88 Charles Street — Ụlọ dị n'elu nke na-elekwasị anya na ọdịda anyanwụ maka ndị ka na-eche na udo.

O doro anya na nke a bụ otu n’ime ebe ndị chọrọ n’ime NYC. Ma mgbako na-ekwu: gịnị mere ị ga-eji were ego a na mpaghara akụrụngwa a na-ere, mgbe ị nwere ike iji ego a zụta ụlọ gị?

Ụlọ ahụ dị n'elu. Ọ bụ ụlọ na-enwu. Ihe a na-atụchara elu dị elu, kichin nwere windo, ime ụlọ mmiri nwere windo, na windo abụọ dị ukwuu na-ele ọdịda anyanwụ na azụ na-ewepụ ọnụ ọchị kama ka ọ bụrụ mgbagwoju anya. Achọrọ m iji kọwara nke a nke ọma na nke a agaghị arụ ọrụ dịka ihe a na-achọghị.

Gịnị ka Ị nwetara:

Ụlọ dị n'elu nke na-elekwasị anya na ọdịda anyanwụ, nwere windo abụọ buru ibu na ụdị udo nke na-eme ka i chee ma obodo ahụ rụrụ ụka — ọ bụghị, ma ị gaghị ege ntị.
Ime ụlọ nke na-adabara akwa ahụ dum ma ọ bụ queen, nke nwere windo abụọ, nke bụ windo abụọ karịa nke dị na New York.
Ụlọ kichin mepere emepe — nwere windo, dịka e kwuru na mbụ, n'ihi na onye ọ bụla nọ ebe a kwenyere na ìhè nke ụwa na ikuku na-agbasa.
Ụlọ nkwakọba ihe abụọ na hall, nke na obodo a pụtara ihe ndị ọka iwu na-akpọ "nchekwa zuru ezu" na ihe m na-akpọ "nke karịrị nke ukwuu."
Ime ụlọ mmiri nwere windo, nke m jụrụ ka m were ya nke a na-atụfé.

Ihe ntụrụndụ (N'ihi na ị jụrụ):

A na-ekwe ka washer/dryer nwere atụmatụ na nkwenye board.
Anụrụ anụmanụ nabatara - ụlọ a adịghị emebi anụ ọhịa na nkịta.
A na-ekwe ka ndị ọzọ nụọ afọ otu afọ (nke atọ n’ime ise).
A na-anabata Pied-à-terre.
Nchekwa ọnwa dị ala.

Ụlọ ahụ:
88 Charles bụ ụlọ brick brownstone nke nwere ogologo ije ise, nke e wuru gburugburu 1880, akụkụ nke 84–88 Charles Street Owners Corp — ụlọ ọrụ ndị mmadụ 45 nke jidere, n'agbanyeghị ọtụtụ ihe isi ike, ka ọ bụrụ ihe ọ ga-abụ n'ezie: mara mma, udo, na enweghị nsogbu. Ụlọ atọ n'ime ụlọ ise. Enweghị concierge, enweghị gym, enweghị "ụlọ ọrụ enyemaka." Ị bụ onye tozuru etozu. Ị chọghị nke a niile.
Obodo ahụ:
Achọrọ m ije n'ọnọdụ dị iche iche na Manhattan. Some of them are fine. Charles Street, n'etiti Greenwich na Hudson, abụghị nke ọma — ọ bụ nke ziri ezi. Ọ bụ ihe a na-atụ anya ka ọ bụrụ: nwere osisi n'akụkụ, dị n'ala brownstone, n'ụzọ a pụrụ iche na- mgbe na-emekọrịta, na nke dị n'efu nke ụdị mmepe ndị na-eme ka ị chọpụta na obodo ahụ agwụla. Osimiri Hudson dị nso. Washington Square Park dị nso. Ndị subway niile ị ga-achọ dị nso. Ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ dị mma. Agụghị m ha. Ị nọ na New York — chọọ ha.
Akụkọ Nkenke, N'ihi na Nkà na Nkwu:
A na-akpọ ụzọ a n'aha Charles Christopher Amos, bụ onye nwe ala ahụ ụzọ ahụ gara na bụkwa onye na-ahụ maka Christopher Street na mbụ Amos Street (kwara West 10th). N'etiti 1866 na 1936, akụkụ ziri ezi ebe 88 Charles dị, bụ Van Ness Place, nke akpọrọ aha ezinụlọ ugbo, bụ ndị nọ n'ala a ruo 1865. Ụlọ obodo kwụsịrị ịkpọ ya. Ụlọ obodo na-akwụsịrị ịkpọpụta ihe. N'agbanyeghị na nke a, nke a nọgidere.

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88 Charles Street — A Top-Floor South Facing Sunny Apartment for People Who Still Believe in Peace.

It is incontrovertible that this is one of the most coveted blocks in NYC. And the math maths: why rent in this crazy rental climate when you can spend this money for your own home?

The apartment is on the top floor. It is sunny. The ceilings are high, the kitchen has a window, the bathroom has a window, and the two large south-facing windows in the back look out onto quiet rather than chaos. I want to be clear that none of this should be taken for granted.

What You Get:

A top-floor perch that faces south, with two large windows and the kind of quiet that makes you wonder if the city has finally given up — it hasn't, but you won't hear it
A bedroom that fits a full or queen, flanked by two windows, which is two more windows than most bedrooms in New York deserve
An open kitchen — windowed, as previously noted, because apparently someone here believed in natural light and cross-ventilation
Two hall closets, which in this city constitutes what lawyers call "ample storage" and what I call "a minor miracle"
A windowed bath, which I refuse to take for granted

The Practicalities (Since You Asked):

Washer/dryer allowed with a plan and board approval
Pets welcome — the building is not prejudiced against dogs and cats.
Sublets permitted after one year (three out of every five)
Pied-à-terre friendly
Monthly maintenance is low.

The Building:
88 Charles is a five-story landmarked brick brownstone, built circa 1880, part of the 84–88 Charles Street Owners Corp — a 45-unit cooperative that has managed, against considerable odds, to remain exactly what it should be: handsome, quiet, and unbothered. Twenty apartments across five stories. No concierge, no gym, no "amenity floor." You are an adult. You don't need all that.
The Block:
I have walked most blocks in Manhattan. Some of them are fine. Charles Street, between Greenwich and Hudson, is not fine — it is correct. It is what a street in this city is supposed to look like: tree-lined, brownstoned, historically intact, and entirely free of the kind of development that makes you feel the city has given up on itself. The Hudson River is nearby. Washington Square Park is nearby. Every subway you could possibly need is nearby. The restaurants are excellent. I won't list them. You live in New York — go find them.
A Brief History, Because Context Matters:
The street was named for Charles Christopher Amos, who owned the land the street passed through and who is also responsible for Christopher Street and the former Amos Street (now West 10th). Between 1866 and 1936, the precise block where 88 Charles sits was called Van Ness Place, named for a farming family who occupied that square block until 1865. The city renamed it. The city is always renaming things. At least this one stuck.

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