Ngapha koko, kutsha nje ngo-2008, ngaphambi kokuba uLehman abetheke, isakhiwo esinemigangatho engama-26 sasineeyunithi ezintathu kwintengiso, isithukuthezi esihlazo seziko elinjalo elizimeleyo. Namhlanje, ngokweStreeteasy.com, kukho uluhlu oluhlanu olusebenzayo, ukusuka kwigumbi lokulala ezine, kumgangatho wesithathu ocela i-24.5 yezigidi zeedola kwigumbi lokulala ezintathu kumgangatho we-12 ubuza i-4.9 yezigidi zeedola.
Yenzeke njani le meko imbi kangaka eMlanjeni weNdlu- iRiver House — leyo uHenry Kissinger ayibize njengekhaya amashumi eminyaka, indlu eflethini eyala abantu abanjengoGloria Vanderbilt noDiane Keaton Ngaba iyabathintela abarhwebi ekuchazeni idilesi yesakhiwo okanye igama laso kuluhlu?
Kwiindawo ezikufuphi zeNdlu yoMlambo, kukho, ngokobuqu, akukho zindawo zokutyela ze-chic, akukho zindawo zokutya zishushu. Akukho zigalari zobugcisa okanye izinto ezintle ezincinci ezihamba hamba malunga neefroksi zakutshanje.
Zininzi iindlela zokuphendula loo mbuzo. Uninzi lwazo luhlala lubandakanya ukubonwa kwangaphambili kukaRobert Moses; ukuhla kolwaphulo-mthetho esixekweni, nto leyo ebangele ukuba iManhattan ibe yindawo enkulu yokudlala yezityebi; kunye nokunyuka kwekhondomu.
I-RIVER HOUSE, eyilwe nguWilliam Lawrence Bottomley, yavela phakathi kwezitrato ezingama-52 nama-53 kunye noMlambo i-East ngo-1931, kwindawo eyayimi kuyo imizi-mveliso yecigar nefanitshala, kwaye ngexesha, ingafaniyo neyethu, xa izityebi zafumana umahluko phakathi kwendlela edolophini kunye nobomi obuphezulu obunomtsalane, ngokutsho kombhali weThe Times uChristopher Grey.
Umtsalane kususwe ngokufanelekileyo, Oko kukuthi. Ngokuka Mnu. Grey: Ngokumiswa kwezikhephe, ibhulorho esembindini, igadi ebiyelwe ngodonga, amagumbi asithoba ukuya kwali-17 amagumbi kunye netenisi yabucala kunye neklabhu yokubhukuda kwigumbi elingaphantsi, iRiver House ibonelele ngendawo yokuhlala abantu abambalwa baseNew York ababenalo ithemba lokonwaba. . I-limousine e-Sleek ehlaselwe yangena kwiyadi enemihlaba kwisitalato i-52d yaphuma yaya kwi-ramp eya kwi-53d Street.
Namhlanje, yeyiphi intelezi ebikhona ngokujonga kwiiklasi ezisebenza nzima ngelixa usipha isherry kwimida yegumbi le-17 yegumbi ayisasebenzi. I-River House ngoku izifumana ijikelezwe ngabamelwane abafanelekileyo. Kananjalo, ngenxa yalonto, ngaba umhlali, e-la Marshall Field III, waltz ngaphandle kwi-yacht yakhe, nasemva kohambo lwemizuzu engama-35 ngokuhla kwikhaya lomntu lasePort Washington. Ngenxa yoko, abahlali baseRiver House banombulelo kuRobert Moses.
Kwiminyaka nje esithoba emva kokwakhiwa kwesakhiwo, isithuba seF.D.R. ohambisa iimoto ukusuka kwizitalato ze-14 ukuya kwezingama-92 zivulelwe ishishini. Kwaye ke isikhephe se-yachting sahamba ngendlela engenakufikeleleka yeManhattanite kwindawo yasemanzini.
Okushiyekileyo endaweni yokufikelela kwi-yachting yinto ye-tad engaphezulu. Ngenjikalanga yangoku nje yangeCawa, apho incam yempuma yesitalato sama-52 iphela kwi-cul-de-sac bluff ejonge ipatio yomlambo i-River House apha ngezantsi, inenekazi elihle elinxibe ikepusi ebomvu laza lalahla ezantsi liphepha ngephepha-veki, likhuselwe kumgqumo we iimoto ezikwi-FDR engabamelwane akukho nto ngaphandle kodonga olugqunywe nge-ivy.
