Uyazi ukuthi kunenhlangano eneminyaka engu-167 ubudala etholakala e- New York City ephethe futhi esebenza ngaphezu kwamagumbi amahhotela ayi-1,200 ezindaweni ezinhlanu ezihlukene emadolobheni amathathu? Ezinye zezikhungo zalo zibekwe ezakhiweni eziyingqophamlando futhi ziqukethe izikhungo ezisezingeni lomhlaba zezemidlalo nezokuzivivinya ezidlula zonke izindawo zokuncintisana ezizimele.

Kuyinto I-YMCA yaseGreater New York olandela izimpande zawo kuze kufike ku-1852 futhi osuguquke njengenhlangano eguquguqukayo ekhonza abantu bobulili obuhlukile, bonke ubudala, izinhlanga nezinkolelo ezingokwenkolo. Umlando wawo ungomunye wokuphendula ngomfutho nangokungaguquguquki ezikhathini nasezidingweni ezishintshayo zabaholi bawo kanye nemiphakathi.

Kusukela ekuqondisweni kwayo kobuKristu kokuqala, i-YMCA ikhule yaba yinhlangano yezwe, egxile kumagugu egxile kakhulu ekuthuthukisweni okuhle kwentsha yasedolobheni. Ngokomlando isebenzele abampofu basemadolobheni kanye nabaphakathi nendawo ngezinhlelo ezisukela ezifundweni zemfundo nakumahhovisi okuqashwa kuya ezindaweni zokuvivinya umzimba nasezindlini zokuhlala. Abanye abantu bahumusha i- “YMCA” njengokusho ukuthi ama-YMCA aqondene “nezinsizwa ezingamaKrestu” kuphela. Akulona iqiniso. Yize ibizwa ngegama layo, i-YMCA akuyona eyentsha kuphela, hhayi eyamadoda hhayi eyamaKrestu kuphela. Yonke iminyaka, zonke izinkolo, bonke ubulili bamukelekile e-YMCA.

Okwamanje kunezindawo ezinhlanu ze-YMCA endaweni yaseNew York enikezela ngezindawo zokuhlala zezivakashi ezidlulayo. Lezi zindlu ze-YMCA zombili izivakashi zabesilisa nabesifazane abanentshisekelo yokuthola izindawo zokuphepha, ezihlanzekile, ezingabizi futhi ezisezingeni eliphakathi nendawo, izikhungo zokuzivocavoca nezindawo zokudlela.

Amakamelo wezivakashi e-YMCA angama-single namakamelo angamawele (imibhede yokulala) enezindawo zokugezela okwabelwana ngazo ezisezansi kwemaphaseji. Kunenani elilinganiselwe lamakamelo we-premium anemibhede ephindwe kabili namakamelo anezindawo zokugeza ezizimele ngemali engeziwe.

Izinsiza kuwo wonke ama-YMCA zifaka insizakalo yokugcinwa kwendlu nsuku zonke, amakilasi wamahhala wokuzivocavoca umzimba, ukuqeqeshwa kwamandla we-cardio, inkundla yebhasikidi / indawo yokuvivinya umzimba, i-sauna, izinhlelo zentsha, ezemidlalo yentsha, izifundo zokubhukuda, izingidi zeminyango kagesi, ilondolo yezivakashi, ukugcinwa kwemithwalo nendawo yokudlela.

I-West Side YMCA - Amagumbi angu-480

I-YMCA enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni ivulelwe umphakathi ngoMsombuluko, Mashi 31, 1930. Yenzelwe uMdwebi Wezakhiwo uDwight James Baum owaklama izindlu eziyi-140 endaweni yaseRiverdale kusuka ngo-1914 kuya ku-1939.

I-West Side Y inamachibi amabili okubhukuda: ichibi lasePompeiian (75 'x 25') elinamathayili acwebezelisiwe ase-Italy. Ichibi elincane laseSpain (60 'x 20') ligcwele amathayili e-Andalusia ka-cobalt aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka anombala ophuzi, okuyisipho esivela kuhulumeni waseSpain. I-Y inezindawo zokuvivinya umzimba ezintathu, eyodwa enethrekhi yokugijima ngaphezulu; izinkantolo ezinhlanu ze-handball / racquetball / squash, izitudiyo zokuzivocavoca zeqembu ezimbili, i-2,400 sq. ft. igumbi lesisindo samahhala, igumbi lesibhakela elinezikhwama zombili ezisindayo nezisheshayo, amakamelo okwelula nobuciko bokulwa, isitudiyo sokulamula sezigaba zeyoga nezokulamula. Lesi sakhiwo siphinde sibe nebhokisi eliyigugu iLittle Theatre, lapho umdlalo wesikhathi esisodwa owahlala khona eTennessee William othi “Summer and Smoke” wethulwa ngo-1952.

