Abale a Allen atakhazikitsa Houston m'chaka cha 1836, adapatula malo ang'onoang'ono kuti akhale malo a boma. Pafupifupi zaka mazana awiri pambuyo pake, dzikolo - lomwe panopa limatchedwa Market Square Park - limapitirizabe kukhala malo osonkhana a Houstoni ndi alendo. Malowa amangokhala ndi malo amodzi okhazikika, koma amanyamula zinthu zambiri zosangalatsa, malo ogwira ntchito, ndi malo okongola - bwino kumzinda.
Pano pali zomwe muyenera kudziwa pamene mukukonzekera kukacheza ku Market Square Park ya Houston.
Mbiri
Kumbuyo komwe pamene, John K. ndi Augustus C. Allen anayambitsa Houston ndi lingaliro lakuti mzinda ukhala mtima wa Republic latsopano la Texas. Amapatula malo ena mumzinda wa Houston ku dera lakumidzi kuti amange nyumba yaikulu ya dziko - kuti akhumudwitsidwe pamene Austin adalandira ulemu wamuyaya patapita zaka zingapo. Poyambirira amatchedwa "Congress Square," malowa adakhala malo opitilira malonda a mzindawo, ndipo adatchedwanso "Market Square" pasanapite nthawi yaitali. Nyumba yaikulu yomwe ili ndi msika wa mumzinda ndi holo ya mzindawo inamangidwa pa malowa, ndipo anthu ndi alendo akusonkhana kumeneko kukagula, kugulitsa, ndi kugulitsa malonda onse, komanso kuchita bizinesi ndi mzindawu.
Moto wautatu ndi zaka zopitirira zana, pambuyo pake, 1960 idapangitsa dzikoli kukhala lopanda kanthu koma malo osungirako magalimoto kwa zaka zambiri.
Phokoso linapangidwa kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1980 kukonzanso malowa kuti aziwonetserapo zamakono, koma mtengo wa mafuta utasokonekera, maere - ndi madera ambiri ozungulira - adagwa kachiwiri.
Market Square Park lero ndi zotsatira za kuyesa kubwezeretsa zomwe zinapangidwa ndi mzinda ndi madera a m'deralo mu 2010.
Poyang'ana mbiri yakale ndi nkhongono mpaka pano, mawonekedwe atsopanowa ali ndi zigawo za mbiri ya malo, komanso ntchito zamakono zobwezeretsanso malo osonkhanirako.
Facilities
Kuwonjezera pa malo ena obiriwira, zomera, ndi zokongoletsera, paki yaing'ono imakhalanso nyumba:
- Malo osungirako galu omwe amagawidwa m'zigawo ziwiri za agalu aang'ono ndi aakulu
- Madzi osambira komanso malo osamba m'manja
- Malo odyera a Greek-American a Niko Niko
- Malo okwanira, kuphatikizapo malo othunzi ndi ophimbidwa
Zoyenera kuchita
Malo otchedwa Market Square Park amapereka kalendala yokhudzana ndi zochitika ndi mapulogalamu mwezi uliwonse, koma pali zinthu zingapo zosangalatsa alendo angakhoze kuchita pakiyi tsiku lonse, chaka chonse, kuphatikizapo:
- Onani Historic Clock Tower: Nyumba yosanjayi inkakhala pafupi ndi holo ya mzindawo yomwe inamangidwira pamalo amdima asanayambe moto wa 1960. Tsopano, zikuyimira ngati kupereka msonkho kwa moyo wakale wam'mbuyomu monga malo a boma ndi mzinda.
- Tengani Mbiri Yakale: Zaka zing'onozing'ono za mbiri ya maloyi zimayikidwa pambali pamphepete mwa mphambano kunja kwa paki ya galu, kuphatikizapo zotsalira za nyumba zowonongeka zomwe zinalipo pamtunda.
- Pitani ku munda wa Lauren: Munda wolemekezekawu pafupi ndi Street Street ndi msonkho wogwira mtima pa zochitika za pa September 11, 2001, pamene Houstonian Lauren Catuzzi anamwalira limodzi ndi anzake omwe anali nawo ku United Flight 93.
