Ngesonto eledlule owesifazane obhodlayo wase-Ohio wema ngasetafuleni lethu e-Union Square. "Yingakho ngithanda ukuza eNew York!" wachaza ngenkathi ephenya izikrini zethu zikasilika. "Kuzo zonke izindawo engiya kuzo, kufana nokuganga okungeniswa kwamanye amazwe ezitolo. Kodwa lapha ngaphandle, ngingahlangana nabaculi bendawo abenza ubuciko ngezandla zabo."
Hhayi-ke, hhayi isikhathi eside...
Abasekeli bezomthetho beMeya uBloomberg bakhiphe isinqumo sokuphatha esivimba ngempumelelo iningi lobuciko emapaki eDolobha laseNew York. Ngaphansi kokuqamba amanga "kokuphepha komphakathi" kanye "nokuminyana" benze isethi yemithetho eyinkimbinkimbi evimbela u-80-90% wamaciko ukuthi angavezi ngisho nomsebenzi wawo e-Columbus Circle, Union Square Park nanoma iyiphi enye ipaki yomphakathi e-Manhattan. Imithetho isukela ekuvumeleni abaculi abane kuphela ukuthi basungule e-Columbus Circle kuya ekuvimbeleni abaculi ukuthi beze phakathi kwamamitha angamashumi amahlanu etshe lesikhumbuzo noma amafidi amahlanu ukusuka kumgqomo kadoti.
Umphumela wokuvinjelwa kobuciko be-de-facto, ngokusho kwe-Associated Press, "ukushintsha ngokuphawulekayo ingxenye enemibala ye-cityscape osekuphele amashumi eminyaka isebenza njengegalari yangaphandle edumile phakathi kwezivakashi edolobheni elaziwa emhlabeni wonke ngobuciko balo."
I-Bloomberg isibheka "njengenkathazo yomphakathi" ngoba asingeni kahle ohlelweni lwe-New York njengebhizinisi elingaphazamiseki lapho kuqashwa, kuthengwa futhi kudayiswa indawo yomphakathi. Njengoba uRobert Lederman, umongameli weqembu elingamalungu e-2000 ARTIST, ephawula:
"Uma ukuvimbela isiminyaminya emapaki omphakathi bekuwukukhathazeka kwangempela ... kungani kukhona ukukhushulwa kwezinkampani nsuku zonke emapaki e-NYC yizinkampani ezifana ne-Disney, i-Nike, i-Best Buy ne-JP Morgan Chase nezinye eziyinkulungwane ezibandakanya imibukiso emikhulu, amaloli amakhulu, izintambo zikagesi nezinye eziyingozi. ingqalasizinda?"
Isizathu se-Bloomberg semithetho emisha ukuthi amaciko avimba izindlela zokuhamba futhi adala ingozi yezokuphepha. Kepha abaphathi bavumela - impela, bakhuthaza - abathengisi bezentengiselwano ukuthi bamise kulezi zindawo, inqobo nje uma bekhokha irenti edolobheni. E-Battery Park, isibonelo, abaculi bazoxoshwa kodwa abathengisi be-hot dog abayisishiyagalombili bazovunyelwa ukuthi bahlale ezindaweni ezigcwele kakhulu. I-Bloomberg ayikhathazekile ngokuminyana; le mithetho iyingxenye yohlelo lwakhe olukhulu lokwenza okuyimfihlo nokwenza "imali" amapaki edolobha lethu.
Iphephabhuku leDolobha leDolobha laseNew York Law School lizibuze kuleli sonto ukuthi ngabe iBloomberg kanye noMnyango wakhe wamaPaki ngasese "bazizwa bezenzisa ngesiphakamiso sabo", kusukela ngonyaka odlule abaphathi "basivikele ngempumelelo enkantolo isinqumo sabo sokufaka indawo yokudlela edayisa ukudla etendeni le-Union Square." I-Bloomberg yaphikisa ngokuthi i-Unions Square "iyindawo yokuhweba ngokwesiko."
