Ukuthola i-West End yaseLondon
Uke wahamba yini emgwaqweni waseLondon futhi wazibuza ukuthi ingabe umlando wendawo ungase ube? Umgwaqo wawuthola kanjani igama lawo? Iyini leso sakhiwo ngaphezulu lapho? Ubani ohlala khona? Bekuyini ngaphambili? Khona-ke lena yincwadi oyidingayo. I-Gold ihlanganisa izindawo eziyisishiyagalombili zaseLondon eziphakathi nendawo futhi ibheka umgwaqo ngamunye ngokucophelela nangokucwaninga ngokujulile.
Umbhali
Umlobi nguDavid Long, ngubani-futhi njalo kufanele ngisho lokhu ekuqaleni kwanoma yikuphi ukubuyekezwa kwencwadi kwesinye seziqu zakhe - ngiyomuntu engiyithandayo.
UDavid Long ungumbhali onamandla kakhulu oye wabhala izincwadi eziningi ngeLondon (bheka ezinye izincwadi ezibukeziwe ngezansi). Isikhathi eside sivulela umlando waseLondon ngokucwaninga kwakhe okuningiliziwe kanye ne-anecdotes ezithakazelisayo.
Abomakhelwane
Njengoba i- Paved Gold igxile eN West End (ephakathi kwaseLondon), izindawo eziyisishiyagalombili eziveziwe ziyi: Mayfair, St James's, Fitzrovia, Bloomsbury, Soho, Covent Garden naseStand, Westminster naseBelgravia.
Ingxenye ngayinye yomakhelwane iqala ngemephu kanye namakhasi ambalwa echaza lokho okuvame ukusikhumbuza ukuqala okuthobekile kwalezi zindawo ezicebile manje.
Ifomethi yeBhuku
Ishicilelwe ngasekupheleni kuka-2015, le-formatbackback enkulu yefomethi inezinsuku ezingu-376. Imigwaqo yendawo ngayinye ibhalwe ohlwini lwe-alfabhethi futhi kune-Index ephelele. Inothi, i- Paved neGold ihlanganisa amaphesenti aphezulu emigwaqweni yaseWondon eWest End kodwa hhayi yonke.
Kunezithombe ezingaphezu kuka-200 ezimnyama nezamhlophe kulo lonke le ncwadi, kanye nesigaba sekhasi elilodwa lama-16 ngombala ogcwele phakathi nendawo.
Njalo manje kukhona amaphepha anikezelwe isihloko esithi "I-London Club" echaza ngokuningiliziwe indaba yamaqembu omnumzane eLondon. Noma "Ukuvinjwa kweGrosvenor Square" okufaka umcimbi womlando.
Ukubuyekezwa Kwencwadi Yami
Ngangihlala phansi ngifunde leli khasi ngekhasi kanti ngilindele ukuthi abafundi abaningi bayisebenzise njengencwadi yokubhekisela futhi babheke izitaladi ezithandayo.
Kwazizwa kungavamile ukulifunda ezincwadini njengoba ukuhlelwa kwe-alfabhethi kusho ukuthi imigwaqo ayikho ohlwini lokuthi uthola kanjani indawo.
Le ncwadi inkulu futhi isindayo ngakho-ke kulula kakhulu ukuhlala ekhaya futhi akuyona eyodwa okufanele ihambe nawe ngenkathi ihlola. Kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi lokhu kungaba umngane ohle kakhulu emahoreni amaningi ajabule ekhaya usebenzisa i-Google Street View ukuze ubukeze ngase-West End.
Ucwaningo luka Long luhlala lubanzi futhi ngenkathi lufunda lungase luzwe sengathi uhamba emigwaqweni nomngane owazi kahle kakhulu.
Kunezindabakwane ezithakazelisayo zazakhamuzi ezidlulile: lezo eziyaziwa kakhulu nezindabuko zabantu abaphawulekayo abaningi kakhulu abakakhohliwe manje. Futhi kunezikhombisi ezibhekeni ezihlaza okwesibhakabhaka njengoba ngokuvamile lokho esingakwenza manje sibona impilo ebalulekile endaweni.
Imininingwane ifaka indlu eyenziwe nguWilliam Kent echazwe ngokuthi "indlu enhle kunazo zonke eLondon" nalapho ungabona khona isikhumbuzo esidala kunazo zonke eLondon.
Ngezinye izikhathi ngangizizwa ukuthi izinto engizijabulelayo ezitaladini zazinganakiwe (njengezithombe zeBourdon Place) kodwa ikakhulukazi kukhona into entsha engayithola kuwo wonke amakhasi okwenza le ncwadi ibe yinto enhle kwabaseLondon nalabo abangazange bavakashele.
Kukhona incazelo emangalisayo yendlu enkulu yaseGeorgia eMayfair, ephelele nge-carriage drive nasezintweni zokulala, engiye ngahamba ngaphambili kodwa angikaze ngiyeke ukuzithanda.
Ukuzalwa okudumile kakhulu, ukufa kanye nobugebengu kuyo yonke indawo. Ngangiqala ukuzwa sengathi ngangihambahamba ngicacile uma ngingahle ngiphuthelwe konke okuqhubekayo kodwa, ngokuqinisekile, kuvele kuphela ekuphileni uma othile ekwabelana ngolwazi.
Ngesinye isikhathi nganginokuthile okumele ngifake (njengendlu ka- L. Ron Hubbard's Fitzroy House e-Fitzroy Street) kodwa ikakhulukazi ngenza amanothi wezindawo engangizifuna ukubuyela kuzo ukuze ngibheke futhi ngentshisekelo entsha. Ngangingakaze ngizibhekelele e-Cleveland Street yokukhonta okungenzeka ukuthi kwakuphefumulelwe ukuqhutshwa kuka- Oliver Twist nguCharles Dickens njengoba ayehlala eduze. Noma kumlando ngemuva kwamagama we-London ezinkantini ezifana ne-Blue Posts. (Okuthiwa emva kokuthunyelwe okubili / ama-bollards engxenyeni engaba yindawo yokulinda isihlalo se-sedan, esikhundleni sezinga lesitekisi.)
Futhi ngithanda nje ukuthi kwakukhona ukubhekisela lapho ngempela lokhu kwakuyi "zonke izinkambu".
I-Clever Architectural Recycling
Kwakusithakazelisayo ukufunda ukuthi izingxenye zezakhiwo zigcinwe kaningi futhi ziphinde zisetshenziswe kwenye indawo noma zilondolozwe futhi ziboniswe kumamyuziyamu njenge- V & A. Amakholomu avela eCarlton House manje angabonakala phambi kweThe National Gallery eTrafalgar Square , futhi lezi zindawo zaphinde zasetshenziswa eBuckingham Palace naseWindsor Castle .
Yini Engingayithandi?
Izithombe zezithombe ezimnyama nezimhlophe akuzona zonke izithombe ezithandeka kakhulu futhi ngifisa sengathi lo mthwebuli wezithombe wayesebenze isikhathi eside emotweni ngayinye ngakho ngeke kube nabantu abanezikhwama zokuthwala emasimini noma emotweni ehamba phambili. Kodwa amagama aletha indawo ekuphileni kwami kanye nezithombe zazingezansi.
Isiphetho
Ivalwe ngeGold enye incwadi ejabulisayo kakhulu nguDavid Long. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ucabanga ukuthi uyazi kahle iLondon noma uqala ukuthokoza ukujabula komuzi uzofunda okuningi kule ncwadi.