Phil Williams yana tsaye a farfajiyar gidansa da ke Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, kusa da gunkinsa na allahn Romawa Fortuna.
Kamar yadda mai zanen shimfidar wuri Amey Papitto ta shirya don bikin baje kolin masu fasaha na San Francisco a filin shakatawa na Washington Square ranar Lahadi da safe, idanunta sun kama wani mutum a rufin tudun Telegraph daura da wurin shakatawa.
"Ya kasance kamar mace mai laima don kare kanta daga iska," in ji Papito. Ta lura cewa laima tana motsi ne kawai don jawo hankalinta zuwa ga ma'ana tsakanin madaidaicin majami'ar Saints Peter da Paul da Hasumiyar Coit da ke kan tudu.
Kasancewa a tsakanin waɗannan abubuwan gani guda biyu, sha'awar ta kasance kamar an mamaye sararin sama yayin guguwar hunturu, kuma idan Papitto zai iya barin baje kolin kuma ya bi sha'awarta ta wurin shakatawa, ta hanyar layin safiyar Lahadi a gidan mahaifiyarta, taron cin abinci. kuma zuwa Greenwich - titi zuwa Grant, ta gane Phil Williams a saman gidan tudu.
Williams, injiniyan farar hula mai ritaya, ya gina wani mutum-mutumi na gunkin Romawa Fortuna a nan, kwatankwacin wanda ya gani a Grand Canal a Venice. Ya gina kwafi kuma ya sanya shi a kan rufin gidansa a watan Fabrairu, saboda kawai yana jin sabon birninsa yana buƙatar wartsakewa.
"Kowane a San Francisco ya makale kuma yana cikin damuwa," Williams, mai shekaru 77, ya bayyana wa manema labarai suna kwankwasa kofarsa. "Mutane suna son wani abu mai kyau kuma yana tunatar da su dalilin da yasa suka zauna a San Francisco tun farko."
Ainihin yanayin iska, an gina aikin fasaha akan mannequin irin na nuni wanda dole ne a cire shi don hawa matakai 60 na matsananciyar matakala na gidan Williams House mai hawa uku bayan girgizar kasa ta 1906. Da zarar a kan rufin rufin, an ɗora shi a kan wani akwati mai tsayi mai ƙafa huɗu da aka yi da katako wanda zai ba da damar yanki ya juya a kan kullinsa. Fortune kanta tsayin ƙafa 6 ne, amma dandamalin yana ba ta ƙaƙƙarfan ƙafa 12, a kan rufin rufin da ke da nisan ƙafa 40 daga titi wanda za a iya isa ta matakala. Mik'e hannunta na rik'e da wani siffa mai kama da jirgin ruwa, kamar ana kada shi cikin iska.
Amma ko da a irin wannan tsayin, ra'ayin Fortuna daga titi yana kusan rufe. Ta fi son ku a cikin dukkan ɗaukakarta ta zinare, kamar yadda Papitto, wanda ke cikin wurin shakatawa a hayin Shagon Sigari na Bohemian na Mario.
An haska wani mutum-mutumi na baiwar Girkawa Fortune a saman rufin gidan Phil Williams yayin wani liyafa a San Francisco.
Monique Dorthy na Roseville da 'ya'yanta mata guda biyu sun yi tafiya daga Greenwich zuwa Hasumiyar Coit ranar Lahadi don ganin mutum-mutumin Cramer Place, wanda ya isa ya hana ta rarrafe daga numfashi zuwa tsakiyar shingen.
“Mace ce. Ban san abin da ta rike ba - wani irin tuta," in ji ta. Ta ce wannan mutum-mutumin sana'ar fasaha ce ta mazauni, ta ce, "Idan abin ya faranta masa rai da farin ciki a birnin, ina son shi."
Williams na fatan isar da sako mai zurfi zuwa ga Fortuna, allahiya ta Romawa, daga saman rufin ta.
"Ba na jin yana da kyau a ƙusa wani abu a rufin gini," in ji shi. “Amma yana da ma’ana. arziki ya gaya mana inda iskar kaddara ke kadawa. Yana tunatar da mu matsayinmu a duniya.”
