https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80 Period 1 (10/5): What does it mean for a place to have "character"? Have you ever been to a place like this? What made it so unique or memorable specifically? en-us 2020-10-05 04:16:16 UTC 2020-10-06 13:50:49 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f3d9.png miraco https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806621188 For a place to have "character", it has features that stand out from other places. It also is something memorable to you. I don't remember anywhere in particular that specifically stood out to me, but one place that is particularly memorable for me is the sleep-away camp that I've been going to for a few years. It stands out for me because I feel like I am at home there.]]> 2020-10-06 13:34:10 UTC https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806621188 https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806621199 I think that a place that has a character is a place with lots of little charms and quirks that makes you think of who it could be as a person. A place I think has character is the Half-Price Books that used to be in Rice Village. It was very dusty and smelled like books and was full of old things and felt very nostalgic. I used to want to live upstairs there.]]> 2020-10-06 13:34:10 UTC https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806621199 https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806621320 A place has character when the people in the region are unique. It has a soul. A memorable place was Caddo Lake. It had a southern/country character. The people there would sing karaoke, drink beer, smoke, and dance. Also, another place is KSP. It is when Russian people gather in the forest and sing bard songs next to fires, while roasting marshmallows. I used to run around the forest with my friends at night, playing murder mysteries with swords' and glowsticks.]]> 2020-10-06 13:34:12 UTC https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806621320 https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806621408 In order for a place to have character, they need to be memorable and it needs to have a special place in your heart.
Yes I have been to a place like this. Santorini Greece.
The thing that made it special was the beautiful view, and all of the blues and whites (FUN FACT: the people living in Santorini are only allowed to have a blue and White House.)]]> 2020-10-06 13:34:13 UTC https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806621408 https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806621919 When a place has character it means that it gives you evidence that transforms you to a new world. A certain vibe. One place that has character is Barnaby's. What made Barnaby's unique was the scenery that gave me good vibes.]]> 2020-10-06 13:34:20 UTC https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806621919 s1937691 https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806621946 When a place has character , it means that it's colors and warmth show it's personality. It reflects the people, and their styles, and their personalities. One place a remember was a castle with stretching towers topped off with blue roofs. It felt like it was looking over the town, and majestically watching it's people. ]]> 2020-10-06 13:34:21 UTC https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806621946 s2031356 https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806622601 what gives a place personality is the history behind it and whether or not the person around it knows the history. I've been to the molly brown house of the titanic survivor that never needed to risk her life because fun fact she only got on because she thought she would never see her brother again but it was only the common cold and he survived. but to walk into a house of somebody who has survived such a remarkable time in history to walk in her footsteps]]> 2020-10-06 13:34:30 UTC https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806622601 https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806622867 Characters have a backstory. That does not change weather it is alive or not. For a place to have character  it is to have the place to have a backstory and have a 'face.'  That face is basically a stationary picture of a place and vibe (?) or feel a place gives off. Technically, every place has character, but a place I feel is especially characteristic, and that is my home. I have spent my whole life here, through Hurricane Harvey, school, through floods and storms, and I feel that for example when the house got renovated, it got new clothes. I think my house is memorable because I have spent my whole life here.  ]]> 2020-10-06 13:34:33 UTC https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806622867 https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806622881 I think for a place to have character, it needs to be somewhat welcoming or slightly nostalgic. It needs to have a very original sorta vibe to it, you know?

 I have been to a place about it, and let me tell you, it is so pretty. My grandmas garden is the most charactered place I have ever known.

