Ewe ijongeka ngathi yichateau ekule angle. Kube kukhetho oluncinci lwee-oligarchs kunye neearhente zorhwebo ngokurhalela izindlu zedolophu kwiFifth nePaki; Okokuqala bekukho umnqweno wase-Roman Abramovich wokuthenga bonke abanini-co-op kwi-828 yesihlanu (umsebenzi apho abanye oosozigidigidi-oko kukuthi, uHoward Ronson ongasekhoyo -ye basilela ngaphambili). Ukudana ngempumelelo yakhe apho, uMnu.Abramovich waphumelela ukuthenga ibhloko yonke kwi-70s yaseMpuma, mhlawumbi kuluhlobo oluthile lwe-mega-mansion. U-Aby Rosen, ngeli xesha, kuthiwa uzama umzamo ofanayo kwindlu yokubambisana ye-1025 Park Avenue. Hayi nje ubunzulu ngokukodwa-eli licala leFifth Avenue elijonge kwicala.
Iyintoni inqaku layo yonke loo mali, ubuza, ukuba awukwazi nokubeka ibango kwindlu yebharbhon yokuphanga kwiFifth okanye ePaki? Eneneni!
Ewe, ngoku, ekugqibeleni kukho indawo efanelekileyo yokuthengisa, enye engabandakanyi ukuxhaphaza njengehlwempu ukuthenga zonke iziqwenga: indlu yobukhosi yaseDuke-Semans e 1009 yendlela yesihlanu , kuluhlu lwe $ 80 yezigidi nge USerena Boardman kwiSotheby's Realty. Ibekwe ngaphesheya kweMet kwaye yeyasebhiliyoni yaseMexico, isigebenga sonxibelelwano kunye nohlobo lwayo Amaxesha umntu UCarlos Slim , indlu enkulu yenye yeendawo ezimbalwa zokuhlala usapho olunye ecaleni kwento eyayisaziwa ngokuba yiRow Millionaire's (quaint)!
Izitena kunye nelitye lekalika lilinganisa i-20,000 iinyawo isikwere, ukuyibeka par, ngobukhulu ngobulumko, kunye nomnenga wendlu yedolophu uJoseph Chetrit uceba isakhiwo seSony, nangona kunjalo, i-1009 yesihlanu iqinisekile ukuba iyathandeka kakhulu. I-Beaux-Arts confection amabali asibhozo amade anekona ejongene nezona zinto zinqabileyo kwiimpawu zedolophu-ukukhanya okuhle-indlu inezindawo zomlilo ezili-11, iipaneli ezenziwe ngesandla, i-trompe l'oeil accents, i-plaster ekhululekile ikhulula kunye neqabunga legolide elisikiweyo ukulungiswa (!) Ngokoluhlu. Owu, kunye nesitepsi esimangalisayo. Enye yeenkcukacha ezininzi zangaphandle.
Indlu yalanda oko kwakuthathwa njengexabiso eliphezulu kakhulu— $ 44 yezigidi -Xa uMnumzana Slim wayithenga kwi-real estate mogul u-Tamir Sapir ngo-2010, eyakhokelela uPaula del Nunzio, omnye weBrown Harris Stevens edwelisa abarhwebi abamangalela uMnu. Sapir emva kokuba ebeke isivumelwano noMnumzana Slim ngaphandle kwabo, ukuxelela Amaxesha into ebalulekileyo kukuba intengiso yenzekile. Ukuthengiswa kwezigidi ezingama-44 zeedola kwenzeka kwezi meko zentengiso zangoku. Iyamangalisa loo nto. Kwiminyaka nje emihlanu kamva, kunjalo, iimeko zentengiso zahluke kakhulu, kwaye uMnu Slim unethemba lokuba i-80 yezigidi zeedola, isixa-mali esibonakala ngathi sinokuthanani nento ecace gca njengendlu yeDuke-Semans (ebizwa njalo ngokuba ngumakhi wayo, umzi wecuba uBenjamin N. Duke). Kwaye enye iya kuvuthela i-old-it-dusty $ 53 million irekhodi lendlu yedolophu ukuba uJ. Christopher Flowers uhlawule i-Harkness Mansion ngaphandle kwamanzi. Ewe kunjalo, sikrokrela ngandlela thile malunga nokungabikho kweefoto zangaphakathi (nangona uluhlu lukaSotheby luzele kukudubula kwangaphandle kunye nokuvalwa kwelitye lekalika). Mhlawumbi uMnu Slim akafuni nje hoi polloi ujonge kwindlu yakhe enkulu? Nangona isikimu esiphakathi kweminyaka engama-90 Ukuguqula isakhiwo sibe ziirente zokunethezeka kwaye lo mgca kuluhlu ungabonakala ucebisa ukuba ukulungiswa kungalungelelana: imigangatho ephezulu yendlu ikwabandakanya isibhakabhaka esibukhali kwaye ziyafikelelwa ngezinyuko ezahlukileyo.
