Posts Tagged ‘food’
Neighborhoods of New York
May 20, 2019
Neighborhoods of New York Professor: Joseph Berger ITF: Madison Priest Campus: Hunter College URL: https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/neighborhoodsofnyc/ Neighborhoods of New York is the result of research project undertaken by first year Macaulay Honors students at Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY) under the supervision of Professor Joseph Berger and Madison Priest. This website showcases student […]
2019 | African American, All The Sites, audio, Chinatown, Chinese, Dutch, GoogleMaps, Greenwich Village, Hunter College, Irish, Italian, Joseph Berger, Madison Priest, Manhattan, Queens, Russian, video, WordPress, Year | Tags: community, culture, demographic, food, history, immigration, little italy, Manhattan, Queens College, timelineComments (0)
Halal Carts: Behind the Scenes of a New Yorker's Lunch
May 20, 2017
Halal Carts: Behind the Scenes of a New Yorker's Lunch Professor: David Rosenberg ITF: Jacob Cohen Campus: Baruch College URL: https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/halalcarts/ This site examines many of the issues that involve halal carts in New York City, with a focus specifically on the lives and work of the cooks, the owners and product suppliers, the customers, […]
2017 | 2017, All The Sites, audio, Baruch College, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, David Rosenberg, Egyptian, Indian, Jackson Heights, Jacob Cohen, Manhattan, Muslim, Other, Queens, video | Tags: black market, bureaucracy, dietary restrictions, food, food carts, halal, interviews, street vendors, taxi driversComments (0)
Caribbean New York
November 17, 2016
Caribbean New York Professor: Jennifer Lutton ITF: Katherine Logan McBride Campus: City College URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/caribbeannewyork16/ Students in the course worked to understand the transnational connections between the Caribbean (specifically the West Indies and Haiti) and New York City from the early 20th century to the current context, and the influences they have had on each […]
2016 | 2016, African American, All The Sites, Brooklyn, Caribbean, City College, Haitian, Harlem, Jennifer Lutton, Katherine Logan McBride, maps, Other, WordPress | Tags: Art, dance, diaspora, food, gender, identity, literature, media, music, network, political economy, transnationalComments (0)
New York Dreams
May 28, 2014
New York Dreams Professor: Constance Rosenblum ITF: John Boy Campus: City College URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/nydreams/ An immersive storytelling site. The stories presented on this site tell of New Yorkers who chased their dreams — sometimes succeeding, sometimes not. These people traveled very different paths, but they have one thing in common: All of them sought to […]
2014 | 2014, All The Sites, audio, Brooklyn, Caribbean, Chinatown, Chinese, Christian, City College, Constance Rosenblum, Haitian, Harlem, Indian, Irish, Jewish, John Boy, Latino, Manhattan, Other, Other, Other, Queens, Russian, video, WordPress | Tags: abuse, acting, Aesop, Albany, antisemitism, architecture, biomedical engineering, blindness, Catholicism, civil war, El Salvador, fame, financial aid, food, happiness, hip-hop, interviews, lawyers, Maspeth, parallax scrolling, social work, stories, storytelling, street vendors, success, UkraineComments (0)
Yemen Across the Atlantic: Exploring NYC Immigration Through the Lens of Yemen Cafe
May 28, 2014
Yemen Across the Atlantic: Exploring NYC Immigration Through the Lens of Yemen Cafe Professor: Moustafa Bayoumi ITF: Lydia Pelot-Hobbs Campus: Brooklyn College URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/bayoumi2014/ The purpose of this site was to examine the case of immigration in Brooklyn through the specific example of Yemen Cafe located in Cobble Hill. This site approaches Yemen Cafe from […]
2014 | 2014, All The Sites, Brooklyn, Brooklyn College, GoogleMaps, Indian, Italian, Lydia Pelot-Hobbs, maps, Maps Marker, Moustafa Bayoumi, Muslim, Other, Other, Other, Tiki-Toki, video | Tags: Arab Americans, archival research, Cobble Hill, food, gentrification, image mapping, restaurant, Yemeni AmericansComments (0)
The Peopling of New York City
May 28, 2014
The Peopling of New York City Professor: Ramona Hernandez ITF: Aaron Kendall Campus: City College URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/hernandez2014/ This Seminar 2 website compares various aspects of two unique neighborhoods in New York City, Flushing and Washington Heights/Harlem. Several topics are discussed, including transportation, food, music and health. Although the site was envisioned as a comparison between […]
2014 | 2014, Aaron Kendall, African American, All The Sites, Chinese, City College, Dominican, Flushing, Harlem, Latino, maps, Maps Marker, Other, Ramona Hernandez, video, WordPress | Tags: beauty salon, business, cultural identity, food, health, music, transportation, washington heightsComments (0)
Food and Immigration in NYC
May 23, 2014
Food and Immigration in NYC Professor: Kim Libman ITF: Maggie Dickinson Campus: Queens College URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/libman2014/ Our Peopling of New York Seminar looked at the issue of immigration in New York City through the lens of food and foodways. Each group focused on a particular neighborhood, researching the local history and culture by collecting both qualitative […]
2014 | 2014, All The Sites, Chinese, East Asian, Flushing, GarageBand, GoogleMaps, Greek, Italian, Jewish, Kim Libman, Korean, Latino, Lower East Side, Maggie Dickinson, maps, Maps Marker, Mexican, Queens, Queens College, Social Explorer, Tarry Hum, WordPress | Tags: food, gentrification, immigration, restaurantsComments (0)
