美国的威尼斯 浪漫的梦中家园(the Venice Canals of CA)
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http://s2/bmiddle/42ae88e1gc94a4ac7c6e1&690 这不是意大利的威尼斯,不是赌场里的威尼斯,是美国的威尼斯,她就在洛杉矶。这片优雅的梦里水乡,静静的在这里趟了一百多年,当初确是人工开凿出来的运河。 http://s2/bmiddle/42ae88e1gc94c56a8da21&690 http://s2/bmiddle/42ae88e1gc94a493a84f1&690 居民室内景
这里成为情人们拍摄的热门场地 这是我从不同角度拍摄的同一颗树 当年老照片,建造时期 http://s11/bmiddle/42ae88e1gc94c9d971f4a&690 鼎盛时期 |
下面是威尼斯运河历史的英文资料及翻译: The Early History of the Venice Canals 威尼斯运河的早期的历史 Venice of America was founded by
tobacco millionaire Abbot Kinney in 1905 as a beach resort town, 14
miles (23 在1905年,烟草大亨金尼,在洛杉矶以西方23公里的滨海区开始建造美国威尼斯。我们看到的现代威尼斯相当于最初被命名为海洋公园,它本来是主人设想设计成为南加州的海滩度假胜地。 To help create his vision, Kinney modeled and named his dream town literally after the fabled Venice, Italy. His plan was to reproduce several miles of canals and gondolas that help to navigate that famous Italian city. Kinney– in furtherance of his beach resort idea–built a 1200-foot-long pleasure pier complete with an auditorium, ship restaurant, and dance hall. 为了创建他的蓝图,金尼模仿和命名他梦想的小镇去追寻虚构的意大利威尼斯。他的计划是重现几英里的运河和吊船,以帮助他找到著名的意大利城市的感觉。这样促成金尼海滩度假胜地的创意就是建一个1200英尺长的休闲码头,礼堂,船餐厅,歌舞厅。 To keep the amusements coming, by 1910 the Kinney Pier added a Venice Scenic Railway, Aquarium, Racing Derby and other smaller rides and game booths. About this time, the name of the town—Ocean Park–was changed to Venice. However, a fire in December 1920 destroyed the Kinney Pier.Not willing to have his dream go up in smoke and be defeated, the Kinney family (Abbott Kinney died in November 1920) rebuilt the Pier even bigger and better than the original and by then there were thousands of visitors arriving every weekend. 为了保持娱乐业的旺盛,1910年,金尼在码头增加了威尼斯过山车,水族馆,赛车和其他较小的游乐设施及摊位游戏等。这个时候,海洋公园的名字被改成了威尼斯。然而,在1920年12月,一场大火摧毁了金尼码头。不愿意他的梦想化为泡影和被摧毁,金尼家族(雅培金尼在1920年11月去世)重修了码头,比原来的更大更好,并每到周末有成千上万的游客来到这里。 Before 1929, the area covered by canals was approximately three to four times as large as today。The entire area between Abbot Kinney, Pacific, and Venice Blvd. 在1929年之前,这区域所覆盖的运河是今天约三至四倍之大。包括金尼,太平洋和威尼斯大道之间的整个区域。 Venice's Decline Period 威尼斯的衰落期 But the hard times which gripped the rest of the nation during the Depression along with Prohibition, also lead to the downfall of Venice. Los Angeles laid claim to it and in 1925 voted to annex it to Los Angeles. 但经济大萧条袭卷全国艰难的时期,也导致威尼斯的落末衰败。1925年,洛杉矶宣布,威尼斯归属于洛杉矶区。 In true political style, Los Angeles decided that Venice wasn't road friendly enough, so by 1929, most of the canals were filled and paved. However, the residents didn't go down without a three year legal battle. 在真正的政治作风里,洛杉矶认为,威尼斯没有道路是不好的,所以到1929年,大多数的运河填充铺成路。然而,居民没有屈服,打了至少3年的官司。 The Rebirth and Redevelopment of Venice 威尼斯的再生和重建 运河区状况仍然不佳超过40年,由于缺乏资金,环境问题和承担经济责任的纠纷,许多翻新运河的建议不能实现。运河终于在1992年,重新整修了运河排水道,建新了人行道和围墙。 However, in recent years, there has been extensive renovation work on many of the old houses, and many large, modern houses have been built.The canals re-opened in 1993 and have become a desirable and expensive residential section of the city. The remaining canals was listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1982. 然而,近年来,有许多大规模的老房子被翻修,和许多大型的,现代化的房屋已建成。于1993年,运河重新开放,并成为城市中一个理想的,昂贵的住宅区。在1982年,运河剩余区域被注册成国家历史古迹。 Today's
canals are quiet, beautiful, and a favorite walking and jogging
escape. Today, the Venice Canals are prime
real estate with houses starting at $2,000,000
. 今天的运河,安静,美丽,是人们喜欢散步和慢跑理想之地。如今,威尼斯运河的房子起价都在两百万美元以上。 |

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