Isitalato sikaHenry: IBrooklyn iBhloko eliXakeke liXesha

Ndandijonge mhlawumbi amatye angama-20 amdakaNgeli xesha ndikhubekile ndangena kwigugu eligqibeleleyo, kwibhloko yemifanekiso yencwadi yaseHenry Street kumda weCobble Hill naseCarroll Gardens. Kwakungeyiyo indawo enjenge-oasis okanye amathambo esakhiwo aqala ukutsala amehlo am, kodwa ishelufu labanini beencwadi zikaJonathan Lethem. Ndacaphuka xa umfazi wesibini evula ikopi Umpu, kunye noMculo oDlulileyo : inoveli yakhe yokuqala, enikezelwe kuye. Igama lakhe yayinguCarmen Fariña — ingqonyela yesikolo seSixeko saseNew York — kwaye wayefundise uMnu. Lethem eP. 29, isikolo esisekoneni.

Njengoko bendizakufunda, bekukho nezinye izinto ezininzi ezimangazayo kule bhlokhi ibikade ikhulile, ibikade i-genteel, idume kakubi kwaye ngelo xesha, ekupheliseni i-millennium, ibuyela umva kwi-gentrification. Umfazi wam kunye nam khange silinde Nksk Fariña kunye nomyeni wakhe-obizwa ngokuba nguSpanish Tony ngama-Italiya ebhlokini-ukuba anikezele ngezitshixo.

Njengobusika bokuqala kwilitye lethu elitsha elimdaka langena endaweni yasentwasahlobo, ulwandiso lwethu lwesitalato i-Henry Street lwaqala ukuba luhlaza. Yayiyindawo enkulu yokuthengisa: ukungqengqa kwiindledlana zendlela yayiyimigca emibini yemithi yeenqwelo-moya ezikrelekrele-izihlobo zeesikamori-zijongane ngaphaya kwesitalato zilungelelene njengamaqabane omdaniso. Kodwa ngaphandle, izinto zazisiya jungly.

Ngaphezulu kocingo olwalugcinwe kwicala lethu elingasemantla kwakuhlala abantu abatsha abafana nathi, umbhali wenoveli kunye nomhleli weefoto ababelungise umva kwiyadi yabo ecocekileyo yamatheko esidlo. Kodwa elinye icala yayingumboniso ovuyisayo wokuxubana kwezolimo. Umniniyo wayengumhlolokazi owazalelwa e-Italiya ngeminyaka emide kodwa engagungqiyo-wayejongeka njengoNosferatu onemigca yokuncuma-owayeyeke izinto zangxama, igadi yakhe yanyibilika phakathi kwetyatyambo leentyatyambo zikajongilanga, ukhula olunameva kunye ne-fuc zucchini.

Indawo yakhe ebalaseleyo kwiyadi yomfana wasedolophini njengam yayingumdiliya ongayekiyo, izaphuli zemifuno ezazixinene njengezihlahla zomhlolokazi. Ngelixa ndandilele ubusuku obunye, okanye kwakubonakala ngathi, iitrils zomdiliya zatsiba ucingo zaza zathimba amabali amabini phezulu kumasebe omthi wam wecheri kunye nomthi weplum. Amahlumela aziqhuba ngobukrwada, nokunyanzelisa kangangokuba ndizibuze ukuba ingaba kwinqanaba elithile khange baphazamise na loo mfazi ubuthathaka, ungathethiyo. Umcwangcisi uBrendan Coburn ubiza iCobble Hill eyona ndawo ineshumi elinethoba kwindlu yomzi eUnited States. (Ifoto: Kaitlyn Flannagan for Braganca)

