Ii-Lofts kwi-Irving, isakhiwo sobunewunewu esona sihle kakhulu eBushwick (Ifoto ngu-Amanda Lea Perez) Xa abahlobo betyelele uRyan Gross kwigumbi lakhe, bahlala bezisa iisuti zokuhlamba, ngaphandle kobushushu. Ndikunye nabantu abathathu ahlala nabo egumbini, Umnumzana Gross, imvumi eneminyaka engama-25 ubudala esebenza ebusuku njengebhari ebuyela kwiholo yekonsathi yaseBrooklyn, wabelana ngeyunithi yokulala enamagumbi amane kwigumbi lembombo elaziwa njengeLofts on Irving.
Esi sakhiwo siqhayisa ngechibi langaphakathi kunye nophahla olushushu lwophahla, kwaye indlu kaMnu Gross ifakwe izixhobo zensimbi ezingenasici kunye nodonga lweglasi olujonge empuma. Iindawo zokuhlala ezingama-60 zeLofts zifulelwe nge-oki ene-bleached, kwaye nganye inebhalkhoni yabucala. Ngaphantsi, ngaphakathi kokutsiba umgama wephuli, abahlali banokuthatha umhlala-phantsi ekupheleni kwemini ukuya kwi-sauna yesikolo somvuzo.
Ngaphandle kwesakhiwo, ukuqeshwa kunqabile kakhulu. Eyakhelwe ngo-2009 kwimpuma yeBushwick, isakhiwo seLofts sinyuka ngokungathandabuzekiyo phakathi kweevenkile zomzimba zemoto, iindawo ze-asphalt kunye nezixhobo ezonakalisiweyo. Izitrato ezikufutshane ezemidlalo zinxibe ikhonkco elinamakhonkco kunye nocingo olucekeceke nge-acre, iphakamisa ukuba ikholoni yohlwaywa iye kwimbewu.
Ngokwembali, ubumelwane bebuyiselwe ikakhulu ekusetyenzisweni kwemizi-mveliso, kwaye kwinxalenye yayo esemantla, iindonga zeefektri kunye neegaraji zolule iibhloko zonke, zicinezela kufutshane neendlela ezisecaleni ukuze abahambi ngeenyawo bazive benoloyiko lwe-claustrophobia.
Imimoya evuthuzayo ivuthela iingxowa zeplastikhi phezu kwendlela, kunye neeklasi ezaphukileyo eziqhwitha iigatha. Ngapha emazantsi, eWilson, umntu angatshintsha igolide ngemali aze afumane izakhiwo ezitshisiweyo, kodwa zingalungiswa kwisidubedube esasihamba nomnyama ngo-1977. Umntu angathenga iinkukhu eziphilayo, kodwa akanakuthatha amayeza.
Ii-Lofts kwi-Irving kubonakala ngathi zibekwe, njengeebhanana kwisitya esineziqhamo ezingavuthwanga, ngethemba lokuba i-effluvium yabo inokukhawulezisa ubumnandi babamelwane. Njengecebo lophuhliso, iqhinga libone kancinci, kodwa mva nje ukukhawulezisa, inkqubela phambili. Kubaqeshi beLofts, ibe yinto yohambo olungaqhelekanga. U-Amelia Stein kunye nesoka lakhe badibana kwibhafu eshushu. (Ifoto ngu-Amanda Lea Perez)
Ngo-2010, uGeorge Agathos, umdwelisi wewebhu owayeneminyaka engama-26 ubudala enenwele ezimfutshane, ezimnyama kunye neendiza ezingapheliyo, wafudukela kwindlu ephantse yafana naleyo kaMnu Gross. Ngokusebenzisa uCraiglist, wayefumene uluhlu lweyunithi, kwaye aba bantu bangabaziyo baphendulayo kwintengiso ikakhulu babekwiminyaka ye-20. (Omnye umntu egumbini lokulala naye, umdlali weqonga, wathi ekuqaleni wayeneminyaka engama-28 kodwa wavuma kamva ukuba, enyanisweni wayeneminyaka engama-45. Kwakukho uchulumanco olukhulu ngelo xesha, uMnu. Agathos, oyinzalelwane yaseLong Island, uxelele Umjongi . Wonke umntu wayenemincili yokwenene yokufudukela kule ndawo intle, nazo zonke ezi zinto ziluncedo kunye neethala. Uxelela umntu ukuba uhlala kwisakhiwo esineephuli kwigumbi elingaphantsi, kwaye luhlobo olothusayo kwaye lunomdla.
