Indawo yaseKhaya: I-Rinkler Rink ye-Staten Island njengeSikweko sendlela esiphila ngayo ngoku

Usuku lweveki I-roller rink-cum-gay indawo yokudlala ngeempelaveki eRoxy ivaliwe ngo-Matshi odlulileyo ukwenza indawo yokuhlala kwiikhondomu. Indawo yokuzalwa ye-roller disco, i IZiko loLuhlu lweZakhono zoBugcisa , eCrown Heights, babamba iskate sayo sokugqibela ngo-Epreli odlulileyo emva kweminyaka engama-73 kwishishini. Ngaphandle kwemiboniso yokuyigcina, esi sakhiwo ngoku yindawo yokugcina. Kunyaka ngaphambili Isitshixo seSkate kwiBronx wavala iingcango zalo.

Njengokuba abathandi beerinki baqala ukupakisha iigrey skates, iRoller Jam USA evulwe ngoJulayi eStenen Island e-236 eRichmond Valley Road. Mhlawumbi kufanelekile ukuba enye yeerinki zokuqala kwisiXeko saseNew York okoko i-roller-disco craze yaphakama kwiminyaka yo-1980 yayiya kuba seStaten Island, eyona ndawo ingenantlonelo ngokungenantlonelo, eyinxalenye yosapho kwiidolophu ezintlanu. Eyona kufanelekileyo nangakumbi ukuba i-DJ yeRoller Jam yasebusuku yabantu abadala ngeveki ngoMgqibelo ligqala likaRoxy.

I-Roller Jam yase-USA ithatha indawo yesakhiwo esinebali elinye, nesibe yindawo yovavanyo kwinkampani yeLucent Technologies engasasebenziyo kwaye ngoku sisakhiwo sezemidlalo.

Babeqhele ukubethisa apha, umphathi jikelele uPhil Gallina, osapho lakhe luqhuba iRoller Jam USA, wandazisa erinkini emva kwemini yangeCawa.

Akunakwenzeka ukuba izinto ziqhume ngaphakathi kwewindow engenafestile, isamente-ebiyelweyo, ibhokisi emnyama egcina irink ethobekileyo. Ngaphandle koko, yonke imizila yento eyayisenziwa kwimizi-mveliso iye yacinywa. Ukuhonjiswa yile nto kanye umntu anokuyilindela kwi-roller rink. Iibhola zeDisco zijikeleza ukusuka eluphahleni, imibala enemibala eqaqambileyo yokuqaqamba kwebhasikithi kwaye ibonakaliswa kumgangatho wayo ogudileyo, ovaliweyo. I-40 ephezulu yokubetha ephuma kwisithethi ishiya into enqwenelekayo. Ndandinombono wombono onje nge Isigebenga , apho uCharlize Theron noChristina Ricci baqala khona ukwanga kwizikeyiti ezinjengohambo 'Ungayeki ukukholelwa' edlala ngasemva.

Okulusizi kukuba, xa ndizama ukucela ingoma ye-INXS, akukho namnye kula mantombazana mathathu asebenza kwindawo yokuthenga eyaziyo iqela. Ukusukela ngoku ndinyuka inyambalala, izitepsi eziveziweyo ukuya kwi-DJ booth kwi-skates kubonakala kuwumsebenzi onzima kakhulu, kuye kwafuneka ndibhale igama lebhendi kwilaphu.

Kuyavunywa, uninzi lwabatyibilizi abaxinanisa irink ngeCawa bebengaphantsi kwe-18 kwaye uninzi bebengaphantsi kweminyaka eyi-5. Ndithe ndakucima (ndaza ndathatha umhlobo wam wehla nam), ndaqinisekisa umncedisi werink owathi wagqwesa wandihlangula enxibe iyunifomu yosompempe enemigca kunye neebheroli ezijikelezayo endiziphosileyo ukuphosa umntwana omncinci onenyawo ezintathu. Kodwa masinyaniseke, ukuguqula ezo zilwanyana zinamavili amane, ii-suede kunzima.

I-Roller Jam USA ngokubanzi ngamava e-PG. Ukusela akuvumelekanga kula maziko, kodwa 'ungenza nantoni na oyifunayo ngaphambi kokuba ufike,' unikele omnye umsebenzi. Ulutsha lwaluyimakethi ephambili yosapho lakwaGallina ekujoliswe kulo xa bangena kwishishini lokubaleka. Kwakungekho enye into eyenziwayo ngabakwishumi elivisayo eStenen Island ngaphambi koku, utshilo uMnu. Ungaya emall okanye kwi-bowling. Ngoku beza apha.

Phakathi kwama-700 ukuya kuma-800 abantwana besikolo esiphakamileyo baya kubusuku bentsha eRoller Jam USA veki nganye, uqikelela. Njengee-disco ze-roller's ze-1970's, yindawo enkulu yokunxibelelana njengokwenza i-skating.

