Great Spa Cities: Saratoga Springs, New York

Cibiyoyin Bugawa na 19th Century tare da Ta'awuwa na yau

Saratoga Springs yana daya daga cikin birane masu kyau na karni na 19, wani wuri inda masu arziki suka taru a lokacin rani don ganin su da ganin su, tseren dawakai, caca, tafiya cikin lambuna, sauraron kiɗa da kuma daukar ruwa. An san shi da "Sarauniya na Spas" a Amurka, yana da yawa a cikin al'adar karni na 19 na Turai kamar garuruwan Baden-Baden, Jamus.

Yawancin birane masu yawa a cikin birane na Amurka sun shiga cikin lalacewa kuma mafi muni bayan "magani na warkewarta" an maye gurbinsu da maganin zamani.

Yanzu kwanan nan ya koma baya zuwa ga sauran al'amuran yanayi kamar na wanka mai ma'adinai , kuma Saratoga Springs yana daya daga cikin wurare kaɗan a Amurka inda za ku iya jin dadin abin da ya faru a cikin karni na 19 na karni - yin wanka da shan ruwa, yin tafiya a kan thoroughbreds, cin abinci fita, yin tafiya a wurin shakatawa ko shaguna na tarihi a cikin gari, da kuma jin dadin wasan kwaikwayo da kuma kayan makaɗa a lokacin rani.

Ku zauna a Gidiyon Putnam

Idan kun kasance mai ƙaunar masauki, wuri mafi kyau shine zama Gideon Putnam. Wannan dakin mai kyau yana da kyau a cikin filin jiragen ruwa na 2,200-acre Saratoga Spa, wanda aka kafa a 1915 don kare maɓuɓɓugar ruwa. Gidan Gideon Putnam yana da dama a gefen Roosevelt Bath & Spa, wani kyakkyawan tubalin 1935 da katako na katako ne inda za ku iya jin dadin wanka mai ma'adinai a cikin asali na asali sannan kuma kuyi mashi a gwani. Roosevelt Baths menu na yau da kullum ya karu ƙwarai a cikin 'yan shekarun nan don haɗawa da abubuwa masu ban sha'awa irin su wanka, massage , gyaran fuska da kuma jiyya na jiki , amma karin kayan sadaka kamar Ayurveda da Bach Flower Remedy shawarwari, koyarwar tunani, aiki na makamashi, da kuma horaswa.

Har ila yau, filin shakatawa na Saratoga Spa yana cikin gida na Saratoga Performing Arts, a cikin gida mai zafi na gidan rani na New York City Ballet da Orchestra na Philadelphia. Yana da 'yan mintuna kaɗan daga Gidiyon Putnam, babbar dama idan kuna zuwa wani wasan kwaikwayo, kamar yadda zirga-zirga ke iya zama kalubale.

Sauran abubuwan jan hankali a cikin iyakokin filin wasa sun hada da Spa Little Theatre, National Museum of Dance da kuma Saratoga Automobile Museum.

Gidan Gida Gideon Putnam yana ba da yoga a wasan kwaikwayo a ranar Talata da Jumma'a don $ 10. Kuna da sauƙin samun damar zuwa yau da kullum da kuma shirye-shiryen ilimi da aka bayar a cikin wurin shakatawa, kamar tafiyar tafiya tafiya na marẽmari. Zaka kuma iya koyi game da gine-ginen shakatawa, bluebirds, butterflies, da bishiyoyi. Ta wannan hanyar zama a Gidan Gideon Putnam ya zama mafi girma kamar bazara.

A wasu lokutan karshen mako, Gidan Gideon Putnam da Roosevelt Bath sun ba da "Zaman Lafiya na Nasarawa" wanda ya hada da gidan zama, daya wanka a kowace rana, mafi yawan abincin, dafa abinci, tare da ayyuka da tarurruka.Bayan taron na gaba zai kasance ranar 11 ga watan nuwamba na 13, 2016.

Tarihin Saratoga Springs

Saratoga Springs yana da albarkatun ma'adinai na halitta kawai a gabas na Rockies, tare da yawan abubuwa 16 da suka hada da bicarbonate, chloride, sodium, calcium, potassium da magnesium. Ruwa yana da tsarki ga Mohawks, wanda ke kira yankin Serachtague, "wuri na ruwa mai sauri". Wani mummunan ra'ayi game da wannan sunan shine yadda aka san yankin da Saratoga.

