assignment2 brewster brewster

for the 2nd assignment i was asked to visit a korean buffet that i coincidently wanted to go to for a while, named wanggalbi in korean but picnic garden in english. in order to get there i had to take the 7 train and venture out to flushing, queens.. one of the hardest places for typical brooklynites to explore. eventhoug i was going to an unknown area.. i had a slight idea of what it would be like, primarly because i knew that since i was going to a korean buffet it would most likely be in an asian area (which then led me to think it would be some what similar to chinatown) and because ive been to china town.. i expected it to be crowded, with lots of buildings, small shops, corner stores in addition to being congenial within its self but still cut off and isolated from everywhere else. but as soon as i left the train station, i found myself in a whirl of confusion as i adjusted myself to the crowds of people shuffling back and forth on that cold and dark friday evening. now im not sure if it was due to the time, or day.. but queens was very alive to my surprise.. even though i was expecting it to be crowded, the efficentcy, momentum, and lights was way more than i imagined it to be...and even though the majority of residents where koreans, there was still the presence of other ethnic groups though mainly spanish.as my buddy (n.Mcbain) and i drew closer to our destination, the noise died down and busyness began to fade.. it became more residental and private.. while small business still lined the out skirts of these homes.. somewhere in the midst of all of this i found wanggalbi....after experiencing all of this jane jacons cities as an ecosystem proncipal (handed in class) seem to be exactly what was playing out before me. the beauty of how buildings(ranging to mom and pop grocery stores to verizon branches) came to life by making a community thrive through business and move with the efficency that it did.

assignment 1 brewster brewtser

for the first assignment , i couldnt picture doing it alone so i went to South street seaport with my friend W.Chen. together we sat around and observed people in and outside of the boardwalk.one thing i did notice was that the people there tend to be more friend oriented. they were more open adn not as alooft as they would be on the train. My guess is mainly because at south street sea port people are either shopping as a past time, hanging out, i even spotted high schoolers there after school literally running around and chasing each other. So in an area so filled with ease, theres no sense of rush or efficency, instead people like baby sitters take kids in strollers and sit on the bench to pass time. though there were couples there, i didnt get a feel of romance but more like comradry between them as they joked around and giggled with each other. even the workers there seemed idle, some were even reading news papers, eating lunch, and two workers in particular were dancing to the store music and just seemed to be hanging out. what i saw at the sea port was very much different from what i expected to see especially with valentines day around the corner. i anticiipated couples holding hands and being imensed in one another but even they were very playful in ther attitude towards one another.from adults to teens today i learned that south street seaport is typically the perfect place to shoot the breeze.

assignment 2 Danielle Nicolosi

For this assignment, i was suggested from a girl in the class who lives in Astoria, to visit the Museum of Moving Image. I can't believe I have lived in New York all my life and wasnt aware of such a cool museum right in my own city.

What make the Museum of the Moving Image stand out form the rest? First, unlike traditional gallery museums, this museum celebrates the history, technology and the art of movies. It does this by collecting, preserving, and providing access to moving-image related artifacts; screening significant films and other moving-image works; presenting exhibitions of artifacts, artworks, and interactive experiences; and offering educational and interpretive programs to students, teachers, and the general public.

This museum lets you become part of the movie-making experience through interactive exhibits. I actually dubbed my own voice into the classic movie scene of Dorothy arriving in the Land of Oz. You can also add sound effects to a movie scene. I also noticed you can experiment with motion by making a short film of yourself dancing.

While i was there, i saw a popular exhibition the museum holds called Behind the Screen. The movie it was featuring was, A Town Called Panic. The most interesting part of this exhibition is where it takes place. The films are shown in Tut’s Fever. This one-of-kind theater holds 35 seats. .” Clever Egyptian-inspired motifs and cartoon-like caricatures of larger-than-life figures from Hollywood’s golden age cover the surfaces of this theater. A few big names i noticed were Orson Welles, Cecil B. DeMille, the Marx Brothers, Marilyn Monroe, and Charlie Chaplin.


Now that i know that this museum even exsists, espcially nearby, I would love to go back with friends and family! It was a lot of fun.

assignment 1 Danielle Nicolosi

I visited the Staten Island Mall. While observing, i noticed a Hispanic mother in her early thirties, singing and jogging with her baby in a carriage. I also saw a white mother trying to communicate with her teenage daughter, however the daughter was texting, completely blocking out what her mother was saying. As i was observing people walking around the mall, I noticed, I myself was also being observed. A very tall, white, heavy-set man, around 40 years old was walking by very slowly staring at me. He gave off a creepy vibe. He was also dressed sloppy. I conclude by the way he was acting and staring, he was probably wondering why I was staring at everyone else; this is the same moment i decided to change my observing spot in the mall. In my knew spot in the Staten Island Mall, i witnessed a black woman take off her shoe, in the middle of walking, kick something out of it, slipped it back on, looked around, and then kept walking. I also saw a white man in his late 30's, who had big headphones on his ears, looking around, with his hands in his pockets, bopping his head to the music (i assume). The last thing i saw before i left, was an old couple, probably in their late 60's. They stopped directly in front of me and started arguing in another language. I'm pretty sure they were arguing about which direction to walk in cause they were yelling and pointing in opposite directions. The argument lasted about 3 minutes then the husband gave up and went into the direction his wife wanted to go in.

Although i didn't see anything completely out of the ordinary, this was a very interesting assignment. I usually don't watch people when I'm in the mall ; I get done what i have to, and get out. So having the experience to really notice the little things you don't see when your usually there, was very interesting; to notice all the different types of people going in different directions, for different reasons, speaking in different ways.

"The tolerance, the room for great differences among neighbors - the differences that often go far deeper than differences in color - which are possible and normal in intensely urban life, but which are so foreign to suburbs and pseudo suburbs...allowing strangers to dwell in peace together on civilized but essentially dignified and reserved terms." Chapter 3, p. 72