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Soldiers would hide in these walls to attack enemies who try to ambush them and fall

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Soldiers would hide in these walls to attack enemies who try to ambush them and fall

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“would you rather fall on top of a stone concrete sidewalk Next to us or on top of a nice pilot grassy soil?”

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1. Fort: the reason is because of how its something we change from people braking in if we talk about it

2.  Chinese Garden : Reason is how it’s so relaxing and refreshing for a person to just sit and look at the koi

3. Tibet Museum: the reason is how I learned how to get out of sitting and waiting to do I just relaxed and learned how to me at a calm state

4.The Alice Austin house: Reason being is we are able to take home a picture and there so many things of how she paved the way for women

5.Richmond town: The reason is the history behind our town I knew very little of what staten is

6. preserve: The reason being is how it’s beautiful and the nature is amazing and we got to leaver about amazing people

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Alice Austin
The Alice Austin house shows a deep history of photography and lgbtq community.

Fort Wadsworth
Fort Wadsworth is exciting. Steping in there makes me feel like a soldier during the civil war

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The fort had a brig mainly used for soldiers who would not follow orders from their officer in command rather then for prisoners of war.

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Stone mason bang into the the stone and they put their ear to the stone so that they hear if it’s holo if it is they will bang into but they have to be careful so that they don’t drake an area they don’t want

Under the the bridge there use to be a fort call fort diamond but it got ruined and got named fort lafyet

In the fort there is room for the soldiers to sleep in there would be 10 men in each room

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Fort wadsworth is a fortified barrack to train and let soldiers sleep. It was used during the American civil war and the 2nd world war.

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An old jail cell that would be used for prisoners of war.

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At Fort Wadsworth, I got to see amazing architecture and explore spots that most people never see. I would love to come back and explore more of the forts.

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They built a hill so people can walk over the soldiers were using it to fight for the war

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Solders had a war here and they can see everything going on

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The fort was built within a hill because it was strategic against enemies.

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This was a chair that Alice had and her father called it to a man then they got it back

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Staten Island is known as the borough of parks because we care. Fort Wadsworth is on of the very first recreational parks in the National Park service.

Within the counterscrap, a gallery allowed soldiers to shoot through the walls vertical slots as well as from behind the forts scrap wall through alternating gun shots. Attackers crossing the moat would suffer a deadly crossfire. However, Fort Tompkins and its defenses were never challenged - evidence of their effectiveness.

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Became a part of Gateway in 1972

Urban Forest

Hill engineered in the hill

There used to be a fort that was knocked down to build Verrazano Bridge.

1861 Battery weed

Mary Wadsworth wrote a letter to Abraham Lincoln to name the fort after her husband who died for our country.

Built as garrison fort

Fort Tompikns named after gov of NY and VP

Stopped being used after World War 2

The first tennis court was here

Ji Joe headquarters was under her

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Became a recreational park in 1972.

The hills were made to trick enemies to charge the fort and fall to their death.

The fort was created to protect the riverway and the atlantic ocean from enemies during the civil war.

The entire area was named after bridgade general Wadsworth when he died in combat during the civil war.

Fort Tompkins was as a barracks
It was used to train soldiers, do their daily duties, and they stationed their men in the area.

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-Staten Island is known as the Burrough of parks

-known for fortifications

-A military reservation and it is so much more and it has a lot of natural features

-civil war era first known as the third cistern and it shows the differences between the times of how forts were built

-first fort built here was built by the British but it is no longer there, British fort built 1779

-the Lenape tribe lived here before the British

-the fort was built inside the bank of the hill, and they built up a hill on the fort and this fort was not finished till 1866 because it wasn’t the primary fort

-this place is named off of a dead general because his wife sends a letter to George washington

-there was a parade ground in the fort where they would workout, do drills, and it was built as a garrison fort, it also would be where the man would sleep

-technology what must’ve been like for these people freezing cold they’re on top of stone some of them complained in letters

-some complain more about the food other times they said our food was great so it depends on time of year.

