Here is the URL for my video on youtube since I can't figure out how to embed it in the blog:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=YmLEs4wNgFk

flushing hood!!!

neighboorhod video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJuOW9-PNpU
not completed yet..

***Citations*** [tentative]

My three sources:

01) New York: A Documentary Film. Ric Burns. DVD. PBS Paramount, September 28, 2004.

02) Robbins, Michael W.. Brooklyn: A State of Mind. New York: Workman Publishing Company, 2001.

03) Allbray, Nedda C.. The Heart of Brooklyn. Charleston: Arcadia, 2004.

My Neighborhood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUGO76oGr0M

Citations

Kim,You-Ypung.Why Jackson Heights? 2004. 23 April, 2007.
<http://web.honorscollege.cuny.edu/student-projects/neighborhoods/jackson_heights/history.html>
Queens Library.Community History. 23 April, 2007.
<http://queenslibrary.org/index.aspx?page_nm=CL-Communityinfo&branch_id=JH&#clhistory>
David Hartman.Barry Lewis.A Walk Through Queens.2004.23 April,2007
http://www.thirteen.org/queens/sites5.html

Citations

Janel Lloyd. Woodside. 23 Apr., 2007 <http://users.bestweb.net/~brouwer/>.

Queens Library. Community Information. 23 Apr. 2007 <http://www.queenslibrary.org/index.aspx?page_nm=CLCommunityinfo&branch_id=WS>.

Woodside. Web Hosting by Netfirms. 24 Apr. 2007 <http://www.maxhome.netfirms.com/>.

sources

im stupid.. heres my 3rd TEXT source
http://www.brooklyn.net/neighborhoods/marine_park.html

sources

1) Schaap, Jeremy. "IF YOU'RE THINKING OF LIVING IN: Marine Park." New York Times Aug 7 1988: A.6.

http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=960118151&Fmt=7&clientId=65345&RQT=309&VName=PQD

2) Stewart, Barbara. "Wetland Beauty Restored, just Off Flatbush Avenue." New York Times Aug 24 2000: B.1

http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=58627743&Fmt=7&clientId=65345&RQT=309&VName=PQD

3) http://accuweather.ap.org/cgi-bin/fastlight.pl?+Intl_Photos2+30612305+accuweatherbak.ap.org%3A80+++++New_putmenu3 +

Citation

http://www.greatnecklibrary.org/gnhistory/lparkrec3.html
http://www.greatnecklibrary.org/gnhistory/poffice.html
http://www.greatnecklibrary.org/gnhistory/ltrans1.html

My sources. Not limited to:

1. Shaman, Diana. "If You’re Thinking of Living in Jamaica Estates, Queens; An Enclave That Treasures Its Trees" New York Times. September 21, 1997. Accessed April 27, 2007

2. Lovely, Thomas J. The History of the Jamaica Estates. Jamaica: Jamaica Estates Association Inc., 1969.

3. "Neighborhood History." Our Jamaica Estates. 24 Apr. 2007 .

Citation

http://www.dlnhs.org/

http://www.nypl.org/

citation

“NEIGBORHOOD HEALT PROFILES.” (Nov 25. 2002): 26-32. Google. 2 Feb. 2007.


“Astoria Park.” NYC. Mar 26. 2001


“Community and library history.” Queens library.

ASTORIA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR5UoNv7_Ak

citation information

Mandeville, Rev. G. Henry. FLUSHING, PAST AND PRESENT: A HISTORICAL SKETCH. Flushing, L.I. : The Home Lecture Committee of 1857-6, 1860.

Sanjek, Roger. THE PEOPLE OF QUEENS FROM NOW TO THEN. Proc. on 350 Years of Life In Queens Conf.; 16 April. 1988, Queens College CUNY. Flushing, New York

Waller, Henry D. HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF FLUSHING: 1899. Harrison, New York: Harnor Hill Books, 1975

2000 CENSUS.("Long form"). Chart. 2000. 23 April 2007

1990 CENSUS. Chart. 1990. 23 April 2007

Visit my old neighborhood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btNQ1wcu_Js

commercial places near to my house

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EGOFLNN45o

places near to my house

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x6G8ILhJ_E

interview

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMwMhJsSeSI

Youtube Video

interview

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qY8jCW-Vqg

interview with my girlfriend about marine park

My street

This is a picture of the other side of the street that I live on. The whole street are townhouses that house two families in one building. It think that the street I live on is quiet. There are different ethnic groups of people that live on my street there are a lot of Asian families and White families. The street I live on also has a large age range, there are families with young children and some are senior citizens. Where I live is also close to Queens College so there are students who park around the neighborhood on weekdays.