Umnini-sakhiwo, uCarnegie Management, utyhola uMnu Agathos kunye nabo ahlala nabo intlawulo enye yerenti, kwaye igumbi lokulala elinexabiso eliphantsi lixabisa ngaphantsi kwe- $ 600 ngenyanga.
Njengomnye wee-Lofts zabaqeshi bokuqala baka-Irving, Mnu Agathos ubukele i-ecosystem yesakhiwo ikhula: Zimbalwa iintsapho eziye zafika, kunye nezo zishiye kwakamsinya. Abaphumeleleyo kwiikholeji zamvanje ngemisebenzi ekumgangatho wokungena eManhattan ibonakalise okuqhelekileyo. Abafundi, amagcisa kunye noosomashishini abasakhasayo bawuphelisa lo mxube.
Uninzi lwerente, uthe, babenolwazi oluncinci esixekweni kodwa babenomfanekiso-othathwe kumabonwakude nakwimiboniso bhanyabhanya- yokuba bumele bube njani ubomi apho: Ndicinga ukuba ubunewunewu bolu hlobo lwesakhiwo buchasene nendlela ebelusuke ngayo iyodwa, ngakumbi abantu ababekhangela amava edolophu awayengekho kweso sixeko.
Ngaphezulu kweminyaka emithathu enesiqingatha, umnumzana Agathos uqikelele ukuba uhambe nabantu abali-10 ukuya kweli-15, ipatheni engaqhelekanga kwesi sakhiwo. Abanye bahlala inyanga enye okanye ezimbini. I-sublettor enye yangena kwi-Foursquare ngobusuku bayo bokuqala yokuhlala, ngo-Disemba ka-2012. Amagqabantshintshi aphezulu esakhiwo athi: Ukuba ufuna ukuhlala kwindawo yokulala embindini weghetto, le yindawo yakho! Nangona engakhange ayifumane indawo esongelayo engingqini-kwaye, eneneni, ulwaphulo-mthetho eBushwick lwehlile phantse ngeepesenti ezingama-73 ukusukela ngo-1990-u-Amelia Stein, owakhe unyaka wonke ehlala kwigumbi lika Mnu. Gross, wachukunyiswa yindlela ii-Lofts ezazime zodwa zodwa njengendawo ekhuselekileyo.
Ngenxa yendawo esikuyo, saba yinto yesiqithi, utshilo umnumzana Agathos. Kuya kubakho iiveki zokuzahlula xa uloliwe u-L engasebenzi kakuhle. Ukuze ufike kwibha efanelekileyo, kuya kufuneka uhambe kathathu okanye kane kwindlela yokumisa ngaphantsi komhlaba. Amaxesha amaninzi, kuye kwaba lula ngakumbi kwaye kungabizi kakhulu ukuhlala ekhaya. (Ubumelwane buxhomekeke kwisitalato iHalsey kunye naseWilson Avenue L, izithuba ezisithoba nezili-10 ngokwahlukeneyo, ukusuka kwindawo yaseWilliamsburg kwiBedford Avenue.)
Endaweni yokwenza uhambo lokuya nokubuya oluya kwisiqingatha semayile ukuze ufike kwivenkile ekufuphi, uninzi luthanda ukuthenga kwiTrader Joe's e-Union Square, uhambo olufutshane ukusuka kuloliwe uL. Okanye baya-odola, besihla ngemoto yeelifti enuka intsangu ukuya kudibana nabantu abasihambisayo.
Umnumzana Agathos wakha wabona abantu abangama-21 bexinene ngaxeshanye kwisitya esishushu, indawo eqhelekileyo, awathi wayikhumbula Unxweme lwaseJersey . Wayenokufumana inkcubeko yeLofts iyadinisa; Ukungena kwi-23, waziva sele emdala kakhulu ukuba angabekwa endaweni. Ngokuhlwa kwehlobo kunokubona amakhulukhulu abantu abonwabileyo bethontelana eluphahleni, ngelixa imozulu ebandayo itsala iindibano ezinefutha yotywala ejikeleze umabonakude kunye netafile yebhiliyadi kwigumbi lokuhlala elikwinqanaba lokuqala.
