Prospect Park is our neighborhoods only park. It has one main drive that circles the park and is separated into a perdestrian lane, bike lane and car lane. Cars only are allowed on the park during rush hours or to go into the parking lot by the lake. During the winter season wollman rink opens up for everyone to enjoy some ice skating. You can also ( Read more... )

Milgram looks at the city and explains it as if it were one patient. He shows how people as a whole are similar and are stuck in this endless cycle of daily life. Whyte on the other hand was more open minded of the city. Both mentioned the attitude of New Yorkers and how the environment models their personality ( Read more... )

I have lived in Flatbush, Brooklyn for almost 6 years come June. Over the years i have seen many things and learned many interesting things about its history. The neighborhood alone is famous to most Brooklynites for its heavy commercial business district. A majority of the old buildings from the early 1900's are still standings just have a ( Read more... )

What is real? What is fake? Most of us have a had time dealing with the reality set for us. We like to see ourselves in a place other then the one we are in. Every passing day becomes more difficult and really gets hard to bear. We like to go to theme parks, and participate in events that take us out of the norm. It's always nice to think that just ( Read more... )

Art is expressed in many forms that present the authors view on a subject. Now a days we give art meaning by having a purpose behind making a movie, painting or song. This meaning is then shown to the public. When I look at art I have trouble seeing what the artist is trying to say sometimes because the painting maybe very radical. When it comes to ( Read more... )

Everyone seems to want credit for creating the internet. To be honest I don't think that the internet is all that great to want credit for. Yes it changed how we communicate in society, but it is also making us become lazy in our daily lives. If you need something the first thing you will think about is going to the computer and buying it online. ( Read more... )

We have this idea that one day machines are going to take over the planet and rule over humans. Hollywood produces movies like Terminator and the Matrix to open our minds to the idea of what may happen if machines do take over. I personally think that it is to early to tell how advanced our machines may become. Turkle and Forster both have their ( Read more... )

Today's society allows us to communicate with each other, share information, provide services and create groups with other people about things that we have in common. Although networking online seems so social and you might have a great time doing it. But don't you think it takes the fun out of meeting people and making friends the old fashioned ( Read more... )

Most of us don't know or care much for the origins of the internet or who created it. We just know how to use it and that it's just there. During the 1970's the thought of the internet wasn't even in anyone's mind. After all the research and different systems like ARPANET coming together gave us the idea for the internet ( Read more... )

I think that we live in an exciting time. Where we have the luxuries to explore new things by using all the different resources and technologies that are present in today's society. Things today might be a bit more complicated then the things of the past but our easy access to technology makes it easy for us to try and make the best of things ( Read more... )