-the top of the roof not house grass inside again if you would’ve been hit by a ship that would’ve been you know what’s striking us with a cannonball if that cannonball hits the top at the roof everybody is that cannonball would hit the top.

-What do you think happened to the cabinet to the roof, you think so with all that grass and stuff would you rather fall on top of a stone concrete sidewalk next to us or on top of a nice pilot grassy soil?

-this place is a fortified barracks

-there are dry moats and wet moats

-Alice Austen was at this place and was in a public

-this place was the first tennis court here

-this was the gigo the pit in the comics books

-this place is on top of a sisters which is a storage for rain water, it was how the soldiers got their water

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- This used to be a park.
- The hill was built up and then the fort was built inside of the hill, so that the enemies trying to ambush from the hill would fall into the fort.
- If they enemies survived the fall then there would be soldiers in openings and small windows ready with riffles.
- There used to be a fort called fort diamond, but they had to knock it down when they built the bridge.
- Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Atlantic ocean are visible from here.
- This fort was really built as a fort where the men would sleep.
- The rooms would have 10 men per room and a heater in the missled of it.
- If a cannon ball fell on the roof then the roof would have cushioned it with tbe grass on top. Reducing damage to the roof.
- There was a military jail in the fort for men that would disobay or just not follow directions.
- The first tennis court in America was right here in this place and Alice Austin played it here.

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It was named Fort Wadsworth after James Wadsworth.

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There was a jail for soldiers during WWII where they were out for not obeying their commander.

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- Fort wadsworth was named after James wadsworth, who was a patriot and worked in the war. He was 50 when he signed up and fought in the war

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There was Battery Weed which was a great advantage point against enemies in the Atlantic ocean. There was also a fort called Fort Diamond which was knocked down to build the Verrazano bridge.

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From 1852 to 1876, anny engineers built these 30 foot hugh granite walls to form this corridor. In military terms, Fort Tompkins scarp (wall to your right) now faced a counterscamp (Wall to your left), creating a 30.-foot wide dry moat. When originally built, the counterscarp extended behind you to protect fort. Complains back and sides from land-based attacks. Within the counterscalp, a gallery allowed soldiers to shoot through the wall's vertical she.. as well as from behind the fort's scarp wall through alternating gun slots. Attackers credit the moat would lace a deadly crossfire. However Post Complains and its defenses were never challenged-evidence of their effectiveness.

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When it was military active, they built a hill for the enemy to run over. They would fall into here after and get shot by a lot of soldiers with guns and canons.

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It was interesting taking pictures.

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Alice wasn’t born in the house but she was there when she was 3 months old

They are rich by how they have hand made Chinese vases

Alice has a lot of hobbies she loves tennis and she got her first camera which was 15 ponds

Alice put all her money in the stock market which  crushed during the great depression and she had to sell all her stuff and the stuff was donated back to the house

Later on she got her life back by the women activist bring her name

Her grandfather gave her chair from France and she had to sell it to a museum

The car sculpture has class eyes that follows you around the room

She teaches women on how to ride a bike because women during that time had to have men with them so she wanted to go somewhere with out a man

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Alice fell in to poverty after the great depression and had arthritis. she was put into the farmers colony after gertrude broke her arm.

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The  Alice Austen house is gorgeous. You also have a good view of manhattan and the Verrazano from the house.

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Alice Austan represents the idea of how photography changed over hundreds of years. Now we all have a camera in our pocket hers was 50 pounds. I enjoyed getting to see all of the photos she has taken over the years.

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The Alice Austin house survived through many wars including WW1 and WW2. The alice Austin house also survived the Great Depression where Alice also lost everything.

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The cat statue that the eyes are follow you.

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This Alice’s camera she used.Alice enjoyed taking photos and photography, she also enjoyed playing tennis. She took many photos in mannhantan.

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-She was not born in this house, but actually moved here from manhattan at 3 months old.
- Her family was very wealthy.
- She invested in the stock market, but then llst her money and had to let go of and sell many of her expensive items. She then libed in a bit of poverty.
- During that time photographs were taken with a camera where light came from gun powder and was then projected/put on a glass plate.