Nguwo ngokusisiseko Njengokuba sebharini, utshilo uMnu Gross, ngokuzikhusela kancinci. UNks uStein wadibana nesithandwa sakhe sangoku kwibhafu eshushu, kwaye kangangexesha, uMnu Agathos, naye, wathandana nomnye umqeshi. Abaphuhlisi babonakala belindele inkcubeko engabalulekanga: Izibhengezo zakwangoko zakhala nge-intanethi yenethiwekhi kunye nendawo yokutyela esekhaya-engakhange yenze nto-kwaye yathembisa inkonzo yeVerizon FiOS. UCarnegie wasifaka ngenkuthalo isakhiwo ngekhebula le-Ethernet. I-Verizon, nangona kunjalo, khange ikhathaze ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ukuhambisa i-FiOS kuloo ndawo.
Abanye abahlali, mhlawumbi bengenathamsanqa eluthandweni, baba ziingcungcu. Ebusuku, uMnu Agathos wayebeva ngentla kwentloko yakhe, ebaleka kwaye etsiba eluphahleni. Abambalwa bathabathe ukutsiba kwindawo ebiyelweyo enesinyusi. Izizukulwana ezininzi zefanitshala yophahla lwophahla zaye zabethwa zatshatyalaliswa phambi kokuba uCarnegie azinze kwizithuthi ezikhoyo, nezicingelwayo, ezingenakutshabalala, uMnu Agathos. Kunye nabaqeshi besakhiwo esingaphesheya kwendlela, e-345 e-Eldert Street-uguquko oludala, olubomvu, ikakhulu olunezitudiyo ezihlala abantu-imlo ende yebhaluni yamiselwa, ebandakanya ukubanjwa kwabahlali baseLofts kwiflegi enkulu kaJolly Roger, ethi esinye isakhiwo sasibhabha njengesiqhelo.
Ukutyhafiswa koko akubona njengonyuso olunobundlongondlongo, uMnu Agathos wafuduka kwiiLofts ngo-Okthobha; indlu yakhe yangaphambili kutshanje zidweliswe $ 3,599 ngenyanga. I-MNS, indawo yokuhlala kunye notyalomali, uxele ukuba iirhafu zaseBushwick zikhuphuke ngepesenti ye-15 kunyaka ophelileyo. (UDavid Behin, ongumongameli wentengiso yotyalo-mali kwi-MNS, ufanise uBushwick noWilliamsburg ngokuqhekeka.) Ubomi beDorm busweleke nzima. (Ifoto ngu-Amanda Lea Perez)
Kuthiwa kwindawo ekufutshane nesitishi i-Halsey Street L ukuba ii-Lofts ezikwi-Irving zifana ne-liner yokuhamba ngenqanawa kunye ne-345 Eldert inqanawa yokulwa iinqanawa. Zombini ezi monikers ziphakamisa abahlali ngandlel 'ithile abafuna ukukhuselwa-bejikeleza kwiindawo ezimnyama nezingaziwayo. Babelana ngeMynt, isakhiwo sodidi eBedford-Stuyvesant esidweliswe ngo-2008 Inew York Amaxesha ibali elalibiza ngokuba yippi yesiphekepheke, ecaphula abamelwane. Emva phayaa, ixabiso leyunithi yegumbi lokulala elinye eMynt, i-1,900 yeedola, yayitshiphu xa ithelekiswa neManhattan okanye iWilliamsburg kodwa yayiqine kakhulu kunomgangatho wobumelwane. Namhlanje, elo nani lingaphantsi nje komndilili.
Kukho into engekho ngqiqweni nengabukekiyo ekuchongeni njengeendawo ezingqonge imida efana ne-East Bushwick — imbali yayo eyaqala ukuhlala kumaDatshi neyayinabemi ekuhlalwa kuyo kudala, ubukhulu becala ngabasebenzi abamnyama nabaseSpanishi — kodwa sele isemgangathweni.
Kuqikelelo lukaMichael Armikhanian, abahlali baseLofts ngoovulindlela. Umnumzana Armikhanian ngumlawuli wentengiso eMassey Knakal, inkampani ethengisa izindlu nomhlaba elawula ukuthengiswa kweqashiso elinemilinganiselo emithandathu, iyonke zizikwere ezingama-82,000, ezisetyenziswe kude kube ngoku yiNkampani yamalahle yaseWeirfield. Ukucocwa kulwakhiwo lweendawo zokuhlala kunye nokuhamba ngokulula kwisitalato i-Halsey Street L, indibano, utshilo umnumzana Armikhanian, iya kuba nefuthe elibi kubumelwane. Akukho Bukumkani baseNyakatho-mpuma apho okwangoku, utshilo, ebhekisa kwindawo yokutyela yasekuqaleni kwindawo ngoku eyi-Bushwick, kufutshane nase Williamsburg nase Manhattan, kodwa kuya kubakho.
