this only shows half, but the other side is under construction now
After I have read my response in Wednesday’s class, I realized that there has been a lot of changes in Queens. This is what I do not like about myself. I seem to have thought enough to create a response, but I always end up thinking of something better that fits better. Anyways, there has been a lot of changes in Queens. If anyone has ever visited Queens via train, the first thing he or she will see is the dirty train station, the second thing will be the dirty main street with packed people and a lot of stores… at this rate, I will not be able to explain, so guessing that everyone who visits Queens sees it, there is a huge parking lot. There is a huge public parking lot in Main Street, Queens. The parking lot is across the police department and is a very convenient place for people to park their cars and take the train to Manhattan(since Manhattan isn’t the best place to drive around). Besides the new Yankee Stadium or Mets Stadium(whatever that stadium is for), I consider that as a big change, and I just can’t believe that I have forgotten about the parking lot. So, what is the change? There has been a rumor about the parking lot. The rumor was about the city wanting to constructing a mall or something. I guess it wasn’t a rumor after all, since there is a building constructing in a place where half of the parking lot used to be, and another building a block next to it.
There have been more minor changes in Queens that are not as recognizable(such as the bakery chain changing its name), and considering that I have lived here for little less than nine years, it made me wonder, I wonder what happened to the place where I used to live before I came to New York. Whenever I had conversations with my grandmother over the phone, she always told us that the place has changed a lot, and my sister and I will not be able to recognize a thing. Whenever she said that, I always thought “I can’t possibly not recognize my hometown” but, as I searched through the images of my hometown, it was unbelievable. I could only recognize a single thing in all those photos: the colors of the apartments. Of course the photos did not really show where I wanted to see, but when I was around 8 years old, I used to go to every corners of the neighborhood. I knew every streets’ looks, and I still remember it. So, not accepting the reality, and wanting to see something familiar, I looked up for my elementary school. Again, the only thing I could recognize was the school itself. I could not recognize anything else around the school. After looking at the changes with my eyes, I felt somewhat bitter, but whatever I guess I have one more thing to do when I go back.
– Jason Cho