This is my house. If u come to my neighborhood u are going to see that all the houses in my block are about the same. We don’t have any buildings just houses. My neighborhood is nice and so quiet because most of the people that live around my house are elderly.

I took this picture of my neighborhood from the window of my apartment on the 6th floor. This is 73rd street and 35 Avenue in Jackson Heights. A block down is the 74 street and Broadway stop on the 7 train. I've lived on this block my whole life and the most interesting part about it is the diversity. Jackson Heights is well known for its mixed population of Hispanics, Europeans, and Asians. My elementary school, P.S. 69 (four blocks away) and my junior high school, I.S. 230 (one block down) refelcted that diversity and all my friends were always mixed. If you look closely in the picture, down the block is where Little India begins. Little India is a couple of blocks here in Jackson Heights that is full of Indian culture, with Indian restaurants, markets, jewlery shops and such.

Fresh Meadows

I choose to use this as a representational picture of my neighborhood. This is a sign of Utopia Playground, but everyone calls it Jewel Park. It's located in Fresh Meadows on Jewel Avenue and Utopia Parkway. I think this park embodies Fresh Meadows because it is where everyone, when at the right age, went to hang out. Fresh Meadows is mainly a residential area with many public and private schools. Two main elementary schools in the area are PS 173 and PS 178. Holy Family Catholic School is another elementary/junior high school. MS 216 is the local junior high and Francis Lewis High School and St. Fancis Prep are the two high schools. Because there are so many schools, most kids, after school, go to Jewel Park to hang out, play basketball, handball, etc. and it really brings the young community together. This was where I met a lot of my friends who did not go to the same school as I did and it was where I went to socialize. It's location is key in bringing everyone together as well. It is right in the center of all these schools and it was very easy to get to.

I live a block away from Union turnpike which is a big street with a lot of stores on it, and I live near the end of one section of stores- I pass by this block almost every day, and I work at the store in the middle. When I think of my neighborhood I think of this block and the few surrounding it, as these are the stores I go to most often, and am exposed to it every day. It is a fair representation of the shopping in my neighborhood, and the geneal look of the stores on the main street. When i think of Jamaica Estates or Fresh Meadows, I think of this area.

My [neighbor]HOOD

This is a representative photo of my old neighborhood. I used to live in the ghetto, so this is what I used to see all the time. In the photo you basically see a vacant lot decorated with some real dope graffiti. I don't really know what it's all about. Hip-Hop culture is a kind of ghetto culture I guess? And maybe graffiti is the visual art of Hip-Hop?

P.S. I don't live in the ghetto anymore. I live amongst the White and the Jew (although some black are there). They do not really tolerate graffiti, and they usually paint over it immediately. These photos are tentative.

my neighborhood

I didn't get a chance to go out and take a picture yet, so i'll do that tom, but what the picture will be: I live a block away from Union turnpike which has a lot of stores on it, and I live near the end of one section of stores- I pass by this block almost every day, and I work at the store right in the middle. When I think of my neighborhood I think of this block and the few surrounding it, as these are the stores I go to most often, and am exposed to it every day.

My neighbourhood.

This picture has been taken in New Jersey (Garden state), as the name suggests there are a lot of gardens and parks around my place. In the picture you can see Hackensack river that starts from Hackensack and stretches till Jersey city. My house is situated in avery peaceful enviornment, near to Manhattan. Although the town is not as busy as Manhattan, we still have lots of shopping malls and amusement parks. Garden state plaza, one of the biggest mall in United States is located 5 blocks away from my house.

Neighborhood

This picture is very representative of my neighborhood because of several things that appear in the single shot. The most common things you see in my neighborhood are the buildings and houses. Depending where you go, there are more buildings than houses or vice versa. Some streets are dedicated to the commerce and are filled with popular stores, mostly fast food chains. In this particular place, there is a park in the center of lots of buildings, houses, schools, libraries and the number 7 subway. Lots of things surround this park and it makes it a nice neighborhood to live in because of the variety of places that can be found at walking distances.