Luxury kunye neShishini (Ifoto ngu-Amanda Lea Perez)
Namhlanje, i-East Bushwick sisithili esinebhodi yolwakhiwo lwebhodi yamaphepha, yenziwe ngemvume: ukulungiswa, ukudilizwa, ukuguqulwa, ukudityaniswa. Ngaphandle kweJefferson Hardware Plus $ .99, u-Mohammed Zindani, oneminyaka engama-29 ubudala ongummi wase Yemeni oye wahlala ebumelwaneni iminyaka emithandathu kwaye wabelana ngobunini bevenkile nosapho, kutshanje ubeke umqondiso: Sine plywood kunye ne sheetrock.
Ivenkile khange isetyenziselwe ukuphatha ezi zinto, usixelele. Baninzi abaphathi bezindlu abaninzi, utshilo. Okuninzi. Bayasithenga isakhiwo, bagxothe wonke umntu ngaphandle, benze izinto ezintle, banyuse amaxabiso. Ndibaphatha kakubi abantu, abanye babo. Kodwa ayisosiphelo sehlabathi. Ungasoloko ufumana indawo yokuhlala.
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URyan Gross wakhulela kwidolophu encinci engaphandle kwePortland, eMaine. Mde kwaye u-lanky, ngamehlo aluhlaza kunye neenwele ezi-bushy, ezimdaka ngebala, unoncumo olubanzi lokuthembela kunye notyekelo oluncinci lokungcwalisa umntu uhlala efumana kwiHabitat yamavolontiya oluntu kunye nabasebenzi baseAmeriCorps. Ngaphambi kokufudukela kwiiLofts kwi-Irving, uMnu.Gross wayehlala nodadewabo kunye nomnye umntu ahlala naye, nkqu nangasempuma kuloliwe o-L, kwindawo yokumisa yaseBushwick-Aberdeen, kwirundown, kumgangatho wokuqala. Wayengaziva ekhululekile apho.
Ngenye ingokuhlwa, xa wayesiya kwi-bodega eyofuna isandwich, kwafika ihenyukazi elingenasinxibo, limnika isithembiso, walile. Ngesinye isihlandlo, umntu awayehlala naye egumbini wabona ubungqina bokuba i-bodega iphangiwe. Ukubona ulwaphulo-mthetho, umqhubi webhasi ye-MTA wakhwaza kwi-bandit. Hayi ngekhe! yatsho indoda. Hayi ebumelwaneni bam. Ngaphandle kwefestile yegumbi lokulala lika Mnu. Gross, abamelwane bakhe babehleli kwizitulo zengca, bethetha, besela kwaye betshaya kude kube sezinzulwini zobusuku.
Ndandifuna ukuba phakathi kwabantu abaneengqondo ezifanayo. Kungenxa yeso sizathu le nto ndifuna ukufudukela apha, utshilo uMnu. Gross ngesakhiwo sakhe sangoku. Ndandihlala ngaphezulu kwivenkile ethengisa inyama neetoni zamanenekazi ePoland. Kwaye bendihlala nzulu eBushwick, ndingqongwe ziintsapho ezingamaHispanic. Abantu balapha bafuna ukwazi abamelwane babo. Bayakwazi ukuziva ngathi bayinxalenye yoluntu kwindawo ekunokwenzeka ukuba ayinaso isiseko soko.
Kungekudala, uMnu Gross ufumene i-voicemail embuza ukuba anganceda na kwinkqubo yezomthetho. Kwiinyanga ezithile ngaphambilana, wayebone iqela lolutsha lusilwa ngokungathandabuzekiyo ejikeleza indawo erhuqa iibhayisekile kwigaraji yesakhiwo sakhe. Usondele wahlutha i-bolt cutter apho babeyibeke khona xa bembona esiza.
La makhwenkwe ayesemancinane — mhlawumbi ali-14 okanye ali-15 — kodwa ayemdlula uMnu. Gross. Xa bajikeleza, ngembambano, wabuyisela i-cutter cutter. Xa lingaboni nto ilunge kakhulu, iqela labaleka. UMnu Gross uthathe isigqibo sokungahoyi i-voicemail. Kunye nodonga olumhlophe oluthe tyaba apho ulutsha lwalutsibe khona, ucingo lwe-razor lwalungafakwanga. Eyona nto ibalaseleyo kubudlelwane bakhe noluntu, waye wabala, yayingekuko ukubandakanyeka.
