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The Grand Central Station Terminal Improvements- the area is Grand Central Station and my article the vast construction that went on in 1905. Grand Central Station was a huge construction job they made a two-mile long tunnel. Also another big change…

"The Gryces were from Albany, and but lately introduced to the metropolis, where the mother and son had come, after old Jefferson Gryce's death, to take possession of his house in Madison Avenue—an appalling house, all brown stone without and black…

This book published in 1885 shows the author's journey and his sight descriptions of a tour around the Mediterranean. The author absolutely marvels at Monte Carlo's sight and setting and so calls his days there as "faultless". He mentions the…

This book is significant for The House of Mirth because it stresses how important architecture was in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In this generation, house decoration became a branch of architecture. This is when the architecture of the…

According to the House of Mirth, Lily used the stock market on Wall Street in order to pay for her debts, which generated from playing bridge. In the novel, it turns out that the money that she earned came from Trenor who came up with the idea of her…

The article that I chose talks about the remodeling of Grand Central Station, and all of the new things they added. It expresses on how much detail they had taken on building this station. In The House of Mirth the Grand Central Station was an…

This text gives background to the many locations of entertainment and sightseeing in late 18th century New York. In the segment reviewed, the author speaks about a large and expensive opera house and he gives background information about it,…

I had a lot of trouble finding an article about this topic, after searching through about 40 or so items, I settled on this one, which is a simple document that mentions some mansions not 30 miles away from New York. It describes the landscape and…

The article discuss the crimes and sins that take place in Monte Carlo. Illustrated as the historical "sin city" because of the gambling, corruption and tragedies that take place there. Not form the locals but by the visitors. They gamble their money…

Selden and Carry start out in Monte Carlo in the beginning of Book 2. This image shows Monte Carlo and the casino in Monte Carlo. Here is where all of the relationship drama occurs within the novel. This casino and Monte Carlo in general are a…