We all had one thing in common; that we all lived in New York City. Therefore, it made a lot of sense that this year, in Landmark high school, our advisory class was focused on one thing:our New York experience. This class was a very interesting one, considering it had everything to do with something we […]
My advisory and myself went on a trip called 5 points. To be honest i really didnt wanna attend this trip because i didnt find graphitti interesting to me, i foud it boring, like just standing there looking at art work that some one did. I attened the trip anyways, Im so glad that i […]
A neighborhood is more than a place to live. It is more than the sidewalk you walk upon on your way to school. It is much more than the streets filled with people carrying on with their business. A neighborhood is more than the street light or the stop signs that were placed for a […]
Hello my name is Carl but people call me fuzzy.In this new york experience portfolio you will learn a lot about different places me and my advisory went in york. Such as Ellis Island,Grand Cental,the movie crooklyn which actually was kinda good and last but not least the Museum of the American Indian. Also learn […]
Welcome to my new York experience portfolio. My name is Jeffrey Melo. In my portfolio you will learn about some of my favorite places I traveled and experienced. New York traveling is tough out there, taking the trains from Queens or Brooklyn, and finding your way home is not cool. It is something though that […]
See me, when i go outside i hardly leave my block. But if i do I’m walking around in the neighborhood. But if i do go out my neighborhood I’m going in a car with my sister. I was’nt really intrested in going around New York city and seeing museums and skyscrapers. But when I […]
I never considered New York City as a stranger to me, I’ve been just about every where in this city. That’s what I thought before attending Landmark Hs. Before attending the New York Experience trips I had already visited a lot of what the city has to offer. I’ve been through all the boroughs of […]
Hello my name is Tiffany Santiago. To start off welcome to my portfolio, my portfolio is mainly about the things i like the most and what i have found interesting during this school year of 10th grade. In this portfolio i will be talking about 4 different trip write ups. The reason why i decided […]
I lived in New York City my whole life. But I use to live on the west side but now I live on the eastside of Harlem. My hood is Kinda boring don’t really like to be on my block that much. So there for I would like to tell you a little something […]
I live at Washington Heights at 159th street. It is a ’hood that’s like any other ‘hood, not good not bad, but just in the middle. My ‘hood is unique. There are many different races like African Americans, Jamaicans, Hispanics, and Americans. My ‘hood has many baseball fanatics depending on who you hang out with. […]
Ellis Island opened January 1,1892 Ellis Island became the nations premier federal immigration station. In an operation until 1954 the station processed over 12 million immigrants steamship passengers.
These exhibits occupy over 40,000 sq ft on a third floor of main building. The largest exhibits is the building itself French renaissance revival structure had designed by […]
Welcome to Dyckman. You haven’t heard of Dyckman ? Everyone has heard of Dyckman! Half of my school lives in this neighborhood.
Dyckman is a hood where everyone knows each other. You’ll walk down a block and hear at least 4 hellos. This neighborhood is full of fun and crazy people who always stick together at […]
Welcome to East River thats the first thing you will see once you come into my neighborhood.
I live in East River projects which start on 102 to 105 street on first ave. Ive been living there now for 14 years, ever since I was 2 years old. I grew up in the Bronx before i […]
Friday, November 30, 2007, the class went to Belvedere castle. This is located in Central Park near the 81st stop in the C or B train. When we got out of the train station, we walked across the street into the park. There were so many pathways, I would have never found the castle on […]
The movie stars Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. Washington portrays Frank Lucas, a real- life kingpin from Harlem who smuggled heroin into the US on American Service planes returning from the Vietnam War in the early 1970’s. Crowe portrays Richie Roberts, a detective attempting to bring down Luca’s drugs empire. The filming was done on […]