Phil Williams ahagaze muri patio y'urugo rwe i Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, iruhande rw'igishusho cye cy'imana y'Abaroma Fortuna.
Mu gitondo cyo ku cyumweru, umuhanzi nyaburanga Amey Papitto yiteguraga imurikagurisha ry’abahanzi rya San Francisco ryabereye i Washington Square Park, ijisho rye ryafashe ishusho yandika ku gisenge cy’umusozi wa Telegraph ahateganye na parike.
Papito ati: "Byari bimeze nk'umugore ufite umutaka kugira ngo yirinde umuyaga." Yabonye ko umutaka wagendaga uhagije kugira ngo amwerekeze ku ngingo iri hagati y’urumuri rwerekanwa rw’Itorero ry’abatagatifu Petero na Pawulo n'umunara wa Coit ku musozi.
Yashyizwe hagati yibi bintu byombi, amatsiko asa nkaho yajugunywe mu kirere mugihe cyumuyaga wubukonje, kandi niba Papitto ashobora kuva mu imurikagurisha ry’ubuhanzi agakurikira amatsiko ye muri parike, binyuze ku murongo wo ku cyumweru mu gitondo kwa nyina, imbaga y'abantu basangira, no hepfo ya Greenwich - umuhanda ujya Grant, amenya Phil Williams hejuru yinzu yumusozi.
Williams, injeniyeri w’izabukuru mu kiruhuko cyiza, yubatse hano igishusho cy’imana y’Abaroma Fortuna, kopi y’imwe yabonye ku muyoboro munini muri Venise. Yubatse kopi ayishyira ku gisenge cye muri Gashyantare, kubera gusa ko yumvaga umujyi we mushya ukeneye kugarura ubuyanja.
Williams, ufite imyaka 77, yasobanuriye abanyamakuru bakomanga ku rugi ati: “Abantu bose bo muri San Francisco barumiwe kandi bihebye. Ati: “Abantu bashaka ikintu gisa neza kandi kibibutsa impamvu babaye i San Francisco.”
Ahanini ikirere cyifashe neza, umurimo wubuhanzi wubatswe kuri mannequin yerekana imiterere yagombaga gutandukanywa kugirango izamuke kuntambwe 60 yintambwe ngufi cyane yinzu yamagorofa atatu inzu ya Williams nyuma yumutingito wabaye mu 1906. Iyo igeze hejuru yinzu, igashyirwa kumasanduku yuburebure bwa metero enye hejuru hamwe na plint ituma igice kizunguruka ku murongo wacyo. Amahirwe ubwe afite uburebure bwa metero 6, ariko urubuga rumuha uburebure bwa metero 12, hejuru yinzu hejuru ya metero 40 uvuye kumuhanda ushobora kugerwaho nintambwe. Amaboko ye arambuye afite ishusho isa n'iy'ubwato, nkaho ikubita umuyaga.
Ariko no murwego rwo hejuru, kureba Fortuna kuva kumuhanda bifunze. Araguhiga mu bwiza bwe bwose bwa zahabu, kimwe na Papitto, uri muri parike ahateganye na Mario's Bohemian Cigar Shop.
Igishusho cy’imana y’Abagereki Fortune cyamuritswe hejuru y’inzu y’inzu ya Phil Williams mu birori byabereye i San Francisco.
Ku cyumweru, Monique Dorthy wa Roseville n'abakobwa be bombi bakoze urugendo bava Greenwich berekeza ku munara wa Coit kugira ngo barebe igishusho cya Cramer Place, cyari gihagije kugira ngo adakomeza guhumeka umwuka kugeza hagati.
“Yari umugore. Sinzi icyo yari afite - ibendera runaka ". Avuga ko iki gishushanyo cyari igihangano cy'umuturage, yagize ati: “Niba bimuzanira umunezero n'ibyishimo mu mujyi, ndabikunda.”
Williams yizeye kugeza ubutumwa bwimbitse kuri Fortuna, imana y’amahirwe y’Abaroma, kuva ku gisenge cye.
