Vergara, Camilo Jose. “How The Streets Honors MLK.” The Nation 9–2 2013: p.18–20. Web. Picture: http://www.thenation.com/article/how-streets-honor-martin-luther-king-jr/ In this article, written by Camilo Vergara, the writer explains another form of art that people like to do in order to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The writer has went out to many inner city locations in cities like New […]
Read more "Annotated Bibliography 2"When I was in high school, I was in a program called IB where I took intensive writing course all throughout my four years there. So when I applied to this class, I thought it was going to be an easy break away from English. However, when the point system was explained it seemed that […]
Read more "Midterm Reflection"Making Bathrooms More ‘Accommodating’ The world is slowly changing around us and all most of us can do is watch it unfold. There are many groups that are fighting for their rights so that they can be respected. Transgender is a group that comes to mind as more people are just now understanding more about […]
Read more "Reading Summary 4"His & Hers: Designing for a Post-Gender Society In our society today, many civil right groups like blacks and women have fought hard to get to the equality that they have today. However, there still is a certain group of people fighting for their rights throughout America. This group is known as LGBT (lesbian, […]
Read more "Reading Summary 3"Turner Field, located in Atlanta, is the home of the Atlanta Braves baseball team. However, it was originally not made for them. In 1996, the Summer Olympics would come to Atlanta. Turner Field originally held 85,000 people and was called Centennial Olympic Stadium. After the Olympics were over, they would reconstruct the field to make […]
Read more "Built Environment Description: Exterior"Hear: Currently, I do not really hear anything of importance. There is a breeze today so I can hear that. It is not baseball season yet so there are not any cheers going on throughout the stadium. Smell: N/A Taste: N/A Touch: When I entered the park, I was able to touch some of the […]
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The entrance to Braves’ Stadium shows the motto of the Braves: “This is Braves Country”. Millions of people flow in and out of these gates a season. Many seasons will be remembered here along with many players as well. This 20 year old stadium is entering into its final season and will surely be miss.
Read more "Built Environment Description: Digital Record 5"Whenever you go to a Braves game, they will always play the Tomahawk Chop. Since the 90s, a Braves Player, Deion Sanders, would introduce it to the team. Ever since then, many fans believe that this chant brings luck to the team because it ‘helped’ them go from worst to first (worst in the league […]
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Turner Field takes pride in the team’s accomplishments over the years. They display every year that the Braves made it to the playoffs. They have each flag color separated from when they just made it due to the wild card, won the division, won the NLC (National League Championship), and the World Series.
Read more "Built Environment Description: Digital Record 3"In this video, I captured numbers that are important to the team. Just like how every professional sport team has the numbers of players who played well for them hanging high above the stadium, field, or court ( majority go to the hall of fame), Turner Field has it outside the park as well. Under each number is a brief history of this player and their importance on the team. With players like Chipper Jones, John Smoltz, Tom Glavine, and Hank Aaron numbers being on display, fans understand how the Braves have become the team that they are today.
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