Noma yiliphi inani labantu abadumile bahlala eWest Side Y ngenkathi kusungulwa imisebenzi yabo; phakathi kwabo uFred Allen, John Barrrymore, Montgomery Clift, Kirk Douglas, Eddie Duchin, Lee J. Cobb, Douglas Fairbanks, Dave Garroway, Bob Hope, Elia Kazan, Norman Rockwell, Robert Penn Warren noJohnny Weismuller.

Ukulungiswa kwamakamelo okugeza kwakamuva kukhombisa ukuthuthuka okubalulekile okuzofakwa engxenyeni esele yeWest Side Y's futhi ekugcineni kuye kwamanye amaNew York City YMCA. Izindlu zokugezela okwabelwana ngazo ziguqulwe zaba izindlu zangasese ezizimele, ngayinye ineshawa esetafuleni, indlu yangasese, indishi yokuwasha, izibani ezinhle, isibuko, indawo kagesi, izingwegwe nethayela elisha elimibalabala kusukela phansi kuye ophahleni. Lezi zindlu zangasese ezivalekile zifinyeleleka kuphela ngekhadi lokhiye weziguli elenziwe ngogesi. Lezi zindlu zokugezela zingcono kunezinga leklabhu lezwe.

IVanderbilt YMCA - Amakamelo angama-367

Kutholakala eMfashini osezingeni eliphakeme laseManhattan, iVanderbilt Y isakhiwo sinomklamo wakudala ofana nowomakhelwane baso, okubandakanya i-United Nations kanye neGrand Central Station. Phezu komnyango weVanderbilt Y lamagama aqoshwe etsheni: "Railroad Branch Young Mens Christian Association". Kwaqalwa ngaphansi kobuholi bukaCornelius Vanderbilt II ngo-1875 lapho ama-YMCA ayesekhule kakhulu, esabalala esuka eManhattan naseBronx aya eBrooklyn naseQueens.

I-Railroad YMCA entsha ivulwe ngo-1932 ngezindleko zamaRandi ayizigidi eziyi-1.5 ku-224 East 47th Street phakathi kweSecond and Third Avenues. Ngo-1972 igama lalo laguqulwa lahlonishwa uCornelius Vanderbilt. Lesi sakhiwo sinamakamelo wezivakashi angama-367, indawo yokuzivocavoca egcwele ngokugcwele, ichibi lokubhukuda langaphakathi elinemizila emine elinebhodi lokuntywila ngemitha elilodwa. Kunamakamelo okugeza amadoda nabesifazane; amagumbi okuqeqesha nokuvivinya umzimba; nokuhlikihla, iminyango yelanga neminyango ye-sauna.

Indawo yokudlela evulekile, enomoya opholile iVanderbilt iphakela ibhulakufesi, isidlo sasemini nedina kusukela ngoMsombuluko kuze kube uLwesihlanu. Lesi sikhungo sihlalisa abantu abangu-122 futhi sisebenza ngaphezu kokudla okungama-250,000 ngonyaka.

IHarlem YMCA - Amagumbi angama-226

I-135th Street YMCA ilandelela izimpande zayo kuze kufike ehlobo lika-1900 okwaphawulwa ukuphazanyiswa ngokobuhlanga esifundeni saseHarlem nesaseTenderloin esimhlophe ikakhulu ngenxa yokungalingani okwandayo kwezakhamizi ezimnyama. Phambilini i-YMCA "enemibala" ibisebenza ku-132 W. 53rd Street enkabeni yeSan Juan Hill, indawo yokuhlala yase-Afrika yaseMelika lapho amakilabhu emfashini abhebhezela impilo yobuciko futhi anikeze isifunda igama laso njenge "Black Bohemia". Phakathi kuka-1910 no-1930, inani labantu abamnyama likaHarlem laphindeka kabili lakha umphakathi omkhulu kuphela, othuthuke ngokuphelele wase-Afrika esizweni.

