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| − | ===== '''El Ferrocarril''' ===== | + | ===== '''El Tren''' ===== |
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| − | Los 610 acres de la Valley Pacific Railroad son un lugar de carga en Pleasant Grove que jugaron un papel vital en los primeros días de San Ángelo.
| + | The 610-acre Valley Pacific Railroad freight yard in Pleasant Grove played a vital role in the early days of San Angelo. |
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| − | Construido durante la apertura del ferrocarril transcontinental, poco después de la Guerra Civil, el lugar ayudó a mantener la ciudad cuando la época de la Fiebre del Oro cesó. La agricultura, fue el sector más beneficiado pues la industria se basó entonces en el ferrocarril para llevar las mercancías hasta el mercado.
| + | Built at the opening of the transcontinental railroad shortly after the Civil War, the yard helped keep the town going after the Gold Rush dried up. First agriculture, then industry relied on the railroad to carry goods to market. |
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| − | A pesar de el incremento en la competencia mediante las empresas de carga de camiones y de transporte aéreo, el ferrocarril sigue jugando un papel vital en la economía de San Ángelo. La zona de carga del ferrocarril es el centro neurálgico de las vías férreas.
| + | In spite of increased competition from the trucking and air freight industries, the railroad continues to play a vital role in the San Angelo economy. And the rail yard is the nerve center of the railroad. |
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| − | Los trenes que cruzan los Estados Unides se distribuyen en el centro de carga del ferrocarril en distintos vagones individuales que vuelven a ser acoplados a otro tren poniéndolo en dirección a su destino final. De esta manera se mantienen las mercancías transportadas en constante movimiento los más eficaz y rápidamente posible.
| + | Trains from across the United States are broken up at the yard into individual boxcars, which are then reassembled into new trains bound for various destinations. It’s all done to keep the freight carried by rail moving as efficiently and quickly as possible. |
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| | + | The yard sees 12,500 boxcars a week and services 85 locomotives daily. The operation employs 1,560 people and has a $91 million payroll. |
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| − | El lugar de carga ve pasar 12.500 vagones por semana, y funcionar a 85 locomotoras diarias. Las operaciones generan empleo a más de 1.560 personas, y generándose una cantidad de 91 millones de dolares en pagos por nómina.
| + | Railroad security officers patrol the 4-mile-long yard on constant lookout for hobos, who illegally hop free rides on freight trains to travel all over the United States. Intruders in the freight yard are arrested for trespassing, but the ceaseless tide of transients foils every attempt to end the practice. |
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| − | Los oficiales de las patrullas de seguridad están en constante movimiento por un terreno de unas 4 millas de largo en busca de polizones, que tratan de colarse ilegalmente en los trenes de carga para viajar por los Estados Unidos. Los intrusos en el lugar de carga, son arrestados por allanamiento de propiedad privada, pero la incesante cantidad de personas qeu lo intentan demuestran que no es suficiente para poner fin a esta práctica.
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| − | La polución es también un gran problema en el lugar de carga de la Valley Pacific Railroad, a erosionado el suelo y contaminado el agua dejando el lugar baldío en estos tiempos.
| + | Pollution is also a serious problem at the Valley Pacific Railroad yard, particularly soil and water contamination left over from the carareless practices of its early days. |
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| − | ====='''Los Muelles'''===== | + | ====='''El Mar'''===== |
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| − | Un sistema de diques en la ribera de los ríos de San Ángelo, aumenan la protección frente a inundaciones que provee la Presa Oro. Construidos mediante montones de tierra, los diques se encuentran cubiertos por cesped, rocas, y en ocasiones derribados por la erosión.
| + | An extensive levee system lines the rivers in San Angelo, augmenting the flood protection provided by Oro Dam. Built of packed earth, the levees are covered by grass, boulders and sometimes concrete to curb erosion. |
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| − | La construcción en los parapetos de cualquier tipo de carretera o camino para bicicletas está completamente prohibido para proteger totalmente el sistema de diques. Pese a esto, los distritos encargados del mantenimiento de los diques luchan una batalla constante con los topos, la erosión y otros problemas.
| + | Construction on the berms, aside from an occasional road or bicycle path, is prohibited to protect the integrity of the levee system. Even so, the reclamation districts charged with levee upkeep fight a constant battle with gophers, erosion and other problems. |
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| − | La Avenida del Río del Oro, se extiende desde el Lago Oro hasta la ciudad, es un camino de 30 millas con carrilbici, parques y áreas naturales. Un popular y hermoso lugar de descanso al norte de la ciudad, la avenida es realmente una de las joyas de San Ángelo. Grupos de ciclistas, patinadores en linea, excursionistas, corredores y otros visitantes de todas las edades pueden encontrarse en los senderos y caminos de la Avenida durante todo el año.
| + | The Del Oro River Parkway, stretching from Lake Oro to the downtown, is a 30-mile-long system of bicycle paths, parks and nature areas. A popular, beautiful retreat to the north of the city, the parkway is truly one of the jewels of San Angelo. Crowds of bicyclists, in-line skaters, hikers, joggers and other visitors of all ages can be found on the parkway’s paths and trails at all times of year. |
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| − | Un extensión menos hospitalaria es la línea que cruza el camino desde el río hasta la ciudad de San Ángelo. El límite de los espesos bosques del parque va ganando terreno en esas zonas, arrasando con caminos para bicicletas, en los lugares menos transitados del parque. Los ciudadanos de San Ángelo consideran que el parque de la ciudad es un poco peligroso.
