Eyona Ndlu yaBucala inkulu eNew York

Ndihlala ndithanda izindlu ezinkulu, uGqirha Henry UJarecki, umnini wendlu enkulu ebalaseleyo e-19 eGramercy Park South, uxelele uMbonisi kutshanje. Le yayiyindlu enkulu.

Ugqirha Jarecki akazange eze azokufumana izitshixo zendlu ngokulula-kumthathe iminyaka engama-30. Kodwa ezinye izinto zikulungele ukulinda.

Ibali elinemigangatho emihlanu, phantse i-18,000-square-foot-townhome ibiyeyinzala kaPeter Stuyvesant kunye nomyili wefashoni odumileyo, kwaye ibisebenza njengemvelaphi yamaqela azinyaswa ziindwendwe ezahluka njengee-Astors, uBob Dylan kunye noMarilyn Monroe. Yenze ukubonakala kwiifilimu zaseHollywood kwaye yabamba i-charas galas yeedola ezili-1 000.

Ungayiva imbali, umrhwebi ka-Douglas Elliman u-Leslie Mason, i-arhente yoluhlu uGqirha Jarecki athe wathenga kuyo ikhaya. Ngokwenene ngokwenene ngumlingo. Igumbi eliyintandokazi kaGqirha uJarecki yilayibrari yakhe eyakhiwe ngokwesiko.(Ifoto: UMolly Stromoski woMjongi)

Indlu iyeyona nto yathandwa ngabantu abaninzi. Ukuba kwafuneka ufumane indlu eyayiloluhlobo lomfanekiso wothando waseNew York, kunye nolohlobo lwepati kunye nalo lonke olo hlobo lwezinto, andazi ukuba ngubani umgqatswa ongcono kunale ndlu, utshilo uKevin Schubert, igqwetha kunye nombhali webhlog efihliweyo eNew York.

Ekuqaleni yaziwa ngokuba yi-86 Irving, yayakhiwe njengesakhiwo sezitena esinemigangatho emine ngumtyikityo woMgaqo-siseko kunye no-Senator wase-Connecticut uWilliam Samuel Johnson ngo-1845, emva kokuba ethengile iqashiso kwezopolitiko uSamuel B. Ruggles. UJohnson wathengisa indlu ngo-1855 kumthengisi wephepha, uHorace Brooks, owongeze uphahla lwe-mansard emnyama kunye nesitali ngasemva, ngaphambi kokuyithengisa kumthengisi wecuba, uJoseph Fatman.

IGramercy Park yabuyela emva ngo-1831, uDouglas Elliman broker uGeorge van der Ploeg wachaza. Yayiyindawo yesibini, kwaye yokugqibela, isikwere sabucala esenziwe esixekweni. I-Ruggles yayinombono wokudala ipaki yokwenza zonke iinqaba ezijikeleze yona zibaluleke ngakumbi.

IiRuggles ziphumelele-ubumelwane bube nokutshintsha kokuthandwa, kodwa ixabiso lazo belingafakwanga, hayi ubuncinci ngenxa yodwa: Zizakhiwo ezijikeleze ipaki kuphela ezifumana izitshixo kuyo.

Ngo-1887, i-19 yeGramercy Park South yonyukela kwisikhundla sayo saqala xa uStuyvesant Fish, unyana wesigqeba sakwaloliwe osisityebi uHamilton Fish kunye nenzala kaPeter Stuyvesant, ethenga eli khaya.

IGramercy Park yayiyeyona ndawo inemfashini yokuhlala kuyo ngo-1870, utshilo uMnu van der Ploeg. USamuel Tilden, owaba yirhuluneli yaseNew York, wayenezakhiwo uCalvert Vaux wathabatha i-13 ne-15 yeGramercy Park South, wazidibanisa zaba yenye yezona zindlu zinkulu — wahlala apho de wasweleka ngo-1886. Kungoku nje likhaya lezobuGcisa kuZwelonke. Iklabhu. Kuphela ngabakhethiweyo abambalwa abanezitshixo abanokungena eGramercy Park.(Ifoto: Bosc D'Anjou / Flickr)

U-Edwin Booth wayengumhlali waseGramercy Park, utshilo. Waseka i-Players Club-abantu ababemenyiwe ukuba babe ngamalungu oqobo aquka uMark Twain.

