Ivenkile yaseNew York yoBonelelo lobuGcisa kwiNdlela yesiThathu kwilali eseMpuma.(Ifoto: Screenshot ngeGoogle Maps) Ngenye imini, elinye iziko laseNew York liluma uthuli. Emva kweminyaka eli-111 kwishishini, iNew York Central Art Supply ibhengeze ukuba ekupheleni kweli hlobo izakuzivala iingcango zayo ngokugqibeleleyo. Isakhiwo sevenkile, kwi-62 Third Avenue nase-East 11th Street, siphulukana nengqeshiso yenyanga nenyanga, ngokukaVanishing New York ibhlog uJeremiah Moss .
INew York Central yasekwa ngo-1905 nguBenjamin Steinberg kwaye ihleli ingumsebenzi wosapho ngaphezulu kwenkulungwane. Ivenkile yayaziwa kakhulu kwisebe layo elibanzi lephepha, elinamaphepha anombala anombala kunye nawenziwe ngezandla avela eYurophu naseAsia. Abanini baqala ukuyeka abasebenzi ngehlobo elidlulileyo, njengoko uMbonisi wayexelile ngaphambili.
Ngexesha lehlobo, sizakuthengisa zonke izinto ezikhoyo ngamaxabiso ancitshiswe kakhulu, wabhala uSteinbergs kwingxelo ekuvalweni kwewebhusayithi yevenkile. Siza konwaba naziphi na izibonelelo zokufumana uluhlu lwempahla yethu kunye nepropathi enomgangatho ophezulu wokuqonda. Ayikho enye ivenkile efana neMbindi ehlabathini… Sinethemba lokuba enye ivenkile okanye umthengisi uyakuqonda oku kwaye unokunceda iqela lethu liqhubeke nokwenza oko likuthandayo.
Amagcisa esixeko kunye nabafundi, amanqaku okuvalwa kwakhona yenye ilahleko enkulu. Ngo-2014, ivenkile eyaziwayo yeCanal Street I-Pearl Paint ivale iingcango zayo , nangona uluhlu lwayo lokuncipha kwiinyanga ezidlulileyo lwaluchazile ukuvalwa. Kwaye ngo-Epreli, Iindaba zaqhekeka ukuba uLee's Art Shop Kwisitalato i-West 57th izakuvala neli hlotyeni, kulandela ezinyathelweni zabanye abaqeshi bexesha elide eMidtown abanjengo Steinway & Sons ipiyano kunye ne Rizzoli Bookstore, bonke abo banikezele kuphuhliso lwendawo.
Ngelixa ezinye izinto zobugcisa ngokuqinisekileyo zikuyo yonke indawo ngokwaneleyo ukuba zinokufumaneka ngokulula kwaye zi-odolwe kwi-Intanethi ngeAmazon, iNew York Central yayiphakathi kwezinto ezimbalwa ezenziwa luluntu oluthembele kuzo zombini izinto ezizodwa kunye neenkonzo zesiko. Kumanqaku ahlukeneyo, zombini iPearl Paint kunye neNew York Central zenze imisebenzi yokuyila.
Kodwa ungoyiki, ngelixa iNew York Central kunye neqela layo lilila, ithemba alilahleki kubazobi abasakonwabelayo ukugoba amakhaya asendleleni. Impendulo emfutshane kumbuzo wethu wokuqala, Ziye phi zonke iivenkile zobugcisa? , kulungile… naphi na. Kusekho ishumi elinambini ngezantsi kwesitalato i-23 eManhattan. Inkonzo eyenzelwe umntu iyahluka, kodwa ezinye iivenkile ezithengisa izitena nodaka zibandakanya iBlick yokupenda kunye neebrashi; Michael’s zeepeni, iphepha lokwakha kunye nezinto zobugcisa; kunye neYard Scrap yepeyinti yokutshiza.
