Isikhokelo kuGastown eVancouver, BC

Ukuthenga, Ukutya, iNewlife kunye neMbali

Indawo yesiganeko sesizwe, iGastown eVancouver, BC, iyindawo enesidolophana esisezidolophini, esinobuqhophololo, ubusuku bobusuku, ezithengisayo, kunye neendawo ezininzi zokutyela eziziwayo.

Ummandla omdala kunazo zonke eDowntown Vancouver (kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo njengengxenye ye "Downtown" njengoko kuchazwe nguMida weSixeko saseVancouver )., UGastown wabizwa ngokuthi "Gassy" uJack Deighton, umphathi we-steamboat owavula i-saloon yokuqala eGastown ngo-1867 .

I-Gastown yayiyi-site yesitampu se-Hastings Mill kunye ne-port, kunye nelokuphelisa i-Canadian Pacific Railway. Ezi zinto zidibeneyo ukwenza iGastown ihabhu lezentengiso kunye nebala elibukhali kunye nomqolo wendawo yebar, ubusuku bobusuku kunye nemibhobho. (Namhlanje, i-barretail ye-Diamond ibhe isakhiwo esasibambe esinye sazo iindlovukazi ezintle.)

I-Gastown yawela ekudakaleni emva kokuCaluleka okukhulu kwafikelela kwi-nadir kwiminyaka yee-1960 njengeVancouver "i-skid row row"; emva kokuba "ukuvuselelwa" kwiminyaka yee-1970, yaqhubeka ibe yindawo engaphantsi kwenzuzo ukuya kuma-1990 / ekuqaleni kwawo-2000. Nangona ithatha abavakhenkethi kwizakhiwo zayo zembali, izitalato ze-cobblestone kunye neendawo eziphawulekayo, bekungekho ukuqala kwee-2000 ukuba loo ndawo yaqala ukuphazamiseka. Namhlanje, i-Gastown imodeli yokuvuselelwa kwidolophini kunye nokunyusa: ngoku ke enye yeyona ndawo ifunyenwe kakhulu kwiindawo ezisemadolobheni ezisemadolobheni, kunye nekhaya kwiindawo zokutya ezilungileyo kakhulu zedolophu, imivalo kunye nokuthenga.

Imida

I-Gastown ihlala ekhoneni elisenyakatho-mpuma yeDowntown Vancouver, kwaye ifikelela kwiDowntown Eastside neChinatown / iStathcona ngasempumalanga. Imida yaseburhulumenteni yaseGastown iqhutywe kwiSitalato samanzi ngasenyakatho, iRichards Street ukuya ngasentshona, iSitalato esiseMpuma, kunye neCordova Street ukuya ngasentla.

Abantu

Iminyaka elishumi edluleyo ibonile ukukhawuleza okukhawulezayo kwiGastown ukuba kukho abaninzi abaqeqeshi abancinci (20 - 40). Abemi baseGastown banemizi encinci kunemizi encinane kuneVancouver, mhlawumbi ngenxa yokuba bahlala bebancinci, abangatshatanga, okanye abathathu abangabantwana.

Nangona loo ndawo ingeyona eyahlukileyo njengoko ummelwane wayo, uStrathcona (ikhaya eliya kwiChinatown elidumileyo), utsala abaninzi abafuduki belizwe.

Zokutya kunye neeNtsuku

I-Gastown yenye yezona ziThili zaseNtshonalanga zaseVancouver ezithandwa kakhulu kunye nezithandwayo. likhaya kwimivalo, kwii-pubs, kunye neendidi ezininzi ze -Cocktail ze- Vancouver (kuquka iDamond ne-L'Abattoir).

Indawo yokudlela yaseGastown iquka iindawo zokutyela eziyingqungquthela ezivela kwindawo yokudlela yaseGastown njengoSean Heather, kuquka i -Irish Heather (kwaye idume kakhulu iTable Series series yokutya) kunye noYuda Judat. Ezinye iindawo zokutyela ezidumile ziquka i-Pourhouse kunye noChry Winston (enesinye sezikhundla eziphambili kwiVancouver).

Indawo yokudlela yaseGastown ifumene neenkcukacha zamazwe ngamazwe kunye noMark Brand's (enye ye-Gastown's restaurant restaurantsurs) yeGastown Gamble , okwenziweyo ngo-2011-2012 ibonisa ukuba kufakwa kweBell's iconic Save-on-Meats.

Ukuthenga

I-Gastown yindawo yokuthenga kuyo iVancouver ngenjongo yoyilo lwangaphakathi / ifenitshala kunye nefashini yamadoda, kwaye likhaya kwiindawo ezininzi ze-boutiques ezizimele kunye nabaqulunqi bendawo. Kwakhona likhaya kwivenkile yeFleuvog ehamba phambili; UJohn Fleuvog wadala igama lakhe elidumileyo kwiGastown ngexesha le-hippie 1970.

Iimpawu ezimangalisayo

Ngaphandle kwezitrato zeGastown kunye nezakhiwo zembali-mlando, le ndawo ibuyele kwikhaya elidumileyo. Kukhona iMaple Tree Square, ephethe umfanekiso we "Gassy" uJack Deighton kwiphondo layo, kunye newashi elixhaswe ngombane ekhoneni leCambie kunye neNdlela yaseManzi, echazwe ngasentla nakwii-postcards ezininzi zeGastown. I-Gastown Steam Clock nayo ivela kwiphepha le-albhamu ka-Nickelback ka-2011 apha nakwi-Now .