Citicorp Center Exhibition, Investigating Where We Live, Presents Students' Views of Their Neighborhoods.Business/City Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 29, 1999 The photographic results of the exploration of neighborhoods in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. and Washington, DC by middle and high school students will be on view in the public space of Citicorp Center The Citicorp Center is any of a variety of skyscrapers in the United States, including:
The 30 students, aged 12 to 16, selected for the project under the auspices aus·pi·ces 1 n. Plural of auspex. auspices Noun, pl under the auspices of with the support and approval of [Latin auspicium augury from birds] Noun of the Municipal Art Society of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and the National Building Museum, in Washington, studied Hell's Kitchen Hell’s Kitchen section of midtown Manhattan; notorious for slums and high crime rate. [Am. Usage: Misc.] See : Poverty South and Hamilton Heights in New York, and Adams Morgan Adams Morgan is a culturally diverse neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C., centered at the intersection of 18th Street NW and Columbia Road NW. Adams Morgan is considered the heart of Washington's Latino community, and is a major night life area with many bars and and Mt. Pleasant in Washington. Provided with Pentax PC-500 automatic point-and-shoot cameras A film or digital camera in which the focus and exposure is entirely automatic. You aim and press the button; the camera does the rest. Point-and-shoot cameras can range from cheap throw-aways to pocket-sized digitals. , they were given the objective of exploring and documenting the physical and cultural makeup of urban neighborhoods. "Investigating Where We Live is a pioneering effort to help urban kids develop the instincts necessary to both appreciate and improve the physical city they will inherit To receive property according to the state laws of intestate succession from a decedent who has failed to execute a valid will, or, where the term is applied in a more general sense, to receive the property of a decedent by will. inherit v. ," commented Kent Barwick, President, Municipal Art Society of New York. He expressed appreciation to the Citigroup Foundation, which funded the project, in combination with grants from the Heckscher Foundation for Children and the Everrett Fund. "We can all learn from the astounding a·stound tr.v. a·stound·ed, a·stound·ing, a·stounds To astonish and bewilder. See Synonyms at surprise. [From Middle English astoned, past participle of astonen, images captured by these young people," said Charles R. Raymond, President of the Citigroup Foundation. "Their perspective is both poignant and hopeful. We look forward to broadening this learning project in the next year." The Municipal Art Society of New York is a private organization committed to enriching the culture, neighborhoods and physical design of New York City. For more than 100 years, those who have led the Society -- from founder Richard Morris Richard Morris may refer to:
Livability. The National Building Museum is a non-profit institution in Washington D.C. created by Congress in 1980 to celebrate American achievements in building. The Citigroup Foundation, which makes contributions worldwide for community development and education, derives its funding from gifts made to it by Citigroup businesses operating under such brand names as Citibank, Travelers, Salomon Smith Barney Smith Barney is a division of Citigroup Global Capital Markets Inc., a global, full-service financial firm, that provides brokerage, investment banking and asset management services to corporations, governments and individuals around the world. , CitiFinancial (formerly Commercial Credit), and Primerica. They provide some 100 million consumers, corporations, governments and institutions in 100 countries with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, insurance, securities brokerage and asset management. Additional information may be found at www.citigroup.com. "Investigating Where We Live" Students' views -- through photographs and comment -- of their neighborhoods, On exhibit, from January 10-31, at Citicorp Center, 153 East 53rd Street at Lexington Avenue This exhibition features the particular perspectives of a group of middle and high school students in New York City and Washington, DC as they used a camera to examine the physical and cultural makeup of urban neighborhoods. Here are photographs, drawings and text that document their experiences and express their fresh insights. Neighborhoods on view are: Hell's Kitchen South and Hamilton Heights in New York, and Adams Morgan and Mt. Pleasant in Washington. The Municipal Art Society of New York and National Building Museum, in Washington, oversaw o·ver·saw v. Past tense of oversee. the project, the students' work and the exhibition. Citigroup Foundation provided part of the funding. The Municipal Art Society of New York is a private organization committed to enriching the culture, neighborhoods and physical design of New York City. For more than 100 years, those who have led the Society from founder Richard Morris Hunt, the architect of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, the champion of Grand Central Terminal -- have promoted a more beautiful, efficient and livable city. The National Building Museum is a non-profit institution in Washington D.C. created by Congress in 1980 to celebrate American achievements in building. The Citigroup Foundation, which makes contributions worldwide for community development and education, derives its funding from gifts made to it by Citigroup businesses operating under such brand names as Citibank, Travelers, Salomon Smith Barney, CitiFinancial (formerly Commercial Credit), and Primerica. They provide some 100 million consumers, corporations, governments and institutions in 100 countries with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, insurance, securities brokerage and asset management. Additional information may be found at www.citigroup.com. |
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