Ngeli xesha, kwiminyaka eli-15 nangaphezulu eyadlulayo, ibhlokhi yethu engama-400 kwisitrato iHenry, phakathi kweKane kunye neDegraw Streets, yayisele iza kuhlala abantu ngamagqwetha kunye nabapheki baseFrance nabacebisi bezemali, iindidi ezisencinci zeWall Street kunye nabo babebasebenzelayo. Inkqubo ye- intsimbi yeshumi elinambini Abantu base-Italiya abenze iCobble Hill kunye neCarroll Gardens ukuba bahluke kwaye baqala ukuya ebudaleni, abantwana babo bathengisela abantu abawela uMlambo i-East okokuqala kwaye bewela phantsi kopelo lwendawo, umqolo wayo onobuhle, ophawulwe Iidolophu. (Umyili wezakhiwo uBrendan Coburn, o-CWB Architects wakhe isakhiwo sokuqala esitsha kwibhloko yethu kwisithuba seminyaka elikhulu, ubiza i-Cobble Hill eyona ndawo ingummangaliso kwinkulungwane yeshumi elinethoba lendlu e-United States.) Vala ngokwaneleyo emanzini kubantu abadlulayo ukuya ukuva iimpondo zenkungu kwiinqanawa ezibukweni, ayisiyiyo kwaphela jonga njengakwenye indawo xa uphuma kuloliwe ohamba ngaphantsi komhlaba ukusuka eManhattan; bubushushu obahlukileyo apha.

Uninzi lwabasandula ukufika, befika kunye nabayili bezakhiwo zabo kunye neendawo zokulungisa umhlaba, izinto zabo ezinesidima, abayi kubamba ngaphezulu kokuqaqamba kobomi beTechnicolor obabandulelayo. Ibhloko yethu, kunye nommelwane osingqongileyo, wawunotyebo oluqhubekekayo lweHlabathi eliDala, olumelwe kakuhle yimidiliya eyadini yangasemva kommelwane wam.

Vala ngokwaneleyo emanzini ukuba abadlulayo beve i-foghorn kwiinqanawa ezibukweni, ayisiyiyo kwaphela jonga njengakwenye indawo xa uphuma kuloliwe ohamba ngaphantsi komhlaba ukusuka eManhattan; bubushushu obahlukileyo apha.

Kudala-dala, kwaye kwakungekho kudala, wonke umzi apha wabeka eyayo iwayini. Akukho namnye eCobble Hill owanxaniweyo ngexesha loThintelo. Ukutyunyuzwa, ukuguga kunye nokufakwa ezibhotileni (singasathethi ke ngokusela) beziyinxalenye ukuba umjikelo wonyaka wasekhaya kwiiMfazwe zeHlabathi, uxinzelelo kunye nolawulo lokufika nokuhamba kwabaphathi beenqanawa kunye nezopolitiko. Njalo ekwindla, ngongcwalazi olumnyama lwangaphantsi lwamatye angaphantsi, i-oki kunye noomatshini bokushicilela bentsimbi, izinto zakudala zeMizi-mveliso ezihluthwe njengamaqhekeza enqanawa, ziya kukhutshwa zize zilungiselelwe. Kwimeko yomnyhadala, izitrato ezimxinwa zeCobble Hill ziya kugqabhuka kunye ne-blossomy, iziqholo eziqholiweyo zeziqhamo ezicoliweyo-loo nto kunye neziqhu zebhatyi emthubi-njengokuba iidiliya zifikile.

Kwakukho umngcelele wenkolo ezitratweni, eyothusa abantu bangaphandle, kukho izihlwele ezazinxibe ngokusesikweni zinxibe iipalanquins — imifanekiso eqingqiweyo yobungcwele yobomi okanye iNtombi enyulu eglasini — emagxeni abo. Kwesinye isithethe, abaqhankqalazi bawa ngamadolo abo kwikona kwaye bancamisa indlela esecaleni. Yayingoobani abantu ekuhlaleni kwakho? UMobster 'Crazy Joe' uGallo wayedla ngokuba nokungahambi kakuhle ehamba nesilwanyana sakhe esifana nesitrato. (Ifoto ngu-Hulton Archive / Getty Izithombe)

Ezantsi kwezi zitrato umfo omkhulu u-Joey Gallo, okanye umsebenzi awayewusebenzela loo njongo, wayehamba nesilwanyana sakhe sasekhaya uC Cleo. Nangona uGallo wayehambile kudala-kwaye ekhunjulwa kwingoma ka-Bob Dylan-ukufika kwethu, ilizwe lakhe lolwaphulo-mthetho olufihlakeleyo cwaka (kwaye mhlawumbi isekhona) isaphila kakhulu apha.

