Enye yeengonyama ezinkulu zamatye ezikhusela iThala leeNcwadi loLuntu laseNew York.UPeter Dazeley / Getty Izithombe Smack dab embindini wexesha likaLeo, iingonyama ezimbini ezidumileyo zaseManhattan zifumana ukuphumla okwandisiweyo nokufanelekileyo kwimisebenzi yabo. Iingonyama ezingamawele emarmore ezibambe umnyango weLayibrari yoLuntu ye-Beaux-Arts kwisakhiwo i-Fifth Avenue kunye ne-42nd Street ukususela ngo-1911 ziya kufumana i-250,000 yeedola yokuvuselela kunye nokubuyisela unyango kwiiveki ezilithoba ezizayo . Ngelishwa kubakhenkethi abangaphandle kweedolophu, oku kuthetha ukuba iingonyama ziya kugqunywa kwaye zifihlwe ngalo lonke ixesha lokuphakanyiswa kobuso babo, kodwa lo msebenzi uphela egameni lokuqhubeka kwabo ixesha elide. Iingonyama zifumene ixesha e-spa, u-Anthony Marx, umongameli we-NYPL, uxelelwe Ukurhoxa . Njengamagosa amakhulu kwesi sakhiwo, kubalulekile ukuba sigcine iingonyama kwaye siqinisekise ukuba bomelele ukukhuthaza wonke umntu kwizizukulwana ezizayo.
Iingonyama, ezazithunyelwe ekuqaleni ngengcebiso yomzobi uAugustus Saint-Gaudens, eyilwe nguEdward Clark Potter kwaye yabulawa ngabadwebi abadumileyo i-Piccirilli Brothers, zenziwe nge-pink Tennessee marble ekudala iphelile kumhlophe emva kwezizukulwana zemozulu kwaye zinxibe . Zagqibela ukubuyiselwa ngo-2004. Iingonyama zaye zaqokelela neziteketiso ezimbalwa kule minyaka idlulileyo, kodwa iimonki eziye zanamathela ekugqibeleni yayinguMonde noFortitude; izazisi abazinikwe ngusodolophu waseNew York uFiorello LaGuardia ekuphakameni kwe Uxinzelelo olukhulu .
Ukubuyiselwa ngononophelo kweengonyama zemabhile kunokubonakala ngathi lishishini eliyimfihlakalo, kodwa izixhobo ezahlukeneyo ziya kusetyenziswa ukugcina uMonde kunye neFortitude zikhangeleka ngathi zintsha njengabafazi beNdlu yaseNew York emva kotyelelo koogqirha babo bezithambiso abazithandayo. Ngoku ka Ukurhoxa , Abacebisi abavela kwiqela lolondolozo lolondolozo oluhlanganisiweyo lweContrakti yoLondolozo oluHlangeneyo (ICC) baya kugcwalisa iintanda kwiingonyama nge grout, kunye nokuzicoca ngeelaser ezikhethekileyo ezingayi kwenza monakalo kwilitye elinqabileyo.
Sinomdla wokuba kutheni le nkqubo ifuna iiveki ezisithoba ukuze igqitywe, kwaye ukuba kukho okunye ukubuyiselwa okuza kwenziwa, kodwa i-ICC ayikasibuyisi isicelo soMbonisi sokubeka izimvo. Nokuba yeyiphi na, yingqele ukucinga ukuthelekiswa okude kwezi ngonyama zibekekileyo zamatye. Kodwa ke xa ufumana kuphela ucoceko olufanelekileyo rhoqo kwiminyaka elishumi okanye njalo, uvunyelwe ukuthatha iinyanga ezimbini-ayifani Nomonde okanye uFortitude unokuvele nje uye ezantsi kwivenkile eseGlossier yeMilky Jelly Cleanser yokuqaqambisa izinto.