Food and the Peopling of New York City
January 29, 2014
Food and the Peopling of New York City Professor: Cindy Lobel ITF: Edwin Mayorga Campus: Lehman College URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/lobel13communities/ This site is for the Macaulay Honors College @ Lehman College students in Seminar 2, Food and the Peopling of New York City. This course will study the peoples and peopling of New York City through […]
2014 | 2013, All The Sites, Cindy Lobel, East Asian, Edwin Mayorga, Italian, Lehman College, Other, Other, Other, WordPress | Tags: food, Heritage TourismComments (0)
The Peopling of New York
January 15, 2014
The Peopling of New York Professor: Peter Vellon ITF: Caroline Erb Campus: Queens College URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/vellon13/finalprojects/ During the Spring 2013 semester, the students in Professor Peter Vellon’s Seminar 2 class researched the relationship between immigration and migration, race, and class on the Lower East Side’s identity. They translated their research into websites geared toward the […]
2014 | 2013, African American, All The Sites, audio, Caroline Erb, Chinese, Dominican, Featured, GoogleMaps, iMovie, Italian, Jewish, Lower East Side, Other, Other, Peter Vellon, Queens College, video, WordPress | Tags: African American, Chinese, culture, demographics, Dominican, food, Google Maps, iMovie, iPhoto, Italian, Jewish, Neighborhood Tour, Puerto Rican, Queens CollegeComments (0)
The Peopling of New York City
June 25, 2012
Professor: Prabal De ITF: John Boy URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/de2012 This is a class site created by Macaulay Honors College students in the course of a seminar on The Peopling of New York City with Professor Prabal De at City College during the spring 2012 term. Our aim is to explore a variety of current and historical […]
2012 | 2012, All The Sites, City College, John Boy, Prabal De | Media: Census Data, Excel, Fact Finder, iMovie, Social Explorer, The GIMP, Vimeo, WordPress | Tags: Census data, cooking, documentaries, economics of immigration, food, history of immigration in the United States, Inwood, movie reviews, neighborhood demographics, Tenement MuseumComments (0)
Jackson Sights
June 20, 2012
Professor: Donald Scott ITF: Tsai-Shiou Hsieh Campus: Queens URL:http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/jacksonsights/ JacksonSights compiles historical and empirical studies of Jackson Heights in Queens. Aiming at providing an overview of the diversity found within Jackson Heights, the site is divided into four different sections: history, religion, food, and fashion. Information has been gleaned from on-site excursions, personal interviews, mini-ethnographic […]
2012 | 2012, All The Sites, Dipity, Donald Scott, GoogleMaps, Hindu, Indian, Jackson Heights, Jewish, Queens, Queens College, Sikh, Social Explorer, Tsai-Shiou Hsieh | Media: Dipity, GoogleMaps, iMovie, iPhoto, Social Explorer, YouTube | Tags: Afghanistan Kebab House, bangles, bindis, Catholicism, census, clothing, Community United Methodist Church, diversity, fashion, food, Hinduism, Indian jewelry, Islam, Jackson Diner, Jackson Heights, Judaism, Kehillat Tikvah, Los Arrieros Restaurante, Muhammadi Community Center, Patel Brothers, Phil Am Food Mart, population density, Protestantism, Satya Narayan Mandir, Sikhism, St. Joan of Arc ParishComments (0)
Food Communities of New York
November 28, 2011
Professor: Cindy Lobel ITF: Sam Han Campus: Lehman URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/lobel11neighborhoods/ Cindy Lobel’s class at Lehman made a food-focused site with the help of ITF Sam Han. Using the idea that food is central to community identity, the class gives a history and demographic overview of several neighborhoods before delving into the culinary offerings of each […]
2011 | 2011, African American, All The Sites, Belmont, Brooklyn, Bushwick, Cindy Lobel, East Asian, Featured, Index, Jackson Heights, Lehman College, maps, Places, Sam Han, video, Woodside | Tags: Bronx Italian, cultural institutions, demographics, food, personal histories, photos, Queens College, restaurants, transportationComments (0)
Peopling of New York: There’s An App For That!
October 31, 2011
Professor: Catherine Lavender ITF: Scott Henkle Campus: Staten Island URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/lavenderspring2011finalproject/ Overview: At CSI, Prof Catherine Lavender’s class divided into groups to study different ethnic communities in NYC. Working with ITF Scott Henkle, each group completed a site, and they were all collected on a main class site. Groups studied Egyptian, Polish, Ukrainian, Caribbean, Korean, […]
2011 | All The Sites, Caribbean, Catherine Lavender, College of Staten Island, Dominican, Egyptian, Index, Korean, maps, Mexican, Polish, Scott Henkle, Ukrainian | Tags: celebrations, demographics, food, groups, interviews, photos, religion, restaurantsComments (0)
Peopling of New York: Astoria, Flushing, Coney Island, and Washington Heights
October 26, 2011
Professor: Joseph Berger ITF: Chris Caruso Campus: City College URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/berger2011/ Overview: Working with ITF Chris Caruso, Prof Berger’s class at City completed a detailed site with information about four major neighborhoods in NYC: Astoria, Flushing, Coney Island, and Washington Heights. The groups provide comprehensive information about each neighborhood, including histories, demographics, landmarks, entertainment, and food […]
