Umbono ovela phezulu kwiSkyslide.UOliver Jones Usenokuba ujike kwiminyaka engama-45 eyadlulayo, okanye uza kufika kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini ukusukela ngoku. Kusenokwenzeka ukuba wawukhe — okanye mhlawumbi kwixesha elizayo — wafumana umsebenzi okhuselekileyo, isiqwenga somhlaba esihlawulelweyo, imali esebhankini. Kodwa ukuba ujike i-45 kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, njengoko ndenzile, akunakulindeleka ukuba ubenazo ezo zinto, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo ayizizo zontathu ezi zinto. Ubudala obuphakathi (kuba ngoku sonke siqinisekile ukuba siphile ukuya kuma-90) ayisiyiyo loo nto yayiyiyo ngaphambili. Ubomi besiqingatha sanamhlanje bunako konke ukungazinzi kobomi kumashumi amabini, kodwa ngamashumi asixhenxe anesihlanu eepesenti ubuncinci obunokwenzeka.
Okanye ubuncinci ezo ziingcinga entlokweni yam njengoko ndijonga udonga lwe-intshi-nekota yekota efestile yeglasi enefestile malunga neenyawo ezili-1000 ngaphezulu eLos Angeles. Indawo ekuyo yi-OUE Skyspace LA, indawo yokujonga esasazeka kumgangatho we-69th kunye ne-70th ye-US Bank Tower, esona sakhiwo siphakamileyo entshona yeMississippi, nesinye esisebenze njengesixhobo sokugoba esijikeleze isixeko ukusukela sagqitywa Iminyaka engama-27 edlulileyo. Isithuba lilinge elibaliweyo lokongeza ubumdaka kunye nokuqwalaselwa kwisakhiwo esiphakamileyo yiOverseas Union Enterprise LTD, umniniyo ukusukela ngo-2013. (Inkampani yotyalo-mali yokuthengisa izindlu nomhlaba yaseSingapore yathenga inqaba eyenzelwe i-IM ngexabiso lesaphulelo le- $ 367.5 yezigidi kuba yayiyiipesenti ezingama-60 kuphela ezaziqeshwe ngelo xesha.) Cinga ngeSkyspace njengetsheri yamva nje edadayo ephezulu eDowntown L.A. ekhulayo nengapheliyo evuselelayo. 
Ibhanki yaseMelika.UOliver Jones
Kodwa ngexa iSkyspace inokuthi ibe phezulu kuluhlu lonke lwabaphathi beofisi njengeyona ndlela iphambili kwi-party yalo nyaka yeholide (incwadi ngoku!), Ayisosizathu sokuba abantu bathethe ngayo-okanye eyonanto, kutheni indibuza ngemeko yokufa kunye nendawo Umhlaba. Ukudibanisa imigangatho emibini kwi-engile ye-29-degree, sisilayidi esineenyawo ezingama-45 ezenziwe ngeglasi efanayo enefestile. Emva kokulinda ixesha elide emgceni, umntu angazifaka kuhlobo lwengubo yerabha aze adubule ngokukhawuleza kwisilayidi esingenangxubakaxaka, ehla kwimethi eblowu nebomvu yohlobo olufunyanwa kwindawo yomthambo yabantwana.
I-Skyslide bubunjineli kunye nokumangalisa kwezobuchwephesha, okusebenzisa iglasi kunye nokuphakama okugqithileyo ukuze kulungelelaniswe ngokuchanekileyo impendulo enokuthi ichazwe kakuhle njengengxaki ethambileyo, evuyisayo ekhoyo. Ngenceba, yenye engaphezulu kokukhawuleza. Ngamava anokuba yeyakho kwimali yokwamkelwa eyi- $ 33- $ 8 ngaphezulu kunokuba ufuna nje ukukhangela indawo yokujonga. Yonke into exeliweyo, iya kukuseta ubuye umva ngokungathi uyalele i-Trust Me epheleleyo (isitya se-sushi esinconyelweyo) eSugarfish ezantsi kwesitalato.
Kukho ukungangqinelani ngokupheleleyo kwengqondo malunga nayo yonke loo nto, utshilo uMichael Ludvik, injineli eyintloko yolwakhiwo kule projekthi. Kukho ukungavisisani okupheleleyo phakathi kwento oyilindeleyo kwiglasi kwaye, ngokusengqiqweni, into esiyaziyo njengeenjineli malunga neglasi. Siyazi ukusuka kwinzululwazi ukuba le glasi yomelele ngokuqinileyo. Umgangatho ngokoqobo womelele njengentsimbi. Inamanqanaba amaninzi okungafuneki kwakhona. Isakhiwo siya kuwa phantsi ngaphambi kokuba isilayidi senze. Kodwa ayiziva ngathi xa ukuyo. Ingathi, 'Owu Thixo wam, ndiza kufa.'
Yongeza uLudvik, oqhuba eyakhe inkampani yaseBrooklyn yobunjineli, abantu bayakhaba kuludwe phakathi kolindelo kunye nenyani yesayensi.
