Yintoni eqhubekayo eDowntown ?:
Ukuba uthe wathatha isigxina esikuloo dolophu yaseKansas City kungekudala, ubophekile ukuba uqaphele into ebalulekileyo eyenziwa kwisithili se-Crossroads. Ukuxakeka kwezakhiwo ziye zaba yimifanekiso yezobugcisa be-hip, ngelixa ama-down-down business asweleke kwiindawo zokutyela eziqhelekileyo. Ukuba uke wazama ukuqhubela phambili ngeLwesihlanu wokuqala kuleyo nyanga, mhlawumbi unamathela kwi-jam yokumangalisa.
Yintoni eyenzekayo phakathi kweKansas City, ucela?
I sihlanu soLwesihlanu:
Yintoni eyiyo "uLwesihlanu wokuqala"?
NgoLwesihlanu wokuqala kwinyanga nganye, iifriji zezobugcisa zengingqi ye-Crossroads, ii-studio, kunye neevenkile zivula iingcango zabo ukuze zibonise abaculi beendawo kunye nelizwe. Ngokufana ne-First Friday ye-Phoenix ne-Houston, i-Kansas City version ye-Kansas idlala ubusuku bemihla bobugcisa bezobugcisa apho abantu babuthana ukuze banandiphe ubugcisa bendawo neyelizwe, inkampani yabanye, kunye nekhlasi yewayini.
Indawo:
Umphakathi we-Crossroads ubude obude kummandla weDolophu yaseKansas ogqitywe ngu-15th St., I-35, isithili saseFreighthouse kunye neTroost Ave. Intliziyo yeSithili seZigqeba zoBugcisa i-Crossroads ihlala iminyaka engama-20 eSt naseBaltimore.
Ulwazi lwegalari:
IiGalleries zivula iingcango zabo kuluntu kwaye zivunyelwe mahhala ukususela ngo-7-9 ntambama. Ezinye iifriji ezingayi kuhoywa ziquka i-Blue Gallery (i-19 ne-Grand), i-Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art Gallery (i-20 ne-Baltimore), iCube e-Beco (i-19 ne-Baltimore) kunye ne-Leedy-Voulkos Art Centre (i-20 ne-Main) , bonke abanikela into ethile kuyo yonke inhlobo yobuciko-mveliso-ukusuka kwi-appreciator ukuya kwi-connoisseur enzulu.
Iphulo nje:
Iindawo zokutyela ezininzi kwi-Crossroad zinika i-appetizer kwaye zisela izixhobo kwiLwesihlanu sokuQala. Abaninzi bathanda i-City Tavern (i-101 W 22nd) evula i-patio yabo ukuya kwi-First Friday goers abangathanda iglasi yewayini okanye i-snack esheshayo (isipinashi kunye ne-artichoke dip iFF fave) ngaphambi kokuya kwigalari elandelayo.
Ngummelwane ongekho olandelayo, uLidiya, unikezela iindawo ezininzi zokubhenela kweTaliyane (cinga i-calamari okanye i-bruchetta) ngokukhawuleza njengendawo yokudibana nabahlobo.
Imozulu efanelekileyo ?:
IiLwesihlanu zokuqala, ngelixa zigcinwe kuwo wonke unyaka, akufanele ziphosakeke ngexesha lehlobo elifudumeleyo kunye neenyanga eziwa. Kulo xesha lonyaka ukuba isixeko sonke singene kwi-swing of things kwaye isihlwele siphumelele kwisitratweni kunye nabathengisi bezitalato kunye nemigangatho enezela kwimxube yenkcubeko.