Chapter 199： perfect store

Manhattan, the center of New York. On this small island, there are two styles of street layout.

The Midtown and Upper Towns have an almost strict chessboard-like layout, with streets running from east to west, numbered from south to north, from 1st Street to 22nd Street: the north-south direction is the avenue,

Numbered from east to west, from First Avenue to Twelfth Avenue, there are also a few avenues that are not named with numbers, such as Madison Avenue, Old Way Avenue and so on. The so-called shopping paradise Fifth Avenue actually refers to the area between 39th Street and 59th Street on Fifth Avenue.

As for the lower part of the city, this is the location of the earliest town in New York, and the planning is not so rigorous. It inherits the warm memories of the early immigrants to their European hometown, so the road planning is like a European town, and the streets are slightly messy. Jumping out of the inclined street makes it difficult for newcomers to grasp the direction. But at the same time, it is also full of the charm of a fairy tale castle town. If you have enough time, you can often find surprises in the center of the city by walking aimlessly here.

The strong European town design in Xiacheng District, as well as the style that does not follow the cards, is also the favorite of the artists. Greenwich Village, SoHo, and Chinatown have all become synonymous with Mou fashion art. At the same time, it is also the area with the most abundant immigrants in Manhattan, which can be described as a world where various cultures and traditions collide violently.

The Bell family of three drove the old Chevrolet to lower Manhattan, crossed the Brooklyn Bridge, and drove all the way to the southeast. However, because many streets in the lower city were still under martial law, they took some detours. When I was on Prince Street, I spent half an hour.

Time.

Prince Street should be called Prince Street according to the free translation.

Although it has not been investigated, Gu Luobei has always believed that the name of this street should be derived from the famous Princes Street in Edinburgh, Scotland. This is the city center, which is naturally inferior to the beautiful scenery of Edinburgh's street with mountains and cliffs, but it also has a strong medieval British style, which reminds Gu Luobei of the streets and alleys of England.

From Oldway Avenue in the east to Sixth Avenue in the west, the red brick walls, green floor tiles, and black railings on Prince Street are filled with the old and gentlemanly European flavor. Walking three streets to the north is the Washington Square where Gu Luo just finished his performance: the distance from Greenwich Village, where artists gather, is five streets: not far from the south is the vibrant Soho District: Looking to the east is a patch of uneven houses, but you can smell the water vapor wafting far from the Hudson River.

Although there are nearly 20 blocks between Prince Street and the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, the twin towers that are still burning slowly at this time still make the surrounding air full of dust and the air becomes a little foggy.

After finally finding a place to park, the three Bell family walked along Sullivan Street to Prince Street.

There are many coffee shops, gyms, and restaurants on Prince Street. It is obviously a neighborhood that consumers often come to. However, compared with the bustling centers around, this street is still a little deserted. At eleven o'clock in the morning, pedestrians on the street And the residents are still not lively. However, it is possible to see the figures of many young people, and even those who have just returned from exercising can find bright spots in their outfits.

After passing by a black brick facade with a black door and a black brick wall, he stopped near Thomason Street, and Teddy Bell pointed to the building that occupies the alley in front of him. "This is it." Bell looked up and saw that a three-story building was built with gray brick walls. Although there are not many such buildings in Manhattan, there are still many buildings, especially in the vicinity of Chinatown. The staggered brick walls spread little by little from top to bottom within the line of sight, connecting with the gray ground on the street side, while on the side of the alley is a large ivy, covering the entire wall. After staying, I could only see a little shadow through the green gap. Under the ivy, is a long red brick wall, which separates the alley from the small building. Obviously, behind the red brick wall is the entrance of the small building.

The top of the brick wall is a black sloping roof, the conspicuous inclined grid windows on the wall are paired up and down, and there is a large chimney without any fireworks, which is delicate and delicate. Taking two steps forward and looking carefully, you can see that there is a half-covered classical porch on the front façade, rectangular groups are arranged under the porch, and there are tooth ornaments on the eaves. From the standing corner, the gods can see a huge carved door with a semi-circular transom on the door beam. The delicate pattern is mostly covered by the ivy on the top, so it is not very real.

The style of this small building embodies the characteristics of balance, symmetry and exquisite detail decoration. Gu Luobei immediately recognized it. This is a typical Georgian style of British architecture during the Renaissance. But since the house was not the most prosperous wooden structure back then, but a brick wall, there are two possibilities.

