Akukho okunye okukhanga eSt. Louis okungabonakala ngaphezu kwe-Gateway Arch. KuSt. Louis Louisan yilophawu lomuzi kanye nomthombo wokuziqhenya okukhulu. Izivakashi, ukukhanga okuyingqayizivele awutholanga noma ikuphi. Nakhu okumele ukwazi uma uvakashela lesi sigameko somhlaba oyedwa.
Amathiphu okuvakasha
- I-Gateway Arch Visitors Center & Ticket Booth okwamanje itholakala eNkantolo Yamandulo ngesikhathi seprojekthi enkulu yokwakha. Ikhotho Elidala lise-11 North 4th Street, cishe ngamabhuloki angu-7 ukusuka emnyango we-Arch.
- Wonke umuntu kufanele athole ithikithi lokufaka i-Arch. Ithikithi lokungena kuphela i-$ 3. Ithikithi ye-combo ne-tram ride yi-$ 13 yabantu abadala kanye ne-$ 10 yabantwana. Izingane ezingaphansi kwezintathu zikhululekile. Amathikithi e-Tram athengisa, ngakho-ke kungcono ukuthenga kusengaphambili. Amathikithi angathengwa ku-intanethi.
- Amahora anwetshiwe ehlobo enza kube yisikhathi esihle sokuvakashela. I-Arch ivulekile nsuku zonke kusukela ngo-8: 00 kuya ku-10: 00 ebusuku, kusukela eSikhumbuzweni kuya kuSuku Lokusebenza.
- Uma uthatha i-tram phezulu, lindele ukuchitha okungenani amahora amabili ku-Arch ukuze ubone konke.
- I-Museum ye-Westward Ukukhuliswa okwamanje ivaliwe ukulungiswa okukhulu, kodwa ezinye izinto ezivela kumamyuziyamu ziboniswa eNkantolo Yamandulo.
Umlando omncane kakhulu
Ngo-1935, uhulumeni wesifundazwe wakhetha umfula waseSt. Louis njengesayithi sesikhumbuzo sesizwe esisha esihlonipha amaphayona ahlola iWest West. Ngemuva komncintiswano kazwelonke ngo-1947, umklamo wokwakha u-Eero Saarinen we-arant steel-stainless steel arch wakhethwa njengendlela yokuwina.
Ukwakhiwa kwe-Arch kwaqala ngo-1963 futhi kwaqedwa ngo-1965. Njengoba ivuliwe, i-Arch ibe enye yezinto ezikhangayo kakhulu eSt. Louis nezigidi zabantu ezivakashela njalo ngonyaka.
Imininingwane Ejabulisayo Ngomdwebo
I-Arch Gateway ingamamitha angu-630 ubude, okwenza kube yisikhumbuzo sezwe eside kunazo zonke ezweni.
Futhi ububanzi bayo buyizingalo ezingu-630 futhi bunzima amathani angaphezu kuka-43,000. I-Arch ingase ibe nzima, kodwa iyahamba. Yenzelwe ukuhamba nomoya. Ihamba ngezinyathelo ngamamitha angu-20 nge-hora umoya futhi ingaqhubekela phezulu kuya kuma-intshi angu-18 uma imimoya ihamba ngamamayela angu-150 ngehora. Kunezitebhisi ezingu-1,076 ezikhuphuka umlenze ngamunye we-Arch, kodwa uhlelo lwe-tram luhambisa izivakashi eziningi phezulu.
I-Ride kuya phezulu
Akukho lutho olufana nokugibela phezulu kwe-Arch. Ezinye izivakashi azikwazi ukudlala imizuzu emine kwesinye sezintambo zayo ezincane, kodwa kulabo abangakwazi, lolu hambo luyafaneleka ngempela. Ngesikhathi ugibela phezulu, uzobona ukusebenza kwangaphakathi kwetshe lesikhumbuzo futhi uthole umqondo wokuthi wakhiwe kanjani. Kanye phezulu, kunamafasitela angu-16 ohlangothini ngalunye olunikeza imibono engahle eSt. Louis, eMfuleni iMississippi naseMetro East. Uma usuvele uye phezulu phezulu emini, kufanelekile ukubuyela futhi ebusuku ukuze ubone izibani zomuzi.
Ezinye Izinto Okumele Zenziwe
UKUBALULEKILE OKUBALULEKILE - UKUQALA NGOKUPHAKATHI NGO-2017:
Isikhungo sesivakashi ngaphansi kwe-Arch sivaliwe ngoJanuwari 4, 2016. Amakhamuzi ekwakhiweni akha isikhungo esisha sokuvakasha futhi enza ezinye izinyathelo. I-Museum ye-Westward Ukwandisa iphinde ivaliwe.
I-Arch Gateway ingxenye eyodwa ye-Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.
I- Museum ye-Westward Ex expansion itholakala ngaphansi kwe-Arch. Le myuziyamu yamahhala iveza imibukiso ephasini likaLee & Clark nekhulu le-19 leminyaka eyasusa umngcele waseMelika ngasentshonalanga. Ngaphesheya komgwaqo ukusuka ku-Arch yingxenye yesithathu yeSikhumbuzo, iNkantolo Yamandulo. Lesi sakhiwo esiyingqopha-mlando kwakuyisiza socwaningo oludumile lwe-Dred Scott. Namuhla, ungabheka izindlu zamakholi abuyiselwe kanye nezemibukiso. Uma uvakashela ngesikhathi seholide, uzobona ezinye zezinhlobonhlobo ezinhle zeKhisimusi edolobheni.
Indawo namahora
I-Gateway Arch neMyuziyamu ye-Westward Ukukhulisa itholakala edolobheni laseSt. Louis ngaseMfuleni iMississippi. Zombili zivulekile kusukela nsuku zonke 9 ekuseni kuya ku-6 ntambama, ngamahora athulwe kusukela ngo-8 ekuseni kuya ku-10: 00 phakathi kweSikhumbuzo nosuku lomsebenzi. Ikhotho Elidala livuliwe kusukela ngo-8 ekuseni kuya ku-4: 30 ntambama ngosuku, ngaphandle kwe-Thanksgiving, uKhisimusi noSuku Lomnyaka Omusha.