Ati: "Ntabwo mbona ko ari byiza gutera imisumari ku gisenge cy'inyubako". “Ariko birumvikana. Amahirwe atubwira aho umuyaga wibihe uhuha. Bitwibutsa umwanya dufite ku isi. ”
Williams, umwimukira w’abongereza uzwi cyane kubera ibikorwa by’ubuhanga mu gishanga cya Chrissy Field, ntabwo yari yarigeze yumva ibya Fortune mbere yo kujyana umugore we Patricia mu biruhuko muri Venise mbere y’icyorezo. Icyumba cyabo cya hoteri cyirengagije Dogana di Mare, inzu ya gasutamo yo mu kinyejana cya 17, hakurya ya Canal nini. Hano hejuru yinzu. Uyu muyobozi yavuze ko ari imana Fortuna, yaremwe n'umucuzi wa baroque Bernardo Falcone. Yifatanije ninyubako kuva 1678.
Williams yashakishaga inzu nshya hejuru y’inzu nyuma y’uko kamera obscura yari yarubatse mu gisenge cy’icyumba cyo hejuru cy’itangazamakuru cyasohotse kandi byabaye ngombwa ko isenywa.
Yinjiye kandi azenguruka Washington Square kugira ngo arebe ko igisenge cye kigaragara. Nyuma asubira iwe maze ahamagara inshuti ye, umunyabukorikori wa Petaluma w'imyaka 77, Tom Cipes.
Williams yagize ati: "Yahise amenya ubushobozi bw'ubuhanzi bwo kongera gutekereza ku gishushanyo cya Venetiya cyo mu kinyejana cya 17 no kukizana i San Francisco."
Cipes yatanze akazi ke, kari gafite amezi atandatu. Williams avuga ko ibikoresho byatwaye $ 5,000. Ikibaho cya fiberglass cyabonetse muri Madnequin Madness muri Auckland. Ikibazo cya Cipes kwari ukumwuzuza skeleti yicyuma na sima yari ifite imbaraga zihagije kuburyo ishobora kumutunga burundu ubutaka bwe, nyamara urumuri ruhagije kuburyo ruhindagurika mugihe umuyaga wahuhaga mumisatsi ye yuzuye neza. Gukoraho kwanyuma ni patina kuri zahabu ye, bigatuma asa nikirere cyatewe nigihu n imvura.
Igishusho c'imana y'Abaroma Fortune gihagaze hejuru y'inzu ya Phil Williams ku musozi wa Telegraph muri San Francisco.
Williams yubatse ikariso hejuru yumwobo aho kamera obscura yaba ihagaze, bituma habaho umwanya wa Fortune. Yashyizeho amatara yo hasi kugira ngo amurikire icyo gishushanyo guhera saa munani kugeza saa cyenda z'umugoroba, birebire bihagije kugira ngo yongere parike nijoro muri parike, ariko ntibyatinze bihagije kugira ngo ahungabanye cyane abaturanyi bacanye.
Ku ya 18 Gashyantare, mu ijoro rikeye, ridafite ukwezi kwa Gashyantare, mu gucana amatara yo mu mujyi, hafunguwe inshuti. Umwe umwe bazamuka ingazi kugera ku gisenge, aho Williams yakinaga amajwi ya Carmina Burana, oratorio yandikiwe Fortuna mu kinyejana cya 20. Babikaranze hamwe na prosecco. Umwarimu w’Ubutaliyani yasomye igisigo “O Fortune” maze ahuza amagambo ku musingi w’iki gishushanyo.
Williams yagize ati: "Nyuma y'iminsi itatu, twaramushizeho maze dukora igihuhusi." “Sinshaka kunyerera cyane, ariko ni nk'aho yahamagaye umuyaga w'umuyaga.”
Ku cyumweru mu gitondo hari imbeho n'umuyaga, kandi Fortune yarabyinaga, abasha kumwambika ikamba ku mutwe no kuzamura ubwato.
Umugabo wavuze ko ari izina rya Gregory, wavuye mu rugo rwe muri pasifika ya Hejuru kugira ngo azenguruke ahitwa Washington Square. “Nkunda hipster San Francisco.”
Sam Whiting yabaye umunyamakuru w'ikinyamakuru San Francisco Chronicle kuva mu 1988. Yatangiye ari umwanditsi w'abakozi b'inkingi ya "Abantu" ya Herb Kahn kandi yanditse ku bantu kuva icyo gihe. Numunyamakuru rusange-ufite intego yo kwandika obituire ndende. Aba i San Francisco kandi agenda ibirometero bitatu kumunsi anyura mumihanda ihanamye yumujyi.
Igihe cyo kohereza: Werurwe-12-2023