One possibility is that this small building was built in the 18th century and was almost renovated after that, with bricks on the outer wall to protect the building, but this possibility is not big, after all, doing this is completely obliterating the original structure of the building. Style: Another possibility is that the house was built in the 19th century or even the 20th century. At that time, the builder was out of love for the Georgian style, or was an English gentleman, so he integrated the richness into the design drawings. British style.

Whatever the reason, the architectural style of this small building is obviously perfect. It's just that I don't know what's going on inside, Catherine Bell has already begun to look forward to it.

Gu Luobei and Teddy Bell have both visited this building, so they chose this place. Gu Luobei walked in front and took the lead into the red brick wall. The red brick wall was also full of ivy, which made the desolate autumn at the end of September show a different flavor.

Behind the red brick wall is a porch with three small steps. Going down, it feels like entering a fairy tale town to hunt for treasures. Walk forward no more than five yards, and you can see the gate. At this time, the door was completely opened, and when you walked in, there was a hall, about 1500 square feet (140 square meters) visually. The empty hall does not have nothing, just no furnishings. Those who understand interior design can make gods from the details of the ceiling, door frame and other details. It still follows the British style design on the exterior of the house. The Adam style, which flourished in the eighth century, is delicate and refined.

Gu Luobei is an architecture major, majoring in architectural design. He only dabbles in interior design and does not know much. However, this beautiful eagle Gu Luobei is still very aware of its value, and it is difficult to exchange a thousand dollars.

At this moment, a man walked out of the small door on the right front of the hall. This was the owner of the house, Mr. Aiken. Gu Luobei is a cunning person, which Steve Jobs agreed with.

When he was looking for a house, Gu Luobei came to this room through an intermediary, and then met the owner of the house, Mr. Aiken. Afterwards, Gu Luobei devoted himself to the busy promotion of the album and movie, and then on September 11th, when Teddy Bell followed up the design studio again, he did not find an intermediary, but went directly to the landlord. .

Now that Gu Luobei's face has become popular, other cities in the United States dare not say it, but in New York, Gu Luobei is definitely a newcomer who is well known to every household. Therefore, Teddy and Bell easily bypassed the intermediary and negotiated with the owner of the house. Today is Mr. Aiken himself.

"Dear Bell, it's really nice of you to show up today." Jackson-Aiken walked up quickly and shook hands with the Bell family. Although he had met with Gu Luobei before, and knew that Teddy Bell was Gu Luobei's brother, but he had not met him, Jackson Aiken was more cautious. Being able to see Gu Luobei today, Jackson-Aiken's doubts were also put down.

Gu Luobei naturally knew what Jackson-Aiken was worried about, and he didn't break it.

There is not only one hall on this floor. The door that Jackson and Aiken came out of just now leads to another room. This room is much smaller, but it is about fifty or thirty square feet (fifty square meters), and the sunlight projected through the carved window lattice fills the room with the smell of sunshine. There is also a small door in the front right of the room. Inside is a small room of about 110 square feet (ten square meters). When the door is opened, it turns out that it is a bathroom.

Going up the stairs on the left side of the room, it is also an empty room, not divided into any layout, the windows all around let the sun shine in unscrupulously, plus the height of nearly ten feet (three meters), the whole room is somewhat Empty, as if there will be an echo when speaking.

Going upstairs, the field of vision is reduced. The whole area is divided into several different spaces by brick walls The hall opposite to the stairs is about fifty or forty square feet. There is a The lonely Changsha is placed in the middle. There is a stove in front of Changsha, which leads to the chimney that I saw just now. There are three rooms on the left, but two of them are full of miscellaneous flowers, scattered and cluttered. There is a space of more than two square feet on the right hand side, which is a small table, and inside is the stove and sink, which is obviously the kitchen.

This house couldn't be better for the Bell family. Gu Luobei and Teddy Bell plan...

After that, the Bell family doesn't have much money left at the moment, so they must plan well. The first floor of this building can be used as a storefront, a storefront for a design studio: the small room at the back of the first floor is Catherine Bell’s studio, you can make a **** to store some design materials: the second floor is a warehouse, of course, it can also be built God came out from a space and used it as Catherine Bell's studio, then the small room at the back of the first floor was used as a storage room for the store. The third floor is the home. If necessary, and if you have spare money, you can completely renovate it.

Although in Gu Luobei's view, the location of this building is unremarkable and the area is not large enough, with the existing funds, it is obviously a perfect choice. The elegant environment, storefronts, studios, warehouses and homes are integrated into one, a little distance from various lively business districts but not too remote. Most importantly, the building's architectural style is perfectly suited to a design studio. @.