50,000 phaus dej khov rau lub caij ntuj sov 'kawg hurray'

Ib qho ntawm cov glaciers kawg hauv Brooklyn tab tom npaj rau Hnub Ua Haujlwm Hnub so nrog lub qhov cub barbecue. Ntsib cov pab pawg sib tw kom txav nws, 40 phaus ib zaug.
Hailstone Ice (lawv lub hnub nyoog 90 xyoo nyob rau hauv Brooklyn yog tam sim no Hailstone Ice) yog tibneeg hu tauj coob txhua lub caij ntuj sov so, nrog cov neeg ua hauj lwm posing rau ntawm txoj kev taug kev nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm ib tug tas li kwj ntawm backyard grillers, txoj kev muag khoom, daus cones. Scraper thiab dej rau ib duas las. cov muag khoom. , cov koom haum ua yeeb yam tau txais npias kub, DJ xav tau dej khov qhuav rau hauv pem teb smoky seev cev, Dunkin 'Donuts thiab Shake Shacks muaj teeb meem nrog lawv lub tshuab dej khov, thiab ib tug poj niam xa zaub mov rau txiv neej Burning.
Tab sis Hnub Ua Haujlwm yog lwm yam - "ib qho kev kub ntxhov loj kawg," Hailstone Ice tus tswv William Lilly hais. Qhov no coincides nrog West Indies America's Day Parade thiab ua ntej kaj ntug J'ouvert suab paj nruag Success, uas attracts tsheej lab ntawm revelers, txawm huab cua.
Lilly tau hais tias "Hnub Ua Haujlwm yog 24 teev ntev," Mr. "Nws yog ib qho kev lig kev cai rau ntev li ntev tau kuv nco tau, 30-40 xyoo."
Thaum 2 teev sawv ntxov hnub Monday, Mr. Lilly thiab nws pab neeg - cov kwv tij, cov xeeb ntxwv, cov phooj ywg qub thiab lawv tsev neeg - yuav pib muag dej khov ncaj qha rau ntau pua tus neeg muag khoom noj nyob rau ntawm txoj kev Eastern Boulevard parade mus txog thaum txoj kev raug kaw tom qab hnub tuaj. dot. Lawv ob lub tsheb kuj raug yuam kom tawm hauv lub tebchaws.
Lawv siv sijhawm so ntawm ib hnub taug kev rov qab los ntawm cov dej khov, muag 40 phaus hnab dej khov rau ntawm lub laub.
Qhov no yog Mr. Lilly hnub Labor Day 28th ua haujlwm ntawm Glacier, uas tau tsiv mus rau sab qab teb ntawm St. Mark's Avenue rau xyoo dhau los. Nws hais tias, "Kuv tau pib ua haujlwm ntawm no hnub Labor Day thaum lub caij ntuj sov xyoo 1991," nws hais. "Lawv hais kom kuv nqa lub hnab."
Txij thaum ntawd los, dej khov tau dhau los ua nws txoj haujlwm. Mr. Lilly, paub rau nws cov neeg nyob ze hu ua "Me-Rock," yog ib tug thib ob tiam neeg dej khov thiab dej khov tshawb nrhiav. Nws kawm txog kev siv bartenders siv nws cov ice pellets qhuav los ua smoldering cocktails thiab yuav ua li cas tsev kho mob siv cov ice cubes qhuav rau kev thauj mus los thiab tshuaj kho mob. Nws tab tom xav txog kev khaws cov khoom zoo nkauj, qhov loj me uas txhua tus neeg siv khoom siv tes ua nyiam; nws twb muag Klingbell crystal ntshiab ice cubes rau carving;
Muaj ib zaug nws yuav lawv los ntawm ob peb lub tsev dej khov hauv peb lub xeev uas muab ob peb lub glaciers nyob hauv nroog. Lawv muag nws cov dej khov rau hauv hnab thiab cov dej khov qhuav, txiav nrog rauj thiab axes rau hauv granules lossis slabs ntawm qhov loj me.
Nug nws txog New York City blackout thaum Lub Yim Hli 2003, thiab nws yuav dhia tawm ntawm nws lub rooj zaum hauv chaw ua haujlwm thiab qhia koj ib zaj dab neeg txog tub ceev xwm barricades sab nraum warehouses uas stretched rau Albany Avenue. Mr. Lilly tau hais tias "Peb muaj coob tus neeg nyob hauv qhov chaw me me ntawd." “Nws yuav luag muaj kev kub ntxhov. Kuv muaj ob lossis peb lub tsheb thauj khoom khov vim peb paub tias nws yuav kub. "
Nws txawm hais zaj dab neeg txog kev tsaus ntuj thaum xyoo 1977, uas nws hais tias tshwm sim hmo nws yug. Nws txiv tsis nyob hauv tsev kho mob - nws yuav tsum muag dej khov ntawm Bergen Street.
