Decades ago, Frank Sinatra sang famously of New York, “If I can make it there, I can make it anywhere…” Declaring himself “the new Sinatra,” Jay-Z together with Alicia Keys proclaim in their contemporary anthem that the city is “the concrete jungle where dreams are made of,” where “…there’s nothin’ you can’t do.” What does it take to make it in New York?
Every morning, commuters walk past coffee shops, financial buildings, and other New York staples as they trudge their way to their desired locations. However, with the hustle and bustle of the city, commuters often forget about those who do the small things that help create the New York City feel. One such group would be […]
As students in NYC, we often come across homeless people various times a day. We never get to hear their stories, and often make our own assumptions. This inspired us to look deeper at the narratives of the homeless: the reasons why and the sequence of events that led them there. We visited All Angels’ […]
Whether we ignore their requests or give them our patronage, sympathize with them or look down on them, solicitors are a part of every New Yorkers’ daily life. The video below, The Panhandler Party, created by Panhandler Party Productions, mocks the different types of solicitation that occur in the subway and shines a light on […]
How does one make it in New York? And is the knowledge of English necessary to do so? To approach this question, we explored the Chinatown Literacy Project as a case-study. The CLP offers free English lessons to Chinese immigrants in the Lower East Side, providing them with a valuable learning experience that many of […]
Hunter College, situated in the heart of New York City, is the university of choice in terms of diversity. In fact, the school can be seen as a microcosm of the actual city. It holds 22,000 of the city’s most ambitious graduate and undergraduate students, and its role as a pioneering and economically feasible educational […]
