Phil Williams akamira muberere remba yake muTelegraph Hill, San Francisco, padivi pechifananidzo chake chemwarikadzi wechiRoma Fortuna.
Sezvo muimbi Amey Papitto akagadzirira San Francisco Artists Guild Fair muWashington Square Park nemusi weSvondo mangwanani, ziso rake rakabata mufananidzo uri padenga reTelegraph Hill pakatarisana nepaki.
“Zvakafanana nemukadzi ane amburera kuti azvidzivirire pamhepo,” akadaro Papito. Akaona kuti amburera yaifamba zvakaringanira kukwevera ngwariro yake kupfundo riri pakati peChechi yaVasande Petro naPauro neCoit Tower iri pachikomo.
Yakaiswa sandwich pakati pezviviri izvi zvinoonekwa, kuda kuziva kunoratidzika kunge kwakatsvairwa mudenga munguva yechando, uye kana Papitto aigona kusiya art fair otevera kuda kuziva kwake mupaki, kuburikidza nemusi weSvondo mangwanani mutsara kumba kwaamai vake, mhomho dzekudyira, uye pasi peGreenwich- mugwagwa unoenda kuGrant, anoziva Phil Williams pamusoro peimba yepamusoro pechikomo.
Williams, injiniya wehurumende akarega basa, akamisa chifananidzo chamwarikadzi weRoma Fortuna pano, mufananidzo weakaona paGrand Canal muVenice. Akavaka chifananidzo akachiisa padenga rake muna Kukadzi, nekungoti ainzwa kuti guta rake idzva raida kuzorodzwa.
"Munhu wese muSan Francisco akamira uye akaora mwoyo," Williams, makumi manomwe nenomwe, akatsanangurira vatori venhau vachigogodza pamusuwo wake. "Vanhu vanoda chimwe chinhu chinotaridzika zvakanaka uye chinovayeuchidza kuti nei vakagara muSan Francisco pekutanga."
Chaizvoizvo vane mamiriro ekunze, basa reunyanzvi rakavakwa pashowcase-style mannequin yaifanira kuparadzaniswa kuti ikwire nhanho 60 dzemasitepisi akatetepa kwazvo enhurikidzwa nhatu Williams House mushure mekudengenyeka kwenyika muna 1906. Pane imwe nguva padenga remba, yakasungirirwa pabhokisi remamita mana-kureba rakaputirwa ne plinth inobvumira chidimbu kuti chitenderere paaxis yayo. Fortune pachake akareba mamita matanhatu, asi chikuva chinomupa mafitsi gumi nemaviri, pamusoro pedenga remba 40 tsoka kubva mumugwagwa unogona kusvikwa nemasitepisi. Maoko ake akatambanudzwa akabata seiri seseiri, sokunge ari kuvhuvhuta nemhepo.
Asi kunyange pakukwirira kwakadaro, maonero aFortuna kubva mumugwagwa anenge akavharwa. Anokushusha mukubwinya kwake kwese kwegoridhe, sezvinoita Papitto, ari mupaki mhiri kwaMario's Bohemian Cigar Shop.
Chifananidzo chamwarikadzi wechiGiriki Fortune chakavhenekerwa pamusoro pedenga remba yeimba yaPhil Williams panguva yemabiko muSan Francisco.
Monique Dorthy wekuRoseville nevanasikana vake vaviri vakafamba kubva kuGreenwich kuenda kuCoit Tower nemusi weSvondo kuti vaone chifananidzo cheCramer Place, chaive chakakwana kumuita kuti asakambaira achifema kusvika pakati pechivharo.
“Aive mukadzi. Handizive kuti akabata chii – imwe mhando yemureza,” akadaro. Achitaura kuti chidhori chacho ibasa romunhu aigara, akati, “Kana zvichiunza mufaro kwaari uye mufaro kuguta, ndinozvifarira.”
Williams anotarisira kuendesa shoko rakadzama kuna Fortuna, mwarikadzi weRoma werombo, kubva padenga remba yake.
