Phil Williams wayima m'bwalo la nyumba yake ku Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, pafupi ndi fano lake la mulungu wamkazi wachiroma Fortuna.
Pamene wojambula malo Amey Papitto akukonzekera San Francisco Artists Guild Fair ku Washington Square Park Lamlungu m'mawa, diso lake linagwira munthu wopindika padenga la Telegraph Hill moyang'anizana ndi pakiyo.
“Zinali ngati mkazi wokhala ndi ambulera yodzitetezera ku mphepo,” anatero Papito. Iye anazindikira kuti ambulerayo inali kusuntha mongokwanira kumukokera maganizo ake ku mfundo ya pakati pa nsonga yosongoka ya Tchalitchi cha Oyera Mtima Petro ndi Paulo ndi Coit Tower paphiripo.
Pokhala pakati pa zinthu ziwirizi, chidwi chikuwoneka kuti chinasefukira kumwamba nthawi yamphepo yamkuntho, ndipo ngati Papitto atha kusiya zaluso ndikutsatira chidwi chake pakiyo, kudutsa pamzere Lamlungu m'mawa kunyumba ya amayi ake, makamu odyera, ndi pansi pa Greenwich—msewu wopita ku Grant, amazindikira Phil Williams pamwamba pa nyumba ya phiri.
Williams, katswiri wa zomangamanga wopuma pantchito, anaimika fano la mulungu wamkazi wachiroma Fortuna pano, chofaniziridwa cha chifanizo chimene anaona pa Grand Canal ku Venice. Anapanga chofananira ndikuchiyika padenga lake mu February, chifukwa chongomva kuti mzinda wake watsopano ukufunika kutsitsimutsidwa.
"Aliyense ku San Francisco wakhazikika komanso wokhumudwa," Williams, wazaka 77, adafotokozera atolankhani akugogoda pakhomo pake. "Anthu amafuna china chake chowoneka bwino ndipo chimawakumbutsa chifukwa chomwe adakhalira ku San Francisco poyambirira."
Kwenikweni chojambula cha nyengo, ntchito yojambula inamangidwa pa mannequin yowonetseratu yomwe inayenera kupatulidwa kuti ikwere masitepe 60 a masitepe opapatiza kwambiri a Williams House ya nsanjika zitatu pambuyo pa chivomezi cha 1906. Kamodzi padenga la denga, amayikidwa pabokosi lalitali mamita anayi pamwamba ndi plinth yomwe imalola kuti chidutswacho chizizungulira pa axis yake. Fortune mwiniwakeyo ndi wamtali wa 6, koma nsanjayo imamupatsa mtunda wautali wa 12, pamwamba pa denga mamita 40 kuchokera mumsewu womwe ungathe kufika ndi masitepe. Mikono yake yotambasulidwa imakhala ndi mawonekedwe ngati matanga, ngati akuipiza ndi mphepo.
Koma ngakhale atakwera chonchi, mawonekedwe a Fortuna kuchokera mumsewu amakhala otsekedwa. Amakuvutitsani muulemerero wake wonse wagolide, monganso Papitto, yemwe ali paki moyang'anizana ndi Sitolo ya Cigar ya Mario ya Bohemian.
Chiboliboli cha mulungu wamkazi wachi Greek Fortune chinayatsidwa padenga la nyumba ya Phil Williams paphwando ku San Francisco.
Monique Dorthy wa ku Roseville ndi ana ake aakazi awiri adayenda kuchokera ku Greenwich kupita ku Coit Tower Lamlungu kuti akawone chifaniziro cha Cramer Place, chomwe chinali chokwanira kuti asagwere mpweya mpaka pakati pa chipikacho.
“Anali mkazi. Sindikudziwa chomwe adagwira - mbendera yamtundu wina," adatero. Ponena kuti chibolibolicho chinali chojambula cha munthu wokhalamo, iye anati: “Ngati chikam’bweretsera chisangalalo ndi chisangalalo mumzinda, ndimachikonda.
Williams akuyembekeza kupereka uthenga wozama kwa Fortuna, mulungu wachiroma wamwayi, ali padenga lake.
