Kabari na Girod Street

Kabarin Girod Street (wanda aka fi sani da Kabarin Furotesta), babban kabari ne na sama wanda ke zaune a tsakiyar New Orleans, Louisiana, wanda aka kafa a 1822 ga mazaunan Furotesta na Faubourg St. Mary kuma an rufe shi a cikin shekarun 1940. An ci gaba da amfani da makabarta har sai an rushe shi a hukumance a ranar 4 ga Janairu, 1957.

 Tarihi 
Ya kunshi rufin bango 2,319 da kusan kaburbura 1,100. Kamar yadda makabarta ta kasance a sama da ƙasa tare da mafi yawan rufin bango, kuma tana cikin abin da aka ɗauka a matsayin "mai dacewa" a tsakiyar gari, an yi amfani da shi azaman wurin binne jama'a don tara gawawwakin, musamman a lokacin annobar. Shahararrun da aka binne a can sun hada Dan majalisa Henry Adams Bullard, Zulu Social Club King Joseph J. Smith,  Lieutenant Colonel William Wallace Smith Bliss, da gwamna California John B. Weller .

Akwai lokuta da yawa (yawanci a lokacin babban annoba a karni na sha tara) na mutane da ke shiga fada saboda mutane sun wuce suna tara kaburbura da rufin bango, har ma sun tara gawawwakin kusa da ƙofar saboda babu isasshen mutane don binne gawawwakinsu. Kamar yadda aka bayyana a lokacin annobar kwalara ta 1833 "...mutumin da aka rufe sun zubar a ƙofar Kabari na Girod Street sun tara a cikin irin wannan adadi cewa ƙofar zuwa yankinta ta kasance da aka toshe sosai cewa dole ne a ajiye gawawwakin da suka isa a waje; babu kaburbura a wannan lokacin da za a iya tonowa; babu akwatunan da za a saya, domin babu masu haƙawar kabari da za a samu ko kuma masu jana'izar da za a sami. "

An shimfiɗa Kabari na Girod Street tare da tsakiya na tsakiya tare da sassan gefe, kuma an lura da abin da ake kira "kabari na al'umma", wanda zai iya tashi bakwai ko takwas sama da ƙasa. Al'ummomin (tsoffin) bayi sun mallaki nasu kaburbura: Ƙungiyar Baptist ta Afirka ta farko, Ƙungiyar Kyautar Kyautar Kyauta ta Gida, da Ƙungiyar Kyauta ta Lutheran ta Maza da Mata. New Lusitanos Benevolent Association ta mallaki mafi girman kabarin al'umma a Girod Street Cemetery, wanda J.N.B. de Pouilly ya tsara a 1859. 

A cikin 1880, kwamishinan Louisiana ya bincika duk makabarta na New Orleans. Dukansu an gano suna cikin yanayi mai kyau sai dai ga Kabari na Girod Street. Tun da yake an gina rufin makabarta da sauri tare da wani nau'i na tubali, ƙanshin lalacewa yana ci gaba da raguwa, amma tunda babu takamaiman ka'ida game da hakan, an dauke shi maras muhimmanci. Koyaya, kwamishinan ya lura cewa "a yayin ruwan sama [Girod Street Cemetery] koyaushe yana cike da ambaliyar ruwa har ya shafi matakan tsabtace da ake buƙata don hana kwangila ko yaduwar kowane cuta". Kwamishinan ya yi la'akari da cewa Kabarin Girod Street ba shi da tsabta kuma ya ba da shawarar a rufe shi, amma ya bayyana cewa an yi watsi da shawararsa.

A farkon shekarun 1940, Kabarin Girod Street ya shiga cikin ƙarin matsaloli. Cocin Christ Church ne ke gudanar da shi, kuma tun daga tsakiyar shekarun 1930 mutane sun fara amfani da sababbin makabarta a yankin. Tun da yake makabarta ta ba da abinci musamman ga Furotesta da suka mutu, waɗanda ke cikin ƙarancin gida, ya faɗi cikin rashin amfani da rashin gyara.

A wannan lokacin makabarta ta kasance mai lalacewa; an gano kaburbura sun fashe kuma sun lalace gaba ɗaya, an sami babban wuta yana ƙonewa a saman kabarin ɗaya, kuma wani ɗan ƙasa ya ba da rahoton cewa ya fi kama da gonar kaji, tare da kaji da yawa da ke yawo a cikin gida. A shekara ta 1945 Cocin Christ Church Cathedral ya sake ƙoƙarin taimakawa wajen gyara makabartar ta hanyar sanya sanarwa a kan dukkan kaburbura ga masu mallakar, yana cewa idan ba su gyara dukiyarsu ba (kaburbura masu lalacewa) a cikin kwanaki 60, Ikilisiya za ta rushe shi. Tare da makabarta a yanzu da ido na jama'a, a watan Yunin 1948 a karkashin umarnin Magajin garin Chep Morrison, an rushe makabarta. Ya sa mutane su fara fitar da tubali, ba tare da la'akari da zanga-zangar Cocin Christ Church Cathedral ba, kuma ya faɗakar da 'yan ƙasa cewa ya kamata su dawo da ragowar ƙaunatattun su. A watan Oktoba na shekara ta 1958 an sayar da sauran murabba'in ƙafa 96,000 na ƙasar makabarta ga gwamnati kusan $ 300,000.￼

An kaddamar da wurin makabarta a ranar 4 ga Janairu, 1957. A cewar masanin tarihin yankin Leonard Huber, tsakanin Janairu da Maris 1957 an tura gawar mutum zuwa wani wuri bisa kabilanci: fararen fata zuwa Hope Mausoleum na New Orleans da kuma 'yan Afirka zuwa Providence Memorial Park.

Caesars Superdome, Smoothie King Center, Benson Tower, Entergy Tower, da Energy Center an gina su kusa da, amma ba a kan, wurin makabartar ba. Wani camfi na gida ya yi zargin cewa sanannen rikodin rikodin kungiyar kwallon kafa ta New Orleans Saints na shekaru da yawa an ɗaure shi da ƙasa inda aka gina dome. Tun daga shekara ta 2010, tsarkaka sun tafi wasan kwaikwayo sau 7 kuma sun rasa sau 7. Koyaya, mahimman bayanai na tarihi da yawa sun nuna cewa ba a gina Superdome a shafin yanar gizon tsohon wurin makabartar ba, amma a kan tsohon wurin gidan jirgin kasa na Illinois Central da shaguna.

Tsohon wurin Kabari na Girod Street shine wurin da ake ajiye motoci a yanzu don babban kantin sayar da kayayyaki na New Orleans. Koyaya, rufe Taswirar Sanborn a kan hoton sama na yanzu ya nuna cewa wurin makabartar kai tsaye ne a ƙarƙashin Cibiyar New Orleans da garage na Superdome.

An gina filin Champions Square, wani yanki na nishaɗi na mashaya na wasanni da sauran abubuwan jan hankali, a shafin.

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