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Use this to take pictures with no paper just class not paper 

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Alice Austen had hobbies such as athletics and photography. She wasn’t who society pressured her to be during her time as a Victorian woman.

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The original Dutch farmhouse, built in 1690, was purchased in 1844 by Alice Austen's (1866-1952) grandfather, John Haggerty Austen. Austen's architectural transformation of his home into a Victorian Gothic cottage was extensive. In her home's studio, Alice Austen produced over 7,000 photographs of a rapidly changing New York City, making significant contributions to photographic history by documenting New York's immigrant populations, Victorian women's social activities, and the natural and architectural world of her travels. Alice would live here with her life partner Gertrude Tate until 1945. In 1970, the Alice Austen House was included in the National Register of Historic Places and was designated a New York City Landmark in 1971. In 1993, it became a National Historic Landmark. In June 2017, the Alice Austen House amended its national designation to become a site of LGBTQ history.

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She had a collection of private photos where she would mock the standard victorian way of life women were expected to follow and live by.

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Alice Austen was a famous female photographer in the 20th century.

The home was build in 1690

The Austin family moved in the house in 1850.

Alice's family was wealthy and she was born during the victorian era.

Alice loved sports, athletics and photography

Alice put her money in the stock market but she lost it all in the 1920s due to the great depression.

The house became a museum in 1985.

Cameras back in the day would use chemicals and gunpowder to create a reaction and would stain a glass pane to take photos.

Tennis was first brought by a Staten Islander, and the first tennis court was in Staten Island.

Alices grandfather was the first to bring a pug dog to America from asia.

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-house built in the 1690s,

-9 people lived in this house, sea captain, uncle, aunt, and etc

-sea captain would bring back a lot of stuff from his trips

-back then Staten Island was a vacation island, and they decided to live over here because of the good air and the good amount nature

-there are a lot of decorations from Europe and a lot of books from Europe

-they were pretty rich

-Alice Austen during the Victorian era bought this house and lived here

-Alice Austen was raised not normally, usually during this time she would be raised as a quiet woman but she instead had many hobby’s such as working out, swimming, and photography

-great depression started and she was investing in stocks in which destroyed all her money, she had to sell almost everything, most of everything here was given to this place by donation

-her photography wasn’t recognized before her death

-Alice photosphere many things such as documenting the activity of the islands during a quarantine 1890s. What started as a paid commission turned into a personal project for a decade, also the quartile was ordered by Dr. Alvah H. Doty of the U.S. Public health service

-she is taking pictures of the changing New York, movements, and important things, but she also takes pictures of her personal life

-the first tennis court was on Staten Island

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Alice Austen enjoyed taking photos of her family and friends as well as the city evolving over time.

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A sign of wealth with silver and crystal made items

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Alice Austen had the first pug in America and went to the first Tennis Court in America. She had to print items on glass and her thermostat still had mercury in it.

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Got first Carmera at 14

Lost all the family wealth during the stock market crash

Museum in 1985

All items are from donations

Her work was not recognized before her death

She had to take pictures on the glass

She took the photos for woman to learn to ride a bike

Pug is first in US in staten island

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This was one of Alice’s first cameras that she owned and that is still intact

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One of Alice’s cameras she used to capture the photos she took.

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Alice purchased this camera and used it for her photography 

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There are two diffrent sides of the room representing diffrent things. This side represents the family history and her's. 

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A picture of the main room which is relatively small. On the screen, was a letter than Alice’s ex-girlfriend, daisy, sent her a letter after Alice broke up with her to be with another woman, Gertrude.

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An image of the interior of the Alice Austen house 

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An image of the interior of the Alice Austen house 

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The interior of the first room in the house that included sculptures and items from the time she lived in the house.

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Alice Austin loved plants and plant life. She used to collect leaves and flowers and documented them in a book she had for holding plants and flowers and leaves, etc.