What can make it memorable? This might sound crazy, but I feel like I'm getting closer to my grandma by see all her plants grow. Not like, ghost voodoo stuff. Just...maybe her perspective on life. When sunlight kisses all the flowers, and shines through all the green trees- its just so so peaceful. Nothing can compare.]]> 2020-10-06 13:34:33 UTC https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806622881 s1751165 https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806623315 I think having specific memories or people residing in a specific place gives it character. I have been to my cousins house in Connecticut, and all of the fun memories I had there made me feel warm and fuzzy.]]> 2020-10-06 13:34:39 UTC https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806623315 https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806623343 I think it means that there are quirky or unexpected characteristics about the place that make or smile or do a double take when you see the place for the first time. I think when place's have character you're less likely to forget them because something specific about it just stuck. I've been to this old mansion a little outside Houston and even though I was a lot younger when I went there, I instantly could feel that this was not a boring place.]]> 2020-10-06 13:34:39 UTC https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806623343 https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806623453 I think for a place to have character, it has to be unique. Not like 'a city', but instead 'a town of machines more than people'. I think that the inhabitants have to have character also, so that they all kind of imprint it on the place. I haven't really been to anywhere that has given me a big impression, except for when I went on a vacation to France (I think) with my friend and we were playing in tall sunflowers. We were really short and young at the time, so we were completely hidden underneath the flowers. I think the way I enjoyed it so much and I was there with my friends, as well as the fact that was the first time that I saw sunflowers, made that make such an impression on me. I haven't seen sunflowers since, so I guess that might have helped too. ]]> 2020-10-06 13:34:41 UTC https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806623453 https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806624220 For a place to have character is to show heart and when you have many good memories. A place for me would have to be the luby's by my house because me and my grandma use to go there every since I was three, and when my little sister was born we all went together! ]]> 2020-10-06 13:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806624220 https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806625047 When a place has character, it is significant. It's when you can define it or describe it like it is a person. The place has character when people have given sentimental attachment to it. Or when people have made memories there. Those memories are what give the place character. It is a "vibe" that everyone gets from that place.
It doesn't have to be an old place in my opinion. It can be brand new. When you walk in you'll get a feeling of shinning floors, bright colored walls, new paved cement, clear glass, and the fresh smell of paint. That can give it character;
I think my church has character to it. I have grown up in there. I have  feeling once I enter the doors. It's character has changed over time as I see how most of the people in it change. Also, the Houston Rodeo has great character. You see how everyone is more "free" and everyone is happy to be there. All of Houston have made memories there]]> 2020-10-06 13:35:04 UTC https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806625047 s1676563 https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806626201 A place has character is when it has a certain vibe. I would say that the history and the people in that place give that place it's character, not the nonliving things that fill it. I think New York City has a certain character to it and I've visited there twice if I'm not mistaken. New York City has always been this own little pocket in the USA that is on a whole different level. It seems as if there's a whole different culture, a whole different country there. You've got the heavy traffic, the tall buildings, the constant food trucks and busy streets. It's the city that never sleeps, and that personification has been used constantly over the years to describe the over all vibe of it. I think it'll be one of the most memorable places I'll ever visit, even if living there isn't for me.]]> 2020-10-06 13:35:20 UTC https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806626201 https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806628167 When a place has character, it means that the place has a feel to it, a certain air to it. One of these places for me is lake Moraine. I fell in while walking on the trail and later was able to climb ]]> 2020-10-06 13:35:46 UTC https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806628167 https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806628956 It means for something special or personal. Yes, I have. The Western Wall in Israel. It's unique because you can connect to others.]]> 2020-10-06 13:35:55 UTC https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806628956 https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806630777 For a place to have character there must be something unique or memorable about it. A place like this that I have been to is Kerrville. It was unique because it was in the hill country so there were hundreds of huge hills.]]> 2020-10-06 13:36:20 UTC https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806630777 https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806650933 It means that you connect with something in the room. Like the vibe of the room or you could just like the color of the walls. ]]> 2020-10-06 13:41:03 UTC https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806650933 s1722399 https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806652370 a place/setting helps set the vibe. it helps the story stick together. i've never been somewhere like this.]]> 2020-10-06 13:41:22 UTC https://padlet.com/p00129501/gopujbn4u1j92u80/wish/806652370