Ukuba uhlala eMiami, ngokuqinisekileyo uyazi i-Freedom Tower's silhouette. Ingxenye ehlukileyo ye-skyline yethu. Iimbali zayo ezizityebi kunye nokubonakaliswa ngoku zigcinwe ukuba zonke zizonwabele kwizizukulwana ezizayo.
I-Freedom Tower yakhiwa ngohlobo lwe-Revival yaseMedithera ngo-1925, xa yayihlala kwiiofisi ze- Miami News & Metropolis . Kuthiwa ukuba yaphefumlelwa yi-Giralda Tower eSeville, eSpain.
Inqaba yokukhupha yayinomkhanya wokukhanyisa ukukhanya phezu kweMiami Bay, eyayiza kusebenza ngenjongo yokusebenza njengendawo yokukhanya ngenkathi ivakalisa ngokukhanyisela ukukhanya okwaziswa yi- Miami News & Metropolis kwilizwe lonke.
Xa iphephandaba laphuma kwishishini elingaphezu kweminyaka engama-30 kamva, isakhiwo sasihlala singenamntu ixesha elithile. Xa umbuso weCroro waba namandla kunye nababaleki bezopolitiko bekhukula eMzantsi Florida befuna isiqalo esitsha, inqaba yanyuswa nguRhulumente wase-US ukubonelela iinkonzo kubafuduki. Kwakuqulethwe iinkonzo zokucwangcisa, iinkonzo eziphambili zezokwelapha kunye namazinyo, iingxelo kwiintsapho ezisele e-US kunye neenkonzo zoncedo kwabo baqala ubomi obutsha kungekho nto. Kwamawaka amaninzi abafudukayo, inqaba yayinganiki ncinane inkululeko yabo kwiCroro kunye nobunzima beCuba beza kubanika. Kwakufanelekile ukufumana igama layo ngoko-Freedom Tower.
Xa iinkonzo zawo zababaleki zazingasadingeki, iNqabayokulinda yavalwa nge-70s. Emva kokuba kuthengwa kwaye kuthengiswa ngamaxesha amaninzi kwiminyaka ezayo, isakhiwo sawa siphumelele kwaye siphumelele. Nangona iindawo ezininzi ezintle zokwakha zasihlala, abasebenzisi abasebenzisa inqaba njengendawo yokukhusela beyitshintshe inqaba esuka kwinto enhle ibe yintlango yeefestile eziphukileyo, igraffiti kunye nehlazo.
Okubi nakakhulu, kwabonakala ukuba isakhiwo sasibolile kwaye sasingenakulinganiswa. Utyalo-mali obungenangqondo, kwakubonakala ngathi akukho mntu uzimisele ukuthatha iphrojekthi yokubuyisela.
Ekugqibeleni, ngo-1997, ithemba lavela kulabo bathatyathwa kakhulu yi-Freedom Tower-indawo yaseCuban-American. UJorge Mas Canosa uthenge isakhiwo nge $ 4.1 yezigidi. Ukusebenzisa izikratshi, iimpawu kunye nobungqina bendawo, izicwangciso zafakwa kwisinyanzelo sokuphinda iFreedom Tower njengokuba yayibuqaqawuli bayo.
Namhlanje, inqaba isetyenziswe njengesikhumbuzo kwizilingo zaseMelika zaseMelika. Umgangatho wokuqala ngumyuziyam kawonkewonke uveza izinto ezifana nokukhupha iinqanawa, ubomi kwi-pre-post-Castro Cuba kunye nentuthuko eyenziwa ngabaseCuba-baseMerika kweli lizwe. Kukho ilayibrari equkethe iqoqo epheleleyo yeencwadi ezibhaliweyo malunga nokubalekela iCuba kunye nobomi baseMelika. Ii-ofisi zamaphephandaba ezindala ziye zaguqulwa kwiiofisi zeSizwe saseSizwe saseMelika saseCuban, kwaye iindibano zentlanganiso zilungiselelwe iziganeko, iinkomfa kunye namaqela. Indawo yokuhlala ephahleni, elungele ukufumana, ukujonga ngaphaya kwedolophu yaseMiami, i-Miami Bay, izixhobo zeechweba, i-American Airlines kunye neCandelo loBugcisa loBugcisa.
I-Freedom Tower ayimangalisa nje imbali yayo enezityebi kunye nobuhle bobunqamlezo, kodwa nangenxa yento efanekisela abaninzi eMami namhlanje. Ngombulelo, ukubuyiselwa kuye kwaqinisekisa ukuba kuya kuba malunga nezizukulwana ezininzi ukuyixabisa nokuzonwabisa.