Izinto 10 Ongangazi Ngo-Queens

I-Queens, idolobha elikhulu le-NYC, lihleleke kakhulu ngomlando nosuku lwanamuhla olubaluleke kakhulu kunabanye abantu. Yiqiniso, kuningi ukumboza kunoma yiluphi uhlu olulodwa, kodwa nansi izinto eziyishumi nje ezithakazelisayo ongase wazi nge-Queens.

• 01 kwezingu-10

  Ayikho enye indawo emhlabeni okhuluma ngezilimi eziningi kunama Queens

  Yize kungekude kube yiNqaba yeBabel, iQueens ibonisa umhlangano othakazelisayo wezilimi eziningi kangaka endaweni eyodwa. Inqubo lapho wonke umuntu efunda ukuxhumana nomunye emgodini usinika umqondo wokuthi umphakathi omkhulu uhambela kanjani kule minyaka yobudala obunyukayo phakathi kwamadolobha amakhulu emhlabeni jikelele. Ukubambisana kolimi oluphephile (ELA) kulinganisela ukuthi, uma uqhuba ngezilimi, kunezilimi eziningi ezingamakhulu angu-800 ezikhulunywe ku-NYC, lapho i-Queens imelela khona kakhulu. Empeleni, iQueens yindawo ehlukene kakhulu yolwimi kubo bonke abantu: Manje, lokho kuyamlomo!

• 02 kwezingu-10

  I-Queens iye yaba yindlu eya kuma-Greas amaningi we-Jazz

  I-New Orleans, i-Chicago, ne- Harlem (ngisho ne-Times Square ne- West Village ) yizindawo zonke ezizihlanganisa ngokuzenzakalelayo ne-jazz. Kodwa yinto eyaziwa kancane ukuthi abaculi abaningi be-jazz abaphezulu kanye nabasemuva benza iQueens ikhaya labo. Qala ngeyodwa ngaphandle kokuthi "Satchmo," noma uLouis Armstrong, onomthelela wakhe ekuthuthukiseni ifomu elikhulu lobuciko laseMelika alinakulinganiswa. "AmaPops," njengoba abanye abambiza, base beya eCorona, Queens, nomkakhe uLucille ngo-1943 futhi bahlala bejabule lapho befa ngo-1971. Indlu yakhe manje iyimyuziyamu ne-National Historic Landmark.

  UDizzy Gillespie naye wayehlala eCorona. U-Glenn Miller, Woody Herman, noBenny Goodman bonke bahlala eJackson Heights . Kunezinye izingxenye zeQueens lapho abaculi be-jazz bebeka khona izimpande zabo, futhi, kodwa endaweni ethile - iSt Albans - yayineziculi eziningi ezivelele ezihlala eduze komunye nomunye ezibonisa lokho okumele kube khona emuva ngalezo zinsuku yenza noma yiliphi iqembu le-jazz elishayo: i-neighborhood yabalwa u-Count Basie, u-Ella Fitzgerald, uMilt Hinton, amaFats Waller, uLena Horne, uJohn Coltrane noMiles Davis phakathi kwabantu abaningi abanamakhono.

• 03 ka-10

  I-Queens iyindawo engcono kunazo zonke e-NYC kuya ekuhambeni koFakazi ...

  ... Ezihlukahlukene zabantu nabangewona abantu.

  Cishe ingxenye yengxenye yesigodi izalwa ngaphandle futhi ihamba ezindaweni ezithile, umuntu angabona ibhodlela lokuqhakazila ngamathumba aphelele, isitshalo sezakhamuzi ezizimele kodwa ezixhunyiwe. Kodwa yibo kuphela abantu.

  I-Queens isingatha zonke izinhlobo zokuhamba kwamanye amazwe, futhi, kuhlanganise nezinhlobo ezingaphezu kuka-330 zezinyoni ezihamba ngendlela eya eJamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, ukuvakashelwa kwezinyoni zezinyoni. Isiphephelo siyingxenye yeNational Park Service futhi likhaya labantu abaningi abavelele baseQueens - izilwane eziphilayo, izilwane ezincane, ama-amphibians, ezincelisayo ezincane nezinhlobo ezingu-60 zezimvemvane. Ingahlolwa ngezindlela ezihlukahlukene, kufaka phakathi neziqondiso eziqeqeshiwe ezifundisa izivakashi mayelana nezindawo eziyingqayizivele kanye nezilwane zasendle. Enye yezinto ezithakazelisayo kakhulu lapha ukufuduka kwamakhaza amahhashi ngonyaka. Njalo ngoMeyi noJuni, amaqhwa ase-Atlantic amahhashi ahamba ngendlela eya kule mikhumbi yaseQueens ngenhloso yokuzikhukhumeza. I-crab yamahhashi (ngezinye izikhathi ebizwa ngokuthi "imfuyo ephilayo") ibe sekuyiminyaka eyizigidi ezingu-450, ilandele ama-dinosaurs - inkulumo ngekadala!