| + | A less hospitable extension of the parkway lines the river through downtown San Angelo. Thick underbrush edges much of the narrow, crumbling bicycle paths, which are less well-traveled than the rest of the parkway. San Angelinos consider the downtown parkway a little dangerous. |
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| − | En otros lugares, la ribera no ha sido explotada tan intensamente. Existe una colección de restaurantes y unos pocas tiendas de alquiler de barcas que pueden encontrarse en el distrito de Los Wharves cerca del río Del Oro.
| + | Elsewhere, the riverfront has not been extensively developed. A collection of riverside restaurants and a few paddlewheelers can be found on the Del Oro River in The Wharves district downtown. |
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| − | === El Núcleo de la Ciudad ===
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| − | The frenetic, fast-paced downtown and laid-back neighborhoods of Midtown constitute the core of the Golden City.
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| − | ===== El Centro =====
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| − | The heart of San Angelo, downtown encompasses a profusion of diverse neighborhoods. Shining skyscrapers rise from the bustling financial nerve center of City Center to define the San Angelo skyline, while a few blocks away tourists crowd the streets of Chinatown hoping to experience a taste of the Orient.
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| − | Five-star hotels, fine dining, theaters, nightclubs and other attractions add to the sparkle of the downtown, as do numerous statues, monuments and plazas celebrating the city’s past. And the shadows of the high-rises fall across a few neighborhoods in decay, places of fear and grim despair.
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| − | San Angelo got its start in the area now considered downtown, and several of the oldest neighborhoods of the city are found there. In particular, the restored 1800s-era storefronts of Old San Angelo recreate the early days of the city for visitors and schoolchildren.
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| − | Now the economic nucleus of San Angelo, the modern downtown is primarily a business district that attracts hundreds of thousands of suburban commuters each day. From the tallest office tower to the humblest old-fashioned grocery, the businesses found downtown play a vital role in the daily commerce of San Angelo.
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| − | Residential neighborhoods are also part of downtown, though they tend to be overlooked by outsiders. The housing market consists chiefly of older apartment homes, second-story flats over
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| − | The people of downtown are as diverse as its neighborhoods, ranging from artists in hip Riverfront lofts to pensioners in cheap Armory rooming hotels. The homeless are a sizable, and very visible, component of the downtown population.
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| − | The high concentration of people and businesses in downtown San Angelo gives rise to a booming crime rate, though only a few neighborhoods are thought to be really dangerous. City police have a strong presence throughout the area.
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| − | A gritty neighborhood of rooming hotels, shelters, liquor stores and soup kitchens, the Armory takes its name from the central National Guard Armory.
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| − | The last stop for San Angelo’s down-and-out, the neighborhood has one of the highest concentrations of homeless people in the city. Despite complaints by Vietnamese and Laotian refugee families who have moved into the Armory, nothing seems likely to change.
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| − | Dilapidated brick hotels, some nearly a century old, rise over Armory streets crowded by shelters, dining halls, missions and other charities. A handful of neighborhood stores, offices and cafes occupy age-worn commercial buildings, though many storefronts stand empty.
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| − | The National Guard Armory, a blocky, concrete structure, and the San Angelo County General Hospital are the two largest buildings in the neighborhood.
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| − | Seedy liquor stores scattered along the main boulevards, intermixed with an occasional greasy spoon diner, thrift store or gloomy bar, constitute the bulk of the Armory commercial scene.
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| − | Back streets are home to recyclers, body shops and other light industry.
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| − | Enterprising Vietnamese and Laotian newcomers to the neighborhood have opened a few small restaurants featuring Southeast Asian cuisine.
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| − | There are few houses in the neighborhood, but some older storefronts have second-story flats. Rooming hotels, aging structures nearly a century old, offer long-term housing for those too poor to scrape up the deposit for an apartment. Most tenants of these dingy, pest-infested hotels are just a short step from homelessness.
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| − | Cheap apartment homes near the looming San Angelo County General Hospital house recent waves of Vietnamese and Laotian immigrants, who are unhappy about the ever-declining state of the neighborhood and the large numbers of street people.
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| − | Panhandlers are endemic in the Armory, and homeless people of all descriptions shuffle through the neighborhood in daylight hours. At night, many find refuge in doorways or alleys.
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| − | A glut of dining halls, shelters and other charitable endeavors are found in the Armory, including the Golden Rule complex and the county-run N Street Shelter.
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| − | Residents of nearby neighborhoods claim that the concentration of social services in the Armory serves as a magnet to the homeless, but have so far failed to persuade the City Council to force some of the shelters to relocate.
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| − | City police are a regular sight on Armory streets, where they handle endless cases of public intoxication, disturbances, noise complaints and fistfights between derelicts. Reported crimes in the Armory tend to involve property thefts or trespassing, but crimes against the homeless are rarely reported to police. Assaults, robberies, rapes and even murders are not unknown among the down-and-out residents of the Armory.
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