Beza kuba kufana neklabhu, utshilo uMnu Gallina. Ngamanye amaxesha irenki iya kuba ingenanto kodwa zonke iisofa kunye neetafile [ezingqonge yona] ziya kuba zizele ngabantwana bejinga ngaphandle.

Kuba umsitho uneminyaka eli-18 nangaphantsi, abalindi zii-chaperones ze-facto, ezophula naziphi na iiseshoni zokuphuma okanye ii-scuffles. Ubusuku babantu abadala-obuthintelwe kuphela kubafazi abangaphezulu kwama-23 kunye namadoda angaphezulu kwama-26 — bukwatsala malunga nama-300 ukuya kwangama-400 ii-skaters ngobusuku. Iintsapho, amatheko kunye nokuchithwa kwabathandekayo be-skating-skating account ye shishini elisele. Kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo indoda yeza yonke indlela isuka eHolland (ngeBoston) isiya eStenen Island ukuya kukhwela ngobusuku babantu abadala, ngokutsho komphathi jikelele uJohn Jon. Nangona malunga neepesenti ezingama-90 zabathengi bengabantu baseStenen Island, uMnu Gallina uqikelele, iindaba ziyasasazeka.

Ndathetha neentsapho ezimbini ngeCawa ezazivela kude eBronx naseBrooklyn ngenjikalanga yokutyibilika ngesondo. Kwaye inde indlela ekuyiyo. Ukuthabatha inqwelomoya eya eBoston isuka eLa Guardia mhlawumbi iyakhawuleza kunohambo oluya eRoller Jam USA. Ukusuka kwisikhephe, uthatha iStenen Island Railroad ukuya eRichmond Valley Road (indawo yokumisa okwesithathu ukuya kwelokugqibela emgceni); hamba imizuzu eyi-10 ukuhla ngesitalato esihlala abantu kungabikho zithuthi ecaleni kwamarhanisi ambalwa; kwaye unqumle indlela exakekileyo, yorhwebo uye kwisakhiwo. Uhambo olunzima, lweeyure ezimbini ukusuka eManhattan konke kuyinxalenye yamava, kodwa abo banethemba lokuntywila kumoya wesithili esingaqhelekanga apha endleleni banokudana yindlela engeyiyo leyo.

Ngokusekwe kubungakanani kunye neziseko zasekhaya zesihlwele eRoller Jam, kubonakala ngathi intengiso ikhona kwirink entsha eManhattan, kodwa ungabambi umphefumlo wakho. UJohn Purcell, umlawuli olawulayo weRoller Skating Association International, iqela lezorhwebo elimele ngaphezulu kweerinks ezili-1 kwilizwe liphela, uthe kuzwelonke umzi mveliso uye wema ukusukela oko i-roller-disco craze yasweleka ekuqaleni kweminyaka ye-1980, hayi ngaphezulu kweedolophu apho ipropathi iyabiza.

Ngokwesiko, ii-roller-skating rinks ngamashishini asekhaya, ke baye balwa ngokuchasene nemicimbi efanayo namanye amashishini amancinci eMelika kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo, utshilo. Omnye wemiceli mngeni ejongene nabanini beerink ezindala, ngakumbi kwiindawo ezinje ngeNew York, apho amaxabiso ezindlu aphakamileyo, kukuba uninzi lwabo lusondele kumhlala phantsi kwaye abantu banikezela ngemali eninzi ukuthenga indawo yabo.

Ezona rink zerola ziphumelele elizweni zezo ziye zahluka-hlukanisa kwimisebenzi enjenge-laser tag kunye nokuzonwabisa kosapho okufana nezindlu ezinqabileyo okanye umdlalo othambileyo, utshilo uMnu Purcell. Ukwanda kokuthandwa kweRoller Derby kuye kwafaka intshisakalo kwimidlalo.

Jeremiah Moss, umpapashi we Jeremiah’s Vanishing New York -Ibhlog yakhe ayichazayo 'njengesiqhelo somzi wam oswelekayo'- unentlalo ethe chatha ekuphelisweni kwenkcubeko yamaNew York.

'Iiroller roller ziindawo zentlalo, imisebenzi yeqela, utshilo. Kwi-rink, wonke umntu uyavuma ukuthathela ingqalelo omnye komnye, ukuba balumke kwaye badlale njengeqela. Wonke umntu umamela umculo ofanayo. Kodwa abantu babonakala bebodwa ngakumbi ngoku-baxhonywe kwii-iPod, iiBlackBerries, iiselfowuni. Kwaye abanikeli ngqalelo kwabanye kwiindawo zabo.

Ukuhamba kwesetyhula kwerink akunangqondo yamabhongo, nokuba kungayi ndawo kodwa kujikeleze. Ndicinga ukuba ngoku abantu bakhetha ukubeka i-iPod yabo kunye ne-roller-blade bodwa phantsi kwangoko kwindawo efana ne-Hudson River Park.