'Yan asalin ƙasar Amirka sun gaskata cewa Manitou, allahn Allah, ya ruguza ruwan da aka yiwa ruwa, yana ba da kyauta tare da magunguna.

Sir William Johnson ya gano "marmaro" a cikin 1771 kuma ba da daɗewa ba ya zama abin sha'awa ga masu fararen fata, wadanda suka ba da ra'ayin Mohawk cewa ruwan ma'adinai suna da kayan warkarwa. Lokacin da Gideon Putnam ya zauna a kusa da Spring Rock Spring a 1795, ya ga yiwuwar yankin kuma ya sayi kasuwa a kusa da Congress Spring kuma a 1802, ya buɗe Buen Tavern da House House. Ya kasance nasara, kuma mafi yawan gidaje sun biyo baya. A 1831, tare da zuwan jirgin kasa daga New York City, yawon bude ido ya tafi. 'Samun magani' a Saratoga ya kasance al'adar da aka kafa ta dubban baƙi.

Racing Horse ya kasance wani ɓangare na Saratoga Springs scene tun 1847, a lõkacin da hadu da trotters aka gudanar a kan wani dirt track kusa da Union Avenue.

A 1864 an gina wata babbar hanya a gefe guda na kungiyar Union, shafin yanar gizo na Saratoga Race Course.

Gidan gidan John Morrissey, na yanzu Canfield Casino da gidan kayan gargajiya a Jam'iyyar Congress, ya bude a 1870. Bayan da rana a cikin tseren tseren, mutane miliyan da yawa sun taru don yin caca don manyan tashoshin daji, babban halayen Victorian ya kewaye shi. Diamond Jim Brady, Lillian Russell, Lily Langtry, da kuma Bet-A-Million Gates, sun kasance daga cikin waɗanda suka ba da sha'awa ga al'amuran Saratoga.

Ƙungiyoyin Victorian masu ban sha'awa ne suka gina su a kan North Broadway da kuma kusa da gari tun daga shekarun 1870 zuwa ƙarshen karni na ashirin. "Masu gida" da suka mallaki rani da aka bazara sun haɗu da shugabanni masu ziyara, tsohon shugabanni, 'yan siyasar da kuma manyan masana'antu. Sauran shahararru, ciki harda Susan B. Anthony, Sarah Bernhardt, Caruso, Victor Herbert, John Philip Sousa, Daniel Webster, da kuma Oscar Wilde sun ziyarci.

A 1909, Jihar New York ta fara sayen ƙasa don kare ruwan ma'adinai, wanda aka ci gaba da ci gaba da cinikayya. (Gine-ginen gine-ginen dake gindin maɓuɓɓugan ruwa da kuma amfani da pumps-powered pumps don cire ruwan ma'adinai don gas, wanda aka sayar da su a cikin masu shayarwa.) Wannan adana ya zama Saratoga Spa State Park.

Gwamna Franklin Roosevelt ya ziyarci Saratoga Springs 'dakunan wanka yayin yaki da cutar shan inna, kuma a shekara ta 1929, ya nada kwamishinan ci gaba da gina wurin kiwon lafiyar a nan, kuma ginin Saratoga ya fara. Jihar ta tallafa wa aikin a cikin shekarun 1930 don gina Sararin Gidan Saratoga Spa, ciki har da Gidan Gideon Putnam da ɗakin shahararrun wuraren wanke-kullun na hudu a cikin filin.

Daga cikin wankunan wanka, kawai Roosevelt Bathhouse har yanzu yana buɗewa don wanka. (An sake gyara kuma a sake buɗewa a shekara ta 2004, kamar yadda aka rufe ɗakunan Lincoln da kuma zama cikin wanka.) Sauran sun canza zuwa wasu amfani, irin su Spa Little Theater, Gidan Gidan Gida na Musamman da Gidan Hoto na Saratoga da ofisoshi. . An wanzar da wankunan Lincoln a matsayin sarari, amma har yanzu zaka iya ci gaba da tafiya a kasuwar manomi da kuma duba tarihin tarihi.

A cikin karni na 1940, an yi kwana uku a matsayin al'ada kuma ya hada da wanka mai ma'adinai 21, kayan magani mai mahimmanci, sarrafa abinci, hutawa, motsa jiki da wasanni. Yawan wanka a shekarar 1946 a 200,000 baths a shekara. A 2015 akwai kimanin 25,000 baho da aka ba a Roosevelt Bathhouse.

