I-Brilliant Hotel Man Yakha iPalmer House eChicago ngo-1871

I-Palmer House yasekuqaleni yakhiwa ngo-1871 nguPotter Palmer owaqala umsebenzi wakhe njengomabhalane wasebhange enyakatho yeNew York. Kamuva waba umnikazi wesitolo sezimpahla ezomile eChicago lapho aguqula khona ukuhweba okudayisa. Ube ngowokuqala ukwenza izibonisi zamafasitela amakhulu, ukusebenzisa izindawo ezinkulu zokukhangisa, ukuthumela izimpahla ngokuvunyelwa ezindlini nokubamba ukuthengiswa kwezimpahla. Waba indoda ehlakaniphile yasehhotela njengoba yasebenzisa izindlela zayo eziphumelelayo zesitolo somnyango ekusebenzeni kwehhotela layo. Akabonanga sizathu sokuthi kungani omabhalane, abapheki noweta abakhulu kungafanele baphathwe ngendlela efanayo neyabahamba phansi kanye nabagxumayo. I-Hotel Gazette ithe angabonwa ngawo wonke amahora endaweni yokwamukela izivakashi nasemaphaseji e-Palmer House ebuka futhi eqondisa.

Kube namahhotela amathathu ahlukene ePalmer House. Eyokuqala, eyaziwa ngokuthi i-The Palmer, yakhiwe njengesipho somshado esivela ku-Potter Palmer kumakoti wakhe u-Bertha Honorè. Yavulwa ngoSepthemba 26, 1871, kodwa yabhujiswa ngokumangalisayo ngomlilo ezinsukwini eziyishumi nantathu kamuva eMlilo Omkhulu waseChicago. U-Palmer wakha kabusha ngokushesha i-Palmer House eyavulwa kabusha ngo-1875. Yakhangiswa ngokuthi "Ihhotela Lomhlaba Kuphela Lokufakazela Umlilo" futhi laliqukethe indawo yokwamukela izivakashi, amagumbi okudlala ibhola, ama-parlor anemininingwane, ama-bridal suite, amakhefi nezindawo zokudlela. Ihhotela lihehe izakhamuzi ezihlala kahle ezijabulela izindawo zokuhlala ezivulekile, amagumbi okulala aphezulu, ama-wardrobes angena endlini, amagumbi okugeza amaningi, ukugcinwa kwezindlu kanye nezinsizakalo zokuthwala impahla. Ngo-1925, uPalmer wakha ihhotela elisha elinezitezi ezingu-25 elakhuthazwa njengehhotela elikhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni. Abadwebi bezakhiwo kwakunguHolabird noRoche ababaziwa kakhulu ngeChicago School of skyscrapers. Baphinde baklama iStevens Hotel, iCook County Courthouse, iChicago City Hall kanye neMuehlebach Hotel eKansas City.

I-Palmer House entsha yake yakhunjulwa ngeqiniso lokuthi amadola esiliva angama-225 ashunyekwa ku-checkerboard tile floor yendawo yokugunda.

Abekwe lapho nguWilliam S. Eaton, oqashwe esitolo, owafaka imali ngalo mbono phakathi neminyaka embalwa eyalandela. Wonke umuntu wayefuna ukubona leyo nkundla ngenxa yelukuluku lokufuna ukwazi noma ukuqinisekisa ukuthi umgundi angabonisa imali yakhe ngaleyo ndlela.

Njengenye esebenza isikhathi eside kakhulu amahhotela eMelika, i-Palmer House inohlu oluvelele lwezivakashi ezidumile okuhlanganisa nawo wonke umongameli kusukela ku-Ulysses S. Grant, abaholi bomhlaba abaningi, osaziwayo kanye nabanyakazayo nabanyakazayo baseChicago. I-Empire Room e-Palmer House yaba yindawo yombukiso e-Chicago. Ngesikhathi soMbukiso Womhlaba ka-1933, ithimba elingaziwa lomdanso we-ballroom, u-Veloz no-Yolanda bawina izinhliziyo zedolobha futhi badlala lapho isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka. Balandelwe ngabanandisa bukhoma okubalwa kubo uGuy Lombardo, uTed Lewis, uSophie Tucker, u-Eddie Duchin, uHildegarde, uCarol Channing, uPhyllis Diller, uBobby Darin, uJimmy Durante, uLou Rawls, uMaurice Chevalier, uLiberace, uLouis Armstrong, uHarry Belafonte, uPeggy Lee, UFrank Sinatra, uJudy Garland no-Ella Fitzgerald, phakathi kwabanye.