My Neighborhood

This is my neighborhood even though it's about two streets away from my house. The house is owned by a Chinese family, because of the Chinese traditional customs, they kept eveythings in their garden in an perfect order. I always see the husband cleans the garden and sapes the bushes by himself. Actually, they moved here just couples of months ago, since they coming, the small garden was totally changed, because the owner before them was so lazy the garden was in a mess but now it is so perfect.

Neighborhood

This is the picture of a shopping center in my neighborhood about five blocks from where I live. I chose this picture because it's the place where you have almost everythong from an Eckerd's to a Modell's. I also happen to work in a store in the shopping center. Everyone from my neighborhood shops there so basically everyone knows eachother. This shopping center basically is kind of at the heart of my neighborhood.

My neighborhood..

This is a picture of my neighborhood. As you can see, there are houses literally attached to eachother with a car in almost every driveway. My neighborhood is very urban. I only know a few people on my block. The neighborhood that I live in is Sheepshead Bay. It is extremely diverse. Everyone who lives on my block is pretty much middle class since there are only houses on my block. There are a numerous amount of parking spots on the street since there is a shopping strip a few blocks down.

my neighborhood

This is the opposite of my house that I am living now. I think this neighborhood is very nice, very quiet and quite convenience. As my house is near the LI RR ( Long Island Rail Road), so that I

can walk to the rail road station when I want to go to the City. Because of the accessibility of the rail road, there are always many car parked in front of my house on weekdays. This neightborhood is pretty and I love it.

my neighborhood

this is the parking lot that is across the street from my house, this is the view from my living room window. The parking lot is there because i live in a commercial area on kings highway, so people are always shopping so they need somewhere to park. My neighborhood isn't close at all. In some other neighborhoods, everyone knows everyone else. In mine, you're lucky if you speak the same language as the person next to you.

stereotypes- funny

toys from childhood

In no particular order:

01. Incredible Hulk
02. Some silver guy
03. A convertible spider
04. An Alaskan husky with blue eyes
05. Larry, my big teddy-bear

I don't think toys have influenced me in any way. I don't recall ever aspiring to be like the Incredible Hulk or the spider-thingy that transforms. If it means anything, I used to beat the living shit out of my teddy bears and do cruel things like hang them or throw them down the stairs or slam their heads into the door while shouting, "Kill the beast." I'd like to say that abusing my teddy bears during my early childhood has caused me to be more violent in my adult years, but it has not; I've never gotten into a fight.

P.S. I lied: I used to want to be an Alaskan Husky.

Top 5 toys

1- power rangers
2- ninja turtles
3- kinnex
4- nintendo (mario duck hunting gun)
5- playstation

These are pretty much the top 5 toys from my childhood. Even though i played many sports, i never really owned anything such as a football or a basketball. I was in love with the power rangers. I had every single toy that was out there. Same with the ninja turtles. I got into nintendo when i was around 9 or 10. I loved mario duck hunt, i attached a little pole to the gun to make it look like a rifle. It was really fun. Kinnex was for me when i was about 12 along with playstation. I loved playing with kinnex. It was like an advanced version of legos in my mind. I remember i built a huge thing with my friend in his house. It took up the whole living room. As for playstation, the greatest toy ever made, it was unbelievable when it came out. I still play it to this day. I dont think i will ever stop because it relaxes me. I think playstation is the only thing that has affected me. Not as a person, but as a student. I would play it too much and not do any homework.

My Top 5 childhood toys

1-barbie dolls
2-barbie playhouse
3-puzzles
4-legos
5- life-like baby doll
I guess I'm really girly. I had all the barbies that you can possibly imagine. I had the untouchables ones which were the ones that were kept inside their case and I wouldn't play with them, they were collections. Then, I had the barbies I would play with 24/7. I had the barbie playhouse which I treasured. I always loved puzzles till this day. The baby doll I would carry all over the place. It would cry and act like a real baby and I would take care of it as if it really was.

My favorite toys.

