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This part of the course is perhaps the most famous. Many think that it is called cemetery hill because of how steep and long the hill is, but it is named that because at the top of the hill is the cemetery of the Van Cortlandt family, whom the park…

An article which details a quick introduction to the park and its eventual restoration.

A collection of short stories from a variety of different perspectives which show how Central Park has affected the individual, social, and collective memories.

A small collection of videos from my personal archives from a few years back while celebrating my friend and I’s birthday, April 17 and April 20th respectively. While the videos at first seem doofy and not all that professional in the scope of the…

This article essentially gives a beginner's guide to palm-reading or cheiromancy to the reader, instructing them in what all of the different aspects of the hand mean in order to read it "properly." What struck me in "Character in the Hand" is that…

The Gibson Girl is seen as the ideal feminine beauty in the early 20th century. Charles Dana Gibson saw his portrait of the Gibson Girl as a composite sketch of all American girls, representing her, and all American women, with a slender waist and…

The advertisement for the chintzes or curtains relates to the story “The Diary of Mr. Poynter” it is what James is original supposed to get for his Aunt before he goes and buys the old diaries instead. It also the what James and Miss Denton plan…

This is an image of a panorama of Chowringhee Road from the Ochterlony Monument in Calcutta. Calcutta, now known as Kolkata, is a city in India. A glimpse south of Chowringhee Road in 1868 is provided by this photograph. This panorama represents and…