Ngo-1945, uConrad Hilton waya eChicago eyothenga iStevens Hotel, ihhotela elikhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni elinamagumbi ayizinkulungwane ezintathu namabhavu ayizinkulungwane ezintathu. Ngemva kwengxoxo ende no-Stephen A. Healy, usonkontileka ongusozigidi ongumnikazi kanye nowayengumakhi wezitini, u-Hilton wathola i-Stevens. Kamuva ngawo lowo nyaka, u-Hilton wathenga i-Palmer House ku-Potter Palmer ngo-$19,385,000. U-Hilton uqashe uColonel Joseph Binns Wezempi Wasemoyeni WaseMelika osanda kukhululwa owayenekhono lokuphatha womabili amahhotela. U-Hilton ubike encwadini yakhe ethi “Be My Guest”: “Ngangiye eChicago nginethemba lokuthenga imayini eyodwa yegolide ngafika namabili ekhaya.”

Ngo-1971, i-Palmer House yagubha usuku lwayo lokuzalwa lwe-100. Udokotela wezilwane u-Conrad Hilton ubekhona emicimbini. IMeya yaseChicago uRichard J. Daly ithe, “Ezweni lonke nasemhlabeni, asikho isikhungo samahhotela esaziwa kangcono noma esihlonishwa kakhulu njengePalmer House. …. Abantu abake bengena bephuma edolobheni lethu bacabanga ngePalmer House lapho becabanga ngeChicago. "

Ngo-2005, i-Palmer House yatholwa yi-Thor Equities nge-$ 240 million. UJoseph A. Sitt, umongameli waseThor, waqala ukulungisa amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-170 okuhlanganisa nokuthuthukiswa kwamagumbi ayi-1,000 (kuwe-1,639 isiyonke), wengeza igaraji lokupaka elingaphansi komhlaba, esusa uchungechunge lwezingozi zomlilo ezicekele phansi i-facade ye-State Street futhi wengeza indawo yokudlela entsha kanye nezindawo zokudlela ezinhle endaweni yokwamukela abantu ehhotela. Mhlawumbe izincwadi zokukhangisa ze-Palmer House Hilton zisho kahle kakhulu:

Njengoba isendaweni esemaphandleni nje ukusuka ku-Magnificent Mile kanye nedolobha lase-Chicago Theatre District, isipho somshado esivela ku-Potter Palmer siyaqhubeka nokujabulisa abahambi abakhathele kakhulu kanye nababungazi abadinga kakhulu.

I-Palmer House Hilton iyilungu lohlelo lwe-Historic Hotels of America lwe-National Trust for Historic Preservation. Bekuyihhotela lokuqala laseChicago elinamakheshi, nehhotela lokuqala elinamalambu kagesi namafoni emakamelweni ezivakashi. Yize leli hhotela libizwe ngehhotela elisebenza ngokuqhubekayo isikhathi eside kunawo wonke eNyakatho Melika, lavalwa ngoMashi 2020 ngenxa yomqedazwe we-Covid-19 laphinde lavulwa ngoJuni 17, 2021.

UStanley Turkel waqokwa njengo-2020 Historian of the Year yi-Historic Hotels of America, uhlelo olusemthethweni lweNational Trust for Historic Preservation, abebizwa ngalo phambilini ngo-2015 nango-2014. UTurkel ungumeluleki wamahhotela osakazwa kakhulu e-United States. Usebenzisa umkhuba wakhe wokubonisana nehhotela osebenza njengofakazi oyingcweti ezimweni ezihlobene namahhotela, enikeza ukuphathwa kwempahla nokubonisana ngamahhotela okuhweba ngezimali. Uqinisekiswe njenge-Master Hotel Supplier Emeritus yi-Educational Institute ye-American Hotel and Lodging Association. [i-imeyili ivikelwe] 917-628-8549

Incwadi yakhe entsha ethi "Great American Hotel Architects Volume 2" isanda kushicilelwa.

Ezinye Izincwadi Ezishicilelwe Zehhotela:

• Amahhotela Amakhulu AseMelika: Amaphayona Omkhakha Wehhotela (2009)

• Yakhelwe Ukugcina: Amahhotela Aneminyaka Engu-100 + eNew York (2011)

Yakhelwe Ukugcina: Amahhotela Aneminyaka Engu-100 + Aneminyaka Emidala Empumalanga YeMississippi (2013)

• Ihhotela Mavens: uLucius M. Boomer, uGeorge C. Boldt, u-Oscar waseWaldorf (2014)

• IGreat American Hoteliers Volume 2: Amaphayona Emboni Yehhotela (2016)

• Yakhelwe Ukugcina: Amahhotela Aneminyaka Engu-100 + Aneminyaka Emidala ENtshonalanga yeMississippi (2017)

• I-Hotel Mavens Volume 2: UHenry Morrison Flagler, uHenry Bradley Plant, uCarl Graham Fisher (2018)

• Abakhi Bamahhotela Abakhulu baseMelika uMqulu I (2019)

• Ihhotela Mavens: IVolumu 3: UBob noLarry Tisch, uRalph Hitz, uCesar Ritz, uCret Strand

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