... intimately in years past as a real estate rental agent. The sidewalk is narrow, however manicured and every few feet a tree is growing in its' allotted space as designated by the neighborhood's appointed designer. Very few exceptionally tall buildings are located in this area; mostly five or six story, narrow brick buildings with a ... relatively quiet stretch of street with many affluent people walking along the sidewalk or in and out of buildings. A few homeless people also are taking up space near the basketball court to the east of Mulberry. As I am enjoying this beautiful spring day...

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... however, she abandoned figurative imagery for subjective, abstract landscape forms that gradually became more geometric and discrete "simplified forms in a light-filled space, the effect provided by pale, translucent background washes. As the references to landscape diminished, the effect of impersonal objectivity increased, and the flatness ... of the repetition of a single motif, or module, with no visual climaxes or hierarchical order among the modules, and the field, or space, is inseparable from the design elements within it. Miss Martin's early grid drawings, which were almost alway...

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... affected by this blackout but there were also a few neighborhoods that were not affected by this infamous blackout, such as the southern parts of the city and my hometown in the Rockaways. Everyone remember the blackout because of the hot sweltering nights most residents had to deal with, along without any lights and air conditioners ... many people. This particular blackout that happened in the summer of 1977 showed what the Big Apple had been going through, and they city was in tough space financially. In order to survive in the city and live somewhat comfortably a lot residences surviv...

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... the New York accent is dying. What struck me as so strange was the fact that, despite living within an hour distance from the city for most of my life, I never noticed this. It was only until I moved to New York full-time that I realized that this integral part of New York City's history ... norm. However, it may not be the case that it is entirely up to the parents whether or not the next generation speaks this way. For instance, my older sister and I were both born in London, and, while both of our parents are born and bred Americans, with average American accents, the two ... . For e...

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