48 Hours a Kansas City: Hanyar Farko

01 na 04

Shirin Gabatarwa ga Kansas City

Idan {asar Amirka ta kasance mai rawar jiki, Kansas City za ta kasance jaririn. Kyakkyawan kyakkyawa da abu-idan kawai kuna son ɗaukar lokaci don dubawa.

An san shi don jazz da barbecue, wannan birni yana da kwari-da yawa. Da zarar gidan gida ya fara tafiya kamar yadda Amelia Earhart da Jackie Robinson suka yi, Kansas City ba wani baƙo ne na tsai da tsammanin. Ya kasance 'yan tawaye a cikin Roaring' 20s, suna yin ba'a a Prohibition da kuma bude wasu daga cikin mafi kyau jazz clubs a duniya da kuma magana-easers-samun kansa da sunan mai suna "Paris na Plains."

Har ila yau, wani wuri ne na kyawawan kayan ado. Tare da fiye da ruwa 200, birnin yana da kusan kusan a ko'ina cikin duniya-na biyu kawai zuwa Roma. Hannun da aka lakaba da dutse da kuma yumɓu mai launi na Land Club Plaza suna kama da 'yan uwanta, Seville , Spain. Kuma gidajen tarihi na kayan tarihi sune wasu daga cikin mafi kyau a kasar.

Amma kada mu manta da barbecue . An haife shi a cikin tsakiyar gundumar 18th da Vine, rubutun birni da sauri-kyafaffen nama, rubutun da kayan ƙanshi da kayan ƙanshi tare da tumatir miyagun tumatir, halayen duk wani abu Texas ko Carolinas zasu bayar.

Idan kuna da kwanakin nan kawai don bincika Kansas City, wannan shi ne yadda za ku sa mafi yawan tafiyarku na tudu.

02 na 04

Day Daya

1 na yamma: Kashe kayanku a cikin otel dinku. Don ziyartar kuɗi, ku zauna a Rafael Hotel, wani 'otel din' 'otel' na '' otel 'a Kansas City's Country Club Plaza. An tsara shi ne a farkon karni na 20 na Alonzo Gentry, wanda aka fara bude shi a shekarar 1928 a matsayin wanda ya dace da sabon gini. An gina asali ne a matsayin masu kyauta ga KC mafi yawan masu haya, an gina gine-gine kuma an sake buɗe shi a 1975 a matsayin otel din otel wanda aka tsara a cikin kyawawan kayan da yawa daga cikin ƙananan kamfanonin Turai. An riga an jera shi a kan Ƙasa na Lissafin Tarihi. Bugu da ƙari da ɗakunan da aka yi da ɗakuna da wuri mai ban mamaki, Rafael yana da kida a cikin ɗakinsa a kowace dare, cibiyar kula da lafiyar jiki, da kyautar wifi mai girma.

Don ƙarin ɗakunan ajiya, ku duba Hotel 816 a Old Westport. An ladafta sunan mai suna bayan lambar gari, wannan otel na zamani ya keɓe kanta ga dukan KCMO. Ƙungiyoyi masu shahara suna nuna tarihin birnin, tare da kayan ado da kayan ado waɗanda aka zaɓa ta wurin ɗakunan Kansas City, kuma ɗakunan birane masu yawa sun haɗa da hotunan ɗakunan ajiya daga bayanan. Har ila yau, otel din yana ci gaba da yin amfani da kayan aiki mai daraja irin su sabis na ƙwallon ƙaƙa zuwa abubuwan da ke kusa da nan, karin kumallo, da kuma liyafar liyafa na yau da kullum - yana mai da muhimmanci sosai ga waɗanda suke neman shiga cikin KC duka.

2 na yamma: Ka fara tsayawa a tashar Union Union. A kwanakinsa, wannan filin mita 850,000 wanda aka gina a shekara ta 1914 ya kasance yana ganin dubban dubban jirgin fasinjoji a kowace shekara. Duk da yake har yanzu kana iya tafiya a kan Amtrak a yau, Union Station yanzu yafi amfani da sararin samaniya, kayan gargajiyar, da kuma shakatawa na yawon shakatawa, wanda ya nuna - a tsakanin sauran abubuwa-duniya, gidan wasan kwaikwayo, da kuma allo cinema. Har ila yau, yana da kyau na gine-gine. Yi amfani da shi don duba kullun da ke da matsala mai tsayi 95 da ƙafafunta 3,500 a cikin Grand Hall. Yayin da kake can, ka kawo iyalinka zuwa Cibiyar Kimiyya don nuna nune-nunen wasan kwaikwayon da zanga-zangar, ko kuma ta hanyar ziyartar dandalin.

