The Faded Elegance of MacArthur Park MacArthur Park‚ once a gem of Los Angeles’ park system has tarnished over time yet many businesses and community groups have made attempts to restore and revitalize one of the cities most notable parks. As a blighted area‚ criminal activities blatantly occurred in the park‚ which were not hidden from police‚ businessmen‚ community groups or residents. Built in the late 19th century and first named Westlake Park‚ the open space was known “because of the beauty
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Central Park Central Park‚ located in New York City is a public park designed for people to enjoy sightseeing‚ tours‚ exercising‚ or just plain relaxing. It is an attraction sight for many tourists as well as New Yorkers. According to the book “Central Park‚ An American Masterpiece” by Sara Cedar Miller‚ the eight hundred and forty three acres of land began construction in 1857 and won the title of being a National Historic Landmark since 1962. The park which is located in the center of Manhattan
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Civil rights activist Rosa Parks was born on February 4‚ 1913‚ in Tuskegee‚ Alabama. Her refusal to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery‚ Alabama bus spurred a city-wide boycott. The city of Montgomery had no choice but to lift the law requiring segregation on public buses. Rosa Parks received many accolades during her lifetime‚ including the NAACP’s highest award. Civil Rights Pioneer Famed civil rights activist Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4‚ 1913
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AUTHOR’S NOTE: CENTRAL PARK The general topic of this book falls under the category of the “Gilded Age”. This particular period of time took place between 1869 and 1896. The Gilded Age was a time in American history when rapid economic growth generated vast wealth‚ new products as well as new technologies‚ and improved middle-class quality of life. The specific topic of this book is the architecture that was produced during the Gilded Age‚ particularly Central Park‚ which is located in
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Central Park Change from hunting-gathering lifestyle to Agrarian society forced people to learn how to live in closer proximity with others‚ this development gave birth to public and private space. This essay will be focusing on Manhattan’s Central Park‚ a well documented public space with more than 25 million visitors each year from world wide. New York City’s Central Park is the first and most visited urban landscaped park in the United States and one of the most famous in the world (thanks
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Thorpe Park The key activities of Thorpe Park are to provide a safe but very enjoyable theme park that will attract people from all over the country. There is a retail department that consists of 8 shops and 3 barrows throughout the park as well as food outlets. Another activity that Thorpe Park offers is the Human Resources department which is responsible for providing an effective and proactive service in respect to the welfare‚ training‚ development‚ reward and recruitment of the Park’s
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Is it morally right to exploit animals? There are many opinions to this question and when applying it to Jurassic park‚ the matter becomes even more complicated. Some people believe the display of animals for human enjoyment is revolting because of establishments like Zoos and the infamous‚ Sea World. They look at these places and see the cold hard facts: animals are being torn away from their natural habitats‚ to be placed in artificial environments‚ where they often times get mistreated and taken
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The issue of whether we should allow marine parks to stay open has been widely debated in our community recently. It is an important issue because it concerns fundamental moral and economic questions about the way we use our native wildlife. A variety of different arguments have been put forward about this issue. This essay will consider arguments for having marine parks and point to some of the problems with these views. It will then put forward reasons for the introduction of laws which prohibit
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Rosa Park was born in Tuskegee‚ Alabama on February 4th 1913. She grew up on a farm with Her maternal grandparents. In 1932 Rosa Parks married Raymond Parks a barber from Montgomery. When Rosa was young she suffered poor health and had chronic tonsillitis. Black and white people were segregated in virtually every aspect of daily life in the south. School bus transportation was unavailable for any form for blacks schoolchildren. In December 1943 Parks became active in the Civil Rights Movements
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A park ranger is an individual who works on park premises to aid visitors in enjoying the park to the fullest extent. The park ranger will prepare lectures‚ preserve park property and offer tours to park tourists. The role which a park ranger plays in presenting the park in the most favorable light is an important one. Within the park ranger job description‚ park rangers perform a range of duties throughout their careers. These include: • management of the natural habitat using known habitat conservation
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