Akwai a cikin tsakiyar tsakiyar Lakeland shi ne Lake Mirror da Ginin. Gidan yawon shakatawa na gari shi ne hangen nesa Tom Appleyard, mai kula da Chamber of Commerce na Lakeland a farkon shekarun 1920. Charles W. Leavitt, mashahuran kamfanin New York, wanda ke da ala} a da shi, ya kawo hangen nesa ga Appleyard.
Abinda aka tsara, wanda aka kira don amphitheater da kuma hoton da aka shafe ta saboda farashin, amma tudun teku ta arewa da kudancin kudancin kuma an kammala hanya mai zurfi a 1926.
Kogin Lake Mirror da kuma wasan kwaikwayon wasan kwaikwayon da aka shirya a farkon shekarar 1999 kuma Hollis Garden ya bude a shekarar 2000 a kan tekun kudu maso gabashin tafkin. Har ila yau, wani sassaka yana da laushi a gefen arewa maso gabas.
Hanyar:
Kogin Lake Mirror yana kusa da Massachusetts Avenue (Hwy 33) a Downtown Lakeland. An layi kusa da tafkin Lake Mirror.
Cikin dukan shekarun, Shawarwari, wanda aka jera a kan Ƙasa na Labarai na Gidajen Tarihi, ya kasance tushen girman kai a cikin al'umma. Yayinda aka yi ciki a cikin shekarun 1920, kimanin shekaru 20 da suka wuce, sake ginawa ya sake dawo da Gidan Gida zuwa ga girmansa da hangen nesa.
Gidan Hollis yana samar da mahimmanci na kudancin tafkin Lake Mirror. Rashin rufinsa, Tuscan gazebo za a iya gani daga ko'ina cikin tafkin. An bude a shekara ta 2000, Hollis wata gonar lambu ce a cikin tarihin Lake Mirror Park. Fiye da furanni 10,000, bishiyoyi masu ban sha'awa da kuma inuwa suna jin dadin lambu.
Madogarar ruwa shine wurin da ake kira Hollis Garden. Hanyoyin bashi da masu jagora suna gudana daga ƙasa a ƙarƙashin marmaro zuwa gefen tafkin Lake Mirror, wanda yake wakiltar ikon mutum na sarrafa ruwa don amfaninsa. Tun lokacin da gonar ta kara girma kamar yadda yake kusa da tafkin, ya nuna yadda mutum zai iya bunkasa kyakkyawar ƙasar Florida da flora.
An kafa shi a cikin watan Afrilu na shekarar 2004, zane-zane na zamani na "Volunteerism", wanda wani masanin fassarar Albert Paley ya tsara, shi ne cibiyar da ke cikin tafkin Lake Mirror Park.
Girman sassaka mai launin mita 41, mai launin mita 18,000 yana dauke da wani sashin tsakiya mai launi mai tsalle, wanda aka rufe da ƙananan mashi da ƙuƙwalwa. An ɗora ta ta hanyar curling, rubutun zinariya wanda aka bazata ta hanyar zane-zane masu launin furanni guda biyar masu kaiwa zuwa sama a kwangila.
Ko kuna son shi ko kuma ya ƙi shi, sassaukar alama tana kula da ku sosai saboda alama ba ta da wuri a wuraren tarihi.
Ana zaune a Lake Lake Mirror, babban gini ne na gine-ginen da ke ba da dama ga abubuwan da ake amfani da ita don sadaukar da jama'a da kuma nishaɗi, ciki har da ayyukan manyan mutane, wasan kwaikwayon wasan kwaikwayo da kuma ginin gidaje.
An ɓoye daga kallo daga tafkin, amma wani ɓangare na kullin wasanni shine Barnett Family Park. Yana da wani yanki na musamman na al'umma wanda ke nuna filin wasa mai ban sha'awa, filin wasan ruwa da kuma babban gidan wasan kwaikwayo. Duk wannan a cikin zuciyar Downtown Lakeland.
Kuna iya tambayar kanka, "Menene loggia?" Na yi. A loggia ne mai bude gallery a cikin gefen ginin, yana kallo akan kotu mai bude. A wannan yanayin, wannan loggia yana samuwa a gefen Massachusetts Avenue a gefen yammacin Tekun Mirror. Hakan yana hadewa a hanya mai zurfi zuwa tafkin da ke ƙasa.
Likitoci suna nuna suna ba da jimawa ga hangen nesa wanda ya wuce. Hannun da ba wai kawai ya zama gaskiya ba, amma ya yi aiki a cikin al'umma fiye da rabin karni.