- Onani Mosaics: Pakiyi ili ndi zojambulajambula zokongola, koma zowoneka bwino kwambiri ndizitsime za mosai ndi mabenchi omwe ali pafupi ndi Preston Street omwe akhala amodzi mwa malo otchuka kwambiri (ndi Instagramable).
Zochitika
Pakiyi ili ndi zochitika zambiri chaka chonse, kuphatikizapo masewera, mafilimu akunja, BINGO, ndi magulu olimbitsa thupi. Ndi malo amodzi omwe amachitira misonkhano kumalo ena monga mabungwe oyendetsa njinga. Malo otchedwa Market Square Park sapezeka kupezeka pamasom'pamaso, koma kamodzi kanthawi pokha, malowa adzakonza phwando lalikulu kuti azikumbukira chinachake chachikulu chikuchitika mumzinda, monga Super Bowl.
Kufika Kumeneko
Ngakhale kulibe malo osungirako malo pafupi ndi paki, misewu yoyandikana nayo imapereka malo osungirako mapepala omwe amakhala omasuka pambuyo pa 6 koloko masana ndi tsiku lonse Lamlungu. Ngati mukufuna kulimbana kuti mupeze malo osungirako magalimoto kumudzi, mungathe kusankha njira zina zoyendetsera zamalonda pafupi, kuphatikizapo kubwereka njinga.
Malo otchedwa BCycle ali pafupi ndi Congress Avenue kumpoto chakum'maŵa kwa paki. Malo otchedwa Market Square Park amapezeka pafupi ndi msewu wa METRORilisi Wofiira wa Houston ku Houston, pafupi ndi Preston Station, komanso pafupi ndi mabasi osiyanasiyana a METRO, kuphatikizapo basi ya GreenLink.
Zinthu Zochita Pafupi
Mukatsiriza kufufuza Park Park Park, onetsetsani kuti mwawona zina mwa zokopa zazikulu pafupi, monga :.
Bungwe la Theatre la Houston ndilo malo ena okondedwa kwambiri mumzindawu, kuphatikizapo Houston Symphony, Houston Ballet, Houston Grand Opera, Alley Theatre, ndi Hobby Center. Mizinda yochepa yokha ku United States ikhoza kudzitamandira makampani odziwika okhazikika pamadera onse ochita masewera olimbitsa thupi - ballet, opera, nyimbo, ndi zisudzo - ndipo Houston ndi mmodzi wa iwo. Kuwonjezera pamenepo, Grand Opera ya Houston ndi kampani yokhayo yapamwamba yopambana mphoto ziwiri za Emmy, mphoto ziwiri za Grammy, ndi Tony.
Houston Downtown Aquarium
Zigawenga zochepa kumbali ya bayou, aquarium ya Houston imapereka moyo wambiri wa m'madzi, masewera a pamasewera, ndi masewera okondwerera. Onetsetsani kuti muyang'ane ngalande ya shark, kumene alendo angapite sitima kudzera mumadzi owala amchere ndi kuona mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya shark kuchokera kumbali zitatu. Kuthamanga kwakukulu kwa aquarium, komabe, si nyama yosungira madzi, koma nkhumba zosaoneka zazing'ono zili pafupi ndi mapeto a ziwonetsero zosatha.
Pakiyi ya maekala 12 - yomwe ili pamzindawu - ili ndi zinthu zambiri zomwe zingathandize banja lonse, kuphatikizapo galu, malo ochitira masewera, nyanja yaing'ono, phalaphala, masewera, zipinda zowerengera, komanso malo ojambula ojambula. Ndondomeko yolemera yazinthu zabwino, kuphatikizapo kalendala yokhala ndi zopanikizana za zochitika, zimapangitsa kuti izi zikhale zosavuta kwambiri malo oyenera kupita ku Houston .
Ulendo wochepa wochoka ku Market Square Park umakhala pamalo okondwerera masentimita 130,000 omwe ndi malo otchuka kwambiri usiku, madzulo owonetsera, kapena usiku wa banja kunja kwa tawuni. Malowa amakhala ndi masewero a kanema, malo owonetsera masewera, ndi malo odyera ambiri, komanso malo odyera mpira omwe nthawi zambiri amakhala ndi misonkhano ya alendo komanso zochitika zapadera.