Great Spa Cities: Saratoga Springs, New York

Zomwe Zachitika M'zaka za m'ma 1800 ndi Zamakono Zamakono

Saratoga Springs ndi imodzi mwa mizinda yabwino kwambiri ya m'zaka za m'ma 1800, malo olemera omwe anasonkhana m'nyengo ya chilimwe kuti aone ndi kuwonedwa, kukwera mahatchi, kuthamanga, kuyendayenda m'minda, kumvetsera nyimbo ndi kutenga madzi. Mzinda wotchedwa "Queen of Spas" ku America, umatchuka kwambiri ndi mizinda ya ku Ulaya yotchedwa Baden-Baden, ku Germany.

Mizinda yambiri yamakono ya ku America inalowa mu dowdiness ndipo moipa pambuyo "mankhwala ochiritsira" adalowetsedwa ndi mankhwala amakono.

Tsopano pendulum yasunthira kubwerera kuchipatala chochuluka monga miyala yamchere , ndipo Saratoga Springs ndi imodzi mwa malo ochepa ku America komwe mungasangalatse chinachake chofanana ndi zochitika za spa m'ma 1900 - kusamba ndi kumamwa madzi, kubetcha pamadzi, kudya kutuluka, kudutsa pa paki kapena m'masitolo a mumzinda wa mbiri yakale, ndikusangalala ndi ballet ndi orchestra m'chilimwe.

Khalani pa Gideoni Putnam

Ngati muli wokonda spa, malo abwino oti mukhalepo ndi Gideon Putnam. Hotelo yabwinoyi ili mkati mwa Saratoga Spa State Park, yomwe inakhazikitsidwa mu 1915 kuti iteteze akasupe. Gideoni Putnam ali kudutsa ku Bose la Roosevelt & Spa, nyumba yamatabwa yokongola ya 1935 ndi nyumba ya limestone ya neoclassical komwe mungasangalale ndi madzi osambira m'madzi oyambirira ndikupeza misala yodzidziwitsa pambuyo pake. Malo odyera a Roosevelt Spa akhala akufutukuka kwambiri m'zaka zaposachedwa osati kuphatikizapo zitsamba zokhala ndi mafuta monga kusamba, maunyolo , maunyolo ndi machiritso a thupi , koma zopereka zowonjezereka monga Ayurveda ndi ma Bach maulendo othandizira maulendo, maphunziro a kusinkhasinkha, ntchito ya mphamvu, komanso kuphunzitsa.

Saratoga Spa State Park imakhalanso kunyumba kwa Saratoga Performing Arts Center, yomwe ili m'nyengo ya chilimwe panyumba ya chilimwe ya New York City Ballet ndi Philadelphia Orchestra. Mphindi zochepa chabe kuchokera kwa Gideon Putnam, phindu lalikulu ngati mukupita kumsonkhano, monga magalimoto angakhale ovuta.

Zina zokopa m'mphepete mwa parkyi ndi Spa Little Theatre, National Museum of Dance ndi Saratoga Automobile Museum.

Putnam Gideoni amaperekanso yoga masewera olimbitsa thupi Lachiwiri mpaka Lachisanu, chifukwa cha $ 10. Muli ndi zovuta paulendo wa tsiku ndi tsiku ndi mapulogalamu apadera omwe amaperekedwa m'kati mwa paki, monga maulendo oyendayenda oyenda akasupe. Mukhozanso kuphunzira za zomangamanga, bluebirds, agulugufe, ndi mitengo. Mwanjira imeneyi kukhala ku Gideon Putnam kwakhala ngati malo omwe amapita ku spa.

Pakati pa mapeto a sabata, Gideon Putnam ndi Baths Roosevelt amapereka "Malo Otsitsimutsa Akasupe Otsitsimula" omwe amaphatikizapo malo ogona, osamba imodzi patsiku, chakudya chambiri, kalasi yophika, limodzi ndi ntchito ndi ma workshop.Zotsatira zokambiranazi zidzaperekedwa November 11-13, 2016.

Mbiri ya Saratoga Mitsinje

Saratoga akasupe ali ndi mchere wokhawokha womwe umapezeka kummawa kwa ma Rockies, ndi kuchuluka kwa zinthu 16 kuphatikizapo bicarbonate, chloride, sodium, calcium, potassium ndi magnesium. Madzi anali opatulika kwa a Mohawks, omwe amatcha dera Serachtague, "malo othamanga madzi". Kutchulidwa molakwika kwa dzina ili ndi m'mene dera linadziwika kuti Saratoga.