Kwakukho nentlanzi, owaba ngumongameli we-Illinois Central Railroad. Yayingumfazi wakhe, uMarion (Mamie), owaguqula ikhaya laba liziko labantu abakhethekileyo eluntwini.

Inyathelo lakhe lokuqala yayikukutshintsha igama ukusuka ku-86 Irving ukuya kwi-19 yeGramercy Park South, ngaphambi kokuba athumele umyili wezakhiwo uStanford White, owayehlala kufutshane, ukuba ahlaziye indlu i-130,000 yeedola.

Wongeze isitepsi esimhlophe semabhile kunye negumbi lokudlala, kuba ngezo ntsuku, wonke umntu kwakufuneka abe negumbi lokudlala ibhola! Umnumzana van der Ploeg utshilo. Ewe, igumbi lokudlala ibhola yayisisiseko sendlu, apho uNkosazana uFish waphosa amaqela oluntu anqabileyo awayekhe abandakanya i-soirée yezinja zasekhaya zabahlobo bakhe.

Iintlanzi zigcina iGramercy kwimephu yoluntu. Kukungavumi kwabo ukuya edolophini ixesha elide, utshilo u-Andrew Dolkart. Baya konwaba abantu eGramercy xa uninzi loontanga babo befudukela e-Upper East Side.

Kodwa ukwanda okubalaseleyo kwedolophu yaseCentral Park, kunye nokuthontelana kwezakhiwo zorhwebo ezinyuka kufutshane naseGramercy, ekugqibeleni kukhokelele ekubeni iiFish ziqeshe oMhlophe ukuba bakhe indlu yabo edumileyo kwisitalato i-78th-okwangoku kungumnini wangaphambili kaSodolophu uMichael Bloomberg.

Esi sibini sigcine ubunini be-19 yeGramercy Park South, nangona kunjalo, kwaye isakhiwo esongezelelweyo songezwe kwiqashiso ngo-1909, abasikhupha-ngaxesha lithile, kumlingisi uJohn Barrymore. 19 I-Gramercy Park South malunga nonyaka we-1909, xa isakhiwo sendawo yokuhlala songezwa kwiqashiso.(Ifoto: INkundla yaseNew York eqokelelweyo yokuQokelelwa kweThala leencwadi

UBenjamin Sonnenberg, utata wobudlelwane noluntu, wafudukela kwimigangatho emibini esezantsi ngo-1931, ngaphambi kokuqinisekisa inzala yeNtlanzi ukuba ithengise lonke ikhaya ngeedola ezingama-85,000. I-Sonnenbergs yakhawuleza yaguqula ikhaya labuyela kwindawo yokuhlala yabucala, belixhuma kunye nesakhiwo sendlu.

Isiphumo yayiyindlu enkulu enamagumbi angama-37, apho uSonnenberg wagcwalisa ngezinto zakudala kunye nemisebenzi yobugcisa-ilungele iindibano ezinkulu, ezaziwa ngabantu abadumileyo awaziphosayo.

Uyenze yaphucuka ngakumbi, utshilo uMnu Schubert. Wayizisa yonke le mizobo idumileyo, eyongeza nje kumtsalane wendlu.

Iindwendwe zamaqela kaSonnenberg aquka uLauren Bacall, uJohn Steinbeck noHenry Fonda. Eyona nto inomdla kuxa uSonnenberg wayifaka kule ndlu yentlalontle, apho wawunoBob Dylan kunye noMia Farrow nabo bonke abanye abantu benyukela kwigumbi lokudlala, utshilo uMnu Schubert. Ngulo mfanekiso ugqibeleleyo wezothando waseNew York.

Impembelelo kaSonnenberg kule ndlu yahlala emva kokubhubha kwakhe ngo-1978. Wonke umntu wasebumelwaneni ngoku uyibiza ngokuba yiNdlu yaseSonenberg, u-Lee Ann Jaffee, umrhwebi oSebenzisayo ohlala kufutshane neGramercy Park, uxelele i-Braganca.

Emva kokubhubha kukaSonnenberg, igama lendlu lakhula kuphela, longezwa nguBrendan Gill ka-1979 kwisiqwenga ENew Yorker , apho wabhengeza ukuba yeyona ndlu inkulu yabucala ishiyeke izandla zabucala eNew York.

Indlu yaya kwintengiso ye-1.9 yezigidi zeedola ngoJuni waloo nyaka.