1-Lego
2-Power Rangers
3-Ninja Turtles
4-Hot Wheels
5-Super Nintendo

Most of these toys you don’t even see around anymore, that made me realize how old I was. I remember loving LEGO. I would stay up all night after Christmas constructing enormous buildings or creatures. Once I lost a friend because it took me about a week to construct a huge dinosaur out of LEGO and he was stupid enough to knock it over and break it into its original pieces. The power rangers used to be on every day of the week so I had all of the toys, including their accessories. It was some sort of fever that made me want anything that had to deal with these rangers. The ninja turtles were cool because they were weird creatures that did something good for humanity. Hot wheels were speedy, something unusual with other toys. And of course the Nintendo, this revolutionized all toys. Some of these toys were influences in me because they let my imagination set free for a while. Once I even wanted to change my name to one of the characters in the power rangers. The others were mostly entertaining. I suppose that none of these action figures or toys influenced me later, except for the LEGO which I still enjoy but don’t play anymore. I’m sure toys influence your mind in a way or other but it is really hard to tell what it has done in you. All I know is that I would have regretted my decision if my mother accepted the new name I proposed in those days.

DIFFERENCE IN BARBIE DOLLS ACCORDING TO CULTURES

Childhood Toys

Barbie- I think it influenced me to care about my appearance. My barbies always had a million different outfits which i changed frequently and just the way they look in general tall skinny and beautiful..

Hula Hoop- I mostly played with my sister or any of my girl friends, generally not with boys. I guess only girls are meant to move their bodies like that

Pogs- I had shiny girly ones and really cool slammers. I remember being very into the whole thing, very competative but i always lost :( so i had to stop playing for keeps.. ( i dont think that had any kind of influence, but maybe who knows..)

Playing house- i know thats not a toy but i always wanted to be the mom. i stil dream of being a perfect mom

Go Go my walking pup- It was a ltl white puppy attached to a pink leash that walked when i pressed the on button. I think its a girl thing to want a ltl white dog, guys think theyre immasculating

My childhood toys

Wow it seems like so long ago its hard to remember what I played with. I'm sure there was of course my Barbies and dolls. It some of the articles we've read we realize that barbie sends out distorted images of what women should look like. My dolls I always treated like babies and they were always being pushed around in a stroller. I guess that shows that because I am a woman, I am supposed to be nurturing and caring. I remember also having tea sets and kitchen sets. Again this taught me that as a woman, cooking was one of my jobs no matter what. I also enjoyed playing with legos. I think legos is socially acceptable for either sex to play with. Puzzles are another thing I used to play with but again I think it was acceptable and not gender identifying. I can't think of any other toys but if I do I'll post it.

My childhood toys.

1. Bat and Ball.
I love to play bat ball. Ever since I was in kindergarden days I use to play it. In India everybody is mad about cricket.Boys living in country side to metro cities every body plays it.
I have already made cricket team here in U.S also.

2. Speed cars.
I love speed.I always drive my bike or car at more than 100km/hr. Blame it to males hormone.That inculcate the habbit to compete with others in practical world.

3. Flying kites
Flying kite is a symbol of freedom as there is you with you kite and sky is the limit and moreover children of my age group use to fly kite and it is the question of great pride to cut their kite from cord.

4. Foot ball.
In my school I have great fun playing football and we have played and win various inter school and state level matches. By foot ball I generated the habbit of team sprit and working in group.

5. Flying toy helicopter
It was great fun to fly that with remote in my hand and again it shows my freedom loving sprit. And to grow higher and higher in this compititive world.

1. barbie
2. doll house
3. tea set
4. polly pockets
5. jump rope


I guess the barbie influenced me to think that slim, skiny, sexy is good and that girls should look like that. The doll house made me think i wanted 2 grow up and have a nice house just like that with a nice family. The tea set made me think that this was what ladies did....sip tea and chat. The polly pockets made me think of fashion because event though they're miniature dolls they have like 10 different little dresses that you can change them into.The jump rope was just fun.

Top 5 toys

1- Wrestling Action Figures
Mostly aimed at boys to teach them to be masculine and agressive, also there were always half naked women. I'm not sure if little girls like that or not, but it was there.
2- Baseball
Ever since I was four years old I've been playing baseball. When you are really young they let girls be on the teams too, but I think there were one or two topps on my team my whole life.
3- Basketball
As soon as I was able to go to the park by myself I was going to play basketball. Again it was mostly guys, older guys, but there were some girls.
4- Nintendo
Games like Megaman and Super Mario Bros. were my favorite and they were all male characters that could do super things and were going on dangerous missions.
5- Pogs
I dont remember much about these stupid things, but I know I had a whole bunch of them and it got extremely competitive.

