UAdam Goldberg ubonakalisa iAquaFence kwilali yaseNtshona
(Ifoto: Issy Thompson)
Iibhanki ze-Hudson zixhomekeke kwezinye zezona ndawo zibaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni, kodwa akukho mabhafu emabhile okanye iinkqubo zokukhanyisa zikwimeko entle ezingathintelekiyo kwimozulu embi. Kwaye emva kweNkanyamba uSandy, phakathi kwamagumbi angaphantsi agcwele amanzi kunye nejenereyitha ezinamanzi, kwacaca ukuba amanyathelo amadala okhuselo awasonelanga.
Abaphuhlisi, abakhi bezakhiwo kunye nabanini bajongene nengxaki: yeyiphi indlela yokukhusela iipropathi kwizikhukula ezizayo (ngelixa kunjalo, ukugcina imida yenzuzo esempilweni)?
Inani lezicwangciso zokhuselo lweepropathi kwimimandla yezikhukula sele ivele, ukusukela ngokungalindelekanga ukuba kwenziwe iinkqubo zomjelo wexesha elizayo kunye nemigxobhozo yobunjineli kwizithintelo zendlela yakudala: iibhloko zezindlu ezinqabileyo ezifakwe iingcango zentsimbi ezikhuselayo kunye nezithintelo zezikhukula ezingangeni manzi.
Kwi-Superior Ink, i-condo ye-uber-posh kwi-West Village enabahlali-phakathi kwabo uMarc Jacobs kunye no-Hilary Swank-banyanzelwa ukuba baphume iinyanga ezimbini emva kokuba amanzi olwandle angene kwimibhobho yakhe ngexesha likaSandy, isakhiwo sigqibe ekubeni sihambise iinkqubo zoomatshini ngaphezulu. umhlaba.
Okwangoku, iQela le-Witkoff elili-150 i-Charles Street, elalisakhiwa ngethuba u-Sandy etshayisa, aziqhayisi kungekuphela nje ngobunewunewu obulindelweyo beephuli ezingama-75 kunye neenyawo ezingama-33,000 zesikwere sendalo, kodwa zimbini iijenereyitha ezinamandla ezisebenzisa igesi. Inkqubo yomlilo, ukukhanya ngokukhawuleza
Olunye uphuhliso olubandakanye ukukhuselwa kwezikhukula kuyilo lweFoster kunye namaQabane kuyilo oluyi-551 West 21st Street, olucwangciselwe ukugqitywa ngo-2015. Emva koSandy, umphuhlisi uScott Rensick wayenezicwangciso ezilungisiweyo zokuguqula udonga lweglasi yesakhiwo, ngoku exhaswa yikhonkrithi eyomeleleyo. Isiseko esambethe igranite. Amasango esi sakhiwo afakelwe zonke izithintelo ezingxamisekileyo zesinyithi, kwaye isilingi yejim, igumbi lokudlala kunye nendawo yoluntu iphakanyisiwe.
Kwaye kwiveki ephelileyo, besibukele njenge-Aqua Fence, inkqubo yothintelo lwezikhukula ehlaziyiweyo, ebimiswe e-110 Horatio Street, ipropathi yeRockrose etyebileyo ejonge eHudson. Esi sakhiwo sasirhangqwe yipherimeter yeepaneli eziluhlaza ezithi zinxibelelene, nokuba zikhangeleka ngathi zingaqhelekanga kwindawo ezikwiNtshona yeLali, ezinokuthi zihlale zipakishwe kwaye zigcinwe kwimizuzu nje engephi. Indlela yesiko yokufaka isanti kubonakala kungumsebenzi omkhulu xa kuthelekiswa. Ihlala ithatha ikhulu lamakhulu abantu ukuseta iingxowa zesanti, basebenza iiyure ezilishumi elinambini, ucacisile uAdam Goldberg, umlawuli we-NYC wokusebenza kweAcaa Fence. Ngoku kuthatha kuphela abantu abalishumi elinambini iiyure ezintathu.
Umnumzana Goldberg uthe esi sixhobo singqineke siyindlela ethandwayo kubuchule obubizayo nobugqithisileyo njengokuhambisa izixhobo zombane kunye neejenereyitha kwimigangatho ephezulu; ukuthengisa kukhawuleze ngokukhawuleza emva kweSandy.
Kwakukho inzala encinci ngaphambili, utshilo uMnu.Goldberg, kodwa, ukusukela ngeSandy, intengiso inyuke nge-100 yepesenti. E-US kuphela, i-AquaFence ikhusela ngaphezulu kweebhiliyoni ezilishumi ezixabisa iarhente yokuthengiswa kwezindlu kunye nezinto eziluncedo kuluntu.
I-AquaFence ngoku iyathandwa phakathi kwabaxhasi abaphezulu eWest Village naseLower Manhattan, kodwa uMnu.Goldberg ukholelwa ekubeni isibheno sayo sibanzi. Iindleko zepaneli ziphakathi kwe- $ 300 kunye ne-700 yeedola ngokuxhomekeke kubungakanani, njengoko uMnu.Goldberg esitsho ukuba inomdla kwezemali xa kuthelekiswa nesicwangciso sokukhusela isikhukula se-20 yezigidigidi esacetywayo ngowayesakuba nguSodolophu uMichael Bloomberg. (Nangona kufanelekile, isicatshulwa sikaMnu Bloomberg sasisesona sakhiwo sodidi oluphezulu.) Endaweni yokwakha iindonga zolwandle, iingqumba zentlabathi kunye nommelwane wonke obizwa ngokuba yiSeaport City, iAquaFence inokubonelela ngendlela ekhawulezileyo nesebenzayo, ngakumbi kancinci. Izakhiwo ezityebileyo ezingenakho ukukhusela abathengi, watsho. Ungarhangqa yonke iprojekthi yezindlu eManhattan ngeAcaFence. Kwaye, ngenxa yobunzima bokuzifaka ngokutsha izakhiwo ngenye indlela, kungafuneka senze njalo.
