Ua wehe ʻia nā kahua pāʻani Squash lehulehu manuahi ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina haʻahaʻa o Manhattan

I kekahi lā, e pāʻani ana ʻo Alex Wessner lāua ʻo Ryan Wall i ka squash. "He lā puna nani ia, 75 degere, a makemake wale wau e hele i waho," wahi a Wessner. ʻO ka pilikia wale nō? ʻO ka squash, ma ka liʻiliʻi ma New York City, he haʻuki loko wale nō ia. ʻEhā mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua hui pū ʻo Wessner lāua ʻo Wall me nā hoa hoihoi racquetball ʻo Brian Staub lāua ʻo Sean Dragann e hoʻomaka i ka Public Squash a kūkulu i nā kahua squash lehulehu manuahi mua o New York City.

Ua wehe ʻia nā puka o ka hale aniani ʻālohilohi, nona ka hoʻolālā e hoʻāla ana i ke ʻano hou o kahi Hale Kūʻai Apple, i ka Pōʻalua. Aia nā kahua pāʻani, aia ma Hamilton Fish Park ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina haʻahaʻa, e pili ana i kahi loko ʻauʻau nui ʻOlumepika, nā kahua kinipōpō hīnaʻi a me kahi kikowaena leʻaleʻa Beaux-Arts i hoʻolālā ʻia i ka makahiki 1898 e Carrère & Hastings (ʻo ia ka hui like i hoʻolālā i ka Hale Waihona Puke kaulana ʻo New York ma Fifth Avenue o Manhattan). Hiki i nā mea hoihoi squash ke hoʻolimalima i nā raketa a me nā pōpō manuahi ma mua o ke kuʻi ʻana i nā kahua pāʻani.

E ʻike ana ka poʻe pā o ka haʻuki i ke ʻano hou o kēia manaʻo. Nui nā kahua squash ma Manhattan, akā ʻo ka hapa nui he mau kalapu pae-nui a me nā hale hoʻoikaika kino me nā lālā, pinepine i nā kumukūʻai i hoʻonui ʻia. (Ma waho aʻe o nā uku lālā, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kalapu e uku i kahi uku e hoʻolimalima i ke kahua.) Ua kapa ʻo Weisner i kēia ʻo ka "pilikia preppy" o ka haʻuki, he kuhihewa maoli nō ia. "ʻOiai ua manaʻo ʻia he haʻuki akamai," wahi āna, "he kumu haʻahaʻa maoli nō ia." (ʻIke ʻia, ua pāʻani mua ʻia ka haʻuki ma waho.) ʻO nā mea pāʻani squash mua he mau paʻahao o ka Hale Paʻahao Fleet o Lākana, nāna i hoʻomaka i ke kuʻi ʻana i nā pōpō me nā raketa i nā paia o ka hale paʻahao ma ke ʻano he ʻano hoʻoikaika kino i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia 19. Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka haʻuki ma ke Kula ʻo Harrow no nā keikikāne ma Lākana, kahi i kūkulu ʻia ai nā kahua squash mua ʻehā i ka makahiki 1864. Mai ia manawa, ua pālahalaha ka haʻuki a puni ka honua i nā ʻano like ʻole o ke kaulana, akā no ka poʻe New York a me ka hapa nui o nā ʻAmelika, ke mau nei ka pilikia preppy.
Me ka noʻonoʻo millennial, ua hana nā lālā o nā ʻAha Hoʻokolokolo Squash Lehulehu i kekahi noiʻi kikohoʻe a ʻike ʻia ʻoiai he nui nā hulina Google no nā kahua squash lehulehu ma New York City, ʻaʻole i hoʻoholo ʻia nā hopena no ka mea ʻaʻohe kahua. ʻOiai he mau haneli o nā kahua pāʻani handball lehulehu ma nā borough ʻelima, ʻaʻole i maʻamau ka ʻimi pūnaewele no kēia mau wahi. Me ka manaʻolana e uhaki i ke kuʻuna, ua hoʻokokoke ka hui i ka NYC Department of Parks and Recreation me ka manaʻo e hoʻololi i kekahi mau kahua pāʻani handball e kū nei i nā kahua squash. Ua manaʻo lākou ʻo ke kūkulu wale ʻana i ʻekolu mau pā hou e hoʻopuni piha i ka wahi i nā kūlana squash honua. Ma muli o ka hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻana, ua hoʻolimalima ka ʻOihana Parks i nā kahua no ka manuahi, akā ua hāʻule ke kūkulu ʻana iā Weisner, Staub, Wall, a me Dragan.
Ua hoʻomaka ka hui i kahi hoʻolaha hōʻiliʻili kālā no nā makahiki he nui. ʻO nā hāʻawi o nā nui like ʻole, ʻo ka hapa nui mai nā hoaaloha, ka ʻohana a me nā mea makemake i ka squash, a me ke kūʻai aku ʻana o nā pālule PS, ua hōʻiliʻili i ke kālā e kūkulu i kahi kahua squash waho hou.

ʻO kēia mau hana wale nō ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kahi hoʻoikaika hou ʻana e hoʻōla hou i nā aʻa Ivy League o ka pāʻani a hoʻolilo iā ia i mea hiki ke komo e like me kāu pāʻani kinipōpō kūloko. ʻAʻole wale nā ​​​​mea pāʻani e hoʻomaopopo i ka waiwai o ka squash: ʻAʻole e like me ka tennis, he mea kupanaha ka hiki ke komo i ka haʻuki a ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea olakino loa e Forbes. Ua ʻike lōʻihi nā hui ma New York e like me CitySquash i nā pono o ka squash no nā ʻōpio nele: Ua ʻōlelo kāna pūnaewele he 100 pakeneka o nā alumni CitySquash e puka ana mai ke kula kiʻekiʻe, a he 98 pakeneka e hele ana i ke kulanui.

Ua kau pū ʻo PS i kāna mau manaʻo i ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka squash ma ka ʻOlumepika. "ʻAʻole ia he haʻuki ʻOlumepika, ma muli nui o ka paʻakikī o ke komo ʻana i nā wahi. Manaʻolana e kōkua kēia kumu hoʻohālike i ka squash e kūpono no ka ʻOlumepika," wahi a Wall.
ʻIke pū ka hui i ka wahi ma mua o kahi kahua wale nō, e wehewehe ana e ʻae ana nā paia aniani i ka noʻonoʻo hana, a loaʻa i ka wahi o loko ka hiki ke hoʻokipa i nā hanana. ʻOiai ʻaʻole i hoʻokō ʻia nā hoʻolālā no kahi kahua ʻelua, ʻo ia nō ka hana aʻe. ʻO ia ka mea e hoʻāla nei i ka nīnau: He aha ka mea e kāohi ana i kekahi mai ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi kahua ʻē aʻe? "ʻAʻohe mea e kāohi ana iā lākou, a ke manaʻolana nei mākou e hana lākou!" wahi a Weisner. "ʻO kā mākou pahuhopu ka hiki ke komo, no laila e ʻoluʻolu e kope i kēlā! Makemake mākou i nā mea a pau e hiki ke hele mai a pāʻani."