Amwenye Achimereka ankakhulupirira kuti madzi a carbonated anali atasunthidwa ndi mulungu Manitou, kuwapatsa mankhwala ochiritsa.

Sir William Johnson m'chaka cha 1771 akasupe "anapeza" ndipo posakhalitsa anakopeka ndi anthu ozunguza, omwe ankakhulupirira kuti Mohawk amakhulupirira kuti madzi amchere amachiritsa. Pamene Gideon Putnam anakhazikika pafupi ndi High Rock Spring mu 1795, adawona malo omwe adalipo ndikugula malo pafupi ndi Congress Spring ndipo mu 1802, adatsegula Putnam's Tavern ndi Boarding House. Zinali zopambana, ndipo nyumba zinyumba zinatsatira. Mu 1831, pakubwera kwa njanji kuchokera ku New York City, zokopa alendo zinatha. 'Kuchiza mankhwala' ku Saratoga kunali mwambo wokhazikitsidwa kwa alendo zikwi.

Masewera a akavalo akhalapo mbali ya Saratoga Springs kuyambira mu 1847, pamene msonkhano wa trotters unachitikira paulendo wonyansa pafupi ndi Union Avenue.

Mu 1864, pangakhale njira yowonjezera yomwe idamangidwa mbali yina ya Union Avenue, malo a Saratoga Race Course.

Nyumba ya John Morrissey ya Canfield Casino ndi nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale ku Congress Park, idatsegulidwa mu 1870. Atatha masana pamsewu wothamanga, mamiliyoni ambiri adasonkhana pamaseƔera akuluakulu, atazunguliridwa ndipamwamba kwambiri ya Victorian. Diamond Jim Brady, Lillian Russell, Lily Langtry, ndi Bet-A-Million Gates anali pakati pa anthu omwe adakondweretsa zochitika za Saratoga.

Nyumba zowonongeka zinamangidwa ndi olemera kumpoto kwa North Broadway ndi kuzungulira tawuni kuyambira 1870 mpaka zaka za makumi awiri. Malo otentha a "nyumba zinyumba" ndi eni ake olemera, adakhala ndi azidindo, a Presidents, apolisi ndi akuluakulu a zamalonda. Zolemba zina, kuphatikizapo Susan B. Anthony, Sarah Bernhardt, Caruso, Victor Herbert, John Philip Sousa, Daniel Webster, ndi Oscar Wilde nayenso anabwera.

Mu 1909, boma la New York linayamba kugula malo kuti asunge madzi a mchere, omwe anali kuthawa ndi chitukuko cha malonda. (Makampani amamanga zomera pa akasupe ndikugwiritsa ntchito mapampu amphamvu otulutsa mpweya kuti atenge madzi a mchere chifukwa cha mpweya wake, umene unagulitsidwa kwa makampani oledzera.) Izi zinasunga potsiriza kukhala Saratoga Spa State Park.

Bwanamkubwa Franklin Roosevelt ankakonda kupita ku malo osambira a Saratoga Springs pamene ankamenyana ndi poliyo, ndipo mu 1929, adakhazikitsa ntchito yopanga chithandizo chachipatala apa, ndikumanga malo osungirako mankhwala a Saratoga. Boma linalimbikitsa ntchitoyi m'ma 1930 kuti amange Saratoga Spa State Park, kuphatikizapo Gideon Putnam ndi malo okwera anayi okongola kwambiri m'kati mwa paki.

Pa malo osambira, nyumba yokhalamo yotchedwa Roosevelt yokha ndi yotseguka kwasamba. (Icho chinakonzedwanso ndipo chinatsegulidwanso mu 2004, monga momwe Zinyumba za Lincoln zinatsekedwa ndipo zinasandulika kukhala osamba.) Zina zinatembenuzidwira ku ntchito zina, monga Spa Little Theatre, National Museum of Dance ndi Saratoga Automobile Museum ndi maofesi . Mabhala a Lincoln adasandulika kukhala malo antchito, koma mutha kupita kumalo ena a Loweruka kumsika wa mlimi ndikuyang'ana zomangamanga.

M'zaka za m'ma 1940, maulendo atatu a sabata ankatengedwa kuti ndi ovomerezeka ndipo anaphatikizapo mabomba makumi awiri ndi awiri, zakudya zowonjezera, zakudya zoyenera, kupuma, kuchita masewero olimbitsa thupi ndi zosangalatsa. Chiwerengero cha madzi osambira chinkafika mu 1946 pa 200,000 osambira pachaka. Mu 2015 panali malo osambira 25,000 omwe amaperekedwa ku nyumba yosambira ya Roosevelt.

