IPeninsula Hotel New York: Kukhumbula inkathi yegolide yamahhotela okunethezeka

NgoFebhuwari 7, 1989, i- IPeninsula Hotel yaqokwa njenge-Landmark yiKhomishini Yokulondolozwa Kwezimpawu zeNew York. I-original neo-Italian Renaissance Gotham Hotel ingesinye sezakhiwo ezimbalwa kuFifth Avenue ekhumbula inkathi yegolide yamahhotela kanokusho nendawo evelele ababekuyo ekwakheni idolobha. Yakhiwa ngo-1905, yaklanywa yinkampani yezakhiwo iHiss & Weekes futhi iphakathi kwamahhotela amadala kakhulu “amade kakhulu”. Lawa mahhotela amemezele ushintsho kuFifth Avenue kusuka emgwaqweni okhethekile wokuhlala - uMillionaires 'Row - kuya endaweni yezentengiselwano yemfashini. Ukuphakama kwezindaba ezingamashumi amabili, kufaka phakathi ukufakwa ophahleni olunezitezi eziningi, ekhoneni eliseningizimu-ntshonalanga yeWest 55th Street noFifth Avenue, iGotham enikezwe ngesibindi iyindawo yokubonisa isitayela esakhiwe endaweni yayo yanamuhla, iFlamous Beaux-Arts St. Regis Hotel ngqo ngaphesheya kweFifth Avenue . Iphinde igcwalise ngobuciko iMcKim, iMead & White's University Club ehlangana nePeninsula eningizimu.

I-Architectural Record ibike ngoNovemba 1902:

Sonke siyazi ukuthi abakhi bethu baye baba nobubi obungakanani, okuholele kwinqwaba yezakhiwo ezihlukanisayo, ezingenabungozi, nezingqubuzanayo, kungekho mzamo wenziwa ukuthi usebenze ngokufana ngenxa yobuhle nokufana. Leli hhotela elikhulu elivelisiwe (i-Gotham) lezindaba eziyishumi nesishiyagalombili lenzelwe ukuhambisana ne-University Club eseduze, okuyingxenye enhle yezakhiwo. Imigqa yokwakha yehhotela izolandela imigqa ye-University Club. Umugqa ofanayo wesikhungo uzokwenza i-arcade eqhubekayo yokuvulwa okuyisihlanu eklabhini futhi emihlanu ehhotela. I-balustrade yamatshe izokwenziwa emigqeni efanayo ye-balustrade yamanje yeklabhu. Ngakho-ke lonke ibhulokhi lizoboshelwa ndawonye. Uhlelo olujwayelekile lwezakhiwo luyefana nolweklabhu, ngokuba yi-Renaissance yase-Italiya ngangokunokwenzeka esakhiweni esiyishumi nesishiyagalombili.

Ifemu yeHiss & Weekes yaqhubeka nokusebenza iminyaka engamashumi amathathu nane ikhiqiza izakhiwo eziningi edolobheni kufaka phakathi: indawo enhle yaseBelnord Apartments (1908-09), indlu enkulu yama-neo-Italian Renaissance house kuWest 86th Street (oqokiwe I-New York Umlando Wedolobha); kanye nezindlu ezinhle zasedolobheni iBeaux-Arts ku-6 no-8 West 65th Street (manje ese-Upper East Side Historic District).

IGotham ayikaze ibonakale ithola umusa ebiwufuna, ngokwengxenye ngoba yayisibekelwa ukuvuleka okwalandela kweSt. Regis Hotel ngaphesheya kweFifth Avenue bese kuthi iPlaza Hotel amabhlogo amane asenyakatho. IGotham yadalulwa ngo-1908 ngemuva kokwehluleka ukuthola ilayisense yotshwala. Njengoba uChristopher Gray abike endatshaneni yakhe ethi Streetscapes kuNew York Times (Januwari 3, 1999):

I-Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church isekhoneni elisenyakatho-ntshonalanga ka-55 no-Fifth kanti iSt. Regis ibisanda kuthola imvume yokuhambisa utshwala - bekungukwephula umthetho wezobuchwepheshe owenqabela ukuthengiswa kotshwala ngaphakathi kwamamitha angama-200 esonto. IGotham, eqonde ngqo ku-55th Street isuka esontweni ngokungangabazeki yephula umthetho. Ama-akhawunti amaphephandaba amaningana athi uSenator wase-United States uThomas C. Platt nabanye osopolitiki abanethonya babengabalingani abathule eqenjini lokuqala laseGotham, kwathi ngonyaka we-1905 nowe-1907 kwafakwa izikweletu eSishayamthetho saseNew York State ezikhulula amahhotela kulokho uma benama-200 amakamelo.

Azikho nezikweletu, ebezicace bha ukuthi zenzelwe iGotham, ezidlulile. Ngo-1908 abakwaGotham baqala ukudalulwa ngenxa yesikweletu sakwa-butcher samaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-741, kanti iReal Estate Record & Guide yathi ukwehluleka kwakudingeka kuphela ngenxa yokuvinjelwa kotshwala, eyayikusola njengokuhlekisayo. Leli hhotela ebelibize u- $ 4 million ukwakhiwa lathengiswa ngo- $ 2.45 million.

