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Habitat 7
Like river valleys that flowed through and gave birth
to early civilizations, the IRT 7 Train of the New York City Subway system
serves as the conduit that connects many ethnically diverse neighborhoods
in northwest Queens to the heart of Manhattan. While I’ve been living
along the “International Express” for years, I am still constantly
awed by the complexity of the communities formed alongside it as well
as the harmonious co-existence of so many people of distinct ethnic back
grounds are able to live in. I’ve come to see the 7 Train as a habitat
of these immigrant settlers who pursue the typical
“American dream” while upholding their ethnic traditions.
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