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Walking down Wall Street can be filled with astonishment, hope, excitement, despair, and frustration all at the same time. If a stroll-type walk is what someone is looking for; this isn’t the place for them. The average pace at which people walk seems as though it is roughly ten to eleven times faster then the speed of any other street. People are always in a rush, whether they’re trying to get in their last trade, get to a meeting, or trying to catch the next 2 train. The only people who appear not to fit this description, are the tourists who photograph what would seam like the most meaningless (i.e. the street signs) or forgotten items (i.e. the statue of George Washington). Because of this, your walk becomes strategy based, needing to plan two or three steps ahead, trying to figure out where and when you can “cut people off” or “switch lanes”. One might compare walking on Wall Street to driving on the Autobahn (a Germany based highway with no speed limit or restrictions).

2 Comments so far

  1. mpgsanjurjo on March 30th, 2009

    I feel that this paragraph is very desrciptive. I like the use of the reference of why people are in a hurry, while also agreeing with the Autobahn statement, I just feel that the paragraph should be more focused. The topic is right there, it just needs some revising. But overall good job !

  2. cbarsanti on April 2nd, 2009

    I like the paragraph and its connection to walking. I also liked the comparisons, and the fact that you used “(i.e. …)” in your essay though it seems a bit overused since you used parenthesis three times. I believe this paragraph is from your first essay though? not from the second one. Good luck though