Rhoqo ngexeshana, ikhethini liza kwahlula kwaye ubambe umbono wobo bunye. Kwakukho indawo yokugcina izinto ezintle ngaphambili kwisitrato apho kwathiwa uvile ukungxola koomatshini ekufakwa emva kodonga lobuxoki. Kwakukho umhlobo wentatheli owayezinzile nomkhosi wolwaphulo-mthetho ohleliweyo ochithe iiveki ephonononga indawo yokutyela apho besisitya khona ipenka alla vodka. Kwakukho ekuseni kwivenkile apho ndathenga khona i-mozzarella esandula kutsalwa, iisoseji kunye nesonka xa mna, Mnu. Encuma Ummelwane Olungileyo, ndathabatha usiba lokusayina uxwebhu lwesikhalazo. Emva koko ndabona into eyayiqhankqalaza: IKomiti yaBemi abaKhathalele uLwaphulo-mthetho lwaJohn Gotti. Umnini venkile undibukele ndiyifunda. Amehlo ethu atshixiwe. Ndibeke phantsi usiba. Kulungile…

Ezantsi kwezi zitrato umfo omkhulu u-Joey Gallo, okanye umsebenzi awayewusebenzela loo njongo, wayehamba nesilwanyana sakhe sasekhaya uC Cleo.

Ibhloko yethu yayinexesha elahlukileyo, nelikude kakhulu, kunjalo. Icwecwe elisezantsi lika-426 lingqina ukuchuma kwalo: UJennie Jerome, umama kaWinston Churchill, wazalelwa apha ngo-1854, intombi yezezimali ezizayo kwaye, omnye uyaqokelela, u-Leonard.

Kwakuleli xesha elichaza ukubonakala kwebhloko, kwaye yanika izindlu zedolophu zabo iplani ye-DNA: umgangatho osezantsi ophantsi, apho abakhonzi babesebenza kwaye belungiselela ukutya, indawo yokunyuka, indawo yokumisa apho usapho lwalusonwabisa khona, namagumbi okulala phezulu. , namagumbi abo ahlukileyo e-alcove, phakathi kwe-shaft shaft nangaphambili kwesakhiwo. Uninzi lwabantwana beCobble Hill bakhuliswe kwezi ndawo zipholileyo.

Eminye imizila yento esele idlulile ihleli, ngokunjalo, kuquka namaqhekeza esinyithi phantse yonke indlu ibekwe emhlabeni ngaphambili nasemva. Kwiminyaka edlulileyo, ezi ziqwenga zaziza kuphoswa zivuleke kwaye amalahle agalelwe kwigumbi elingaphantsi ngendledlana yangaphambili. Uthuli lwamalahle, ubuncinci kwithiyori, lwaluza kudada ngaphandle ngokuvula ngasemva ngasemva. Imibhobho yasendlwini isenokuba yayiqhelekile — izindlu zangasese endlwini yethu zaziphinda zafakwa, zadityaniswa ngamanye amaxesha kwii-closet esele zikhona-kwaye umntu unokucinga nje ngokunyathela amalahle amdaka ukuya ngasese.

