Kwintengiso, ungathenga umnyango wamagumbi, apho wayehlala khona uJimi Hendrix noAndy Warhol

Kunzima ukukholelwa, kodwa kwixesha elizayo, indlu yokuthengisa i-Guernesy izicwangciso zokubeka iintengiso ezininzi ezingama-55 kwi-hotele yaseNew York "Chelsea".

Ngesinye isikhathi, inkwenkwezi enjalo njengoBob Marley, uMadonna, Edith Piaf, uLiam Neeson, uStanley Kubrick, uJohn Bon Jovi bahlala kule hotele yeentlanga, ebizwa ngokuba yi "Museum of American Culture". Le nxalenye yincinci kuphela yeendwendwe eziye ziyingxenye ebalulekileyo yembali yale ndawo ekhethekileyo.

I-Chelsea ingenye yeehotele ezidumileyo kwiSixeko se-Big Apple. Ngowe-1977, wayephakathi kweyokuqala ukufakwa kwiRejista kaZwelonke yeeNgingqi zeMerika. Ngesinye isikhathi ezindongeni zale ndawo kwakukho amaqela amakhulu ebhohemian - abaculi, abadlali, abaculi bahlanganisene.

Ngamaqiniso ambalwa nje malunga neCentral: kwakukho ngo-1978 ukuba umzimba wezesondo ze-Sex Vistols bassist Sid Viches, uNancy, wafunyanwa, kwaye ngaphambi kokuba uJack Kerouac ahlale kwaye wasebenza ehotele. Isiphumo sokuhlala kwakhe e "Chelsea" kwakuyincwadi yenkolo ethi "Endleleni", ebonwa njengophawu lwesizukulwana sabashayi.

Okwangoku, i-Chelsea ayisamkeli iindwendwe. Indwendwe yokugqibela yale ndawo emangalisayo ibhaliswe kwihlobo le-2011.

UJim George kunye neziphumo zakhe ezintle

"Umnyango uthini na?" Uyacela. Ukususela ngo-2002 kuze kube mzuzu apho ihotele iphelile khona, yahlala ngumntu othile uJim George. Abanikazi abatsha bezakhiwo babeza kuphinda babuyilwe kwaye baxoshe zonke iindwendwe. UMnu George wayengenamakhaya. Wachitha ixesha esitrato kufuphi neCentral waza wabona indlela abaqhubi abaqhuba ngayo inkunkuma ehlukahlukeneyo ehotele, kuquka neengcango. UGeorge wayenomnqweno omkhulu wokungavumi ukuba le mihla yokucwina ingene ekugqibeleni:

"Ndandifuna ukugcina ezi zango. Ndandixabisa iimbono zeCentral, ndachitha iintsuku ezininzi ezivuyayo ezindongeni zayo ndaza ndathanda ihotele ngentliziyo yam yonke. "

Nangona kunjalo kungaqhelekanga, uGeorge wakwazi ukugcina iingcango ezivela kumagumbi angama-55, kwaye ziya kufakwa kwisitishi. Nabani na onokuthenga incwadi enqabileyo ehambelana ngqo noJimi Hendrix, Iggy Pop, Mark Twain, Humphrey Bogart noJohnny Mitchell.

Funda kwakhona

Intengo yokuqala ye "inkalo yenkwenkwezi" yi-$ 5000. I-intengiso ihlelelwe u-Apreli 12, 2018. UJim George, ekhumbula ixesha elibunzima kwisitrato, wayala ukuba inxalenye yemali eya kufunyanwa ekuthengiseni iinqashiso, yathunyelwa kwingxowa-mali ukunceda abantu baseNew York abangenamakhaya.