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NEW YORK HARBOR , NEW JERSEY

by John Galluzzo

It's called “sense of place.” It's when we look at a locale--a park, a street corner, a house--and think about how it has meant different things to different people over time.

Approaching New York Harbor, you can't help but notice Ellis Island. Once you do, apply the notions of sense of place. What did it mean to immigrants a hundred years ago? The sadness of leaving a homeland? The confusion of arriving in a new country?

And what does Ellis Island mean to you today? Or the city skyline, without the twin World Trade Center towers?

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