B & I ya Tacoma ndi imodzi mwa zida za mzindawo-komabe ndizochepa chabe zomwe sizinapangidwe ndi anthu omwe akudutsa. Ndipo pali chifukwa cha izo. Chikoka choyambirirachi chomwe chimatchuka kwambiri masiku ano chimakhala chotsika kwambiri masiku ano, ndipo mwina chosamvetsetseka kwa ena ndi maholo ake omwe nthawi zambiri amakhala chete komanso zosakaniza za masitolo ndi masitolo. Komabe, makonzedwe ameneŵa ndi mbiri ya mbiri ya Tacoma ndipo adakali ofunika kuyendera chifukwa cha mkati mwake.
Ngati mumakonda kusangalala, B & I angapereke mwayi wokhutiritsa zosangalatsa zomwe ndizosiyana kwambiri ndi kupita kumsika .
Mbiri ya B & I
B & I poyamba inatsegulidwa ngati sitolo ya hardware mu 1946 ndi eni EL Irwin ndi ML Bradshaw. Patapita nthawi, sitolo inkawonjezera zinthu zambiri zomwe sizinagwiritsidwe ntchito-mu 1948, carousel; mu 1953 njovu yotchedwa Sammy; ndiyeno zida zina zotchedwa Cathy ndi Murphy.
Kubwerera panthaŵi yomwe Tacoma yonse idapikisana nawo mawonekedwe abwino a Khirisimasi , EL Irwin anali ngakhale kupereka mphoto yabwino kwa chaka chimodzi kwa carousel 35 mamita pafupi ndi B & I yokhala ndi nyanga zisanu ndi imodzi akukwerapo, komanso mamita 12 chimbudzi chimadzaza ndi Santa.
Ndi zinyama zambiri ndi zokopa apa, zinadziwika kuti B & I Circus Store ndipo ankadziwika kutali ndi kwina chifukwa cha zikondwerero zake. Pofika zaka za m'ma 1960, sitoloyo inayamba kubweretsa masewera otchuka, kuphatikizapo Sheena, Queen of the Jungle, Burt Ward kuchokera kuwonetsero wa TV "Batman", ndi msilikali wa Joe Louis.
Pamapeto pake, pa nthawiyi, Ivan ndi gorilla amene adagulitsa sitoloyo. Ivan anabweretsedwa ku B & I mu 1964 ngati khanda ndipo ankakhala mu chipinda chomwe chinamangidwa kwa iye kwa zaka 28. Asanakhale ndi mgwirizano wina wa gorilla m'moyo wake wonse, adasamalira zinyama ndipo adasamukira ku Zoo Atlanta.
Achibale a Tacoma angakumbukirebe kubwera kwa Ivan.
Lero, mbiri ya nyumbayi ikupezeka pamakoma a madera ochepa a B & I, kuphatikizapo kuzungulira Ivan komwe panopa kulibe. Ngakhale B & I sichikugulitsanso otsatsa ndi mabanja m'magulu, ndibwino kuti tiyendeko -kuti tione malo otchulidwa m'mbiri mwa munthu ndikuponyera kanthawi kochepa kawirikawiri ngati anthu a Tacoma amayendetsa pa South Tacoma Way popanda zambiri monga kuyang'ana pa nthawi imodzi yokongola kwambiri.
B & I Today
Ku South Tacoma, B & I ili ndi nyumba zambiri zopangidwa ndi sitolo ndi sitolo. Mukhoza kupeza B & I pang'ono ndipo opanda kanthu, kapena ikhoza kudzazidwa ndi ogulitsa, malingana ndi tsiku. Masitolo amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri ndi ogulitsa malonda akungoyamba kumene ku bizinesi, koma mumapeza masitolo omwe akhalapo kwa zaka zambiri. Mudzapeza katundu wamtundu uliwonse pano-mawuni, madiresi, masewero a masewera, zamakono, ndi zina. Kusankhidwa kumakhala kosiyana ndipo simudzapeza malo osungirako mndandanda pano. Pali ngakhale sitolo yamagulu pano, zomwe mumaziwona m'madera ena. Anamwali, makanda, mabulu, nyama zokwawa, mbalame ndi ena onse amakhala pano.
Pamene mukuyendayenda panjira, mudzapeza zidutswa za mbiri ya B & I yotsalira pano ndi apo kukumbukira ndi kulemekeza zakale; izi ndi zoyenera kuima kuti muwerenge kapena kuyang'ana monga momwe B & I lero iliri yosiyana kwambiri ndi momwe izo zinayambira.
Chimodzi mwa zinthu zolemekezeka kwambiri pa B & I ndi malo ake-chinthu chomwe simukuchipeza paliponse paliponse. Imeneyi ndi yaikulu ndipo imadzazidwa ndi masewera a kanema a nostalgic ndi arcade fare. Ngati munayamikira mabwinja m'zaka za m'ma 1980, izi ndi zoyenera kutcheru.
Palinso malo ambiri odyera; Ndiponso, palibe maunyolo, koma amangogwira ntchito malonda okhaokha. Zakudya zochokera ku Mexico ndi America.