“Handifungi kuti ipfungwa yakanaka kuroverera chimwe chinhu padenga rechivako,” akadaro. “Asi zvine musoro. Fortune inotiudza painovhuvhuta mhepo dzenhamo. Zvinotiyeuchidza nezvenzvimbo yedu munyika. "
Williams, mutorwa wekuBritain anonyanyozivikanwa nebasa rake rehuinjiniya paChrissy Field swamp, akange asati ambonzwa nezvaFortune asati atora mukadzi wake Patricia pazororo kuenda kuVenice denda risati rasvika. Imba yavo yehotera yakatarisa Dogana di Mare, imba yetsika yezana ramakore rechi 17, mhiri kweGrand Canal. Pane mamiriro ekunze padenga. Mutungamiri akati ndiye mwarikadzi Fortuna, akagadzirwa nemuvezi webaroque Bernardo Falcone. Yakabatanidzwa kuchivakwa kubva 1678.
Williams aitsvaga pekukwezva padenga remba mushure mekunge kamera yakavharika yaakange avaka musirin'i yekamuri yepamusoro-yepamusoro media media yadeuka uye yaifanira kuputswa.
Akapinda akatenderedza Washington Square kuti aone kuti denga rake raionekwa. Akabva adzokera kumba kwake ndokufonera shamwari yake, ane makore 77 okukura muvezi wemifananidzo wePetaluma Tom Cipes.
"Akabva angoziva kugona kwehunyanzvi hwekufungidzira zvakare chivezwa cheVenetian chezana ramakore rechi17 ndokuchiunza kuSan Francisco," Williams akadaro.
Cipes akapa basa rake, iro raikosha mwedzi mitanhatu. Williams anofungidzira kuti zvinhu izvi zvinodhura zviuru zvishanu zvemadhora. Iyo fiberglass base yakawanikwa kuMannequin Madness muAuckland. Chinetso chaCipes chaiva chokumuzadza neskeleton yesimbi nesimende yakanga yakasimba zvakakwana kuti itsigire pasi zvachose, asi yakareruka zvokukwanisa kumonyoroka kana mhepo yaivhuvhuta nebvudzi rake rakanga rakarukwa zvakaisvonaka. Kubata kwekupedzisira kwaive patina pagoridhe rake, zvichiita kuti ataridzike-akarohwa nemhute nemvura.
Chifananidzo chamwarikadzi weRoma Fortune chakamira padenga remba yaPhil Williams paTelegraph Hill muSan Francisco.
Williams akavaka furemu pamusoro pegomba apo kamera obscura ingadai yakamira, ichigadzira nzvimbo yekutsika kwaFortune. Akaisa marambi epasi kuti avhenekere chifananidzo kubva 8 kusvika 9 pm, akareba zvakakwana kuti awedzere usiku vibe kupaki, asi kwete kwenguva yakakwana yekuvhiringidza zvikuru vavakidzani vane chiedza chisina kujeka.
Musi waFebruary 18, pahusiku hwaFebruary hwakajeka, husina mwedzi, mukupenya kwemarambi eguta, kuvhurika kwakavharwa kweshamwari kwakaitika. Mumwe nemumwe vakakwira masitepisi epamusoro pedenga, apo Williams airidza rekodhi yaCarmina Burana, oratorio yakanyorerwa Fortuna muzana remakore rechi20. Vakaigocha neprosecco. Mudzidzisi weItaly akaverenga nhetembo "O Fortune" uye akaisa mazwi pazasi pechifananidzo.
"Mazuva matatu gare gare, takamugadzira ndokugadzira dutu," Williams akadaro. "Ini handidi kunyanya kutyisa, asi zvakaita sekunge akadaidza mhepo."
Aive mambakwedza eSvondo achitonhora nemhepo, Fortune aitamba, achikwanisa kuisa korona mumusoro nekusimudza maseiri.
“Ndinofunga kuti zvakanaka,” akadaro mumwe murume akazvizivisa saGregory, uyo akatyaira achibva kumba kwake kuPacific Heights kuti ambofamba-famba nomuWashington Square. "Ndinoda hipster San Francisco."
Sam Whiting anga ari mutori wenhau weSan Francisco Chronicle kubvira 1988. Akatanga semunyori wetsamba yeHerb Kahn's "People" column uye akanyora nezvevanhu kubva ipapo. Iye mutori wenhau ane chinangwa chepamusoro-soro anoita basa rekunyora zvimiro zvenguva refu. Anogara muSan Francisco uye anofamba mamaira matatu pazuva nemumigwagwa yeguta.
Nguva yekutumira: Mar-12-2023