Back in February I had taken a stroll through Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. I’d written about the differences in culture I had seen in just a few block. I included how at one side of the neighborhood there was all the hip and trendy places but on the other you would see older run down...
Brooklyn Second Glance
For assignment 1 I had chosen to discuss some issues that caught my attention that I’ve seen in Brooklyn whenever I had gone thrifting and I spoke about the poor condition of the neighborhood and local area. Such as the run down train stations and the poor condition of knickerbocker avenue being its covered...
Masked Poverty- Second Glance
As I read through my post, through the first paragraph everything sounded right and I didn’t notice anything that’d I’d really need to comment on. But as I got to the second paragraph I noticed some things that we learned after the midterm that I think would apply. One thing I immediately noticed was that...
the distinction of Geography
For the first assignment of the semester, I choose to walk around the Manhattan and Harlem at least one hour. The reason of I chose Manhattan that there are two areas reflection poverty and affluence. Poverty and affluence are opposite, so I will define them. Poverty means that people don’t have enough money...
Williamsburg Through The Looking Glass
At the start of this semester I gave my analysis of an area I frequent, Williamsburg, Brooklyn (particularly between North 7th and 10th streets between Bedford and Kent Aves). Even back then I could observe a lot of the things we would eventually discuss in class, although I probably couldn’t give exact definitions to...
Hollis Revisited
At the beginning of the semester, I visited Hollis, Queens. While I knew that it was a low-income neighborhood, I did not understand what caused the poverty here to persist. After taking this course, I have much more clarity on the subjects of poverty, segregation, and inequity. I also have more questions. In my...
Stuck in the Middle with Queens
In my first post about Poverty and Affluence I wrote to you about the surroundings of the environment and their effects on some of the neighborhoods in Queens.. After attaining more knowledge through the course of Urban Studies, I want to revisit some parts of Queens that need clarification as to what kind...
From Jamaica to Cambria – A Second Look
Photo of Broken Sidewalk near Roy Wilkins Park In the beginning of the semester we walked around and reflected about what we observed. At the time, I walked from the corner of Merrick Blvd & Baisley Blvd at the entrance of Roy Wilkins park to Cambria Heights park which is at 120th avenue and Francis Lewis...
Exploring Where I live II
“In the city of Woodside, where I live, I walked around my neighborhood… Woodside is a very nice location to live. There isn’t too much attraction going on or too little attraction going on.” I remember writing this in the first assignment, ‘The Urban’ at 1st Glance. Yet, writing ‘The Urban at 2nd Glance,...