Commentary

My five favorite posts from The 67th Street Project were “CUNY Timeline,” “A Walk Along Broadway,” “Juilliard,” “The Battle of the Brews,” and Lunch and Desert on the West Side of the Town.”

“CUNY Timeline” was a very interesting project, which heavily used many interesting web tools. The use of Dipity was great, with the group being able to show different events using the timeline. The timeline and map views were amazing, and they overall gave a very interesting background about the subject matter using these web tools.

“A Walk Along Broadway” was also a great film that employed use of Google Maps, one of my favorite web tools. I also loved the editing job for the video-aspect of their project. Its amazing how they designed their project so that you can click a specific location and view a video that was specific for that location.

“Julliard” was an interesting video that showed aspects of the Julliard School. The strong use of iMovie was great, with many of the preset themes and sounds being used, and helped smooth the transitions between various shots. The editing job was fantastic. The song in the background kept the viewer interested throughout the video.

“The Battle of the Brews” was amazing because it really explored the topic of coffee in New York. The use of iMovie was once again great, with the editing and transitions all being superb. The video ran smoothly and kept the viewer engaged throughout the presentation. The interviews with New Yorkers were all edited beautifully. Overall this was a great video.

“Lunch and Desert on the West Side of Town” was also an interesting video that made me hungry. It showed a group of students getting cupcakes. The use of iMovie is also evident here, with video editing, songs in the background, and smooth transitions. The sound effects embedded in the video were all used perfectly and helped enhance the video. The introduction to the video was also engaging and pleasurable to watch.

Lunch & Dessert on the West Side of Town

Group: Ivana Roman, Fausto Lopez, Olivia Torres, Sam Barnes, and Christian Mejia (All Hunter)

What did you do?
– We took a look around the area and decided to bring you to the best place for awesome pizza and delicious desserts. The bakery and pizzeria are on the corner of Columbus Ave and 69th St, definitely worth the trip!
Why did you choose it?
– Not only were some of our group members hungry, but thought it would be nice to show everyone a new place to eat since we generally don’t hang around the west side of Manhattan too much.
What did you learn?
– We learned that Magnolia has expensive but equally awesome cupcakes.

Magnolia’s Bakery

Baruch College: Justin Koyithara, Maria Kamenetskaya, Adam Hashemi, Jordanna Winfield, Linda Haviv, Katie Pisano

Brooklyn: Angel Mak

What did we do?
-We gave one option of great food to get when you get hungry around the Macaulay Building

Why did you choose it?
-We heard it has the greatest cupcakes anywhere and so we thought since we’re so close, we might as well go.

What did you learn?
-Magnolia has amazing cupcakes that are so moist and scrumptious that almost everyone around 67th street loves.

Indian Burial Grounds Under Lincoln Center?

What did you do?

Interviewed a few employees (only one of them helpful >.>) about Lincoln Center and its events.

Why did you choose it?

Our subconscious egos were attracted to the largest building in the area like moths are attracted to a Daft Punk light show.
What did you learn?

That the Lincoln Center’s events go beyond just the opera and theater. Also, no Indian burial ground, but we think that Free Masons, Reptilians, or the Decepticons are somehow involved. Possible B grade action movie level plot may be present.

Olaf “The Rock” Woldan – City College

Jensen “The Talk” Rong – Baruch

Harshita “Lightning” Parikh – Baruch

Nathaly “Thunder Claw” Martinez – Baruch

Sijia “Jebadiah” Sun – Baruch

“Middle Names” may or may not be real, but aren’t those awesome?

Yes, yes they are.

Macaulay Cake Walk

Maria Devikumar, Jemi Jacob, Maridalia Martinez, Swathi Mummini, Irene O’Hare, Jane Shaji
We strolled down Columbus Avenue in search of a perfect treat to satisfy our craving. The busy avenue led us to our first attraction, the well known, Magnolia Bakery. As we smelled the sugary goodness, we knew we wanted to explore the sweetness Columbus Avenue had to offer. In a few short steps from Magnolia, we stumbled upon a quaint little coffee shop, with the alluring name of the Sensuous Bean. The smell of coffee from outside drew us in to the tiny shop with more variety of coffee beans than you can imagine. Craving for more coffee, we made our way back to 67th street to find a unique organic coffee spot called Café Saint Honore. Traveling on this sweet journey we learned that we could never go wrong with sugar and organic, and small cafes offer a cozy feel for a better value.

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Review of Magnolia Bakery

Qikun Tan, Sara Wong, Raymon Ang, Christna Christodoulou

We reviewed Magnolia Bakery as customers. We tasted a few of their baked goods and drinks and observed the atmosphere.

Magnolia Bakery is a well known establishment and we wanted to introduce it to new comers to the area and people who have not heard of it.

We learned that the city is full of rich food and some of the best baked goods can be found in a deceivingly quaint looking storefront.

Magnolia Bakery: Making Cupcakes and Helping Haiti

Magnolia Bakery

The Delectable Display at Magnolia

Our group, including Norrell Edwards, Julia Agee, and Briar Cromartie, investigated the Magnolia Bakery at 69th St and Columbus. We decided to find out if the cupcakes are worth the hype, and along the way we learned something about the business’s effort to support Red Cross Relief in Haiti.

*What did we do? We walked from the Macaulay building to Magnolia Bakery, enjoying the snowy scenery. At the bakery, we purchased two cupcakes, and performed an objective, analytical test on the quality of the cupcakes and the relation of cupcake deliciousness to cupcake reputation. Despite our small sample size, we suspect the rumors are true. The cupcakes rock.

* Why did we choose it? We chose it because, like most adolescents, we love cupcakes. Except Briar, he didn’t have one. He claims this is not a result of cupcake hatred. He suggest we perform a similar experiment at “Sugar” and compare results. This is a possibility for future research.

* What did you learn? We learned, first of all, that we still like cupcakes, especially at Magnolia Bakery. But, perhaps more importantly we discovered that Magnolia is supporting Red Cross Relief efforts in Haiti. For ever $3 cupcake purchased, $1 is donated to the Red Cross in Haiti. So far, they have raised over $5,000.

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Photos of Norrell and Julia with cupcakes:

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Video from Inside of the Store:

Magnolia Bakery

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Magnolia

From Baruch: Sophie Chen Shirley Cheung Claudia Ho Vera Verba

We explored Magnolia Bakery on Columbus Ave at 69 street to discover the many wonders that are made for New York City’s taste buds. We chose this because this is a bakery that is popularly known and mentioned in movies and TV shows such as Sex and The City and The Devil Wears Prada. We learned that cupcakes can bring together New Yorkers after a horrible snow storm. Magnolia