It all began on a Saturday. Why did it have to be a Saturday? Of course, the party had to be Saturday night. Saturdays were always my unlucky days. Perhaps it was because it was everyone else's lucky day.
You see, for most people, Saturday is a day off, but not for me. I had to work seven days a week in the Lobby 67 Diner. As if that was not bad enough, I now had to take time out of my day to attend some party for the staff. Before I begin, no, I did not work at a hotel, and no, the staff were not minimum wage hotel janitors. The term "Lobby" was kind of like "City". Whoever founded Maxonia was clearly not all that creative. Every city, or Lobby, was named 1-100, with 1 being the capital.
The higher the Lobby's number, the smaller the city
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I could see a plane flying overhead. At least it looked like a plane. It was red, and it almost looked like the bus that was only a few meters in front of me, but the plane was miles above the ground.
The Lobby landscape was not all that big. My apartment building, peaking at twenty-six stories above the ground, was the second tallest skyscraper around. The first was the mayor's building, which stood at thirty-five. Mayor Ghent and his family had the entire building to themselves, and none of them really left it. From what I heard they only actually lived on the top floor, and the rest were offices for staff to work in. Others claimed all the staff lived in the building and not just the mayor. I did not know what to believe. They never allowed civilians inside, let alone children.
We did not have public elections in Lobby 67, or anywhere in Maxonia. Instead, the staff elected the mayor by voting among themselves, choosing whichever candidate they preferred. So there were elections, but just for the staff. I liked it that way. I always had confidence that the staff would choose a qualified candidate, and they always delivered. That way I did not have to myself with political issues and nor did the rest of the
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I grabbed them just as I walked up the steps and came face to face with the bus driver. As I handed him the gems, which he accepted without saying anything, not even a "thank you", I could not stop thinking about him. He seemed rather tall, maybe around 75 inches. He was also quite slim, much slimmer than other bus drivers for sure. Something about him did not seem quite normal, but I knew if I observed him too long he would realize I was staring at him. By the aggravated look on his face before, I knew I would not want to give him more trouble. Meekly, I turned right into the row of nearly empty
On March 13, 1997, an inexplicable phenomenon took place in the sky over Phoenix, Arizona. Thousands of people witnessed the occurrence, and a few dozen even caught it on camera. The event was so astonishing that the most world-renowned news source, CNN, broadcast it on national television. Disappearing, the mind-boggling event left thousands, or even millions, in disbelief at what they had just witnessed. What was it? The world may never know.
When I first walked into the lobby, I noticed the large mosaic on the floor but I couldn’t figure out what it depicted. I just saw a campfire and a bunch of wiggly figures. Someone next to me told their kids that they’d be able to see the entire mosaic from the third floor. I decided to wait and do the same.
The most impressive room in the building was the registry room. It measured 200 feet by 100 feet, and had an impressive fifty-six foot arched ceiling. Twelve narrow aisles, divided by iron bars, channeled new arrivals to be examined by doctors at the front of the room. The officials who worked at the island, however, were not impressed by the architecture. In fact, they constantly complained of leaky roofs, and other problems within the building.
Personally Saturday nights are my favorite, and I followed the same routine every weekend. So why would this weekend be any different? My room felt cozy as I looked up time to time to see my twinkling Christmas lights I leave up all year. I loved how the sweet scent of vanilla filled up the plain air of my bedroom. Wearing my biggest sweatshirt that dangled at my fingertips, I sat on my bed leaning comfortably on my pillows. Every now and then, the sound of a notification would break the sound of silence. This is how I preferred my Saturday nights to be.
The apartment did not have enough money to operate due to the fact that tenants could not pay enough money for maintenance to continue doing their job. As a result, the apartment accumulated filth and elevators lacked proper function, resulting in many individuals having to climb eleven floors of stairs. As Pruitt-Igoe started to become unsanitary and dangerous, many individuals began to move out. Also during that time, suburbanization was beginning where people were moving out of the city to live in the suburbs. The federal government supported the suburbs so that middle and upper classes could live in it.
