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Catasauqua, the Million Dollar Town(宾州旱地·百万美元镇)
送交者: 儿歌荟萃 2022年04月03日07:22:01 于 [五 味 斋] 发送悄悄话

2022-04-03

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【The Man with the Blue Guitar·VIII (1937)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

            The vivid, florid, turgid sky,

            The drenching thunder rolling by,

            

            The morning deluged still by night,

            The clouds tumultuously bright

            

            And the feeling heavy in cold chords

            Struggling toward impassioned choirs,

            

            Crying among the clouds, enraged

            By gold antagonists in air--

            

            I know my lazy, leaden twang 

            Is like the reason in a storm;

            

            And yet it brings the storm to bear.

            I twang it out and leave it there.

—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • ——

【《弹蓝色吉他的人》之八(1937年)】

威尔士人•史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

            鲜活、绚丽、闷热的天空,

            万钧雷霆滚滚而来,

            

            清晨被夜雨冲刷,

            白云翻腾涌动

            

            冰凉的琴弦上音色沉重

            奏响一曲雄壮的大合唱,

            

            悲泣穿越云隙,惹火了

            空中金黄拮抗天色——

            

            我知道缓慢、阴郁的弹奏,

            会掀起狂风骤雨;

            

            而暴风雨势不可挡。

            我拨动琴弦,作别那儿的一切。

【注】1900年代初期,旱地(Catasauqua)不过是一个5,000多人的小镇,曾被视为美国城镇中白手起家百万富翁比例最高的地方。有趣的是,它以极其奇特的方式闻名于世:第一,1776年《独立宣言》签署者之家所在地;第二,1917年第一次世界大战期间,因为是第一个筹集超过100万美元战争债券(War Bonds)的社区又被誉为“百万美元小镇”;第三,1840年以来作为无烟煤铁工业龙头产地而一举成为美国工业革命的发源地。

截至1900年为止,旱地已是许多成功商人之家,这些业主涉及炼铁、铸造、金属加工、水泥生产、丝绸与天鹅绒厂等领域,喜欢建造独出心裁、象征个人财富的别墅。时隔200多年之后,大部分豪宅仍幸存至今,尽管几乎所有的豪宅都已被改建成公寓,同时还在其院落地盘上加盖了车库和其它小附属房舍。无疑,旱地居民历史街区(Residential Historic District)不仅蕴载了文化脉络,而且见证了历史变迁,是后人从历史走向未来最重要的精神传承。

Today in History(历史上的今天):

2014: PSSA Fifth Grade Reading(宾州五年级阅读统考)

2013: Isabella Island, Ecuador(厄瓜多尔献身上帝岛)

2013: Sullivan Bay of Santiago Is, Ecuador(厄瓜多尔排挤者岛黑眼睛湾)

2011: 埃及亚历山大(Alexandria—Pearl of the Mediterranean, EGY)

2022-04-02_David Thomas Historical Marker0001.JPG

2022-04-02_David Thomas House (1856) @ 525 2nd St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Presbyterian Church of Catasauqua (1854-1856) @ 210 Pine St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Presbyterian Church of Catasauqua (1854-1856)_Nave0001.JPG

2022-04-02_George Holton Residence @ 616 2nd St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co @ 613 2nd St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Townhouses @ 218-222 Pine St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Cain Semmel Residence (1874) @ 527 3rd St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Daniel Milson Residence (1885) @ 533 3rd St.0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Originally Constructed as a Church in the 1860's & Converted into Home @ 701 2nd St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Dr. James L. Horbeck Residence (1880) @ 225 Bridge St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_English Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity (1874)_Catasauqua Public Library @ 302 Bridge St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_H. Morley Holton Residence (1934) @ 326 Bridge St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Kostenbader Residence (1869) @ 303 Bridge St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Orange Fuller Residence (1865) @ 235 Bridge St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Oscar Stine Residence (1900) @ 231 Bridge St.0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Charles N. Ulrich Residence (1885) @ 306 Bridge St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Samuel Glace (1850) @ 307 Bridge St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Alexander Reed Boyd Residence (1873) @ 317 Bridge St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Catasauqua Business District_Plaque0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Cain Semmel Residence (1874) @ 527 3rd St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Daniel Milson Residence (1885) @ 533 3rd St.0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Salem United Church of Christ (1876) @ 615 3rd St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Salem United Church of Christ (1876)_ the 1st Reformed Church of Catasauqua0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Salem United Church of Christ (1876)_Plaque0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Gafran Gallery Studio @ 233 Walnut St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Owen Fatzinger Residence (1901) @ 330 Bridge St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Bridge St @ 4th St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_A. Newton Bugbee Residence (1949) @ 515 4th St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Byron Barton Residence (1937) @ 527 4th St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_E. D. Boyer & F. M. Horn Residences (1885) @ 548 4th St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Flower Pods @ 505 4th St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Holy Trinity Memorial Lutheran Church @ 604 4th St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_James Thomas Residence (1901) @ 545 4th St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_John T. Williams_ Jr. Residence (1927) @ 540 4th St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Joseph Sketchley Elverson Residence @ 533 4th St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Seaman – Chapman House (1883) @ 534 4th St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_William Weir McKee House @ 605 4th St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Dery Mansion (1901) @ 520 5th St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_H. J. Seaman House (1898) @ 606 5th St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Grace United Methodist Church @ 429 Walnut St0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Frank J. Fatzinger House (1914) @ 5th & Walnut0001.JPG

2022-04-02_Holy Trinity Orthodox Church (1899) @ 1023 5th St_the Lehigh Valley’s 1st Orthodox Church Closed in Oct 2021 after 121 Yrs0001.JPG

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