New York, New York-gari mafi girma a Amurka - da sunayen da yawa sun san su, amma mafi yawan sanannun suna Big Apple.
Sunan mai suna "Big Apple" ya samo asali a cikin shekarun 1920s a game da kyaututtuka (ko "apples apples") da aka biya a yawancin racing racing a da kuma kusa da Birnin New York, amma ba a yarda da shi a matsayin sunan sunan birni ba sai 1971 a matsayin sakamakon sakamakon nasarar da aka yi na yakin neman tallafi don jawo hankalin masu yawon bude ido.
A cikin tarihinsa, kalmar "babban apple" ya sauko sau da yawa don nufin ma'anar mafi kyawun wuri kuma mafi girma daga wurare, kuma Birnin New York ya dade har zuwa sunan sa. Da zarar ka ziyarci wannan birni bakwai, za ka fahimci dalilin da ya sa aka kira shi Babban Birnin Duniya da Big Apple.
Babban sakamako: Daga Racing zuwa Jazz
Ko da yake an ambaci New York City a matsayin littafin "The Big Apple" a 1909 "The Wayfarer a New York," ba wai sai John Fitzgerald ya fara rubutawa a New York Morning Telegraph game da tseren doki a birnin kamar yadda "babban apples" na racing racing a Amurka.
Fitzgerald ya samu jawabin daga 'yan wasan kwaikwayon da masu horar da su a New Orleans wadanda suka yi ƙoƙari su yi tseren tsere a birnin New York City, suna magana akan "Big Apple." Ya bayyana lokacin a cikin wata kasida na tarihin Morning T :
"Ma'anar kowane yaro wanda ya jefa kaya a kan wani kyakkyawan manufa da makasudin mahayan dawakai." Akwai kawai Big Apple, wannan ne New York. "
Kodayake masu sauraron fitilun Fitzgerald ya kasance mafi ƙanƙanci fiye da mafi yawancin, ra'ayi na "babban apple" wanda ke wakiltar mafi kyawun abin da ya fi dacewa da sakamakon da aka samu ko abubuwan da aka samu sun fara fadada a fadin kasar.
A farkon shekarun 1920 da farkon shekarun 1930, 'yan wasan jazz na New York City suka fara magana game da Birnin New York kamar "Big Apple." Wani tsohuwar magana a cikin kasuwancin kasuwanci shine "Akwai bishiyoyi masu yawa a kan itacen, amma kawai Big Apple." Birnin New York shine (kuma shi ne) wuri na farko na mawaƙa na Jazz don yin, wanda ya sa ya fi dacewa ya koma New York City a matsayin Big Apple.
Kuskuren Kuskure ga Big Apple
A karshen shekarun 1960 da farkon shekarun 1970, Birnin New York yana da rawar gani a matsayin birni mai duhu da haɗari, amma a shekara ta 1971, birnin ya kaddamar da yakin neman tallafi don kara yawan yawon shakatawa zuwa Birnin New York, wanda ya karbi Big Apple a matsayin hukuma sanarwa da aka amince da shi zuwa Birnin New York.
Wannan yakin ya nuna dam din apples a cikin ƙoƙari na jawo baƙi zuwa Birnin New York, inda ake amfani da apples apples zuwa matsayin hoto mai haske da hoton birnin, wanda ya bambanta da ra'ayin da aka sani cewa birnin New York City aka lalata da aikata laifuka da talauci. .
Tun lokacin da aka kammala wannan yaƙin neman zaɓe-da kuma "rebranding" na birnin New York City an yi lakabi da suna Big Apple. A cikin fitattun Fitzgerald, kusurwar 54th da Broadway inda Fitzgerald ya rayu tsawon shekaru 30 an sake masa suna "Big Apple Corner" a shekarar 1997.