A Wall Street Poet's Painful Muse - THURSDAY, September 12, 2002 This article caught my eye because of the title. A Wall Street Poet's Painful Muse. The 'Poet's Painful' part of the title grabbed me. I began to read it because of the first sentence also. This article had to do with the wor...

Government Article: A Hard-hit Wall Street Still Stumbling to Find Its Feet This article talks about the influence of September 11, 2001, and its anniversary, on the stock market and how its affecting or could affect the economy. These past 12 months have been hard on our country, from the attack...

"A flat in the pauper barracks, west thirty-eighth street, with all its furniture". This is a drawing, focusing on the corner of the room. There is so little room that the bed/couch is shoved against the door. There is another door, and next to it is a wood stool with a bucket on top. ...

There are many approaches to analyzing literature such as psychological, formalist, historical, gender, biographical, etc. In biographical strategies it may be important to consider such things as where the author grew up, where did he/she attend school, who were their inspirations, acquaintances, a...

Why relocate to Manhattan, New York? Downtown New York is the birthplace of New York City and of our Nation. Among being one of the most historic and intriguing neighborhoods in the United States, it is also the heart of the nation's financial industry and the home of Wall S...

The book The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe tells the story of an affluent businessman, Sherman McCoy, and how his life enters a downward spiral after a hit and run accident. The Bonfire of the Vanities takes place in New York City in the late nineteen eighties. Sherman is a thirty-eight year...

Commercial architecture from 1910-1920 was very different from buildings today. Thanks to the advances in technology, bigger and better commercial buildings are able to be constructed. Many companies built offices or factories during the period of 1910-1920, and many still exist today. These buildin...

Where can a hungry diner find the perfect steak in New York City? Unlike the perfect piece of pizza or a bagel, it might seem as if ordering a piece of steak was rather simple and uncomplicated, as dishes go, and so it should matter little where a person travels to have dinner. Yet a visitor in se...

A View of Life Blue oceans of sea foam, I feel the calming of the water as I walk onto the ramp. The Staten Island Ferry, a means of transportation that I have called my own for almost four years. It seems as though every time my feet step upon the concrete and metal there's something n...