UJulius Rosenwald, isikhulu esiphezulu seSears, iRoebuck kanye neNkampani eChicago, unikeze isamba esingu- $ 600,000 kwizibonelelo eziyinselelo zokwakha ama-YMCA nama-YMCA ama-African American emadolobheni amaningi aseNyakatho Melika. Enye yazo kwakuyi-135th Street Y eyavulwa ngo-1919 ngezindleko ezingama- $ 375,000. Igatsha lazimisa ngokushesha njengensika yomphakathi ezindabeni zomphakathi nezenhlalo kanye neHarlem Renaissance eyaqala ngawo-1920. Ebhala ku-Outlook, uBooker T. Washington uphawule ukuthi izipho ezivela kumngani wakhe uJulius Rosenwald eziya kwi-YMCA "zibe wusizo emjahweni wami…. Kulokho abakwenzayo ukukholisa abantu abamhlophe baleli lizwe ukuthi izikole eziseduze eshibhile kunamaphoyisa; ukuthi kunokuhlakanipha okuningi ukugcina umuntu ephuma emgodini kunokuzama ukumsindisa ngemuva kokuwela kwakhe; ukuthi kuwubuKristu futhi kuyonga ukonga ukulungiselela izinsizwa ukuba ziphile kahle kunokuzijezisa lapho sezenze ubugebengu. ” Ngo-1940, iHarlem Y yasekuqaleni yayinganele, igcwele ngokweqile futhi igqoke futhi idinga isikhala sohlelo lwabafana, indawo yokuhlala egadwayo nokwelulekwa kwezinkulungwane zentsha yase-Afrika yaseMelika efuna umsebenzi eNew York City. Abakwa “Red Caps” abadlulayo, abathwali bezimoto bakwa Pullman kanye nabesilisa bezimoto zokudlela, ababengavunyelwe ukusebenzisa ama-Railroad YMCA ahlukanisiwe, nabo babedinga indawo yokuhlala. Ngo-1933, iHarlem YMCA entsha yakhiwa kuWest 135th Street ngqo ngaphesheya kweHarlem Y. eyayikhona ngo-1938, u-Y wokuqala walungiswa kabusha njenge- “Harlem annex” yokwakha umnyango wabafana bayo. Ngo-1996, yaphinde yalungiswa futhi, yavula kabusha njengeHarlem YMCA Jackie Robinson Youth Center.

Isikhungo samasiko ngokwalo, iGatsha labamba lababhali abaziwayo njengoRichard Wright, uClaude McKay, uRalph Ellison, uLangston Hughes; abaculi uJacob Lawrence no-Aaron Douglas; Abalingisi u-Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Cicely Tyson noPaul Robeson. Eminyakeni edlule, amakamelo angama-226 eHarlem YMCA ayevame ukuhlala izivakashi nabadlali base-Afrika baseNew York City ababengakwazi ukuthola amakamelo emahhotela aphakathi nendawo ngenxa yokubandlululwa ngokohlanga.

Ukuhlanza i-YMCA - Amakamelo ayi-127

Izakhamizi zaseFlushing zagqashuka ngo-1924 ngegatsha le-YMCA eNyakatho Boulevard ngaseLa Guardia Airport ukuze kusizakale izakhamizi zaseBayside, Douglaston, College Point, Whitestone, Kew Gardens neminye imiphakathi eseduze. Lesi sakhiwo esinamagumbi ezivakashi angama-79 savulwa ngo-1926. Ukunwetshwa okwalandela kwenzeka eminyakeni emibili elandelayo ngezinkundla zokudlala ezintsha, amaligi ezemidlalo, kanye namakamu ehlobo. UFlushing wengeze iphiko elisha nedamu elilingana nama-Olimpiki kanye neklabhu yezemidlalo yosomabhizinisi ngo-1967 nango-1972, amakamelo ezivakashi angama-48.

