Pick one historical event from new york city before 1920. it can be an actual event ( the new york city draft riots, or the overtaking of manhattan from the dutch by the british, for example) or the creation of a mayor piece of infractusture or achitecture ( the contruction of the brroklyn bridge, the years long-construction of central park etc) conduct some external reseach on your topic, utilizing at least two primary resources ( please use books or other documents rather than the internet, unless you find an a oficcial website that contains very valuable information, such as the central park conservacy web site; but use no more than one internet source in total) Utilizing your research, write an essay on the impact of your topic at the time in witch it happened/was built. the discuss how aftershocks/effetcs can still be felt in new york city today. if your writting about a pice of achitecture, is it still in existence? how important is it to the life of the city today? did the circumstnces of its construction have any effetcs beyond its inmediate utility at the time? do the circumstances or results of its construction have any impact or long lasting effetcs on us today? if you are witting about an event, analyze how this event affected the city at the time of the ocurrence, and how it helped shape the present city in witch we live. are there any lasting effetcs of this event that remain today? if so what are they and how important are they in the larger shheme of things? if not why do you think this is so? is there anything we might learn from this event that may be applied to present circumstances?
the cogency and clarity of your argument will count in the grade. the amount of detail you bring to bear in your argument will weight greatly in the succes of this essay. finally spellinf, puntuation and the sturcture of the essay ( clear thesis, body and support for thesis, conclusion etc) will as always be vital to its success.