Ndiphantse ndayithenga eSonnenberg, utshilo uGqirha Jarecki. Kodwa bafuna ukuyithengisa ngazo zonke izinto zobugcisa ezingaphakathi kuyo. Endaweni yoko, yamkelwa yonke imali, i-1.5 yezigidi zeedola ezivela kuBaron Walter Langer von Langendorff, umseki wee-Evyan Perfumes. Kodwa ibaron ayizange ingene, kwaye okwexeshana uncedo oluqeshiweyo lukaSonnenberg lahlala apho. Kwiminyaka embalwa kamva, uMnu. Langer waqesha umhlobisi wezangaphakathi, uJane Ashley, ukuba ayilungise. Elona khaya labucala libalaseleyo lisezandleni zabucala eNew York, ngoBrendan Gill(Ifoto: UMolly Stromoski woMjongi)

Umyili wezinto zangaphakathi wangena, kwaye xa u-baron wasweleka [ngo-1983], kwavela isimangalo phakathi komyili wezinto ezingaphakathi kunye nenkosikazi yakhe, utshilo u-Jarecki. Umyili wezinto zangaphakathi wathi unike iinkonzo zakhe njengoko kufanelekile kwiimeko.

Umyili wezangaphakathi wenze unothi kuyo.

Umnumzana Jarecki bhidi ekhayeni qho xa kuthengiswa abanini post-Sonnenberg, kodwa isadakasa kwintengiso kangangeminyaka eli-12, de umyili wefashoni uRichard Tyler kunye nenkosikazi yakhe, uLisa Trafficante, bahlawula i $ 3.5 yezigidi ngezitshixo ngo-1995.

[Mr. UTyler] wayefuna indlu kuba intle kwaye intle kakhulu, utshilo uNkskz. Mason, onembali ende kunye nekhaya ebuyela kunina ongasekhoyo, uPatricia, owayephethe isivumelwano apho wayithenga khona uMnu.

Usebenzise igumbi lokudlala lomgangatho ophezulu njengendawo yokubeka zonke iilokhwe zomtshato kwingqokelela yakhe, utshilo. URichard usinakekele kakuhle esi sakhiwo.

UGqirha Jarecki akavumi ncam.

[URichard] Tyler kucwangcisiwe ukwenza iqela lezinto, utshilo uGqirha Jarecki. Yena kucwangcisiwe ukuya eNew York ukusuka eLos Angeles kwaye ke, phantse iminyaka esixhenxe okanye esibhozo kamva, wagqiba kwelokuba amaxabiso anyukile kakhulu, ke akenzanga nto ngaphakathi. Wayithengisa nje.

Kwaye kwavela elinye ithuba likaGqirha Jarecki, obomi bakhe bobuchwephesha bebunomdla kwaye buyahluka njengaleyo yekhaya awayelinqwenela. Njengomntwana, wabaleka amaJamani amaNazi kunye nosapho, kamva waba ngugqirha wezifo zengqondo (uhlala enguNjingalwazi ongumcebisi kwisikolo iYale Medical School). Wayebandakanyeka kwimarike ye-bullion ngo-1970, kwaye ezinye iinzame zibandakanya ukusekwa kwe-Moviefone kunye nonyana wakhe owayengumlawuli, u-Andrew Jarecki, abathengisa kwi-AOL ngo-1999 nge-388 yezigidi zeedola. Kuthathe uGqirha Jarecki iminyaka engamashumi amathathu ukufumana izitshixo ze-19 zeGramercy Park South.(Ifoto: UMolly Stromoski woMjongi)

Ukuqala kwam ukufumana uluhlu olukhethekileyo kwi-2000, utata wathi kum kukho umfana owayekhe wayithanda indlu, owayehlala kwiPolly Park Road eRye, kufutshane nomakhulu wam, U-Mason uthe. Ndathi kutata, ‘Ucinga ukuba emva kweminyaka engama-20 angayithanda indlu?’ Wahleka.

Abanini bandixelele ukuba bekukho umntu obhideyo endlwini esebenzisa umrhwebi endingamazi kakuhle, utshilo uNkskz Mason, oza kuthi abhide amaxesha ngamaxesha. Njengoko iinyanga zihamba, wamshiya umrhwebi wakhe waqalisa ukunditsalela umnxeba ngokuthe ngqo. Ndathi, 'Kutheni ungezi kuyibona indlu?' Kwaye wathi, 'Ndiyibonile amaxesha amaninzi.'

