{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "That Noise? The Rich Neighbors Digging a Basement Pool in Their $100 Million Brownstone", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/183977478368/", "html": "<a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/nyregion/gentrification-one-percent-manhattan.html\">That Noise? The Rich Neighbors Digging a Basement Pool in Their $100 Million Brownstone</a>\n<p><a href=\"https://collapsedsquid.tumblr.com/post/183977072185/that-noise-the-rich-neighbors-digging-a-basement\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">collapsedsquid</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote><p>I heard someone talking about basement pools in a home improvement context and assumed they were just euphemisms for underground pot farms.<br/></p></blockquote>\n\n<p>Oh yeah, I was reading something about how subbasement construction is big in London, where absurd wealth meets historical preservation rules. They said once you use a digging machine to excavate down a few levels it\u2019s cheaper to buy a new one than hoist it back out, so they entomb them in the foundation.</p>"}