Nela Park, yomwe ili m'mphepete mwa Noble Road ku East Cleveland makilomita asanu ndi anayi kummawa kwa mzinda wa Cleveland, inali malo oyambirira ogulitsa mafakitale padziko lapansi. Masiku ano, chipinda cha 92-acre campus chili ndi General Electric's Lighting Division ndipo amagwira ntchito pafupifupi 1,200, ndipo malo amadziŵika chifukwa cha zomangamanga zachisipanishi ndi zojambula zowonekera.
Komabe, mu June 2017, General Electric adalengeza kuti posachedwapa adzaika Nela Park kugulitsa, kotero ngati mukukonzekera kukachezera mbiri yatsopanoyi, nyengo ya tchuthiyi ikhoza kukhala mwayi wanu wotsiriza kuona mawonekedwe okongola kwambiri Khirisimasi.
Ngakhale kuti simungathe kuyendetsa paki yopanga mafakitale panthawi ya holideyi komanso masewero owonetserako amatha kuwonedwa ndi kusankhidwa kokha, malingaliro ochokera mumsewu pa Khirisimasi akadakali odabwitsa.
Mbiri ndi Zomangamanga
Nela Park inakhazikitsidwa mu 1911 pamene General Electric adagula munda wamphesa wamphesa wamtunda wa makilomita asanu ndi awiri kuchokera ku Cleveland komwe kunali kumidzi yakumidzi. Malowa amatchulidwa kuti kampani ya Cleveland-National Electric Lamp Company-yomwe inagulidwa ndi GE mu 1900 pofuna kuyesa kukula kwa mabasi a kuwala. Nela Park inasankhidwa kukhala National Historic Place mu 1975.
Nyumba ya Nela Park ili ndi nyumba 20 zokongola za ku Georgiya, zonsezi koma zinayi zinamangidwa pasanafike 1921. Nyumbazi zisanayambe, zonsezi zinapangidwa ndi Wallis ndi Goodwillie. Nyumbayi imadziwikanso ndi zojambulajambula, zomwe zimaphatikizapo zithunzi zambiri za Norman Rockwell.
Dipatimenti ya ku Nela Park inakhazikitsidwa mu 1933 pamene chipinda choyamba cha maphunziro apamwamba ku United States chinayesetsa makamaka kuphunzitsa ophunzira kuunikira, ndipo Institute tsopano ikuthandiza ophunzira oposa 6,000 pachaka omwe akufuna kuphunzira zambiri za njira yachisayansi imeneyi.
Lero, Nela Park ndi likulu la dziko lonse la General Electric's Lighting Division-limodzi la magawo asanu ndi awiri a kampaniyo; kampaniyi, yomwe inakhazikitsidwa ndi kukhazikitsidwa kwa Thomas Edison wa Edison Electric Company ndi Thomson Houston Company mu 1892, yakula ndikukhala bungwe lachiwiri lalikulu padziko lapansi.
Maphunziro, Makonzedwe, ndi Miyambo ya Holiday
Pakati pa ntchito za Nela Park ntchito zambiri ndi maphunziro. Nyumbayi imakhala ndi masewera onse a ogwiritsa ntchito mapeto, makontrakitala, ndi akuunikira opatsa. Kuphatikiza apo, Nela Park amagulitsa malonda, ofesi, ndi mafakitale owonetsera mafakitale ndi maofesi ena opanga magetsi; Komabe, Nela Park siyimseguka kwa anthu onse ndipo showrooms ndi otsegulidwa ndi kusankha okha.
Chimodzi mwa malo otchuka kwambiri ku Nela Park ndi kuunikira komwe kumapangidwe kanyumba kamodzi komwe kuli malo a Noble Road ndi nyenyezi zambirimbiri zomwe alendo amazisangalala kuyambira kumayambiriro kwa December mpaka tsiku la Chaka Chatsopano. Ngakhale alendo omwe ali ndi tchuthi saloledwa kuyendetsa galimoto kupitako (chifukwa cha chitetezo), kuwala kokongola kwa tchuthi kumatha kuonedwa pamsewu.
Malo osungirako ntchito ku Nela Park amapanganso kupereka magetsi ndi zokongoletsera za Mtengo wa Khirisimasi pa udzu wa White House ku Washington DC, womwe wakhala ukugwira kuyambira 1922.