Category: February27

Central Park Project Lella, Ebanks, Park, Srdanovic

Gregory Lella

Simone Ebanks

Young Kyu Park

Ivan Srdanovic

Central Park has been in the works for over 150 years.  The park opened in 1859 and through the process of urbanization transformed this 843 acres of muddy swamp into an extravagant public space in the heart of Manhattan. The park hosts approximately 25 million visitors each year. The park was designed by architect Frederick Law Olmstead. Central park was but a mere experiment for Olmstead, who’s main project was Prospect Park located in Brooklyn. We did a small documentary on the everyday activities in Central Park. We chose Central Park because it was conveniently close to Macaulay, and there were many angles in which we could approach it. We also it would be the model of the ideal public space. We learned of the vast range of activities that one can participate in Central Park.

Untitled from Greg Lella on Vimeo.

Transportation around Macaulay (67th St. West)

Four CCNY students: Angelika Drazevic, Sara Gershon, Chirag Shah, Jamilur Reja, and Carlos Chinchilla go into a small adventure to explain briefly the different methods of transportation used to get to the Macaulay building on 67th street.

We chose the topic of Transportation because mediums of transportation are essential when living in NYC.

We learned that piggy-back ride is a medium of trasnportation

Can I Get A Bite of… APPLE

Joshua Pulinat- Brooklyn College, Sumaiya Tasneem- Hunter College, Jasmin Zaman- Hunter College, Yevgeniy Genchanok- Hunter College

1) What did you do? For our Tech Fair, we went on an exploration of the Apple Store, located approximately 2 blocks from the Macaulay building. We took a quick tour of the facility and interviewed one of the younger customers that Apple has.

2) Why did you choose it? We chose to visit the Apple Store because of Apple’s innovative technology, along with the fact that we own MacBook Pros. By visiting the store, we were able to see what products Apple has to offer to help better our experience with their products.

3) What did you learn? We learned that as the human society has progressed, we have become more dependent on technology. Even the younger ones in our society choose to go to the Apple Store and play on an iPod Touch rather than play in the snow with friends and family. It appears that there is now a price for memories.

To Eat or Not to Eat…

To Eat or Not to Eat (Click here to watch our Video)

Three Questions:

1) We decided to create a documentary-type short film about two neighbors who have different eating habits and which choice is the better one.

2) Eating right is an important issue worldwide and some people neglect the fact that some foods if consumed in large quantities or too much will result if malignant consequences.

3) We learned that there is a broad variety of foods and that food is prevalent everywhere and it is a necessity in life although certain foods may be better than others.

By:

Dan Carabas( Baruch College),

Jonathan You (Baruch College),

Regina Fojas (Queens College),

Sandra Chiu (Baruch College).

Tucker Square Greenmarket

By: Olivia Ferrari, Alex Lemell, Mason Taub and Danny Ovryn from Hunter College.

We visited the Tucker Square Greenmarket and interviewed vendors and costumers to get a better idea about the value of farmers’ markets. We chose to made a video to showcase our journey. During the course of our adventure, we learned about fat-free (breast fed?!) turkeys, improv ninjas and Bingo Pajamas.

Tasty Cafe

For the our second tech fair for our freshmen year, we were asked to study the neighborhood surrounding the MHC building at 67st. Our pursuit to truly understand the lives of the people in the area and our need to makeup for missing breakfast, we decided to look at a local restaurant. We used menupages.com to research local cafes where people of all backgrounds situate. Tasty cafe is located in a residential area and provided a wide selection which would draw all types of people in. From our project we gained a better understanding of the Mac OS system and iMovie and the sights  and styles of the people in the upper west side.

Created by Lennon Marques, Abdul Salam, Kristin Tablang and Jason Ocaña from Hunter College.

CUNY Timeline

History of the Macaulay Honors College on Dipity.

1) What did you do?
We used dipity to make a timeline of the Macaulay Honors College.

2) Why did you choose it?
Since most groups were making videos, we wanted to do something different.

3) What did you learn?
We learned about dipity as well as the history of all the honors colleges.

Christine Berrios
Angelia Fuller
Hunter College

Charismatic Coffee

We sampled 2 local cafes around 67th Street, in order to compare their wares and atmosphere to that of the ubiquitous Starbucks chain. We wanted to get to know the neighborhood cafes, and see if the local places offered the same (or better!) coffee that the chain we know and love provides. We learned that although the local cafes have intimate and unique atmospheres, and products that we did enjoy, Starbucks is still our one true love because it was more spacious, the baristas were much more personable, and the coffee is guaranteed to fulfill our caffeine needs. We also had a great time exploring the community around the Macaulay Center.

Mariah Carroll, Rachael Gomes, and Rosina Pzena: Queens

The Battle of the Brews

REFLECTION

1] What did you do?
We did a comparison between the multinational chain, Starbucks coffee, and the independent Sensuous Bean.

2] Why did you choose it?
The prime objective of this project was to determine which of the two coffee shops vendor the best quality coffee to the residents of 67th street as well as to the Macaulay students.

3] What did you learn?
In conclusion, we learned that there is a direct correlation between hospitality (offered by employers) and the quality of coffee because customer associates who are kind to their customers generally tend to be more attentive in the products they sell. Expansion of a business inevitably lowers the ability to pay attention to minute details. We saw that The Sensuous Bean is able to focus more on customer satisfaction, quality, and variety.

(Tara Gildea also participated in this group, although her name was accidentally omitted from the credits page in the video).