Ezinye izinto ezibonisa ubugwenxa zibandakanya iinqaba zentsimbi ezincinci ezonyukela kuphahla lwendlu ngasemva kwezindlu ezininzi, zikhumbuza abantwana ukuba babeke ubomi emngciphekweni kunye nelungu lokunyuka kwenkawu. Akukho ndwendwe ndilicelileyo lakha laqikelela umsebenzi wabo. Isilumkiso somoiler: iinqaba zokomisa impahla. Imigca yee-pulleys iya kuqhutywa ukusuka kuthi, kumgangatho wesithathu ngasemva kwefestile, ukuya kwinqaba ekupheleni kweyadi. Emva phaya kwiminyaka yama-90, le migca yokuhlamba impahla yayisasetyenziswa kakhulu, uNkskz. Zibani-bani-ke esenza iibhodi ezingaphezulu ziqhutywa, ziqhayisa njenge-Union Jack. UJennie ovela kwibloko: Unina kaWinston Churchill, uJeannette Jerome, owazalelwa kwisitalato iHenry ngo-1854. (Igalari yeSizwe yePortrait London / Wikipedia)

Ngexesha esalithenga ngalo, ekupheleni kuka-1998, amaxabiso aselumelwaneni ayesele efumene ingozi yasemva kowe-1987 kwaye aqala into esasingenakuyazi ngoko ukuba yayiza kuba sisiqalo esingathandekiyo.

Amazantsi ayenyani malunga ne-1992, utshilo uBrian Lehner, umrhwebi onxulumene naye eBrown Harris Stevens, othengise iipropathi eCobble Hill phantse iminyaka engama-30. Kodwa ibintle kakhulu ingami [phezulu] ukusukela ngoko. Nokuba i-9/11 yayibonakala ineziphumo ezichaseneyo ocinga ukuba-abantu bafuna ukuzinza, ukuzibophelela ekhayeni.

Izindlu ezine zedolophu ezivaliweyo kwibhloko yethu yaseHenry Street kunyaka ophelileyo kuluhlu olusuka kwi-4.6 yezigidi zeedola kwisakhiwo esitsha se-CWB kwi-359 ukuya kwi-2.6 yezigidi zekhaya elinobubanzi obuziimitha ezili-15, ezinye zisiya kwi- $ 3.5 yezigidi , kubonakala ngathi iyintsingiselo yangoku kumgangatho webhloko obubanzi obuziimitha ezingama-21 ububanzi. Iseti yokurekhoda yayiyi- $ 6.75 yezigidi ehlawulwe kunyaka ophelileyo ngumsunguli kunye nomsunguli wefashoni yethambo uMarcus Wainwright kwindlu yesitayile ye-1844 e-491, eneenyawo ezili-150 zangaphambili kwiHenry naseDegraw Street. (Ndiyayithanda yonke into malunga nendlu, utshilo uMnumzana Wainwright, ngaphandle kwaxa kufuneka ndirhuqele ikhephu kangangeenyawo ezili-150.) Uphuculo olubanzi, ngaphezulu kohlaziyo olukhulu lwabanini bangaphambili-phakathi kwezinye izinto, ususe isinyuko waguqula Indlu ebuyiselwe kusapho olunye-yinxalenye yesiqendu apha ngo-2015, kubandakanya nomsebenzi omkhulu oqhubekayo okungenani kwezinye izakhiwo ezine kwibhloko.

Utshilo uMnu Lehner, Inqanaba lolungiso esilubonayo ngoku yenye into. Izixa ezikhulu zemali ezitshonileyo ekwenzeni ezi ndlu zeedolophu kanye ngendlela abantu abafuna ngayo zizise izinto kwelinye inqanaba.

'Inqanaba lolungiso esilubonayo ngoku yenye into. Izimali ezinkulu ezitshonileyo ekwenzeni ezi ndlu zeedolophu kanye ngendlela abantu abafuna ngayo zizise izinto kwelinye inqanaba .'— UBrian Lehner, umrhwebi onxulumene naye eBrown Harris Stevens

Njengokuba ibhlokhi yethu izenzela ngaphaya kokuchuma, okuphuculweyo amashumi amabini aneshumi elivisayo, kusekho, kwabakudala, ipentimento yexesha elidlulileyo ecinezela. Omnye umhlali oligqala wandixelela, ekhomba kwindlu ekuhlalwa kuyo ngoku, njengoko bekuya kuba njalo, ngumtshutshisi, Ukuba phaya, yayilevenkile yethu yesebe. Inenekazi elihlala apho, liza kuba nee-racks zoboya, izitaki ezinkulu zezixhobo zestereo, iisuti ezintsha kraca zomyili eziwe etrakhini. Ukuba ebengenayo into oyifunayo, ngokungathi ufuna i-tuxedo emnandi yokuya kwi-prom, umxelele nje-wayeza kukwazisa xa eyijika.