Ukubetha omnye: URobert Moses. Ukubetha ezimbini: ukuhamba kwexesha.
Ngokuhamba kwexesha, ezinye izakhiwo ziphulukana ne-cachet yazo esefashonini, ezinye ziyayifumana kwaye ezinye ziyigcina iphela, njengaleyo ikwi-Fifth Avenue kunye ne-Park Avenue, utshilo umrhwebi owenze isivumelwano kwi-River House.
Ewe, kuninzi okwenzekileyo ukusukela kwiminyaka yayo, eyandisiweyo yaya kutsho kwii-80s kunye nee-90s. Esinye, isixeko sikhuseleke kakhulu, sikhuselekile — nto leyo eye yaguqula iindawo ezininzi eManhattan zaba ngamabala emidlalo abo banomvuzo oqiqayo.
INew York ibinazo ezi ndawo zifihliweyo, kuba nje isixeko besingakhuselekanga, utshilo uLaurence Jones, umyili wezakhiwo osebenze kwisabelo sakhe sezakhiwo ezityebileyo. Yayikhuselekile ngokupheleleyo, iyodwa, ikhuselekile. Ngoku, awunakucinga ukuba ubumelwane bunomdla kancinci.
Kummandla okufutshane noMlambo i-River, kukho, ngokungathi, akukho zindawo zokutyela ze-chic, akukho zindawo zokutya zishushu. Akukho zigalari zobugcisa okanye izinto ezintle ezincinci ezihamba hamba malunga neefroksi zakutshanje. Endaweni yoko, kukho ubuncinane abathathu beentyatyambo (abantu abazizityebi bayazithanda iintyatyambo ezintsha); Ivenkile yokutyela iLe Perigord; ivenkile yefenitshala; a D'Agostino; Tal Bagels; iMcDonald's ebekwe ngendlela engaqhelekanga; iParnell’s Pub kunye nerestyu; isidlo sangokuhlwa; kunye ne-GNC.
Akungombuzo wokungakwazi ukufumana uyilo kunye nomgangatho, utshilo omnye umthengisi obekeke kakuhle. Yindawo eyiyo.
Kwaye, ke, masingakulibali ukunyuka kwekhondomu, uhlobo lwezindlu oluxhaphakileyo kwezinye iidolophu, ezinokuhlala ngakumbi, kodwa ethe ngandlel 'ithile yafumana umphunga eNew York.
Ndibonile ukunyuka okumangalisayo kweemfuno zezityebi eziphezulu, xa kuthelekiswa ne-co-ops, utshilo uTamir Shemesh. Iqela lakhe elinobuqili uDouglas Elliman ngoku uthengisa i-über-lux condos e-One Madison Park. Uninzi lwabathengi bafuna ukungabikho simahla.
UWilliam Zeckendorf, uvulindlela wophuhliso lwekhondomu eNew York, kubandakanya ne-15 Central Park West, ebonisa ukuzalwa kwe-condo apha eSt. Tropez kwi-East 64th Street, eyakhiwa ngo-1964. Kodwa, wongeze, condos didn Ngokwenene ziqala ukuthatha ingcambu eNew York kude kube ngama-1980. Umnumzana Zeckendorf sele ezakhe izakhiwo ezingama-30, kubandakanya iWorldwide Plaza, iVanderbilt, iColumbia, kunye neZeckendorf Towers kwi-Union Square.
Ukuqala ngo-1990, ii-condos zaqala ukodlula ii-co-ops kumaxabiso, utshilo, kwaye ukuqala ngo-2000, umahluko uqhume.
Ayisiyiyo kuphela iiyunithi zekondos ezikhulayo, kodwa iibhodi ze-co-op ziye, ngakumbi ngexesha le-boom yamva nje, zithintela ngakumbi. Kwaye zimbalwa ukuba zikho ezinye ezinzima kunokuba zeRiver House. Okushiya umthengi osisityebi wendlu kunye nalo mbuzo ulandelayo: Dibana nebhodi yokusebenzisana ngokubambisana yonke into ngenxa yendawo engafanelekanga, nangona intsebenziswano, okanye uthenge i-condo ephakathi nendawo kwaye uzisindise.
Akubonakali ngathi yingxaki enkulu, ngoku iyenzeka?
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