• 04 kwezingu-10

  UHarry Houdini Ugcotshwa eQueens

  Umculi omkhulu wokuphunyuka owake waphila, u-Erik Weisz, u-Harry Houdini, uhambele eMampelah Emathuneni eGlendale. Nakuba izithombe eziqoshweyo zingavunyelwe emangcwabeni angamaJuda, kwenziwa okungafani kuHoudini, futhi kwanezelwa esitokisini ethuneni lakhe ngo-1927, unyaka ngemva kokuxoxisana. Ngeshwa, unikezwa udumo lukaHoudini udumo, imfihlakalo kanye nabalandeli abathintekayo, lesi sigameko sebibiwe noma sabhujiswa izikhathi eziningana kuyo yonke le minyaka. Ukuze ubeke esikhundleni sakhe futhi ukhokhele ukugcinwa kwamathuna, imali yaphakanyiswa yiNhlangano yamaMalingo aseMelika, ngeminikelo yabadumi abadumile njengoDavid Copperfield. Ukuguqulwa kwamuva kwendawo yokuHoudini kwakhiwe yi "commandos" e-Houdini Museum e-Scranton, ePennsylvania. Ake sithemba ukuthi lesi sigqoko asipheli futhi!

• 05 ka-10

  I-Beloved Queens Sculpture Park Yayibe Ngumgwaqo Ongekho Emthethweni

  I-Socrates Sculpture Park, e- Astoria, e-Queens , iyintandokazi yabantu bendawo ngenxa yezenzo zayo eziningi, imicimbi yomphakathi yamahhala, ukuhlolwa kwefilimu yangaphandle, futhi, ngokuyinhloko, imibukiso emikhulu yemifanekiso. Ngaphambi kokufakelwa kwayo kwangaleso sikhathi, isayithi laliyi-terminal engasolwandle kanye ne-landfill eyayisetshenziswa njengendawo engekho emthethweni yokulahla. Umbonisi nomgqugquzeli wephrojekthi, umdwebi waseMelika uMark di Suvero, owayevame ukuyibiza ngokuthi "Ipaki Yomdanso." Eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu edlule, udoti usetshenzisiwe yizobuciko ezingokomfanekiso / zomqondo kanye nezimakethe zezilimi, futhi i-vermin isusiwe ngo-art aficionados futhi ku-New Yorkers benza i-yoga, i-tai chi ne-capoeira. Singabonga uDuvero kanye neqembu labaculi kanye nentsha yendawo okwenza konke ukuphakamisa okukhulu ukudala lokho manje okuyi-oasis yesiko.

• 06 kwangu-10

  Ezinye ze-Best Rap Rap Abaculi bevela ku-Queens

  Nakuba izazi-mlando ze-rap eziningi zivuma ukuthi uhlobo lwazo lwaluzalwa eSouth Bronx, amaphayona amaningi okuqala kanye namakhosi angaleso sikhathi sohlobo lobuciko isichotho saseQueens. Eqinisweni, abaningi bangase bathi iBrooklyn noQueens bagcina bethola i-Bronx ekwenzeni ababikezeli abahlukile. Ngaphandle kokwenza lokhu kube mncintiswano phakathi kwamagceke, ake sithi nje uQueens uthola idokhumenti yakhe ngesiko lika-rap ne-hip-hop ngokujwayelekile. Abanikeli bokuqala uMarley Marl, MC Shan, Run-DMC, LL Cool J, Chuck D (Wezitha Zomphakathi), no-Salt-N-Pepa benza uphawu lwabo, balandelwa yi-Onyx, 50 Cent, Nicki Minaj, nabanye abaningi. Kodwa ngu-solo umculi we-Nas and rap iqembu elithi Tribe Elibizwa ngokuthi i-Quest elinamazwi akhe ahlakaniphile, acabangela ukucabanga kanye nokukhiqizwa okusha kwakhulisa ngempela uhlobo.

• 07 kwangu-10

  "Valley of Ashes," Kusukela kuGreatby, Kwase Queens

  Ekhuluma ngezindawo zangaphambili zokulahlwa ... "iSigodi Sokushisa," esichazwe kuF. F. Fitzgerald sikaThe Great Gatsby , kwakuyizindawo zokudoba ezisezimboni eQueens eziye zaguqulwa zaba isikhala somphakathi esithandekayo. Kusukela ngo-1910 kuya kuma-1920, umlotha owakhiqizwa ngamanzi amaningi oshisayo wamalahle wawufakwe eCorona Ash Dump, amaxhaphozi ayehlala eduze noFlushing River. Lokhu kwakungabonakali kubagibeli abacebile abagibela eManhattan kusukela ezindlini zabo ezakhelwe e-Gold Coast.

