This is where I live and grew up. My grade school was only two blocks away from my house, therefore; my friends and I would always hang around certain places.
Donovan's Pub has the best biggest burgers. I remember my parents and I ate there once, but my parents were annoyed with the constant glares given to us by the Irish workers and customers.
To this day, my sister and I still go to this hair salon for the usual trims and cuts. However, the stylists are often slow when trying to get perfection.
Long Cheng Market and its bakery is always there whenever I did my bubble tea and whenever my parents forget an ingredient while cooking at home.
Noon: We started with lunch at a Chinese Buffet in Steinway. During weekends from 1- 4 pm and at Noon, the prices are very cheap. From 4 - 9 pm, the prices are higher. I sat down and quickly stood up to get my food. I picked up shrimp dumplings, sticky rice, steam buns, shrimp balls, sushi and frog legs. Everything was good. (Photo: New Grand Buffet Restaurant)
1 pm: We walked from Steinway to Forever 21 to buy clothes because it was Black Friday. Things were on sale at very cheap prices. The mall was very crowded and their were many folks walking around looking for stuff to buy. Lucky for me, I brought a nice warm sweaterhen found my Aunt and Uncle and sat down for a chat. It was very boring. Linda and I wanted to leave, but we couldn't, because it would be disrespectful.
What I noticed most about, "Steam Buns R Us" was that the steam buns, a Chinese food, represent the culture on Main Street in Flushing, New York. Main Street in Flushing, New York was famous for its Asian culture and thus the steam bun is a good choice of the symbol of Main Street.
When Hawa said, "Main Street in Flushing is very crowded, noisy, and sometimes smelly." I was thinking, "is Main Street really that bad?" I think this is actually true after I have thought it over. As a resident in Flushing myself, I also feel Main Street is really crowded and noisy, and sometimes I couldn't even find a free space to sit when I went into a restaurant.
Another sentence that stayed in my mind was, "steam buns come in all shapes, all sizes, and all different content too just like people." This stood out for me because comparing food to people actually made me laugh. But more importantly, it really reflect the culture of Main Street in Flushing.
What I noticed most about, “Searching for Main Street’s Flushing Pimp,” was they managed to find out the reason Emanuel Milton behaved the way he did. He had schizophrenia and many health problems. He got schizophrenia after his mother’s death. He believed that dressing well gained you respect so he made his appearance, his number one priority. We learned that he lived his life the way he wanted to despite his health issues.
When the podcaster said, “When his mother died that trigged his schizophrenia,” I was thinking how a single event can drastically change a person’s entire life. I think this is interesting because I believe that Emanuel was traumatized by his mother’s death and that influenced him to become the person that everybody on main street saw him as.
What I noticed most about, "Steam Buns 'R' Us," was the title because I love steam buns. They are very delicious. Also, the title was interesting, steam bun 'r' us. Then when I watched the video, Melissa said "Steam buns are shaped after human heads." So that connects to the title very well.
When Alexis said, "Its really crowded, noisy, and sometimes smelly," she was talking about Main Street. I agree with what she said because there are so much people on Main Street even on the buses and trains. With all those people there, it does cause Main Street to be very loud. However I dont agree with her saying that its smelly on Main Street because I dont really focuse on the scent around me much, I pretty much go on Main Street for the transportaion. I take the bus and train to school and to go home. But when I pass by the food area, I love it, it smells good.
Is there any border hopping at all? Or is this just a title to catch attention. It says something about a farm laborer, I wonder what would happen if we're following his day. This is going in a different direction than the one I pictured. Let's see how this goes.
What I noticed most about this podcast was the way they spoke and all the noises in the background. It made the podcast feel alive and not like a forced interview, which I don't think it was.
When the podcaster said, "You see over there the fence, the white fence over there," I was thinking that I couldn't see it. I found it funny that, like in many interviews, people point out things the reader can't see.
Another part that I really connected with was when Mr. Silva said, "I'm Mexican. I prefer to stay there." There was something in that man's sense of identity that was expressed in that line that got to me.
About 2 weeks ago, our class took a trip to Korean Gardens just across the street. We were to interview the people there and find out about their opinions about Main Street, Flushing. Most people were busy with gardening, some of them watering their plants, others planting, and still others just looking over them. Since most of them did not speak English well, we had trouble interviewing them, but with the help of some students that were able to speak Korean (including myself) we managed to ask them about what they thought of Main St.
