards-based reform in academic subjects actually generate...

New Yorkers Walt Whitman, Frederick Law Olmsted and the NYC Military's Contributions

in colonial America and grew impressively after the Revolution, with ship production centering on the East River (NY Maritime Cult...

NYC Education Reform

$77 million budget cut (Klein). At the same time, the administration was able to cut some money elsewhere by streamlining adminis...

An Overview of Urbanism in America

the proliferation of entertainment and leisure. Films, plays, restaurants and night clubs are a part of the landscape. After th...

New York Retailer Barneys

eyed a nondescript storefront at the corner of Seventh Avenue and 17th Street, in the lowbrow Manhattan neighborhood known as Chel...

Politics of Authoritarianism and Status of St. Petersburg, Paris, Istanbul, and Mexico City

intensified hostilities among those who were previously amicable. Some contend that despite all its past and present global impli...

The Slave Trade in Liverpool, England

other Atlantic trades, particularly sugar and tobacco, and were therefore looking for more lucrative commodities. Others consider ...

Salt Lake City's Land Use and Organization

the Mormon Church was ever present and ever active" (McCormick, 2002, PG). After a tumultuous several years during which the ci...

Identity in 'The New York Trilogy' by Paul Auster

to Quinn because they allow him to temporarily lose his identity. By walking, he could leave "himself behind," and simply give him...

Case Study of Asbury Park, New Jersey City Council

as an imperative. Examples of how this city council fails to communicate will be illustrated in the literature review. Problem S...

The Legacy Of Colonial America with Regard to Urban Development

three largest and probably most important harbors were Boston, New York and Philadelphia (Hashagen, 1998). What many may not know ...

Appearance of Place in The American Friend Film by Director Wim Wenders

An analysis of the city's role in The American Friend, a 1977 film by director Wim Wenders, is presented in seven pages. There is...