Imagine buying a beautiful mansion with a pool and a garden filled with flowers that looks out into the glistening blue ocean, accompanied by the sounds of waves splashing onto the shore. Now visualize being the only person living in that mansion, the quietness that roams the corridors, and the strong gusts of wind that blows in every night, slamming on doors and windows. The mansion represents the American Dream, a goal or hope for a better future. The loneliness of the mansion represents the result
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Quiet Dimensions by Sandy Kraus So often when asked, “Why do you own a cottage in Buck Hill Falls?”, I offer the familiar litany of marketing points starting with the recreational facilities: 27-hole golf course, ten tennis courts, Olympic-size swimming pool, championship lawn bowling greens; two platform tennis courts, miles of trout fishing streams, and miles of mapped and marked hiking trails. Plus cultural enrichment: lectures, musical performances, book clubs, art shows, and classes; and,
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As a 10 year old boy in 1929, he never got the chance to come to town. Generally on Saturday, his parents would go to town to get their groceries while he stayed home with his younger siblings. He had visited the paved main street of Orange City, but never went in a store(Van). These main streets were important places, for it was a place used daily by many for over a hundred years. For many folks, main street defined home (Olson). If a visitor walked down Orange City’s main street in the 1930s, many
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The ideal of home is not constricted to a single location, it dwells within the comforts of those close to you and can shift at any moment or circumstance. In Home, by Toni Morrison our anti-hero Frank Money journeys to war and back, battling with his sense of identity and where he belongs. With a variance in sentence structure, syntax, and point of view Morrison displays why Frank’s sense of “home” is in a flux between Lotus, his homeboys, and Lily due to his search for self and what he deems to
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Sitting peacefully in my chair, I was overlooking the long weekend that had just passed. There was suddenly a knock at the door, and Jem answered explaining it was Mr. Heck Tate. I thought very little of it, and told him to let Mr. Heck Tate come in. Jem looked at me with big eyes explaining there were also big men at the door, and they wanted me to step outside. Walking outside, Tate said he didn’t want Tom to stay in jail the night before. He was very angry about the case. There were back and forth
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The atmosphere was casual and comforting filled with familiar smells and sounds except for the typical sound of the tv which usually fills the room if not half the house. The soft breeze from the window and fan helped cool the almost uncomfortably warm room. Plants decorated the living space giving the room life and contrast against the cream colored walls. Humming of cars could be heard from the quiet neighborhood street was barely noticeable. Tanya sat diagonal from me on our red couch watching
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After Sunday mass on June 23rd, 2013, Angela Henderson had to promptly take her son, Ryan Taylor to the hospital for a boil on his rear. The sudden need for urgent care left the defendant, Charles Mathis, his nieces, Aisha Taylor and Jacqueline Taylor, his nephew, Robert Taylor, and his sister, Diane Taylor, at 806 West Wingohocking Street in North Philadelphia where they all resided. On the second floor of the home, Aisha Taylor and Jacqueline Taylor were watching TV and listening to music in their
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urgis, who is young and energetic, quickly finds work, as do Marija Berczynskas, Ona’s cousin, and Jonas, the brother of Ona’s stepmother, Teta Elzbieta. The family signs an agreement to buy a house, but it turns out to be a swindle; the agreement is full of hidden costs, and the house is shoddy and poorly maintained. As the family’s living expenses increase, even Ona and young Stanislovas, one of Teta Elzbieta’s children, are forced to look for jobs. Jobs in Packingtown involve back-breaking labor
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Whilst it’s only possible to speculate, Kerstin Thompson’s Drum House seems to follow a very similar brief to that to the Bergren House by Mayne and Rotundi. The Bergen house was designed for a single mother who also worked as a full time scholar in a tertiary institution. The house needed to be entirely functional; there was no need for frivolous detail or aesthetic storage solutions. Practicality was king. Mayne and Rotundi focused on a circulation plan that would be as efficient as possible whilst
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Miami Condo by Zaha Hadid Towers Above All The Rest Miami has an awesome building with great design and designers in it. The name of One Thousand Museum that designed by Zaha Hadid is taken from the museum park. This building is located opposite the museum park, and it has good views across Biscayne bay towards Miami beach. It has 62 stories, 83 units condominium tower, and boasts of luxury facilities, for example, are the aquatic center, a private helipad, and custom scenting. All of it is inspired
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