3 na yamma: Ka tafi hanyar Gidan Jarida ta Duniya da kuma Taron tunawa. Abu na farko da za ku gani lokacin da kuka shiga cikin gidan kayan gargajiya shine gine-gilashi-gilashi-gilashi a kan filin gonar 9,000 wadanda suka mutu-kowannensu yana wakiltar 1,000 mutuwar soja kuma ya sanya sauti don ganin hangen nesa a tarihin Amirka. Ginin yana da kimanin 100,000 abubuwa, takardu, da kayan aiki daga yakin duniya na-fiye da ko'ina cikin duniya-kuma ba tarihi ba kawai tarihin yaki ba, har ma tasirin zamantakewa da al'adu na yaki a Amurka. Ya hada da kayan tarihi a gidan kayan gargajiya shi ne tsararraki mai zurfi mai tsawon mita 90 da zai aiko da shinge a kan kashin ku, da kuma gwanin harsashi mai tsayi 15 mai zurfi wanda za ku iya shiga. Shafin yanar gizon-da kuma gidan rediyo na Liberty Memorial-wani tarihin tarihi ne wanda mutane fiye da miliyan biyu suka ziyarta, ciki har da tsohon Shugaba Barack Obama.

4 na safe: Kafana da motar ko ka yi wa dan wasan Jazz Museum na Amurka. Ana zaune a Kansas City's Historic Jazz District, wannan gidan kayan gargajiya yana zaune a cikin unguwannin da suka taba ganin nau'in wasan kwaikwayo ya bunƙasa cikin shekarun 1920 da '30s. Tsayawa ga shafukan yanar gizo da sauti na kiɗa jazz a Amurka, shafin yana riƙe da fadi da dama, abubuwan sirri, da kuma hotuna na wasu talikan fasaha mafi girma na kasar. Har ila yau, yana da gidan wasan kwaikwayon jazz wanda ake kira Blue Room wanda ya sabawa kide-kide da 'yan wasan gida da na kasa.

A lokacin da kake cikin, safa kusa da Ƙofar Wasannin Wasanni ta Negro. Wannan kayan aiki na mita 10,000 yana nuna daruruwan hotuna, fina-finai, da kayan tarihi daga wasanni na baseball na Afirka na karni na 20. An kafa kungiyar kwallon kafa ta farko ta Negro a Kansas City a shekarar 1920, inda ta ba da labaran jerin wasannin kishi a duk fadin kasar. Wadannan wasanni sun zama masu jagorancin tattalin arziki da al'adu ga al'ummomin Afirka na zamani a lokacin, har sai Jackie Robinson-dan wasan na Kansas City Monarchs-an yi ta karbuwa ne a kan Brooklyn Dodgers, ya hada da wasan kwallon baseball da kuma farawa ga Afirka ta Kudu wasanni. Wannan shafin ya kasance dole ne ga tarihin buffs da magoya bayan wasanni.

6:30 na yamma: Dauke kyawawan kayan kirki, tsofaffi, Kwanakin Barbecue na Kansas City don abincin dare. Kasuwancin kullun KC guda biyu suna zaune a cikin miliyoyin gidan kayan gargajiya: Arthur Bryant's Barbecue da Gates Bar-BQ. Tambaya a kan abin da ya fi dacewa a baya shekarun da suka wuce, amma dukkanin gidajen abinci guda biyu ana iya dawowa da wani mutum guda, Henry Perry. Kodayake ake kira "Father of Kansas City Barbecue," Perry ya ci gaba da irin salon cin nama da ake yi, a yanzu, mai tsabta ga yankin, kuma ya yi daidai a yankin da ke kusa da inda Gates da Arthur Bryant suka tsaya. Kowace gidan cin abinci da ka zaba, ka fita don ƙonewa. Crunchy, nama mai nama wanda aka karɓa daga ma'anar kyautar ƙuƙwalwa mai ƙanshi shi ne wanda ya fi so a tsakanin mazauna.

8 na yamma: Ƙare rana ta hanyar daɗaɗɗen tarihi na titin 18th da Vine don wasu kiɗa da wake-wake. Don tarihin tarihi, bincika Tom's Town Distilling Co. Wannan farfadowa tana nuna hoton zane-zane da kuma tsinkaye na musamman na speakeasy vibe.

03 na 04

Day biyu

10 na safe: Fara ranarku tare da brunch a Gram & Dun. Taswirar wannan abincin na musamman yana ba da kullun zamani zuwa kyawawan kudancin kudancin. Zaman yanayi yana da kyau kuma yana da dadi, kuma patio yana da kyakkyawar ra'ayi na yankin Country Club Plaza. Kula da kanka zuwa daya daga cikin shaguna na shahararrun guraben bugun jini - Maryamu ta karu da wani naman alade-da kuma kaza da ke dafa. Ba za su damu ba.

