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Every time I get on the Q or B train across the Manhattan Bridge, I always look to the right and get to see the Masstransiscope. The 228 hand-painted panels were installed in 1980. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/2iMgy2rEt-I" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]

After reading Daniel’s post on food truck in nyc, I did a little research and found the well-known food truck (http://www.seriouseats.com/2009/05/a-list-of-street-food-vendors-trucks-carts-using-twitter.html).

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Recently, I found a good website that lists many events in New York City.   Some of the events are free.   I will definitely attend some of the events after finals.

http://www.nycgo.com/events

My final project focused on Mexican Immigrants in Corona, Queens.  It was interesting to walk around the neighborhood looking to take pictures with my phone for this project, as everyone eyed me suspiciously since I’m white (practically translucent, really) and they probably thought I worked for the INS.  I did my best to ask people before taking pictures of their establishments, and actually got turned down by the women working in the food trucks and carts.  Two Mexican gentleman actually cursed me out while I was standing taking one photo, calling me “Gringo hijo’e p*ta.” My retort wasn’t vulgar, but it got them away from me fairly quickly. Overall, though, it was interesting to take a closer look at a neighborhood I often go through but seldom observe closely.  I hope you all enjoy this little tour.

For the final paper, I looked into the history of Abstract Expressionism to understand what brought New York to the spot light of the art world. Then I interviewed three artists working in NY today to discover what they they think is missing for New York avant-garde to flourish again.

My research is summarized in this little video:

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Tags: 50s, art, New York

The infamous crime organization in 1970s and 1980s in Chinatown was the tong.  The video gives a brief history of the tongs in Chinatown.

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