Iye anati: “Sindikuona kuti ndi bwino kukhomerera chinthu padenga la nyumbayo. “Koma ndi zomveka. Mwayi umatiuza komwe mphepo zamtsogolo zimawomba. Zimatikumbutsa za malo athu padziko lapansi. "
Williams, wosamukira ku Britain yemwe amadziwika bwino ndi ntchito yake yauinjiniya padambo la Chrissy Field, anali asanamvepo za Fortune asanatenge mkazi wake Patricia patchuthi kupita ku Venice mliriwu usanachitike. Chipinda chawo cha hotelo chinayang'anizana ndi Dogana di Mare, nyumba ya kasitomu yazaka za zana la 17, kudutsa Grand Canal. Padenga pali chotchinga chanyengo. Wowongolerayo adati ndi mulungu wamkazi Fortuna, wopangidwa ndi wosema wa baroque Bernardo Falcone. Yalumikizidwa ndi nyumbayi kuyambira 1678.
Williams anali kufunafuna chokopa chatsopano chapadenga pambuyo poti chithunzithunzi cha kamera chomwe adachimanga padenga la chipinda chapamwamba cha media chotsika chidatsitsidwa ndipo chidayenera kugwetsedwa.
Analowa ndikuzungulira Washington Square kuti atsimikizire kuti denga lake likuwonekera. Kenako anabwerera kunyumba kwake n’kuimbira foni mnzake, wosemasema wazaka 77, dzina lake Tom Cipes.
"Nthawi yomweyo adazindikira luso laluso loganiziranso chosema cha Venetian chazaka za zana la 17 ndikuchibweretsa ku San Francisco," adatero Williams.
Cipes adapereka ntchito yake, yomwe inali yokwanira miyezi isanu ndi umodzi. Williams akuyerekeza kuti zidazo zimawononga $ 5,000. Magalasi a fiberglass adapezeka ku Mannequin Madness ku Auckland. Vuto la Cipes linali loti amudzaze ndi chigoba chachitsulo ndi simenti chomwe chinali cholimba moti n’kutha kuchirikiza malo ake, koma chopepuka moti chikhoza kupindika pamene mphepo inkawomba tsitsi lake loumbika mokongola. Kukhudza komaliza kunali patina pa golide wake, zomwe zimamupangitsa kuti aziwoneka bwino chifukwa cha chifunga ndi mvula.
Chiboliboli cha mulungu wamkazi wachiroma Fortune chili padenga la nyumba ya Phil Williams pa Telegraph Hill ku San Francisco.
Williams anamanga chimango pamwamba pa dzenje pomwe kamera obscura ikanayima, kupanga malo a Fortune. Anayika nyali zapansi kuti ziwunikire chifanizirocho kuyambira 8 mpaka 9 koloko masana, kutalika kokwanira kuti awonjezere kumveka kwausiku ku paki, koma osati motalika kokwanira kusokoneza kwambiri oyandikana nawo owala.
Pa February 18, usiku wonyezimira, wopanda mwezi wa February, pakuthwanima kwa nyali za mzindawo, macheza otsekedwa anachitika. Mmodzi ndi mmodzi anakwera masitepe opita padenga, kumene Williams ankaimba nyimbo ya Carmina Burana, oratorio yolembedwa ndi Fortuna m’zaka za zana la 20. Iwo adakazinga ndi prosecco. Mphunzitsi wa ku Italy anawerenga ndakatulo ya "O Fortune" ndikuyika mawuwo kumunsi kwa fanolo.
"Patadutsa masiku atatu, tidamuyimitsa ndikupangitsa mphepo yamkuntho," adatero Williams. "Sindikufuna kukhala wowopsa kwambiri, koma zinali ngati wayitanitsa genie yamphepo."
Unali mmawa wa Lamlungu lozizira komanso kwamphepo, ndipo Fortune anali kuvina, kukwanitsa kuvala chisoti chachifumu pamutu pake ndikukweza matanga.
“Ndikuganiza kuti nkwabwino,” anatero mwamuna wina amene anadzitcha dzina la Gregory, yemwe anayenda pagalimoto kuchoka kunyumba kwawo ku Pacific Heights kukayenda kudutsa Washington Square. "Ndimakonda hipster San Francisco."
Sam Whiting wakhala mtolankhani wogwira ntchito ku San Francisco Chronicle kuyambira 1988. Anayamba ngati wolemba ntchito pa gawo la "People" la Herb Kahn ndipo adalembapo za anthu kuyambira pamenepo. Iye ndi mtolankhani wofuna zambiri yemwe amagwira ntchito yolemba mbiri yayitali. Amakhala ku San Francisco ndipo amayenda makilomita atatu patsiku m'misewu yotsetsereka ya mzindawo.
Nthawi yotumiza: Mar-12-2023