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Isakhiwo sodumo saseNew York iFlatiron Building sidayiswe ngoLwesibili ngama-dollar ayizigidi ezingu-161 eqenjini labatshalizimali eliholwa ngunjiniyela wezindlu uJeffrey Gural, ngemuva kokuthi owawina amabhidi wangaphambili ehlulekile ukuqedela umsebenzi, kusho abahleli.
Ukudayiswa kwesakhiwo esidume umhlaba wonke se-skyscraper kwenzeke ngaphandle eManhattan esezansi kunabathengi abayisikhombisa futhi bekhona cishe abantu abayikhulu, iMannion Auctions itshele i-AFP.
Lesi sakhiwo – esisendaweni emise okwe-wedge ezimpambanweni zomgwaqo u-Fifth Avenue, Broadway kanye no-22nd Street – siye e-Gural, 80, ongomunye wabanikazi baso abahlanu bamanje, obengowesibili umakhidi omkhulu ngesikhathi sendali eyabangwa kakhulu.
NgoMashi 22, umbhidi owaziwayo uJacob Garlick, umsunguli we-Abraham Trust equity venture fund, uthole amalungelo eFlatiron ngenani elibiza u-$190 million kodwa weqiwa umnqamulajuqu wokuthola amaphesenti ayishumi emali ukuze akhiye ukuthenga.
Lesi sakhiwo esineminyaka engu-121 – esingesinye sezakhiwo eziphakeme zokuqala eManhattan, esakhiwe umdwebi wamapulani odumile waseChicago uDaniel Burnham – besingenalutho kusukela umqashi waso wokugcina esahamba ngo-2019. Abanikazi baso abahlanu abakwazanga ukuvumelana ngokuthi benzeni ngesakhiwo, futhi. ijaji layala ukuthi idayiswe.
Ngemuva kokuthi uGarlick ehoxile esivumelwaneni, lesi sakhiwo besingaya ku-Gural ngokuzenzekelayo, owayenikeze amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-189.5 ngoMashi, kodwa wakhetha ukuthi kubanjwe indali entsha.
Isakhiwo esinezitezi ezingu-22 esingunxantathu esaqedwa ngo-1902 sasiyinguquko ngesikhathi saso, sakhiwe phezu kwamathambo ensimbi futhi sagqokwa nge-limestone kanye ne-terracotta ngokuthinta kokubili ubuciko be-beaux kanye nezakhiwo zokuvuselela i-Renaissance.
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