Leli hhotela lalinabanikazi abahlukahlukene laze lathengiselwa ngo-1920 kuWilliam noJulius Manger, abangabanikazi bohlu lwamahhotela iManger okubalwa neMartha Washington Hotel for Women. Ngokulandelayo, iKirkeby Hotel Group yathenga le ndawo ngo-1944. Abanye abanikazi kwakunguNkk Evelyn Sharp, Webb & Knapp, Wellington Associates, umnikazi wehhotela laseSwitzerland uRene Hatt, Sol Goldman, Irving Goldman, Arthur Cohen, William Zeckendorf Jr. noSteven Goodstein. Ekugcineni, ngo-1988, iHong Kong neShanghai Hotels Ltd., okuyinkampani engumzali wePeninsula Group yamahhotela ase-Asia, yathenga iGotham Hotel ngamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-127 yayibiza ngokuthi iPeninsula Hotel. Ekugcineni, abakwaGotham bathola umnikazi obekade bemdinga kusukela ngo-1905. Uma uke wahlala ePeninsula Hotel yaseHong Kong, uyazi ukuthi ukunethezeka kwangempela nensizakalo izwakala kanjani ngempela: izithelo zokuncoma ne-champagne egumbini lakho ngenkathi ubukele i-Star Ferry weqa itheku ngaphandle kwewindi lakho; iRoll-Royce yokuthuthwa kwezivakashi ukuya emihlanganweni kanye nasesikhumulweni sezindiza; ukunambitha i-espresso ephindwe kabili kubha yokwamukela izivakashi ematasa ngenkathi ufunda i-International Herald Tribune.

INew York Peninsula Hotel ithole i-AAA Five Diamond Award iminyaka eyishumi nantathu ilandelana. IPeninsula inekilabhu lezempilo elingcono nelikhulu kunawo wonke eNew York okubandakanya i-spa spa esingamamitha ayisikwele angama-35,000, ichibi lokubhukuda elifakwe ngengilazi kanye nophahla lwophahla nethala.

Ihhotela likhethe indawo yezemidlalo edlalwa kakhulu kune-chic: iMini Coopers eqhutshwa ngumshayeli wemoto. Izimoto zitholakala kuze kube amahora amathathu ngosuku kubavakashi ababhuka i-suite. Abagibeli bangalandela ukuvakasha kwedolobha okugcinwe kuma-iPhones noma ama-iPads ezimotweni, noma bangavele batshele abashayeli ukuthi bafuna ukuya kuphi. Izimoto, imodeli iMini Cooper S Clubman, zenziwe zaba ntshonalanga kancane. Bephethe isiqandisi esincane nebhokisi lezimpahla ngaphezulu kwezikhwama zokuthenga. Ngaphandle kokwenza, umehluko omkhulu phakathi kwalokhu nemikhumbi yaseHong Kong: ngeke uthole uhambo oluya esikhumulweni sezindiza. Lezi zimoto zenzelwe kuphela ukugibela injabulo.

UGotham omdala akasayintandane.

Umbhali, uStanley Turkel, yisiphathimandla nomxhumanisi ohlonishwayo embonini yehhotela. Usebenzisa ihhotela lakhe, ukungenisa izihambi kanye nomkhuba wokubonisana ogxile ekuphathweni kwempahla, ekucwaningweni kwamabhuku kokusebenza nokusebenza kwezivumelwano zokukwakhiwa kwamahhotela kanye nezabelo zokuxhaswa kwamacala. Amakhasimende angabanikazi bamahhotela, abatshalizimali, nezikhungo ezibolekisa ngemali.

“Abakhi Bamahhotela Abakhulu BaseMelika”

Incwadi yami yesishiyagalombili yomlando wehhotela inezakhiwo eziyishumi nambili ezakha amahhotela angama-94 kusuka ngo-1878 kuya ku-1948: iWarren & Wetmore, iSchultze & Weaver, uJulia Morgan, u-Emery Roth, uMcKim, uMead & White, uHenry J. Hardenbergh, uCarrere & Hastings, uMulliken noMoeller, UMary Elizabeth Jane Colter, iTrowbridge & Livingston, uGeorge B. Post kanye namadodana.
 

Ezinye Izincwadi Ezishicilelwe:

• Abathengisi Abakhulu BaseMelika: Amaphayona Emboni Yehhotela (2009)
• Yakhelwe Ekugcineni: Amahhotela Aneminyaka Engu-100 + eNew York (2011)
• Yakhelwe Ekugcineni: Amahhotela Aneminyaka Engu-100 + Aneminyaka Emidala Empumalanga YeMississippi (2013)
• Ihhotela Mavens: uLucius M. Boomer, uGeorge C. Boldt no-Oscar waseWaldorf (2014)
• IGreat American Hoteliers Umqulu 2: Amaphayona Emboni Yehhotela (2016)
• Yakhelwe Ekugcineni: Amahhotela Aneminyaka Engu-100 + Aneminyaka Engaphezulu Kwesentshonalanga YeMississippi (2017)

• Ihhotela Mavens Umqulu 2: UHenry Morrison Flagler, uHenry Bradley Plant, uCarl Graham Fisher (2018)

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