Bwatolo la Saratoga - Ndiye ndi Tsopano

Ndinali ndi mwayi wokhala osambira kusukulu ya Saratoga Springs zaka makumi angapo zapitazo, pamene Lincoln Baths akadali otseguka. Mchemwali wanga ankakhala ku Boston ndipo ndinakhala ku New York, choncho tinaganiza kuti ndi malo abwino osonkhana. SindidzaiƔalapo yosamba. The bathhouse anali mwinamwake dowdy. Mayi wina wazaka za pakati adasamba ndikusamba chifukwa cha kutentha kwakukulu, kundichenjeza kuti ndisakhudze machitidwe ngati ndikukhala m'madzi kwa mphindi 20 ndipo sanatenge nthawi kuti ayambe kuyamwa.

Mpaka pano sindinakondwere. Koma madziwo anali obiriwira okongola kwambiri potsuka nyemba zoyera. Ndikagona pansi ndi mavubu amadzi akugwera khungu langa. Nthawi zambiri, munthu amakhoza kunyamula khungu langa kumtunda, kundipatsanso kumverera kokometsetsa kwambiri. N'zosadabwitsa kuti zinatchedwa "Nature Champagne"! Pambuyo pake, ndinakulungidwa mu pepala ndikugona pa machira kwa theka la ola kuti ndiziziritsa ndikulola maganizo anga kuthamanga. Koma paradaiso anali pafupi kutha. Ndinajambula minofu, ndipo ndinalandira misala yoopsa ya nthawi zonse ya moyo wanga. Kusambira kusukulu yakale kunali kosangalatsa. Kusamba kusukulu kusukulu kunalibe. Zimangokhala zovuta kuti munthu azisakanizidwa komanso sakudziwa zomwe akuchita.

Ndabwereranso zaka zambiri, pambuyo poti Roosevelt Baths anatsegulidwa mu 2004, ndipo anali kuyembekezera kuti ndisambe. Koma nditalowa m'chipinda, ndinadabwa kuona madzi akuda. Panali ming'oma pang'ono, apa ndi apo, koma osati kumverera kokoma kokhala ndi zithunzithunzi zomwe zinasunthira imodzi ndi imodzi. Kodi ndikanakhala ndi misremembered? Kodi ndinali wopenga?

Wothandizira misala (yemwe anali wabwino kwambiri) anafotokoza kuti mabafa anali atasinthadi. Poyamba, zipangizo za boma zomwe zimatenthetsa madzi ozizira, omwe amachokera pansi, ozizira. Koma idatha zaka za m'ma 1930, ndipo zipangizozo zitatha, boma linaganiza kuti ndilokwezeka kwambiri. Njira yosavuta, yotsika mtengo inali yotentha madzi otentha pamtunda wotentha kwambiri ndipo imagwirizanitsa ndi madzi amchere kuti atuluke mumphepete mwa feerenheit pafupifupi madigiri 98. Kuphatikizidwa kwa awiriwo kunatembenuza madzi kukhala mtundu wopopera.

Ndamva kuti pali mabotolo angapo kumene mungathe kupeza madzi osamba osasokonezeka, koma amalembedwa mosamala ndi cognoscenti. Pazitsulo zabwino, malo osambira ndi okongola kwambiri ndikasisitala kwambiri, ndipo adawonjezera zina monga Judith Jackson aromatherapy ndi maonekedwe akuluakulu.

Zina Zofunika Kuchita ku Saratoga State State Park

Phukusi Lopanda Pansi Lili ndi dziwe lalikulu lokhala ndi zero lakuya, dziwe losiyana ndi 19 'kawiri kawiri ndi dziwe losungira ana ndi chitsime cha bowa. Dera lachidutswa limakhala ndi chiwerengero chokwera chokha cha 48. "Historic Victoria Pool ndi dziwe laling'ono lozunguliridwa ndi maulendo apamwamba.

Saratoga Spa State Park imapereka maphunziro awiri okwera mtengo; mpikisano wothamanga wazitali 18 ndi kovuta kovuta 9, yomwe imadzaza ndi malo ogulitsa ndi malo ogulitsa. Malo okongolawa amapereka malo okwera pamapikisano, misewu yozembera mumtsinje, yomwe imayenera kukhala wokonda zachilengedwe kapena wodutsa, komanso maphunziro ovomerezeka ogwiritsidwa ntchito ndi oyendetsa sukulu ndi masewera a kusukulu. Ntchito zozizira zimaphatikizapo kuthamanga kudera lamtunda kumtunda wa makilomita pafupifupi 12, kukwera mazira a ice, ku hockey.