Top 5 toys

1- Wrestling Action Figures
Mostly aimed at boys to teach them to be masculine and agressive, also there were always half naked women. I'm not sure if little girls like that or not, but it was there.
2- Baseball
Ever since I was four years old I've been playing baseball. When you are really young they let girls be on the teams too, but I think there were one or two topps on my team my whole life.
3- Basketball
As soon as I was able to go to the park by myself I was going to play basketball. Again it was mostly guys, older guys, but there were some girls.
4- Nintendo
Games like Megaman and Super Mario Bros. were my favorite and they were all male characters that could do super things and were going on dangerous missions.
5- Pogs
I dont remember much about these stupid things, but I know I had a whole bunch of them and it got extremely competitive.

Top 5 Childhood Toys

1. Barbie
2. LEGO
3. Jigsaw Puzzle
4. Balls
5. Dolls

When I was young, I alsways ask my parents to buy Barbie for me, and this is the toy that I loved to play at that time. As I was grow up with my brothers, my brothers love to play LEGO very much, especially my older brother, he has a bunch of LEGO in his room now. Besides, I always play balls with my brother.

Top 5 Childhood Toys

1. Playing dolls/Barbie
2. Stuff toys/Hello Kitty&Garfield
3. Toy bricks
4. Plastic cookers
5. A small rabbit(animal)

I kept most of my toys that I played when I was a little girl till now, when I hold them in my hand I can touch the feeling at that time. All of the images would come to my mind: A little gile with the pink skirt was sitting there with the kitchen tools arounded, her family members were Hello Kitty and other stuff toys. In Chinese culture, girls should be quiet and polite and be good at take care of others, so that influanced me and I almost practiced that when I was young. And my little rabbit, that's also a representation of a female, because it's quiet and gentle.

Top 5 Childhood Toys

• Barbie/playing dolls
• Stuffed animals i.e. Barney
• Power Ranger (the female rangers)
• Plastic tea sets/ cooking toys
• Tamagotchi (virtual pet)
  

Most of the toys that I played with when I was younger show that I am a female. I guess by playing with a Barbie doll or playing with plastic cooking sets influenced my identity because girls would be the ones that play with these stuff, pretending to be like mommy and growing up to be like her. Having a virtual pet shows nurture, which maybe inherent of females. Playing/ pretending to be Power Rangers shows that even though I'm a girl I can be tough. I don't think that my childhood toys had any influence of my identity as being Chinese or of my class, maybe it's because I was young and I was influenced and kinda raised up by some influences of American culture.

5 childhood toys

1. Ninja turtles- I remember in kindergarten that whenever I got a new ninja turtle action figure, I would be the happiest kid there was. Ninja turtles were awesome, and just about the best action figure a kid could ask for. They had all the cool accessories and attachments- Nin-chucks, spears, and that really big stick thing. Although technically turtles, they are clearly male turtles. The people they save are always female, and the turtles show no sign of weakness. One might gather from this that girls are weak and need boys to save them, and the men should be strong, virile, and show no signs of weakness (or else be killed by shredder).

2. Power rangers- One of the best shows, I used to have the transformer action figures. Very cool toys, but not always so easy to figure out. Similar to the ninja turtles, the power rangers were strong, fearless, warriors. Although there were woman in the group, they were the “weak links”- always getting the group in trouble (usually the pink one- hot stuff) One might gather from this that, similar to the ninja turtles, guys (and girls) should be fearless warriors, fighting for what you believe in no matter the consequences.

3. Gameboy/nintendo- No specific games, most are harmless like tetris and the like, but some sports games and racing games are more intended for the male audience, having them believe they must be great at sports, and drive fast to be a “good” guy.

4. Baseball cards- mainly aimed at males, one might think that you have to play like these people, and that your ultimate goal should be to make it to the MLB or NBA. (and if your not that good, then just give up.)

5. Monopoly- Taught me competitiveness, and also money managing skills. Not really much of a difference between boys and girls here, but just that edge to win, and be good at things. Nobody cares about second place in that game, it’s all about being the best.

Thesis

Not sure if I posted this already-
The media has to generalize, and market to different target groups. The media induces certain stereotypes on these groups, although the stereotypes may not accurately reflect those groups it portrays.