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Fun fact they recreated the house to how it used to be

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This is the view from the Alice Austin house it was very cool and I enjoyed it a lot

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The Alice Austen House is the house of a photographer named Alice Austen. She was one of the first photographic journalists and used her work to show her beliefs.

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Fun fact, this room like a few others were later additions to the house a bit after it was first built.

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A letter Alice’s partner wrote to her while she was at a bicycle event.

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The chinese scholar and the tibet museum 

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The chinese scholar and the tibet museum 

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It was very calming and relaxing also it was just so unique and very interesting

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I enjoy clay pit ponds state park preserve because i like to take a hike in the woods and I enjoy because it feels good to get out and it relaxing to go out for a hike.

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Chinese Scholar garden was very nice since it’s modeled after something foreign that most people in the west may not see.

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Chinese Scholar garden was very nice since it’s modeled after something foreign that most people in the west may not see.

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I really like Richmond town and this one house really stood out to me. Their was a little girl who died in her own bed and she wa s5 or 4 years old

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““When we went to Historic Richmond town it was interesting and the tour guide helped lighten the mood and make it interesting”

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I liked the chinese schoolars garden the most because it was fun walking around and looking at all the cool visuals

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I loved the Chinese Scholar's Garden because it was relaxing and made me very calm. I liked ink painting and watching the waterfalls and koi fish. 10/10

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Historic Richmond Town was very enjoyable and informative. We learned about the history of Staten Island as well as seeing how the town evolved over time.

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Claypit pond was a wonderful experience! The hike through the diverse ecosystem was relaxing and enjoyable

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The places I liked the most was the Chinese scholar garden. The main reason is how calming it is and how it puts in a good state. The last place I liked the most is the Tibet museum, I liked it because of how they did meditation to put us in a good state

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The historical Richmond town is an experience to remember. You immerse yourself into the 1700s like if you were there during the time.

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The Museum of Tibetan Art had beautiful replicas of the ancient artifacts and a middle area where people could meditate and relax. The first area that we entered had some real artifacts that were found and they were absolutely gorgeous and very informative. The view from the back garden was also great. If I am able to I will go again with my family.

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The Tibet Museum represents a glimpse of a culture that is not always represented on Staten Island. Doing meditation for the first time opened me to something new that made me feel very relaxed. A feeling that I have never felt before.

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“When we went to Historic Richmond town it was interesting and the tour guide helped lighten the mood and make it interesting”

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I really enjoyed the Chinese scholar garden it felt refreshing and calming. The time I took to relax and paint made me feel calm.

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I liked the Chinese scholars garden because it was interesting looking at the plants and other nature that was there

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The Chinese Scolar Garden is my favorite because of the environment and what I saw and how nature like it made me feel.

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This is a nice experience. I am seeing Staten Island in a different way now that I’m going to all of these different places. I really liked the Chinese scholar garden because it is peaceful and has  nice nature. I like the design of the buildings and the statues that are in there.

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I really enjoyed the Chinese scholar garden it felt refreshing and calming. The time I took to relax and paint made me feel calm.

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This week has been good so far as all the places we have visited were nice experiences. My favorite one so far has been the Chinese Scholar Garden because it was relaxing and peaceful. I would like to go back there one day. Overall its been a nice week.

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I liked the Chinese Scholar Garden because of the beautiful architecture design. The Structures there resemble’s the Ming Dynasty Gardens and it has a calming view from the insides.

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The environment surrounding the Chinese scholar garden is very calming, the morning breeze and the nature is very good distressing.

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I absolutely loved the Tibet Museum! I met this very nice lady, her name was Leslee and she provided lots of good information about how Jacques Marchais collected lots of cool artifacts and turned them into a museum. I had the privilege to join Leslee for one of her sound healing classes. I found it to be very relaxing! It was amazing and it took my mind off of anything that I was stressed about and I felt a lot better! I started to speak with Leslee and I feel like we both had a good relationship together. She said that I should definitely come back to join some of her classes. I really want to go back to join her in some of her classes when I'm older because it was extremely helpful for me!