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2023-03-20Disorientation: The Feeling I had on March 11th, 2020
What Happened on March 11th, 2020 -
2023-03-25Lockdown Story from A Different Perpective
“During the lockdown, it seems that everyone took on a small hobby to keep themselves busy. For me, I took on a couple to keep me busy. One of them included going for daily walks and taking photos of the scenery around me. I’ve taken walks even before COVID, but this was the only time where I really took my time and payed attention to my surroundings. I normally don’t bring my phone as that time is my 20 to 30 minutes away from technically, however I started to bring it along with me to take photographs of the trees blooming in spring and everything starting to grow and looking amazing. For the remainder of 2020, I kept to my hobby of taking photos and made sure to capture scenery I thought looked interesting. I especially made sure to snap photos in the same spots to capture what they look like in each one of the seasons. Luckily with it snowing weeks before Christmas that year, I was able to get a photo of one street during each one of the seasons. To me, they looked really cool!” Photo by Kyle Collesano, April 19th, 2020 #lockdownstatenisland -
2020-07-27Patience and Fortitude
The New York Public Library’s website explains, “During the 1930s, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia named [the library lions] Patience and Fortitude for the qualities New Yorkers would need to survive the economic depression.” I remembered this fact and connected immediately with it the first time I saw Patience and Fortitude wearing their masks in solidarity with the New Yorkers they have watched over for more than a century. It struck me that we would need those virtues to make it through COVID-19 as well. “Those lion statues have seen New York struggle through and overcome many hardships from the 1917 Flu to the Great Depression to September 11th,” I thought. Things were grim in New York in 2020. We were the first to experience the horror that would eventually engulf the whole country. The infection rate was high, hospitals were full, people were dying. It was easy to despair. The masked lions were a powerful symbol of the resolve and resilience of New Yorkers and a reminder that this turmoil, too, would pass into history and the city - like the lions - would remain standing. -
2023-03-13The Meaning of Sunset in Lockdown
This photo is from A Journal of the Plague Year in the Philippines, submitted by Mark Anthony Angeles on May 19th, 2020. I picked this photo because it connects to my experience from lockdown. The sunset to me represents an end of a chapter or era, as in, the end of my first half as an undergrad student. While it was stressful by end of sophomore year, I pulled through without any issues. But the light of the sunset to me also means that there is hope and that things will get better. That’s what I hope throughout lockdown, hope😌. #lockdownstatenisland -
2020-05-24Fireside Chat Final Episode
The final episode of Fireside Chats! Students share their stories from quarantine. Thanks to Mr. Andrew Savage and his US History team for making this happen. -
2020-06-05Staten Island during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Photos depicting Staten Island Protest during Covid-19 -
2020-06-12Do you Think there Will be a Second Wave of Covid-19 on Staten Island
Do you think there will be a second wave of Covid-19 on Staten Island? -
2020-06-17NY at its Core
Help shape the history of your community by applying for the Advanced Certificate in Public History at the College of Staten Island, which qualifies you to work in museums and historical societies. -
April 2020Cin 211
the daily life of Matthew Torres during the height of the pandemic -
April 8, 2020Find the positive in the negative
a look at the everyday life of Gabriella Bartley during the height of the 2020 pandemic -
April 7, 2020Chris Samano IndivProject#2
a look at the life of chris samano during the early stages of the pandemic -
April 5, 2020Jessica comoletti project cin 211
a video of an empty/near empty park during the pandemic -
April 5, 2020Rheana Galloway project2
a look at the early stages of the pandemic through the eyes of Rheana Galloway. -
2020-06-17Covid-19
Love in the Time of Covid-19. Check out this great video by Christ Mikhael that looks at how Covid-19 has impacted everyday life on Staten Island. -
April 5, 2020LOVE in the pandemic
showing both the sad and happy parts of the pandemic; showing the stereotypical lonely images that oversaturated social media, and then showing a loving family to counteract these images -
2020-06-17A Case of a Different Perspective
Youth, Students, Perspective -
December, 2020Battery to Chelsea, along Hudson River Park.
I took this photo a couple of weeks ago walking from the Battery to Chelsea, along Hudson River Park. -
2023-02-28Aquilino House
This is a photo taken sometime during the stay of the Aquilino family in the house that can now be seen on the sight of Historic Richmond Town. The house's name since becoming a part of Historic Richmond Town has been called the Edwards-Barton House, after two prominent families that lived in the house during the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. When Historic Richmond Town originally named this structure they excluded the Aquilino family in the naming of the house, but during the lockdown caused by Covid-19 it allowed for a quiet period of introspection where these families of different cultural backgrounds outside of the Anglo-centric founding could be honored. Staten Island is a very diverse place and the institutions that operate on its soil should reflect that aspect. Photo credit goes to New York Public Library. -
April 2020pandemic coffee trend
One famous recipe from the pandemic that got everyone talking was whipped coffee (aka dalgona coffee), a simple beverage made using equal parts instant coffee, sugar, and water, until you get a super fluffy concoction. If you haven’t tried it yet, I suggest you do!