Uma uhlala eMiami, akungabazeki ukuthi uyayazi umdwebo we-Freedom Tower. Iyingxenye ehlukile ye-skyline yethu. Umlando wayo ocebile nokufanekisa manje sekugcinwe bonke ukuba bajabulele izizukulwane eziningi ezizayo.
I-Freedom Tower yakhiwa ngesitayela se-Mediterranean Revival ngo-1925, lapho ihlala emahhovisi eMiami News & Metropolis . Kuthiwa ukuthi iphefumulelwe iGralda Tower eSepville, eSpain.
Umbhoshongo we-cupola wawuqukethe ukukhanya kwebhekoni okuzokhanya phezu kweMiami Bay, okuyobe kusebenze ngenhloso yokusebenza njenge-lighthouse ngenkathi isimemezela ngokukhanyisa ukukhanya okulethwa yi- Miami News & Metropolis emhlabeni wonke.
Ngesikhathi leli phephandaba liphuma ebhizinisini eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-30 kamuva, lesi sakhiwo sihlale singenamuntu isikhathi esithile. Lapho umbuso weCastro uqala ukubusa futhi ababaleki bezombusazwe bezama ukukhukhula eNingizimu Florida befuna ukuqala okusha, umbhoshongo wathathwa nguhulumeni wase-US ukuhlinzeka ngezinsizakalo kwabathutheli. Iqukethe amasevisi okucubungula, amasevisi ayisisekelo wezokwelapha namazinyo, amarekhodi ezihlobo ezise-US kanye nokusiza usizo kulabo abaqala impilo entsha ngeze. Ngezinkulungwane eziningi zabafiki, umbhoshongo wawunganikeli lutho oluncane kunkululeko yabo kusuka e-Castro nasezinkingeni zaseCuba ezazobanika . Kulungile ukuthola igama layo yi-Freedom Tower.
Lapho izinkonzo zayo zababaleki zingasadingeki, i-Freedom Tower yavalwa phakathi nama-70s. Ngemva kokuthengwa futhi kuthengiswa kaningi eminyakeni ezayo, lesi sakhiwo saqhubeka futhi saqhubeka sengozi. Ngenkathi izakhi eziningi zokwakha zishiya, izakhamuzi ezisebenzisa umbhoshongo njengendawo yokukhosela zaziguqule umbhoshongo kusuka ezintweni zobuhle ziye emazweni aphukile amafasitela aphukile, i-graffiti kanye nokungcola.
Okubi nakakhulu, kwacaca ukuthi lesi sakhiwo sasibolile futhi sasihlelekile. Ukutshala imali okungenangqondo, kubonakala sengathi akekho ozimisele ukuthatha iphrojekthi yokuyibuyisela.
Ekugcineni, ngo-1997, ithemba lavela kulabo abathintekayo kakhulu yi-Freedom Tower-umphakathi waseCuban-American. UJorge Mas Canosa uthenge lesi sakhiwo ngo-$ 4.1 million. Ukusebenzisa imidwebo, izinhlelo, nobufakazi bokuthi u-anecdotal, amapulani ahanjiswe ekuvuseleleni i-Freedom Tower njengoba nje beyizinkazimulo.
Namuhla, umbhoshongo usetshenziswa njengesikhumbuzo ekuhlolweni kwamaCuba aseMelika eMelika. Igumbi lokuqala liyimyuziyamu yomphakathi eveza izinto ezinjengokukhuphuka kwemikhumbi, impilo ehamba phambili nangemva kwe-Castro Cuba kanye nentuthuko eyenziwa amaCuba-Amerika kuleli zwe. Kukhona umtapo wezincwadi oqukethe iqoqo eliphelele lezincwadi ezibhaliwe mayelana nokubalekela eCuba nokuphila eMelika. Amahhovisi omaphephandaba amadala aphendulelwe emahhovisi e-Cuban American National Foundation, futhi amahholo omhlangano asetshenziselwa izenzakalo, izingqungquthela kanye namaqembu. Indawo yokubeka phezu kwezintambo, indawo enhle yokwamukelwa, ibuka indawo yedolobha laseMiami, i-Miami Bay, izindawo zokudoba, i-American Airlines kanye ne-Performing Arts Centre ehlongozwayo.
I-Freedom Tower ayimangali nje ngomlando wayo ocebile nobuhle obuhle kodwa nalokho okufanekisela abaningi eMiami namhlanje. Ngokujabulisayo, ukubuyiselwa kuye kwaqinisekisa ukuthi kuyoba khona izizukulwane eziningi ukuba zijabule futhi zijabulele.