点评:Erie Street is most of what is left of Lowell, Arizona, a mining town incorporated into Bisbee in the early 1900s. Much of the town’s residential area was demolished to widen an open-pit copper mine, which meant losing residents, causing the commercial district to struggle and businesses to fail. Today, the street’s special curiosities include a Harley Davidson repair shop with a now-defunct gas pump and Sprouse Reitz Co. - a department store that is nearly empty except for a few appliances and a whole bunch of mannequin parts.
Despite appearing untouched since its decline, Erie Street has volunteers that lovingly restore the town bit by bit. So although you can no longer see a show at Lowell’s movie theater or pay $0.22 for gasoline, the Lowell Americana Project has made it possible to experience the street as a living snapshot of another time.
It is a must-do when in the Bisbee area!
翻译:伊利街是亚利桑那州洛厄尔镇仅存的部分遗迹。洛厄尔原本是一座矿业小镇,于20世纪初被并入比斯比市。为扩建露天铜矿,镇上的大量居民区被拆除,导致居民纷纷离开,商业区随之萧条,众多商家也相继倒闭。如今,这条街上颇具特色的景点包括一家哈雷戴维森摩托车维修店——店内有一台早已停止使用的汽油泵——以及斯普劳斯·赖茨公司。这是一家几乎空无一人的百货商店,只有几件家用电器以及大量的人体模型零件。
尽管自衰落以来这里似乎一直无人打理,但 Erie Street上有许多志愿者正满怀热忱地逐步修复这座小镇。虽然如今已无法在洛厄尔的电影院里观看电影,也再也买不到0.22美元一加仑的汽油,但“洛厄尔美国风情项目”却让我们得以将这条街道当作一个活生生的时空切片来体验。
来到比斯比地区时,这绝对是不容错过的体验!