  Ngakho-ke, iQueens yavela kulolu hlobo lwama-classic lwemibhalo yaseMelika njengehlane eliyincithakalo, inkunkuma yokuziphatha ngokweqile. Ukuthuthwa komlotha ekugcineni kuhlanjululwe njengengxenye yomsebenzi omkhulu womsebenzi womphakathi oholwa ngumhleli wedolobha ophikisanayo, uRobert Moses. Lapho umlotha okwakhula khona "njengokolweni ukhiphe emagqumeni nasemagqumeni nasezindadi ezivuthayo," iFlushing Meadows Corona Park yazalwa, kanye nezakhiwo zeZimbabwe Fairs ezimbili, futhi ekugcineni, izakhiwo eziningi zemidlalo - kuhlanganise ne-Arthur Ashe tennis stadium neCiti Field , ikhaya le-underdogs yasekhaya ye-baseball, i-New York Mets.

• 08 kwezingu-10

  I-Queens Inomlando Wezincwadi Zomthetho

  Kuyaqondakala ukuthi lapho umuntu ecabanga ngama-giants angokomBhalo avela ku-NYC, ingqondo iya eManhattan noma eBrooklyn, lapho kuningi umlobi odumile azalwa khona, ebelethwe futhi efundwa kabanzi. Kodwa ungenzi iphutha: Ama-Queens agxilisa abalobi abakhuluma nokuningi kokuhlangenwe nakho kokuphila ngesitayela esisodwa se-outer-borough. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi utshele ngombono wokufakelwa kwekhaya, umfuduki wezizwe, i-blue-collar native, u-interdimensional be, njll, uzothola indaba kuzo zonke izinhlobo namazwi. Kuye kwenyuka izenzakalo zemibhalo, ukuxhumana nabantu, namaqembu okusekela phakathi kwabalobi bakaQueens. Izincwadi ezikhiqizwa endaweni, njengeNewtown Literary, ziyasiza ukukhuthaza ubuciko bombhalo eQueens kanye nabalobi bokusekela abahlala kuzo kanye / noma abhale nge-borough. Amaqembu amaningi ahloliwe aphuma, futhi, njenge-Series Boundless Tales Reading Reading. Muva nje, i-2016 nayo yabona ukuqaliswa kweQ-Boro Lit Crawl yokuqala ukusiza ukukhulisa izimali ze-Queens Book Festival.

• 09 kwezingu-10

  Omunye Wamaqoqo Okumangalisayo Kakhulu We-NYC Street Art Ufihliwe Queens

  Masiqhubeke nalokhu elula: Hamba ubone iNkantolo Yokwakha Ehlelekile eNtshonalanga ye-Astoria! Ngama-murals angaphezu kuka-100 ahlanganisa amabhuloki amaningana, liyisidlo sangempela lesamehlo, equkethe iqembu lamazwe omhlaba jikelele futhi eligubhayo. I-Swing ngo-June 2017 yokufakwa kwe-8th yonyaka wephrojekthi.

• 10 kwangu-10

  Ama-Queens Ahlonishwa Abaningi njengeNkululeko Yenkolo YaseMelika

  Eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-100 ngaphambi kokuba uMthethosivivinywa wamaLungelo ushintshe eMthethwenisisekelo wase-United States, kwakukhona i-Flushing Remonstrance, eFlushing, Queens - isikhalazo sika 1657 kuPeter Stuyvesant, uMqondisi-Jikelele wekholoni yaseDutch ngaleso sikhathi, eNew Netherland. Nakuba ngaleso sikhathi uHolland yayingenye yezwe elibekezela ngokweqile eYurophu, ikoloni yalo - ngaphansi kwesimo sikaSyyvesantant - yayingaphansi kakhulu, njengoba kuboniswe ngomthetho wakhe we-1656 ngokumelene nemihlangano yenkolo engekho emthethweni. Izinqubomgomo ze-Stuyvesant sezivele sezihlukumeza noma zihlukumeza amanye amaqembu, kodwa kwakushushiswa amaQuaker aholela ekubhikeleni ePrushing, lapho amadoda angama-30 asesibindi enza isinqumo sokuvikela amalungelo abantu abahlala nabo eNew World. Benza kanjalo ngombhalo oqoshiwe kahle ocela ukukhululwa kokuvinjelwa kokukhulekela kweQuaker, echaza "inkululeko yesazela."

  Njengoba kulindelwe, uSyyvesant washesha ngokuphindaphindiwe, ebopha abashicileli abaningana futhi ephoqelela bonke ukuba baphinde baphinde bahambisane nezigwegwe ezahlukene. Noma kunjalo, imimoya yenguquko ayikwazanga ukusulwa. Kubalulekile ukuthi uqaphele ukuthi akekho omunye wabasayina be-Flushing Remonstrance abayi-Quakers nokuthi kwakungekho inzuzo ngqo kubalobi bayo: ngokuphambene nalokho, kwababeka engozini. Isisusa sasivikela ngokuqinile "abanye." Leyo nzolo nesenzo sisebenza njenganoma kunjalo, futhi singabonga izakhamuzi zokuqala zikaFlushing ngenxa yesibonelo sabo.