Ukukhaba ligama elinye kuyo. Ixesha lokuqala phantsi kwesilayidi liyothusa ngokunyanisekileyo: emva kokufika emhlabeni, umzimba wam washukuma ngezinga elifanayo nelalisenziwa ngumxube wam waseMalta ngomhla wesine kaJulayi. Ngohambo lwesibini ezantsi, bendilungile, kwaye ndinako ukugxila ngakumbi kwisixeko esihlala sisasazeka phambi kwam, kunokuba sijonge ngaphakathi.
Umbono uyamangalisa-ngokusisiseko ifumene uphononongo olungcono kunesilayidi uqobo-nangona mhlawumbi ingeyondlela abathembisa ngayo. I-OUE Skyspace ithengisa ukuba ngomhla ocacileyo ungabona eCatalina. Inyani yile yokuba ngalo mhla, kwaye ndiyaqikelela uninzi lwazo zonke, isixeko nje siyanyibilika siye elundini kwishumi elinanye okanye kangangeemayile ukusuka apho utyibilika khona, usiya ungene kubumhlophe obuthambileyo njengefoto yokugqibela kaThelma noLouise . Yinto ephazamisayo ukuyigcina, ebonakala ngathi imiselwe ukubanjwa ngumzobi ofanelekileyo kwinqanawa enobungakanani beT Turner.
Ngaba ikhuselekile? Njengoko yayisakhiwa, iSkyslide yafakwa kwibhetri yovavanyo oluvela kwiinjineli kwiSebe lezoLwakhiwo noKhuseleko laseLos Angeles. Iipawundi ezili-12,000 zeengxowa zentlabathi ziyenze ngempumelelo phantsi, umda wobunzima awunakufikelelwa ngelixa isilayidi sisebenza njengoko umntu omnye evunyelwe phantsi ngexesha elinye. Ukuba kukho inyikima, ulwakhiwo luyilelwe ukuhamba ngobunono kunye nesakhiwo.
Oko kwathiwa; sisilayidi. Isizukulwana esikhule kunye nezilayidi zokhuselo ezenziwe kwiibhotile zesoda ezihlaziyiweyo zisenokungayazi le nto, kodwa izilayidi zenzelwe ukukuthumela ngokukhawuleza. Lo ube ngumcimbi kutshanje xa umfazi oneminyaka engama-57 ubudala waseWoodmere, eNew York wehle ngokukhawuleza kunokuba wayekulindele kwaye wabamba iqatha lakhe kwisithuba esiphakathi kwesilayidi kunye neemethi zokufika. Ngomhla emva kokuba ndityelele isilayidi, wafaka isimangalo ngokuchasene ne-OUE Skyspace ecela ukonakaliswa okungachazwanga. 
Ukubetha iimethi.UOliver Jones
Ukuthobela umthetho ecaleni, isilayidi ngumtsalane izinto ezingazange zibonwe yi-Downtown L.A.-uhlobo lwentengiso yabakhenkethi umntu ayilindeleyo kwiipaki zomxholo ezikude kakhulu kumbindi wesixeko. Ewe, eyona nto ikufutshane eDowntown LA kwakufuneka ibe yi-Angel's Flight, i-funicular eneminyaka eli-115 ubudala enqumla isitrato esivela kwiGrand Central Market eyamisa i-Bunker Hill kumjikelo ofanayo wokurhubuluza kweSkyslide phambili. Ngokufanelekileyo, i-Angel's Flight ivaliwe ukusukela kwengozi ngo-2013, kwakuloo nyaka u-OUE waqalisa ukulungiswa kwezigidi ezingama-50 zeedola kwi-US Bank Tower ezakuquka iSkyspace kunye nesilayidi.
Kodwa ngexa iAngel's Flight ithathe isigqibo ngeWes Andersonian, iSkyslide nguMichael Bay yonke indlela. Ewe kunjalo, ngeendlela ezininzi iinzame ze-OUE zokuphinda zibambe ezinye zezinto ezonwabisayo esi sakhiwo esinike inkcubeko ye-pop. Abadlali beefilimu sele beyibonile inqaba iluma uthuli ngo-1996 yoSuku lweNkululeko, kwaye yaphoswa nje kukunqunqwa nguDwayne Johnson xa yayibhukuqa kwiSan Andreas yonyaka ophelileyo.
Kodwa ekuphela kwento enokuqhekeka ngexesha lotyelelo oluqhelekileyo kukuziva kwakho. Unokuziva umncinci uphakamileyo, malunga nesithathu sokuphakama kweSandstone Peak, eyona ndawo iphakamileyo yeeNtaba zeSanta Monica, uluhlu lwamanxweme olufana nePacific. Mhlawumbi olunye uloyiko lwakho olunzulu lunokunyibilika nalo, ukuba uzimisele ukubatyhalela phambili.
Elona candelo lilukhuni malunga nesilayidi kukuhamba ngokwakho, utsho uLudvik. Uchithe ubomi bakho bonke uziqeqesha ukuba ungazazisi kwizakhiwo ezide okanye uphume emaweni. Ke kuya kufuneka uyicime le ndawo ibukhuni yengqondo yakho ekuxelela ukuba, ‘Sukwenza le nto.’ Kodwa emva kokuba uyenzile, uhamba ngokukhawuleza. Kukungxamiseka okungakholelekiyo ukuba ungadlula kuloo nxalenye yoyikisayo.