IGreenpoint YMCA - Amakamelo ayi-100

IBrooklyn Association yakhulisa inhlokodolobha yezakhiwo ezintsha ngo-1903 Jubilee Fund, idrayivu eyayibeka iminyaka engama-50 yasungulwa. Phakathi kuka-1904 no-1907, iNhlangano yaqedela izakhiwo ezintathu ezintsha: Isifunda saseMpumalanga eWilliamsburg; IBedford phakathi kweMigwaqo yeGates neMonroe; kanye neGreenpoint. Igatsha ngalinye laliqukethe ichibi lokubhukuda, ithrekhi yokugijima, indawo yokuzivocavoca, amagumbi amakilabhu, amagumbi okuphumula kanye namagumbi ezivakashi. Ngo-1918, iGatsha leGreenpoint lanezela izitezi ezimbili zamagumbi okulala. Ezinsukwini zayo zokuqala, yayaziwa njenge-YMCA yabasebenzi ngenxa yokugxila kwayo ezidingweni zabasebenzi emafemini amaningi aseduze.

Amagumbi kaWilliam Sloane Memorial YMCA-1,600

Sivulwe ngo-1930 ku-West Thirty-Fourth Street naku-Ninth Avenue, lesi sakhiwo sakhiwa ngokuyinhloko ukuze sisebenzele izinsizwa ezingaphezu kuka-100,000 ezazifuna umcebo wazo ngesikhathi Sokuwohloka Okukhulu kanye nezinkulungwane zamasosha, amatilosi kanye nolwandle phakathi nangemva kweMpi Yezwe II. Ekugcineni, ngo-1991, iNhlangano yavala iSloane House yathengisa lesi sakhiwo.

Ngo-1979, iqembu lokucula, i-Village People, lathola ukushaya kwabo okukhulu kunakho konke ngesimo se- “YMCA”, okuyi-disco smash yokuqopha. Ibhendi iphromothe le ngoma ngomdanso wesintu oqukethe amasiginali ezandla abonisa izinhlamvu zesihloko. Lokhu kubanjwe kuma-disco emhlabeni jikelele futhi selokhu kwaba yingxenye yenganekwane yesiko le-pop. Noma kunini lapho ingoma idlalwa endaweni yokudansa, ukubheja okuphephile ukuthi abantu abaningi bazokwenza inqubo yokudansa ngezimpawu ezifanele ze-YMCA.

I-YMCA

“Nsizwa, asikho isidingo sokuzizwa uphansi.

Ngathi, nsizwa, zikhethe phansi.

Ngathi, nsizwa, ngoba usedolobheni elisha

Akunasidingo sokungajabuli.

Nsizwa, kukhona lapho ungaya khona.

Ngathi, nsizwa, lapho ufushane enhlama yakho.

Ungahlala lapho, futhi ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi uzokuthola

Izindlela eziningi zokuzijabulisa.

Kumnandi ukuhlala e-YMCA

Kumnandi ukuhlala eYMCA. ”

Umbhali, uStanley Turkel, yisiphathimandla nomxhumanisi ohlonishwayo embonini yehhotela. Usebenzisa ihhotela lakhe, ukungenisa izihambi kanye nemikhuba yokubonisana egxile ekuphathweni kwempahla, ekucwaningweni kwamabhuku kokusebenza nokusebenza kwezivumelwano zokukhushulwa kwamahhotela nezabelo zokuxhaswa kwamacala. Amakhasimende angabanikazi bamahhotela, abatshalizimali, nezikhungo ezibolekisa ngemali.

“Abakhi Bamahhotela Abakhulu BaseMelika”

Incwadi yami yesishiyagalombili yomlando wehhotela inezakhiwo eziyishumi nambili ezakha amahhotela angama-94 kusuka ngo-1878 kuya ku-1948: iWarren & Wetmore, iSchultze & Weaver, uJulia Morgan, u-Emery Roth, uMcKim, uMead & White, uHenry J. Hardenbergh, uCarrere & Hastings, uMulliken noMoeller, UMary Elizabeth Jane Colter, iTrowbridge & Livingston, uGeorge B. Post kanye namadodana.

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A recent renovation to the bathrooms reflects an important amenity improvement that will be installed on the remainder of the West Side Y's floors and ultimately to the other New York City YMCA's.
From its initial evangelical Christian orientation, the YMCA has grown to be a secular, values-oriented organization with a special focus on positive development in city youth.
It's the YMCA of Greater New York which traces its roots to 1852 and has evolved as a flexible organization serving people of both genders, all ages, races, and religious beliefs.