Ukufumanisa Ubuncwane Ofihliweyo Ngaphakathi Kwidolophu "I-Cathedral of Commerce"
Kwakuba sisakhiwo esikhulu kunazo zonke ehlabathini (xa saqala ngowe-1913 kwaze kwaba isihloko eso sithathwe yiZakhiwo se-Chrysler ngo-1930), le nkqubela, i-60-story, neo-Gothic "yenkcubeko yezorhwebo" isabone iimboni ezingaphezulu kwekhulu leminyaka kamva. Eyakhelwe ukuhlalisa iofisi ye-Manhattan ye-five-and-dime e-headquarters eyayiqhutywa nguFrank W. Woolworth, ubugcisa bobunjineli obunziwe ngetsimbi, obunziwe nge-terra-cotta yobugcisa bwakhiwa kwaye buqatshelwa ngumqambi uCass Gilbert.
Isakhiwo sakhiwo esinezakhiwo ezicebileyo ngokwazo, ngumsebenzi wobugcisa, ukubonisa izinto ezintle, iimpawu ze-gargo, kunye neenkcukacha zokubhabha, kodwa ezinye zeenkcukacha zazo ezintle kunye nobuciko bezobugcisa ziphakathi kwendawo yendlu yesikhungo esiphezulu, epheleleyo kunye nebala elimangalisayo elibhengezwe ngamarblethi , imizobo, kunye nemibala).
Ngenxa yenkxalabo yezokhuseleko kwi-office tower (kunye neepropati eziphambili ze-condos ezizayo), izakhiwo zangasese zazingekho kwimida, kodwa, ngenhlanhla, iindwendwe ezandule ukubuyiswa zivumela ukuba iindwendwe zifikelele ubuncwane boba ngaphakathi.
Ngubani oqhuba iiNdwendwe?
Ukutyelela kuqhutywe yiWoolworth Tours, ephantsi kwayo kwaye isebenzisana neqela lomzalwana kunye nodade, abazukulu bezakhiwo zakhiwo, uCass Gilbert. Izikhokelo ezininzi zikhokelela kwezo zihlandlo ngokwabo, kubandakanywa oogqirha, abalobi, kunye nabasebenzi baseKomishoni yoLondolozo lweKomishoni yaseNew York, bonke abaye bafunda isakhiwo saseWowolworth ngokubanzi.
Ndiya kubona ntoni kwiiNdwendwe?
Kukho iindlela ezintathu zokubhenketha zikarhulumente, kwi-30-, 60-, kunye ne-90-minute-increments-izincazelo ezingezantsi zinikezelwa yinkampani yezokhenketho:
- Imizuzu e-30 yokukhokela iikholeji ezikhokelwayo zibonelela ngethuba lokubona isakhiwo sokwakheka kwesakhiwo, ukuthatha iifoto, ukuva imbali emfutshane yokwakhiwa kwesakhiwo kunye ne-outer-cotta yangaphandle, kunye nexesha elifutshane lemibuzo.
- Iinkcukacha zokufumana iinkcukacha ezongezelelweyo malunga neembali kunye nokwakhiwa kwesakhiwo kunye nomnini wayo kunye nomakhi wezakhiwo. Funda ngeendlela ezininzi ezingenakulinganiswa zakhiwo, kuquka i-terra-cotta yangaphandle kunye ne-lobby lobungakanani bendawo.
- Izikhenketho zokubakhokela ngeengcaciso ezingama-90 zibandakanya ukujonga ngokucacileyo kwisakhiwo esingaphandle, ukuhlolisiswa ngokujulile kwe-lobby, kubandakanya ukugcoba kwayo, izitepisi kunye nokutyelela okhethekileyo kwi-mezzanine kwimiba ekhethekileyo kule ndawo ekhangelekayo kunye ne-close-close umbono waloo mzobo omhle womfanekiso. Iindwendwe ziquka ukuhamba okufutshane kwiZakhiwo ze-Broadway-Chambers.
Iindwendwe ezizimeleyo kunye nezithethe zela maqela kunye nabantu ngabanye nazo zinokulungiswa yiiWolworth Tours.
Qaphela ukuba iihotele zijolise ngokubanzi kwi-arcade ye-lobby yomhlaba, kwaye ungaqhubeki ngakumbi kwinqaba okanye uphahla (umgca wokugcina uvalelwe iminyaka emininzi).
Ziphi Iimbono Ezilungileyo Ngaphandle?
Ingaba okanye ungathathi ityelelo, qiniseka ukuba uthathe ixesha lokubonga i-facade yesakhiwo. Fumana iikhamera zakho zilungele, uze uqhube intamo yakho kwinqaba ende ukusuka kwiSixeko saseHolo Park, ngaphesheya kwe-Broadway. Iphulo: Umthombo wamapaki wepaki ukhangeleka kakuhle ngaphambili kweso sakhiwo seWoolworth.
Ndingayibhala Njani?
Hlola ishedyuli epheleleyo yeeholide kunye neekitikiti zebhuksi kwi-woolworthtours.com -i-spots kufuneka ibhaliswe kwangaphambili (ukuhamba-ukungena kuya kwamkelwa). Qaphela ukuba akukho zikhetho ezihleliweyo ngoMvulo, kwaye abantwana abangaphantsi kwe-10 abavunyelwe ukuba baye khona. Iifoto zivunyelwe, kodwa i-flash kunye nevidiyo ayivumelekile. 233 I-Broadway, phakathi kwePark Pl. & Barclay St.