Woodhaven, Queens: Zowonjezeka ndi zosakwanira

01 ya 06

Mtsinje wa Woodhaven

Woodhaven ali pakatikati pa Queens, pamalire ndi Brooklyn. Amakumana ndi Forest Park kumpoto, Richmond Hill kum'maŵa ku 98th Street ndi Ozone Park kum'mwera ku Atlantic Avenue. Kudera kumadzulo ku Eldert Lane kuli malo a ku Cypress Hills ku Brooklyn.

Malo ogwira ntchitowa ndi ochepa kwambiri, kuphatikizapo banja limodzi ndi nyumba zambirimbiri komanso nyumba zogona. Poyambira pakati pa zaka za m'ma 1800, Woodhaven ndi imodzi mwa malo akale ku Queens. Sitima yapansi panthaka inakafika ku Woodhaven m'ma 1890 kuchokera ku Brooklyn. Palinso nyumba zachi Victori zoposa zaka 100 m'dera lino.

Anthu akuyimira kusanganikirana kwa Queens, makamaka ku Puerto Rico ndi ku Ulaya, komanso ku African-American ndi Asia. Ku US Census American Community Survey yomwe imatenga chaka cha 2009 mpaka 2013, anthu a ku Hispanics amalamulira anthu, powerenga pafupifupi 55 peresenti ya anthu okhalamo. Malo oyandikana nawo m'ma 1950s ndi 1960 anali makamaka Achi Irish, Italy, German ndi Polish.

02 a 06

Nyumba zapakhomo mu Woodhaven

Nyumba zazikulu ku Woodhaven zimafalikira kumpoto kwa Jamaica Avenue kupita ku Forest Park, ndipo inu mumapeza malo okonzeka kumalo ena omwe amachitira zachiwembu. Kumwera kwa Jamaica, nyumbazo ndizochepa ndipo zimakhala zovuta kwambiri, ndi nyumba zapabanja limodzi ndi zinyumba zambiri zomwe zikulamulira malo.

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Mphepete mwa msewu wodutsa mumzinda wa Jamaica Avenue

Mapiri ali ndi sitima zapansi pamsewu wa J ndi Z, womwe uli pamwamba pa Jamaica Avenue. Njira yapansi ya subway ili pafupi ndi Ozone Park yoyandikana nayo. Anthu okhala ndi magalimoto ali ndi mwayi wopita kwa Jackie Robinson Parkway (yemwe kale anali Interboro). Woodhaven Boulevard ndi njira yaikulu ya kumpoto ndi kummwera, kupereka mwayi kwa Belt Parkway ndi Long Island Expressway.

04 ya 06

Anthu Otchuka a Woodhaven

Chizindikiro ichi chimasonyeza nyumba ya Fred Trump (1905-1999), wogulitsa nyumba ndi eni ake a Donald Trump, wogulitsa malo enieni, umunthu wa TV ndi purezidenti wa 45 wa United States.

Nazi zonyansa: Wolemba wa "Mtengo Ukukula ku Brooklyn" (1943) adalemba pansi pa denga la Woodhaven. Betty Smith (1896-1972) analemba buku logulitsa kwambiri kunyumba kwake ku Forest Parkway, kudutsa pa Library ya Woodhaven. Bukuli ndi la banja la Ireland ndi America, chiyembekezo chawo, maloto, ndi mavuto awo, ku Brooklyn kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1900.

Madera ena otchuka ndi awa:

• Adrien Brody (anabadwa m'chaka cha 1973), wojambula Oscar
• George Gershwin (1898-1937), wolemba nyimbo wotchuka wa "Porgy ndi Bess," "Rhapsody in Blue," "An American ku Paris," "Mkazi Wopenga" ndi "Wanu Ndikuimba," pakati pa nyimbo zina zambiri
• Danny Kaye (1913-1987), woimba, woimba, ndi wokondweretsa
• Mae West (1893-1980), wotchuka wotchuka, ankakhala ku Woodhaven ndipo anapanga ntchito yake yoyamba kumeneko. Mbiri ya mbiri yakale ili kunja kwa malo.
• Zomwe zinachitika ku "Goodfellas" (1990) pamene gululi linasonkhanitsa atatha kulanda ndegeyi adaphedwa ku Neir's Tavern pa 78th Street.

05 ya 06

Nyumba za njerwa za Woodhaven

Kwa zaka zambiri izi zowonjezera nyumba za njerwa zamatabwa zakhala zikuphatikiza zojambula zenera ndi ma porticos kuzungulira zitseko zosiyana. Ndiwo malo omwe anthu ambiri amakhalamo.

06 ya 06

Mipingo ya Woodhaven

Kuphatikiza pa malo opita ku Manhattan kudzera pa subway, nyumba zake zokwera mtengo komanso pafupi ndi Forest Park, ogwira ntchito ku Woodhaven amakhala ndi mipingo isanu ndi iwiri. Ukwati ukhoza kukhala wachikondwerero, monga uwu, ndi galimoto yokwera pa akavalo onse okonzekera kutenga mkwati ndi kukwatiwa ku phwando lawo lakale, chikondi chachikondi.