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Now days Americans are identifying themselves as independent meaning they have the right to choose their party such as Democratic or Republican. Due to people becoming independent chair committee, ward chairperson, county committee jobs are vacant in different cities and counties. They feel as if the reasons for the decline of machine politics derived from the following factors. The decline in European immigration, federal social welfare programs, rising levels of prosperity, the spread of middle class values, new avenues of upward social mobility, the emergence, and the self-financed candidates. At the end of this section the expressed how today’s local politics might be characterized as less party and more
How would you feel if your devoted dog was discriminated against based only on what he looked like? Canine breed discrimination is a real problem in today’s society in the United States. There is always an enormous amount of hype when one hears about a dog attack. The first thing people want to know is what kind of dog was involved in the attack. That breed of dog then gets labeled as “dangerous”, quietly forcing people to change their opinion on a certain breed based on an action of only a couple of dogs.
I had a chance to visit this building and as I stood under the edge of the building looking upward I was amazed by the beauty and precision, and stunned by the size and splendor. Inside I could not get past the entrance and a guard told me I wasn’t allowed to take pictures. The interior with its light colored marble walls and double height ceiling is breathtaking, I stood there and I felt a tremble run through my body. I can honestly say this is one of my favorite buildings in New York.
I came across the idea for this paper while researching History Day topics. I noticed some of my classmates were thinking about doing Martin Luther King Jr. for their topic. I asked myself: ‘Well, what about Mrs. King? Wasn’t she an activist for civil rights as well?’ And that’s how the idea was born.
Measuring 250 feet long by 84 feet wide by 88 feet tall, Great Hall unquestionably has the capacity to impress just about anyone making their way through its massing. On the East and West facing walls of the space, there sits substantial composite glass windows, allowing for ample natural lighting within the Hall. The coffered ceiling supported by immense columns and stone all combine to create this striking and grand space. Though the space may not be appreciated as much as it should be from the thousands of individuals passing through on their frantic rush to and from work, the space offers so much historically and architecturally to say the least. The ability the space has to serve its function of guiding individuals on their way through various corridors yet still being able to maintain its historical significance in modern society makes it that much more special. From its lavish detail to its ornate columns, Union Stations Great Hall surely is an architectural space willing to support the ideal of architecture and its role in
Southeastern University is a private, Co-ed, Christian university. SEU’s main focus is to equip their students to be a next generation of leaders so that they can enter the real world as influential servants to their careers and communities. Southeastern university offers a plentiful amount of study programs, even the program I am interested in which is Human services. I selected this school First because it is a Christian college, and Second because of the programs of study. I chose to go to a Christian college because I grew up in a Christian household and because I believe in Jesus. I also chose Southeastern University because of the programs of study. SEU was one of the few colleges that had a program of study that I was interested in.
Most scientists agree that humans are contributing to global warming effects around the world. The existence of the polar ice caps and the rate at which they are melting are threatened by global warming. This threat is leading scientists to use geothermal energy in our everyday lives in hopes of preserving the polar ice caps. In order for people to thinking about helping to preserve them, they need to understand polar ice caps. Because polar ice caps are melting, there are many issues occurring in our world such as natural disasters. People are impacting the melting of the ice caps but, the ice caps are also impacting people as well. One alternative to using fossil fuels is geothermal energy. Geothermal energy can change the way we use resources from the earth forever, and potentially slow the rate of global warming.
The volume of the lobby rises above the roof plane in a tapered form inspired by the butte walls of nearby Table Mountain. It is a light-filled space that celebrates the sense of arrival and functions as a glowing civic landmark at night. Its symbolism is deeply rooted in the notion of the courthouse tower on the town square. To support the large welcoming roof that shades the elevated pedestrian plaza at the public entry is a series of large columns that reference the iconography of Greco-Roman Historicism of important civic buildings in America and Western societies. They create a strong formality and civic presence which architecturally identifies the building as a courthouse.
First thing I saw was a tiny looking house that we zoomed passed it. Then we saw a huge hole in the ground and the pilot said that was where coal mines are.