Low P.69-100

Many debates has been going on on the Ellis Island bridge. Should the location be move from the Battery Park location, where people catch the ferry. Furthermore,  should a public bridge be build between Ellis Island and Liberty State Park. Is would make the access to the park use and free for the visitors. However, you won't have access to Status of Liberty and will have to travel to New Jersey to access the bridge. 

To understand and find a solution that serves everyone best interest, a REAP study was done. The study was done to both sides. In New York side to see how the management, public and local business feels about it. Visitors and local residents was ask to give their input too. Same was done to the Jersey side. People was ask if there like the idea to go to Jerseys to access the park and vice verse. The study has been done however, a conclusion or decision hasn't been reach yet. It is still an ongoing debate. Hopefully, in the near future we will see some implementation.

Low P.101-126

Jacob Riis Park seem like a very beautiful place to go and hangout. It a huge beach with several bays. However, I would stay out of Bay 1 if you are with family and children. Bay 1 is clothing option beach and it is consider an adult beach. Beside that specific area, you can still stroll around the other bays and find many activities to indulge yourself into. Just walking around or sun bathing to having a picnic or ride a bike. 

Bays 5 and 6 is a great place to sun bathed and swimming. Lots family get together and have picnic and other gathering. There is also shower houses for public use. Bay 14 is a cul-de-sac and where the boardwalk ends. Mostly men go there to drink beer and hang out. There is no bath house in Bay 14. Most regular come there to drink beers and chat in small groups

The visitation has been low in number from what the management expected. To understand why is that, there has been a REAP study done. 

UL P.363-402

Personally, I don't  consider myself transnational because I don't really want to keep ties with my country or relatives. However, my parents on the other hand are and to some degree I am too. My parent won't want to be buried back home. Furthermore, there have property which I will have to go and liquidate in near future. Moreover, my girlfriend (future wife) has a significant ties to back home and plan to visit every year. To that degree I am transnational but not wholeheartedly.

UL P.281-299

Migrating to a new place is hard enough. People Who leave their country and go to a new land or country are faced with many difficulties. I, myself have seen it and experienced it first hand. Learning a new language, assimilating with the new culture is extremely hard. Not having any family or relative, looking for jobs and just to survive is hard. However, it all gets better and this new experienced gave me a better perspective on life.  It gave my life value and I am  proud to grew up in America. It a choice of hardships for a better life.  As long you are legal, I believe you can and will prevail. Even if you are not legal like I was, with time and some good fortune you can make it.

UL P.243-255

Who would thought that such a highly dense city like New York would be home to so many community garden. I am really surprise to hear that there has been such a big movement by local people to make and preserve gardens. So many elderly people joining with the youth to maintain the garden, hopefully for generations to come. I hope to visit some of them. I really live the quote by Miss Betty on the first page. What a divine revelation.

UL P.232-242

What attract this adolescents to join the gang? I ask myself this question and I think back to the time I was at that age group.  I, myself wanted to be part of a gang. I believe we all growing up have a group or network or peers in which we belong to or call it ours. Now not all of this groups are label as "gang" because the word "gang" has a derogatory connotation derive from media. I think kids want people to belong to and stand out from. As male with our alpha egotistical mentality want to be on the top and indulge in misfits. Poverty people do get involved in activity which gets them in trouble and no one want to  really help them out. I believe privileged get into similar trouble but have their wealthy well connect family help them out.  

It is really good to know most of this kids do mature out and leave that lifestyle.