Mtsogoleli wa Manhattan Parks: City Hall Park

Zaka mazana ano-Old Green Space Amapereka Downtown Downtime

Malo osungirako katatu a malo osungiramo malo osungiramo malo, malo omwe mumzinda wotchedwa Civic Center (pakati pa Broadway, Park Row, ndi Chambers Street) mumzinda wa Manhattan, womwe umakhala wotanganidwa kwambiri, umapereka mlingo wokwanira wa nthawi yopuma kuchokera ku Downtown. .

Kutenga 8.8 mahekitala a udzu wobiriwira ndi malo okongola, City Hall Park imapanga mpata wabwino kwambiri kuti ugwire mpweya wanu, mwinamwake pamene mukulowera ku Bridge Bridge (pafupi ndi paki); kubwezeretsanso kutsatira malo ogulitsa-mpaka-you-drop akuthamanga kudutsa malo oyandikana nawo malo Century 21 ; kapena, kuganizira mofulumira mutatha kuyendera Chikumbutso chapafupi cha 9/11 ndi / kapena Museum .

Pakiyi imayamikiridwa ndi kuyang'ana anthu ; pa nthawi ya masana, makamaka imadzaza ndi antchito oyandikana nawo-ambiri a ogwira ntchito za boma, kapena mamembala a jury ochokera ku mabwalo oyandikana nawo-omwe amabwera kukadya chakudya chamasana ndi kupumula (yemwe akudziwa, mungathe ngakhale kuona mawonekedwe a Mayor de Blasio mwiniwake, kuchoka ku dzina la park ku City Hall, yomwe ili mkati mwa mapiri a park). Mwinanso mumakhala nawo phwando laukwati kapena awiri mu kusakaniza, pamene akudutsa kuchokera ku miyambo yawo ku Civil Clerk's Office, chifukwa cha masewera am'munda. Kuwonjezera apo, pali maulendo ambirimbiri oyendetsa njinga zamtunda komanso oyenda pansi omwe akudutsa mlatho wotchuka kwambiri mumzindawu, Bridge Bridge.

Palinso nyumba zambiri zochititsa chidwi zomwe zimayang'ana m'mphepete mwa mapiriwo, kuphatikizapo Nyumba ya Woolworth , Manhattan Municipal Building, ndi zina zambiri. Werengani zina mwa gulu lodziwika bwino pazolinga zamakono zomwe zili pafupi ndi zomangamanga za City Hall Park.

Imodzi mwa malo obiriwira kwambiri m'mbiri, mumzindawu, maboma amatha kuyang'ana kufalikira kwa mbiri yakale yomwe imayikidwa paki (kuphatikizapo piritsi yozungulira yomwe imasonyeza zochitika zazikulu m'mbiri ya park, yomwe ili pamphepete mwakumwera kwake). Maofesi a City Hall Park awona zambiri zowonjezera.

Malire ake akumadzulo amadziwika ndi zomwe kale zinkachitika ku Native American (yomwe tsopano imatchedwa Broadway), ndipo pakiyo inadziwika kuti "Commons" kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1700 pamene idagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati malo odyetserako ziweto.

Malowa ankagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati malo a almshouses a m'zaka za zana la 18 kuti mudziwe wosauka, ndipo kenako, kumapeto kwa kumpoto kwa pakiyi (kumene Tweed Courthouse tsopano ikuyimira), kunali malo omangidwa ndi asilikali a asilikali a Britain omwe ali ndi ngongole ( Panthawi ya Revolution ya Amerika, ndendeyo inkalamuliridwa ndi a British kuti agwire akaidi a nkhondo a Revolutionary ambiri omwe anagonjetsedwa ndi njala kapena anaphedwa pafupi). Chodabwitsa kwambiri, pakiyi inali malo omenyera nkhondo omwe George Washington, pamodzi ndi regiment brigadiers ndi colonels, adawerenga mokweza kwa asilikali awo Declaration of Independence (pa July 9, 1776), pokonzekera kumenya nkhondo ya British.

Mu 1818, nyumba yosungiramo zojambulajambula yoyamba mumzindawu idatseguka apa, mu nyumba ya Rotunda yomwe idagwetsedwa (1870).

Paki (ndi nyumba yake yomanga nyumba) imatchulanso mbiri yakale ya misonkhano, misonkhano, ndi zochitika zomwe zikuchitika mpaka lero. Chochitika chimodzi chosaiwalika cha mbiri yakale chifukwa: Purezidenti Lincoln anagona mu state ku City Hall pambuyo pa kuphedwa kwake mu 1865.

Mzinda wa City Hall Park lero ndi kasupe wake wokongola kwambiri wa granite (womwe uli cha 1871), womwe umakhala mbali yake ya kum'mwera. Fufuzani candelabra ya bronze yamoto pamakona onse, ndipo chombo chokhala ndi maambulera chapamwamba pamwamba pa beseni yake. (Kasupe uyu analowa m'malo mwa Croton Fountain ya pakiyi, yomwe inabweretsa madzi abwino kuchokera ku Croton Aqueduct yomwe ili pamtunda wa makilomita 40 kumtunda kwa mzindawu. Yopangidwa ndi Jacob Wrey Mold (wokonza mapulogalamu a Bethesda Kasupe wa Central Park ), Kasupe omwe mukuwona lerolino anasamukira ku Crotona Park ku Bronx mu 1920, asanabwezeretsedwe ndi kubwerera ku City Hall Park mu '99 chachikulu, pafupifupi $ 35 miliyoni kubwezeretsa paki chaka.

MaseĊµera a paki yapachikalewo anagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi nyali zamagetsi mu 1903-mitengo yopangira maolivi omwe masiku ano imakhala ndi mitengo ya "Fifth Avenue" m'mphepete mwa msewu, ndi mitengo ikuluikulu yokhala m'mbali mwa msewu.

Zowonjezera khumi ndi ziwiri zolemba ndi zipilala zikufalikira ponseponse pamalo osungirako mapepala (komabe tawonani zina mwazidziwitso chifukwa cha chitetezo ku nyumba ya City Hall). Fufuzani fano la bronze la Frederick lalitali-mapazi khumi ndi zitatu lowonetsa wachikulire wachikatolika dzina lake Nathan Hale, yemwe amadziwika kuti America Revolution-time spy, amene amadziwika bwino chifukwa cha mawu ake akufa, "Ndikudandaula kuti ndili ndi moyo umodzi kuti ndiwononge dziko langa." Anapachikidwa kuti awonongeke ndi a British ku 1776, ali ndi zaka 21 zokha.

Zina mwa zochititsa chidwi zochitika zakale ndi Nyumba Yoyang'anizana ya Mzinda, yomwe imapanga malo oyendetsa sitima yoyamba ya NYC mu 1900 (mwatsoka, chipikachi chikugwera pambuyo pa chitetezo, ndipo sichiwonekere kwa anthu). Choyamba chinatsegulidwa mu 1904, chakale ndi chatsekedwa (kuyambira mu 1945) Sitima yapansi ya sitima ya mumzinda wa City Hall ili ponseponse, kuika malire akumwera kwenikweni kwa mzindawu. Linapangidwa kuti liwonetsedwe pawuni yachitsulo yatsopano pansi pano, yomwe ili ndi nyenyezi, zitsulo zamkuwa, Guastavino tile, ndi tilework. Ngakhale kuti ikugwiritsabe ntchito kusintha kwa sitimayi 6, ndiye kuti malo osungiramo zinthu, ngakhale amtundu wa New York Transit Museum amatha kulemba maulendo angapo kuti azitha kuona okha chidwi chokhazikika pansi pamtunda.