Ixesha elidala liyakhumbula ngothando, mhlawumbi kancinci kakhulu, imfazwe yeHare Krishna.

Indawo yekona apho i-CWB ibeka khona i-435 iHenry Street, kunye nezakhiwo ezibini ezisandul 'ukulungiswa, ezikufutshane, ezingama-439 ngowama-441, zinembali emibalabala engenako ukwenza iincwadana zabo zokuthengisa. Ezi zakhiwo, iminyaka emininzi, yayiyikhonisithi yoonongendi baseFrance, oodade abangabahlengikazi abangamahlwempu / abagulayo bebandla likaYesu osana; iqashiso elingenanto ngumyezo walo obiyelwe ngodonga.

Kodwa ngoo-1960, emva kokuba oonongendi bemkile, yafika yahlalwa liqela lika-Hare Krishnas. Olu phuhliso aluzange, ngokwexesha elidala, lubakholise ngakumbi abahlali. Emva kokungcikivwa okwahlukeneyo, ukhuselo kunye namaxesha anobuhlungu kwafika imini yeqela lebhloko lonyaka, xa isitrato savalwa ukuba kungabikho zithuthi kunye nabamelwane, malunga neepepile kunye neesoseji kwaye unantoni. Yayingumhla ogqibeleleyo, ixesha lakudala kunye nabahlobo bakhe abakwishumi elivisayo baziva, ukutsala isibane sebhegi emnyango kwaye babethe intsimbi kwiKrishnas.

KwiiKrishnas, le yayiyingca yokugqibela. Baye bakhupha ngokunyanzela, bebamba ixesha elidala kunye nomnye umhlobo ngaphambi kokuqonda impazamo yabo: Kuya kufuneka ububone ubuso babo xa bejonga phezulu kwaye babona bonke aba bantu banzima benyuka besihla esitratweni bexhuma ngaphandle kwezitulo zabo zengca kwaye behla ngebhlokhi.

Kunzima ukuthelekelela izinto zifumana zonke iiScorsese ngolu hlobo kwisitalato sethu sasesayere, inja-kunye-nabantwana-banobuhlobo banamhlanje, apho iqela lokuwa libonisa inqaba ye-bouncy endaweni yengxabano yesitalato. Kodwa xa sifudukayo, bekuya kuba nzima nokujonga indawo eyaziwa kakhulu kwindawo yakudala, i-Cammareri Brothers Bakery Inyanga udumo, shwaka ngobusuku. Umntwana omtsha wepowusta, uFama-fama, umlenze oziqondayo, umthombo we-retro soda, onokusilungela ngcono kwezi ntsuku.

Mna nomfazi wam siphantse sabadalathina apha ngoku, sabelana ngamabali nabafikayo abasemva-ngemini, kwaye sigcina izithethe ezimbalwa. Ngobusuku boNyaka oMtsha, siza kuphuma sibuyele umva ekubethweni ezinzulwini zobusuku kwaye sibethe iimbiza neepani njengamaTaliyane amadala. Kwiminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu eyadlulayo, bekuya kuvakala ngathi kungqinelwa kweLeningrad ngasemva kwendlu. Kwaye ukuba kuthe cwaka ngoku, kuyanelisa ukuva imbiza ethile ephambeneyo ibetha apha naphaya, phezulu naphantsi kwebhloko, ii-echoes ezimbalwa ebusuku.