12 na yamma: Na gaba, zuwa hanyar Kemper Museum of Modern Art. A cikin kusan mil mil, yana da sauri ko kuma a cikin sauƙi mai tafiya mai nisa idan kana so ka yi aiki da wasu daga cikin brunch. Wannan gidan kayan gargajiya na yau da kullum na aiki daga wasu manyan mashahuran duniya, ciki har da Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, da Georgia O'Keeffe. A waje, tabbatar da kama wani hoto a gaban daya daga cikin filayen 'shahararrun shahararrun abubuwa.

Ci gaba da zane-zane ta hanyar yin hanyar zuwa masaukin Art na Artista na Nelson-Atkins kusa da inda za ku sami fiye da 34,000 sassa na kusan shekaru 5,000. Ɗaya daga cikin manyan kayan gargajiya na kasar nan, Nelson-Atkins ne musamman saninsa don tarin fasahar Sinanci da zane-zane na "Shuttlecocks". Duk da yake farashin katunan farashin ya bambanta, shigarwa a gidajen tarihi na kayan tarihi "kyauta na dindindin kyauta ne.

4 na yamma: Koma zakuzartar fasahar ku ta hanyar ta hanyar Ƙasar Club Club. An tsara gundumar kasuwanci na 15-square ta hanyar amfani da gine-gine na Mutanen Espanya zuwa tudun yumɓu mai yumɓu da kuma aikin ƙarfe mai zurfi. Giralda Tower, musamman, yana da daraja gander. Tsarin da aka kafa na mita 138 a kusurwar West 47th Street da kuma JC Nichols Parkway sune La Giralda, hasumiya a cikin 'yar'uwar' yar'uwar KC ta Seville, Spain. Tabbatar wucewa ta JC Nichols Memorial Fountain, kazalika. An kira shi bayan mai gabatarwa na Plaza, shi ne mafi girman hoto a gundumar da kuma wani ɓangare na dalilin da ake kira Kansas City "City of Fountains".

6 na yamma: Tashi ta hanyar cin abinci maras kyau a Chaz a kan Plaza. Sayi a cikin Rafael Hotel a Country Club Plaza, wannan gidan cin abinci na yau da kullum na Amurka yana daya daga cikin mafi kyau a cikin birnin. Ka ci gilashin giya a kan patio, yayin da kake jin dadin kiɗa da wake-wake da tsinkaye. Hattawa na iya samun kaɗan, don haka kira gaba don yin ajiyar wuri.

Don ƙarin cin abinci, ku gwada gasar cin kofin Classic. Wannan ƙaunatacciyar ƙaunatacce Plaza tana hidima abinci na yau da kullum ta Amirka, ta amfani da mafi yawancin gida, wanda ake da shi mai sinadaran. Abin farin ciki a cikin wani abincin gishiri mai ban sha'awa yayin da mutane ke kallon kankara-ba tare da karya banki ba.

8 am Idan ba a riga ka shirya don shiga cikin dare ba, ka tafi zuwa ga Ƙungiyar wutar lantarki da haske don wadataccen makamashi. Tare da fiye da 50 barsuna, wuraren kiɗa, da kuma gidajen cin abinci buga a cikin takwas na birni tubalan, wannan yanki ne epicenter na Kansas City dare dare.

04 04

Day Three

8 na safe: Fara ranar ƙarshe a Kansas City ta hanyar cin abinci a garin Diner . Goma a cikin wani karin kumallo na karin kumallo na biscuits da cakuda tare da babban kofi na kofi, zuba dan Tobasco sauya a kan qwai, kuma kada ku manta da tats.

9 na safe: Binciken Gandun Kogi a filin da tafiya tare. Wannan yawon shakatawa zai jagoranci ku cikin kusan shekaru 200 na tarihin Kansas City, tun daga kafawarsa har yau. Ku ji labarai masu launi game da abin da ya faru na Yakubu James, yakin basasa, da Gillis Opera House, yayin da kuke tafiya a cikin ɗaya daga cikin manyan yankuna.

Bayan haka, Birnin Birnin ya yi amfani da shi don sayen kaya a ɗaya daga cikin shaguna da masu kasuwa. Tikka House, musamman, ya fi dacewa da tasha. Da yake a cikin bene na farko na Birnin City, wannan gidan cin abinci na Indiya yana da wasu mafi kyaun kayan yaji a cikin birnin. Kafin ka tafi, gwada wajan kajin tikka ko kaya.

12 na yamma: Idan kuna son yin al'adun al'adu na ƙarshe kafin ku bar garin, ku tafi Harry S. Truman Library da Museum . A halin yanzu akwai ɗakunan littattafan shugaban kasa 14 da aka kafa a dukan Amurka, amma Truman ya kasance na farko da za a kafa bayan Dokar Libraries na 1955. Ka yi kallon tsohon marigayi tsohon shugaban - daidai kamar yadda Truman ya mutu a shekara ta 1972 - kuma ya hango abubuwa masu yawa, rubuce-rubuce, hotuna, da fina-finai daga rayuwar shugaban Amurka 33rd.