Weza endlwini, kwaye ndaqala le ntetho malunga noStanford White, UNks Mason uqhubeke. Xa wathi, 'Owu, bendikhe ndangena endlwini ngaphambili.' Ndathi, 'Nceda ungandixeleli ukuba uhlala ePolly Park Road eRye,' kwaye wathi, 'Wazi njani?'

Kwaye ke ngezigidi ezili-16.5 zeedola, ugqirha uJarecki ekugqibeleni wathenga i-19 yeGramercy Park South, ayisebenzisayo ngoku kwisiseko nakwikhaya lakhe labucala.

Ngelo xesha, ndandisele ndigqibile ukuba ndiyayithanda. Ndiyithandile indawo, ndithanda amagumbi, watsho ngokulula. Yindawo apho ungahamba khona kwaye ube nabahlobo beza ngapha. Yenzelwe ukukwazi ukusebenzisa iindawo ezahlukeneyo zendlu. Ugqirha Jarecki wongeze isiko le Swarovski chandelier kwigumbi lokudlala, naye.(Ifoto: UMolly Stromoski woMjongi)

Kungekudala emva kokuba uGqr. Jarecki efikile, waphosa esinye seziganeko zakhe zokuqala-ingxowa mali yokuxhasa amapolisa ebumelwaneni emva kohlaselo lwango-9/11.

Ndacinga, kulungile, mhlawumbi kufanele ukuba senze itheko lobumelwane kwaye sibanyusele imali-siqokelele kumakhulu amawaka eedola, utshilo. Baninzi abantu abanesisa ebumelwaneni… kwaye uninzi lwabantu olwalufuna ukubona le ndlu indala indala!

Kodwa ikhaya lalifuna ukulungiswa. Ukusukela ukusweleka kukaSonnenberg, akukho nto ibisenziwa kule ndlu! Ugqirha Jarecki utshilo. Ndenze uhlaziyo olukhulu. Ndikhuphe yonke into!

Ukuba nabani na ubekhathazekile ngomgangatho othile ongaphezulu, ukuba angakhathazeki. Igumbi lokudlala ibhola lisasetyenziswa njengegumbi lokubhola, utshilo uGqirha Jarecki. Akufanelekanga ukuba wonke umntu une-ballroom?

Ukusuka kumgangatho wesine, ezantsi kwezinyuko ezinkulu zetyhula, ndaxhoma ikhandlela yekristale eyehla kwiinqwelomoya ezine-inobunzima beetoni ezine zekristale, uqhubeke. Mhlawumbi yeyona chandelier inkulu yaseNew York! Isiphatho sentambo senze umbono kwabanye.

Kwakukule movie, Ulamlo, Utshilo uMnu. Schubert, owayehlala eGramercy ukusukela ngo-2009 ukuya ku-2014. Inayo le chandelier ihlekisayo isuka encotsheni yesakhiwo iye ezantsi. Ndiye ndaqonda ukuba ikhangeleka iqhelekile- ndathi, 'Ngcwele, yi-19 yeGramercy Park!' I-chandelier yehla imigangatho emine.(Ifoto: UMolly Stromoski woMjongi)

UGqirha Jarecki wayirhoxisa intlawulo engange-65,000-ngosuku ehlawulwa ngabanye ukusebenzisa eli khaya njengeseti — unyana wakhe, uNicholas Jarecki, wakhokela umboniso bhanyabhanya. (UNicholas Jarecki ayinguye yedwa umenzi wefilimu kusapho-Unyana omkhulu kaGqirha uJarecki u-Andrew Jarecki uyalele, wabhala wavelisa uthotho lwamaxwebhu e-Emmy awaphumelela ku-Robert Durst, Ijinx, kwaye wonyulwa ukuba abe ngu-Oscar kwifilimu yakhe ka-2003 Ukuthimba amaFriedmans .)

Ndifikelela kwinqanaba apho ndizibuza khona, mhlawumbi kufanele ndifumane indawo yokuhlala, kuba abantwana bam bakhulile, kodwa andazi, utshilo. Ukanti kwiminyaka eli-16 emva kokuba efumene izitshixo zendlu awayeyikhanyele amashumi eminyaka, izizathu zakhe zokuyigcina zihlala zifana naxa wayeqala ukuyibona.

Yindlu enkulu, wathi-yinyani.