Imbali emfutshane yeGreenpoint eBrooklyn

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I-Greenpoint ngenye yeendawo zaseBrooklyn ezifudumele kakhulu, ngenxa yongxowankulu lwabafundi abatsha abafundele ikholeji abaguqula iWilliamsburg-Greenpoint-Bushwick kwiBrooklyn.

Indlela iGreenpoint Ifumana ngayo iGama layo
Ethengwa ngowe-1638 ngamaDatshi avela kumaNdiya, iGreenpoint kunye noWilliamsburg, yayiyinxalenye yedolophu yekhulu le-17 ebizwa ngokuba nguBos-ijck (uBushwick), okuthetha "isithili semithi". , ngoko "Green Point," ngoku i-Greenpoint.

Imbali yokuqala yeGreenpoint, eBrooklyn
Ehlelwe yiMntla yaseYurophu, iGreenpoint yaveliswa ekuqaleni kwee-1800. Ekugqibeleni yaba yikhungo "kwezobugcisa obumnyama obuhlanu:" iilazi kunye nokwenza ubumba, ukuprinta, ukucocwa, kunye nokuveliswa kwentsimbi yentsimbi.

I-Greenpoint yayiyikhaya lezinto zokucoca iioli kunye nokwakhiwa kwemikhumbi, kunye nokuveliswa kwempahla enzima. (Le ngxelo ilandelwa nje ngamanye eminyaka-ukungcoliseka kwintsuku e-Newtown Creek kufuphi; yonke into ngenxa ye-oil spill.) I-Charles Pratt ye-Astral Oil Works yalungisa i-kerosene apha kunye ne-iron ye-Civil War gunship, i-Monitor, eyafakwa ngamanzi 1862 ukususela kwi-Oak kunye neWest Streets, yaveliswa yindawo yee Continental Iron Works kwiiWest neCalyer Streets.

Iminyaka Yemashumi Amabini Imbali YeGreenpoint, eBrooklyn
IsiPolish, isiRashiya, kwaye ekugqibeleni abafuduki baseTaliyane bahlala eGreenpoint ngowe-1880s emva koko. Emva kweMfazwe Yehlabathi II ukufudukela kwamanye amazwe kwaqhubeka, kwaye iGreenpoint yaba yinto engafanelekanga "iPoland yasePolish" yaseNew York City.

Ngoxa abafuduki basePuerto Rico behlala apha nakwiiWilliamsburg kufuphi, i-flavor yasePoland-ngeelwimi, ukutya, iindawo zokukholwa, kunye nezonxibelelwano-zentlalo-zahlala zigxininiswe ngakumbi kwiGreenpoint.

Ngama-1990, abatsha abasandul 'ukuqala baqasha izindlu baza bavula iivenkile ezincinane eGreenpoint, njengokwandiswa kwe-Gentrification yaseWilliamsburg.

Iimbali zeTidbits ezithakazelisayo malunga neGreenpoint, eBrooklyn
Kuthiwa i-british ephawulekayo yeBrooklyn ivela kwi-"Greenpernt."

Kwamanye amabango ekudumeni, umlingisi onobuchule u-Mae West wazalelwa apha ngo-1893.

Izitratato kwiGreenpoint ezihamba ngokubhekiselele kwi-East River zibizwa ngokuba yi-alfabheti. Ezinye zibonakaliswe ngokucacileyo zorhwebo kwimveliso eyenziwa apha. Amagama esitalato aquka i-Ashi, ibhokisi, i-Clay, i-Dupont, i-Eagle, i-Freeman, i-Green, i-Huron, i-India, i-Java, i-Kent, i-Greenpoint (eyayisakuba yiLincoln), iMilton, i-Noble, ne-Streets yase-Oak.

Ehlelwe ngu-Alison Lowenstein