Williams, baƙon Bature wanda aka fi sani da aikin injiniya a kan filin Chrissy Field, bai taɓa jin labarin Fortune ba kafin ya ɗauki matarsa Patricia hutu zuwa Venice kafin cutar. Dakin otal din nasu ya kalli Dogana di Mare, gidan kwastam na karni na 17, a hayin Grand Canal. Akwai fanin yanayi akan rufin. Jagoran ya ce ita ce allahn Fortuna, wanda mai zanen baroque Bernardo Falcone ya kirkira. An haɗa shi da ginin tun 1678.
Williams na neman wani sabon abin burgewa a saman rufin bayan wata kyamarar obscura da ya gina a cikin rufin dakin watsa labarai na saman bene ya yoyo kuma ya zama dole a rushe.
Ya shiga ciki da wajen Washington Square don tabbatar da ganin rufin sa. Daga nan ya koma gidansa ya kira abokinsa, mai sculptor Petaluma mai shekaru 77 Tom Cipes.
"Nan da nan ya gane yuwuwar fasaha na sake fasalin zanen Venetian na karni na 17 da kawo shi San Francisco," in ji Williams.
Cipes ya ba da gudummawar aikinsa, wanda ya kai watanni shida. Williams ya kiyasta cewa kayan sun kai $5,000. An samo tushe na fiberglass a Mannequin Madness a Auckland. Kalubalen Cipes shine cika ta da kwarangwal na karfe da siminti wanda ke da ƙarfi da zai iya tallafawa ƙasa ta dindindin, duk da haka haske ya isa ya karkata lokacin da iska ta kada ta cikin kyawawan gashinta. Taɓawar ƙarshe shine patina akan gwal ɗinta, wanda ya sa ta yi kama da yanayin yanayi saboda hazo da ruwan sama.
Wani mutum-mutumi na allahn Romawa Fortune yana tsaye a kan rufin gidan Phil Williams da ke Dutsen Telegraph a San Francisco.
Williams ya gina firam a kan ramin da kyamarar obscura zata tsaya, wanda zai ba da damar kafa ta Fortune. Ya sanya fitulun bene don haskaka mutum-mutumin daga karfe 8 zuwa 9 na dare, tsawon lokacin da zai kara jin dadi a wurin shakatawar, amma bai dade da dagula makwaftan da ba su da haske.
A ranar 18 ga Fabrairu, a cikin dare mai haske, mara wata ga Fabrairu, a cikin fitilun birni, an rufe buɗe ido ga abokai. Daya bayan daya suka haura matakala zuwa rufin, inda Williams ya buga faifan Carmina Burana, wani oratorio da aka rubuta wa Fortuna a karni na 20. Suka soya shi da prosecco. Malamin Italiyanci ya karanta waƙar "Ya Fortune" kuma ya haɗa kalmomin zuwa gindin mutum-mutumi.
"Bayan kwana uku, mun kafa ta kuma muka yi guguwa," in ji Williams. "Ba na son zama mai ban tsoro, amma kamar ta kira aljanin iska."
Washe gari lahadi ne sanyi da iska, Fortune kuwa na rawa, ta samu ta dora rawani a kai tare da dagawa.
"Ina ganin yana da kyau," in ji wani mutum da ya bayyana kansa a matsayin magajin Gregory, wanda ya tuko daga gidansa a Tuddan Pacific don yawo ta dandalin Washington. "Ina son hipster San Francisco."
Sam Whiting ya kasance wakilin ma'aikaci na San Francisco Chronicle tun 1988. Ya fara aiki a matsayin mawallafin ma'aikaci don rukunin "Mutane" na Herb Kahn kuma ya rubuta game da mutane tun daga lokacin. Dan jarida ne na gama-gari wanda ya kware wajen rubuta dogon tarihin mutuwarsa. Yana zaune a San Francisco kuma yana tafiya mil uku a rana ta manyan titunan birnin.
Lokacin aikawa: Maris 12-2023