Ipapashwe ngeGolide nguDavid Long-Book Review

Ukufumanisa iWest End yaseLondon

Ngaba uye wabuyela etaweni yaseLondon waza wazibuza ukuba imbali yendawo ingaba yintoni? Isitrato safumana njani igama layo? Yintoni eso sakhiwo ngaphezu koko? Bahlala phi na? Yayiyini ngaphambili? Emva koko le yincwadi oyifunayo. Ipapashwe ngeGolide iquka indawo ezisibhozo eziseLondon kwaye zijonge kwisitalato ngasinye ngokucokisekileyo kunye nophando olunzulu.

Umbhali

Umbhali nguDavid Long, ngubani-kwaye ndihlala ndithetha oku ekuqaleni kwenkqubo yokuphononongwa kwesinye sezibizo zakhe - ngumntu endithandayo.

UDavid Long ngumlobi onamandla kakhulu obhala incwadi ezininzi ngeLondon (jonga ezinye iingxelo zezantsi apha). Ixesha elide lizisa ebomini imbali yaseLondon kunye nophando lwakhe olunzulu kunye neengcamango ezinomdla.

Abamelwane

Njengoko iPaved ngeGolide ijoliswe kwi-West End (ephakathi kweLondon), iindawo ezisibhozo ezibonakalayo zilandelayo: i-Mayfair, iSt James, iFitzrovia, i-Bloomsbury, iSoho, i-Covent Garden kunye ne-Strand, i-Westminster ne-Belgravia.

Icandelo ngalinye lommandla liqala ngemephu kunye namaphepha ambalwa achaza oko ngokusoloko kusikhumbuza ngokuqala okuthobekileyo kwezi ndawo ezibutyebi.

Ifomathi yeFom

Ishicilelwe ngasekupheleni kuka-2015, le fomati enkulu ye-backback inamakhasi angama-376. Izitrato nganye kwindawo zifakwe kwi-alfabhethi kwaye kukho i-Index epheleleyo. Yiphawula, Ipapa ngeGolide ifaka ipesenteji ephezulu kwizitrato kwiWest End yaseLondon kodwa kungekhona.

Kukho imifanekiso engaphezulu kwama-200 emnyama kunye nemhlophe kuyo yonke le ncwadi, kunye necandelo lephepha lephepha le-16 elipheleleyo kumbala phakathi.

Konke ngoku kwaye kukho amaphepha anikezelwe kumxholo othi "ILondon yaseLondon" ichaza ngokucacileyo inkcazo yeeklabhu ze-gentleman eLondon. Okanye "Ukuvinjelwa kweGrosvenor Square" ebonisa umcimbi wembali.

Ukuhlaziywa Kwincwadi Yam

Ndihleli phantsi kwaye ndifunda leli phepha ngeli phepha ngelixa ndilindele ukuba abaninzi abafundi bayayisebenzisa njengencwadi yencwadi kwaye bajonge ezitratweni ezibathandayo.

Kwakunzima ukuyifunda kwiZahluko njengoko ukulandiswa kwe-alfabhethi kuthetha izitrato azibhalwanga kwindlela ufumana ngayo indawo.

Le ncwadi inkulu kwaye inzima kangangokuthi kukulungele ukuhlala ekhaya kwaye akukho nanye ekufuneka iphume nawe xa ihlola. Kodwa ndicinga ukuba oku kuya kuba yintsimi ekholisayo kwiiyure ezininzi ezinokusetyenziswa ekhaya usebenzisa i-Google Street View ukujonga ngaphaya kwe-West End.

Uphando lwexesha elide luhlala lukhulu kwaye ngelixa lifunda li no kuziva ngathi uhamba ngezitalato kunye nomhlobo onolwazi.

Kukho amabali anomdla abemi bexesha elidlulileyo: ezo ziyaziwayo kunye neembali zabantu abaphawulekayo abaye balibala ngoku. Kwaye kukho ukubhekisela kwiibhokisi eziluhlaza njengokuba ngokuqhelekileyo sonke esinokukubona ngoku ubomi obalulekileyo kwindawo.

Ezi nkcukacha ziquka indlu eyenziwe nguWilliam Kent echazwe ngokuba "yindlu ephezulu kunazo zonke eLondon" kwaye apho ungabona khona isikhumbuzo sesekudala eLondon.

Ngamanye amaxesha ndivakalelwa kukuba izinto ezindiyithandayo ezitratweni zazinganakwa (njengemifanekiso yeBourdon Place) kodwa ngokuyininzi kukho into entsha ekufumaneni kuyo yonke iphepha eyenza le ncwadi ibonelele kwabaseLondon nakwabo abangazange bavakashele.

Kukho inkcazo emangalisayo yendlu enkulu yaseGeorgia ngoMefair, epheleleyo nge-carriage drive kunye nesango lokungenisa indawo, endithe ndahamba ngaphambili kodwa ndizange ndiyeke ukuzithanda.

Ukuzalwa okudumile, ukufa kunye nolwaphulo mthetho kulo lonke indawo. Ndaqala ukuziva ukuba ndihamba ngeenxa zonke ukuba ngaba ndilahlekile zonke izinto ezihambayo kodwa, ngokuqinisekileyo, kuza kuphela ebomini xa umntu ekwabelana ngolwazi.

Ngamanye amaxesha ndinezinto ezongezayo (ezifana neL. Ron Hubbard ye-Fitzroy House kwi-Street Fitzroy) kodwa ngokuyininzi ndenza amanqaku eendawo ndafuna ukubuyela kuzo ukuze ndiphinde ndibabheke ngenomdla omtsha. Andizange ndiyiqwalasele iCleveland Street Street ikhokhethi eyayinokuba yimpembelelo yento yokunyusa kwi- Oliver Twist nguCharles Dickens njengoko wayehlala kufuphi. Okanye kumlando emva kwamagama e-London pubs afana ne-Blue Posts. (Ebizwa emva kwezithuba ezimbini / i-bollards kwinqanaba eliza kuba yindawo yokulinda isitulo se-sedan, kufana nezinga leetekisi.)

Kwaye ndandiyithanda ukuba kukho iingxelo xa kwakukho "zonke iinkalo".

I-Clever Architectural Recycling

Kwakunomdla ukufunda ukuba iindawo ezahlukahlukeneyo zakhiwo zagcinwa kwaye ziphinde zisetyenziswe kwenye indawo okanye zigcinwe kwaye ziboniswe kumyuziyamu ezifana ne- V & A. Iikholomu zaseCarlton House ngoku ziyakubonwa phambi kweGrade kaZwelonke eTrafalgar Square , kwaye iindawo zokucima umlilo zaphinda zisetyenziselwa eBuckingham Palace naseWindsor Castle .

Into Endiyithandiyo?

Iifoto ezimnyama kunye ezimhlophe aziyiyo yonke imifanekiso enqabileyo kwaye ndifuna ukuba umfoto wezithombe asebenzise ixesha elidlulileyo kwisibhozo ngasinye ukuze kungabi nakubantu abaneengxowa zengxowa kwinqanaba okanye kwiimoto ezihamba phambili. Kodwa la mazwi azisa indawo kum ubomi kwaye iifoto zazenzekelayo.

Isiphelo

Ipapashwe ngeGolide yenye incwadi enomdla kakhulu nguDavid Long. Ingaba ucinga ukuba uyazi kakuhle iLondon okanye uqala ukufumanisa ukuthokoza kwesixeko uya kufunda ezininzi kule ncwadi.