Mina nozakwethu sesithengise emigwaqweni yeDolobha laseNew York cishe iminyaka eyishumi futhi asikaze sibone iMeya uBloomberg epaki yedolobha - nakuba sivame ukubona abalandeli bakhe bezombusazwe bevimba izindlela zokuhamba ukuze bakhankase ngesikhathi sokhetho.
Nakuba kade ephupha ngehhovisi eliphezulu futhi eshela ku-Wall Street, sihlanganyele buthule nabaculi, abalimi, izishoshovu zobulungiswa bezenhlalakahle, abalimi bezingadi nabanye emzamweni wokuphefumula ezindaweni zomphakathi futhi sivuselele umnotho wendawo, osimeme wamasiko e-Manhattan. Sikhetha ukukhombisa futhi sithengise umsebenzi wethu emapaki edolobha esikhundleni segalari yase-Chelsea ehlanganisiwe noma kuma-boutique e-Soho. Sizibona njengengxenye yesiko elide lamaciko aseNew York esizishumeka emizamweni yomphakathi wasendaweni yokwenza umhlaba ube indawo engcono nenhle kakhulu.
UBloomberg, okhetha ukuchitha izimpelasonto zakhe eziningi edlala igalofu endaweni yakhe yokungcebeleka e-Bahama, angase athole umsebenzi wethu ungelutho, kodwa abantu baseNew York abavamile basitshela nsuku zonke ukuthi bayakwazisa lokhu kuqhakaza kwamasiko aphansi emapaki abo. Ngesonto eledlule nje abantu abangu-100 abahamba epaki be-NYC bamiswa futhi babuzwa ukuthi amaciko asemgwaqweni ayathuthukiswa yini noma aphazamise ulwazi lwawo lwepaki. Abangamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye nane kubo bathe amaciko athuthukisa ulwazi lwepaki laseNew Yorkers.
Abameli bethu besichibiyelo sokuqala se-cracker-jack basitshela ukuthi sinethuba elihle lokuhlula i-Bloomberg enkantolo - njengoba senza ku-Giuliani ngo-1996 lapho inkantolo yombuso yokudlulisa amacala ikhipha isinqumo sokuthi amaciko avikelwe I-First Amendment. Futhi kuleli sonto nje i-ACLU icele iBloomberg ukuthi ihoxise isiphakamiso sayo. Ngokusho kukaMqondisi Wezomthetho we-NYCLU u-Arthur Eisenberg:n "Ngomlando amapaki abehlonishwa njengabalulekile ekukhulumeni kwezenhlalo, ezobuciko kanye nezepolitiki. UMnyango Wezamapaki kufanele wenze yonke imizamo ukwamukela amaciko, izimbongi nababhali bedolobha lethu. Kufanele usihoxise isiphakamiso sawo kuze kube ingabonisa esidlangalaleni ukuthi ihlangabezana nezibopho zayo zesichibiyelo sokuqala."
Kodwa ekugcineni le mpi icishe ibe ngaphezu kwamalungelo okuchitshiyelwa kwabaculi okokuqala. Lena impi yomphefumulo wamasiko weDolobha laseNew York - futhi wonke umuntu waseNew York unesandla emphumeleni. Njengoba u-Lederman exwayisa, i-Bloomberg kanye noKhomishana wamaPaki bazibona njengabadayisi bezindlu "abazama ukuthola inani eliphakeme kakhulu ngonyawo lwesikwele kuwo wonke amapaki ethu omphakathi. Uma abantu base-NYC bengakuphaphameli lokhu maduze, ngeke kube khona izindawo zomphakathi ngempela ezisele edolobheni elikhulu kunawo wonke laseMelika."
UBrendan Smith nozakwabo uNicola Armster sebedayise ubuciko babo obuluhlaza emigwaqweni yaseNew York City iminyaka engaphezu kweshumi. Funda i-Green Art Manifesto yabo ku www.nicolaandthenewfoundlander.com
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