"I live on Union St. but I go to Main Street a lot to do daily grocery shopping."
This made me realize that for many people that live around Main St, Main street is an important place for their daily lives. While they may not live on Main St., its diverse shopping area with foods and produces from different parts of the world enable many people to easily find what they are looking for. For example, Korean people might find products made in Korea more easily on Main St than, say, Jamaica.
What I noticed most about the podcast was that many of the people on the Mexican side of the border worked on farms that were on the American side. They had to take a shuttle bus back and forth everyday between the two countries. I thought this was kind of odd and wondered why they did not work in Mexico.
When the pod-caster said "Well right now, we're on actual- our Main street..." I was thinking " oh wow this is similar to the Main street in Flushing." On the Side of Main street that leads to Jamaica, N.Y it a a Jewish area. After Queen College, the side of Main street that Leads to Northern
Blvd. is the Asian side. this quote stood out to me because of the strong connection it has to some insignificant detail of my life.
What I noticed most about, "In an Arizona Town, Main Street is a Border Crossing" was how hard Mexican immigrants have to work. The town of San Luis, Arizona is a station for Mexicans to enter and leave the U.S. from Mexico. San Luis has a population of 20,000 people, mostly Mexican immigrants. Mexicans work tediously on bean farms. They work approximately 14-16 hours a day. On the other side of the border, which is a four-lane road, is the Mexican town of San Luis Rio Colorado. It has a population of 150,000. The man who was interviewed was a Mexican-American named Joel Silva. He talked about his experience from crossing the border and talked about being arrested and losing everything. During his time in prison, he found time to read the Bible. He talked about his job in the bean farm and how long he works everyday. He loves his native Mexico and even though he's an American citizen, he prefers to live in Mexico. I learned how hard it is for somebody to leave their country and come to the U.S. for a better life.
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I took this photo while working on a Mapping Main Street project for my photography class. I took it from ground level and looked down the street at the lights. I used the flash, but I still had to lightened it a bit in photoshop.
For my photojournalism class we particpated mapping main street. This is a picture of Downtown Salt Lake City. In photoshop I cropped the car that was in front of me out of the picture and I choose the Auto color feature to change the color a little bit.
I took this photo for a project called "Mapping Main Street". This is a car dealership on Main Street in Salt Lake City, Utah. I got up on a ledge to take the picture and try to get in as many of the cars as I could.
What I noticed most about" In an Arizona Town, Main St is a Border Crossing" was that all the people there knew was work. Work was basically there life. They worked for long hours. These people were dedicated to working.
When the podcaster said" We are working form two in the morning until four in the afternoon". He was referring to the lady that wakes up early to serve the workers that wake up to work. I was thinking that a lot of us take having a job for granted but these people take these things serious. I think this is bravery because I don't think that I can work that early for a little money. That would be very tiring to me.
Another part that I found interesting to me was" You can see people all outside to walking, all wet, all dirty, coming late. Yeah because you're working 14-16 hours a day. This stood out for me because usually you have Americans working 9 to 5 or even not working at all but these people take going to work so serious. It goes to show that they really need the money they are getting.
We are doing a project in photography class called Mapping Main Street. The project is to try and get every photo of main streets in America. My photo here was taken of a construction tunnel with Main Street in the background. I edited it in photoshop by lassoing the lights and then inversing my selection. I then desaturated the background.
I was doing a project for school and we were taking pictures of main street. My class is in a group trying to get pictures of every main street in the U.S. I was driving down Main Street trying to get really amazing pictures and i saw the Walker Center. My mom stopped the car and i got out and got this picture. I think that this picture is a great picture of the main Street in Utah.
This picture has good contrast with blacks, whites, and grays in between. Although the contrast is good the value is flat and very gray which can be improved upon. The composition of this photo also contributes to the photo because it leads your eye through it. I feel that this picture could be improved in the angle it was taken from.
I took this photo for the mappin main street project. I took a picture of a luxury hotel on main street in Salt Lake.
I was doing a project for school and we were taking pictures of main street. My class is in a group trying to get pictures of every main street in the U.S. I was driving down Main Street trying to get really amazing pictures and i saw the Walker Center. My mom stopped the car and i got out and got this picture. I think that this picture is a great picture of the main Street in Utah.