"Kuv nyiam nws," Mr. Lilly hais txog nws txoj haujlwm qub. "Txij li thaum lawv muab kuv tso rau ntawm lub podium, kuv tsis tuaj yeem xav txog lwm yam."
Lub platform yog qhov chaw loj uas muaj 300-phaus blocks ntawm cov dej khov qub, uas Mr. Lilly tau kawm kom tau qhab nia thiab txiav kom loj uas siv cov pliers thiab xaiv.
“Cib ua hauj lwm yog ib qho kev kos duab ploj lawm; tib neeg tsis paub tias nws yog dab tsi lossis siv nws li cas, "said Dorian Alston, 43, tus tsim yeeb yaj kiab uas nyob ze uas tau ua haujlwm nrog Lilly hauv igloo txij thaum nws tseem yog menyuam yaus. Zoo li ntau lwm tus, nws tau tso tseg los yog muab kev pab thaum xav tau.
Thaum Ice House nyob hauv nws qhov chaw qub ntawm Bergen Street, lawv tau kos tawm feem ntau ntawm cov thaiv rau ntau tog thiab nws yog lub hom phiaj tsim qhov chaw uas yog Ameslikas hu ua Palasciano Ice Company.
Mr. Lilly loj hlob hla txoj kev thiab nws txiv pib ua haujlwm ntawm Palasciano thaum nws tseem hluas. Thaum Tom Palasciano qhib qhov chaw hauv xyoo 1929, cov ntoo me me tau txiav txhua hnub thiab xa mus rau cov thawv dej khov rau pem hauv ntej ntawm lub tub yees.
Lilly hais tias "Tom tau nplua nuj muag dej khov," Mr. "Kuv txiv tau qhia kuv yuav ua li cas tuav nws thiab txiav nws thiab ntim nws, tab sis Tom muag dej khov - thiab nws muag dej khov zoo li nws tawm ntawm kev zam."
Mr. Lilly pib ua haujlwm no thaum nws muaj 14 xyoos. Tom qab ntawd, thaum nws khiav qhov chaw, nws hais tias: “Peb tau daig sab nraum qab mus txog 2 teev sawv ntxov - Kuv yuav tsum tau yuam kom cov neeg tawm mus. Ib txwm muaj zaub mov thiab cov hniav nyiaj hniav kub qhib. Muaj npias thiab phaib. " ua si".
Thaum lub sij hawm, Mr. Lilly tsis muaj kev txaus siab rau nws tus kheej - nws kuj yog ib tug rapper, kaw thiab ua yeeb yam. (Lub Me-Roc mixtape qhia nws sawv ntawm pem hauv ntej ntawm cov dej khov qub.)
Tab sis thaum cov av tau muag nyob rau hauv 2012 thiab lub glacier twb demolished los ua txoj kev rau ib tug tsev apartment, ib tug npawg npawg txhawb nws mus ua lag ua luam.
Yog li ntawd James Gibbs, ib tug phooj ywg uas muaj Imperial Bikers MC, lub koom haum maus taus thiab lub zej zog kev sib raug zoo ntawm lub ces kaum ntawm St. Marks thiab Franklin txoj kev. Nws tau los ua Mr Lilley tus khub lag luam, tso cai rau nws tig lub chaw nres tsheb uas nws muaj tom qab pub rau hauv lub tsev dej khov tshiab. (Nws kuj tseem muaj kev sib koom ua lag luam, vim tias nws lub bar siv dej khov ntau heev.)
Nws qhib Hailstone xyoo 2014. Lub khw tshiab me me me thiab tsis muaj qhov chaw thau khoom lossis chaw nres tsheb rau daim npav ua si thiab barbecues. Tab sis lawv tau tswj nws. Ib lub lis piam ua ntej Hnub Ua Haujlwm, lawv tau teeb tsa lub tub yees thiab npaj yuav ua li cas sau lub tsev nrog ntau dua 50,000 phaus dej khov rau hnub Sunday.
"Peb yuav thawb nws tawm ntawm qhov rooj," Mr. Lilly tau lees tias cov neeg ua haujlwm sib sau ua ke ntawm txoj kev taug kev ze ntawm lub qhov dej khov. "Peb yuav muab dej khov rau saum lub ru tsev yog tias tsim nyog."