ibuyisiwe ),Umphathi omkhulu wefemmoth kunye nosihlalo uthenge indlu enelitye lekalika yelitye lekalika ebude buziimitha ezingama-33 ububanzi. Ikwimo embi noko, kodwa isenokuba negaraji enkulu yangaphakathi esixekweni.
Ngokwengxelo zedolophu, umhlolokazi kaPaul Mellon oneminyaka engama-99 ubudala uBunny wathengisa 165 Mpuma 70thIsitalato kwinyanga ephelileyo kwiqumrhu elinamatyala elingaziwayo elingaziwayo $ 13.5 yezigidi . Imithombo emibini esondeleyo kwintengiselwano yathi abathengi UJohn J. Mack kunye nomfazi wakhe, UChristy . Isithethi sikaMorgan Stanley khange sibe namazwi.
Nokuba i-13.5 yezigidi zeedola zivakala ngathi zii-gargantuan sum zala maxesha aphantsi, uMnu Mack wayenokukhetha ngokulula into ebonakalayo ngakumbi. Enye into, indlu iphakathi kweLexington kunye neendlela zesithathu, uninzi lwabarhwebi abanezitshixo eziphezulu abakujonga njenge-déclassé. Kwaye, ngokungaqhelekanga, ichithe iminyaka njengendawo yokugcina: UNks Mellon, onondlwana yakhe enkulu ibhlokhi yathengiswa kwiminyaka emithathu edlulileyo ngeedola ezingama-22.5, wasebenzisa le nto ukugcina izinto ezinje ngeemoto kunye nefenitshala- kunye nomhlobisi wexesha elide wangaphakathi, uBruce UBudd, owayehlala kwaye esebenza apho iminyaka elishumi elinambini edlulileyo.
Mhlawumbi oku kuthetha ukuba iipropathi zeendebe ezibiza imali eninzi ziphumile, kwaye ukuthozama (okanye uhlobo lwayo) kungaphakathi? Ngolunye uhlobo,UMnu Mack nenkosikazi yakhe banomsebenzi omninzi phambi kwabo. Umgangatho wesithathu nowesine wawungenanto kwaphela, kwimeko yokubandezeleka, eneneni, utshilo uMnu.Budd, ongazukuphawula kwisivumelwano okanye abathengi, kodwa oza kuchaza indlu. Wayefuna ukuba ndisondele kuye, ke wandinika le ndawo yokuhlala. Wayenayo kuye! Ndiyazi – intle kakhulu.
Ngokwoluhlu olune Sotheby ’s umrhwebi Ibala leNikki , indlu yenqwelwana yelitye lekalika yayakhiwe nguC.P.H. Gilbert, kodwa yaguqulwa yaba yigaraji kunye neekota zokuqhuba umculi weNdlalifa yokuthunga indlalifa uStephen Clark. Akukho ngcaciso, watsho ngoLwesine emva kwemini.
Ngokumalunga noNksz Mellon, owayesebenza kwiRose Garden kumhlobo wakhe uJackie Onassis, Umnumzana uBudd uthe uyayithanda imihombiso yaseFrance, kodwa ngohlobo lokukhululeka, indlela ye-anglophile. Umgangatho wesithathu unegadi enobubanzi obuziimitha ezingama-31 phakathi kwamacandelo akumantla namazantsi endlu. Kodwa i-gem ebonakalayo yi-30.5-yeenyawo ububanzi, i-96-inyawo ubude, igaraji yeemoto ezili-12 ethatha phantse wonke umgangatho wokuqala, kwaye ineerampu ukuya kumgangatho wegumbi lokuhlala ukuya ezantsi kwigumbi elingaphantsi eli-103.5 leenyawo .
Ngaba abathengi baya kuyigcina igaraji? Ndiyathemba ukuba benza into enomdla ngayo, utshilo umnumzana uBudd, kwaye angayijiki ibe yinto eqhelekileyo, uyazi, yeyala maxesha into ethile .
UMnu Mack unendlu eRye, NY, kwaye akucaci kwiirekhodi zedolophu ukuba ungumnikazi kwenye indawo eManhattan. Kodwa kwangoko kulo nyaka, ngexesha lodliwanondlebe kunye UCharlie Rose malunga nentlekele yoqoqosho kaSeptemba odlulileyo,wakhankanya ipied-a-terre : Ndiyakhumbula ndibuya ekhaya, okanye ndize eflethini esixekweni, nditsho kuChristy, ukuba, uyazi, 'Kukho ithuba lokuba ndilahle le nkampani.' Kwaye emva kwemizuzwana engama-30 ndabuya ndaza ndaya kuye ndathi , 'Kodwa kungcono ndiyenze le kunokuhlala elunxwemeni eMantla Carolina ndifunde incwadi.
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