Saratoga Springs Bath - To, Yanzu

Na yi matukar farin ciki da samun wata makarantar tsohuwar Saratoga Springs ta wanke shekarun da suka gabata, lokacin da Lincoln Baths har yanzu suna budewa. 'Yar'uwata ta zauna a Boston kuma na zauna a birnin New York, saboda haka mun yanke shawara cewa wannan batu ne mai kyau. Ba zan taba taba manta da wannan wanka ba. Gidan wanka yana da ɗan sauki. Wata mace mai tsaka-tsakin da ta tayar da hankalinta ta kusantar da ni a wanka don kawai ingancin zafin jiki, ya gargadi ni kada in taɓa magunguna kamar yadda zan kasance a cikin ruwa na minti 20 kuma ba ta da lokacin da za ta wuce.

Har zuwa wannan batu ba burina ba. Amma ruwan yana da kyau kyan kore kore a kan farar fata na wanka. Na sake komawa da ruwa na dabi'un da ke cikin ruwa na kama da fata. Kowane sau da yawa, ɗayan zai mirgina fata na zuwa fuskar, yana ba ni daman daɗi sosai. Ba abin mamaki ba ne ake kira "Champagne Champagne"! Bayan haka, an rufe ni cikin takarda kuma na kwanta a kan gado don rabin sa'a don kwantar da hankali kuma in bar hankalina ya sauka. Amma aljanna ya kusan kawo karshen. Na yi takarda ta asibiti, kuma na karbi daya daga cikin mummunan masifa na rayuwata. Wurin tsohon wanka yana da kyau. Tausawar tsofaffin makaranta ba. Abin takaici ne kawai wanda wanda yake da mummunan rauni ya zama mashiya kuma bai san abin da suke yi ba.

Na dawo shekaru da yawa daga baya, bayan da Roosevelt Bath ya buɗe a shekara ta 2004, kuma ina fatan in wanka. Amma lokacin da na shiga cikin dakin, na yi mamakin ganin ruwa mai tsatsa. Akwai wasu 'yan kumfa, a nan da can, amma ba dadi mai dadi na ɗaukarda a cikin kumfa wanda ya ɓoye daya daya ba. Shin, na mutunta? Shin mahaukaci ne?

Masana mai maganin massage (wanda yake da kyau) ya bayyana cewa wanka ya canza. Asalin asalin jihar yana da kayan aiki waɗanda ke dauke da ruwa mai ma'adinai, wanda ya fito daga ƙasa sanyi, zuwa daidai zazzabi. Amma lokacin ya faru ne a cikin shekarun 1930, kuma lokacin da kayan aikin suka ɓace, jihar ta yanke shawara cewa yana da tsada sosai don maye gurbin. Da sauƙi, mai rahusa shine magance ruwan famfo zuwa babban zafin jiki kuma hada shi da ruwan ruwan ma'adanai mai tsabta don fitowa daga cikin tarkon a kimanin digiri na 98. Haɗuwa ta biyu sun juya ruwa mai launi.

Na ji cewa akwai wasu tubs inda za a iya samun ma'adinai wanda ba a haɗa su ba, amma an rubuta su da kyau a gaba ta hanyar cognoscenti. A gefe mai kyau, gidan wanka yana da kyau ta mashafi ya fi kyau, kuma sun kara daɗaɗa irin su Judith Jackson aromatherapy da manyan facials.

Sauran abubuwan da za su yi a filin Park Park na Saratoga

Ƙungiyar Peerless Pool tana kunshe da babban tafkin da ke shiga cikin zurfin zane, raba lambun gilashi tare da zauren zinare 19 '' '' da kuma 'ya'yan yara da ke da maɓuɓɓuka. Gidan shimfiɗa yana da tsawo mai tsawo 48. "Tarihin Victoria Pool shi ne ƙananan tafkin da ke kewaye da filin jirgin sama. Duk wuraren lambun da suke kewaye da su sun hada da abincin da abin sha, shawagi, ɗakuna da dakunan dakuna.

Cibiyar ta Saratoga Spa State tana ba da kyawawan gine-gine masu kyau; wani rukuni na 18-rami da kuma kwarewa 9-rami hanya, kammala tare da pro shop da kuma gidan cin abinci. Ƙananan wurare suna ba da wuraren wasan biki, hanyoyi masu ban sha'awa, masu dacewa da ƙauna ko masu tafiya, da kuma kyawawan hanyoyin gudanar da wasan kwaikwayon da masu yin wasa da kwalejin koleji suka yi. Ayyukan hunturu sun haɗu da gudun hijira a kan kilomita 12, hanyan kankara, hockey na kankara.