Umlando wehhotela: UJohn McEntee Bowman - umakhi weBiltmore chain

Ngesikhathi sokuphila kwakhe njengomqambi wehhotela nomqhubi, uJohn Bowman wayengumthandi wamahhashi futhi ethanda umjaho ngokuphelele. Wayengumongameli we-United Hunts Racing Association neNational Horse Show. Isikhathi esithile, wakhonza njengomongameli weHavana-American Jockey Club eyayisebenza e-Oriental Park Racetrack eMariana, eCuba.

Ngaphezu kwamahhotela ayisithupha aseBiltmore engiwachaze kuNobody Asked Me, But… No. 193, nazi izincazelo zamahhotela ayishumi aseBiltmore.

• Ihhotela iFlintridge Biltmore- eliseLa Canada Flintridge phezu kweSan Rafael Hills eCalifornia. Indawo yesikhungo samanje seFlintridge Sacred Heart Academy nezinye izakhiwo zomlando ezisasetshenziswa. Yakhelwe ngumakhi uMyron Hunt ngo-1926, kwisitayela sokwakha iMedithera kanye neSpain Colonial Revival. UMyron Hubbard Hunt (1868-1952) wayengumakhi wezakhiwo waseMelika onamaphrojekthi afaka izindawo eziningi eSouthern California. Ngo-1927, uHunt waklama ihhotela likaSenator uFrank P. Flint elathengiswa masinyane kuhlu lwamahhotela eBiltmore. Ngenxa Yokudangala Okukhulu, iFlintridge Biltmore Hotel yathengiswa ngo-1931 yadayiselwa iDominican Sisters of Mission San Jose, eyasungula iFlintridge Sacred Heart Academy, usuku lwamantombazane onke nesikole esiphakeme sokubhoda.

• IGriswold Hotel- eNew London, Connecticut eduzane naseGroton. Yakhiwa nguMorton F. Plant, isicebi sokuphana esasiyindodana yesitimela, isitimela kanye nesicebi sehhotela uHenry Bradley Plant. Eminyakeni emibili ngemuva kokwakha ifa lakhe laseBranford, uPlant wathenga iFort Griswold House eseyiwohlokile engxenyeni esempumalanga yoMfula iThames futhi wakha ihhotela likanokusho elinezitezi ezimbili. Ngamakamelo angama-400 esewonke, iGriswold Hotel ibinamagumbi angama-240 amakhulu kune-Ocean House eseWatch Hill, eRhode Island okuyenza ibe yihhotela elikhulu kunawo wonke lezindawo zokunethezeka eNyakatho-mpumalanga. Njengoba kuchaziwe encwajaneni ka-Griswold Hotel ka-1914, ukudla okusha sha kwakutshalwa yiPlant's Bradford Farms. Amagumbi ezivakashi, anemininingwane ye-mahogany, akhanyiswe ngogesi futhi ahlinzekwa ngocingo olude. Ukudansa bekuhlinzekwa ubusuku ngabunye futhi kungakhokhwa mali ebekelwa insizakalo, ukudla noma ukuhlobisa.

Ngo-1919, iGriswold yatholwa yinkampani yaseBowman's Biltmore Hotel. Ngemuva kokuphahlazeka kwemakethe yamasheya yango-1929, iGriswold yawela ezikhathini ezinzima yaze yathengwa nguMilton O. Slosberg ngo-1956. Wengeza ichibi lamanzi anosawoti angu-3,600 futhi wafaka imali eyizigidi ezingama-dollar ekulinyuseni. Kepha ngo-1962, ukuthengiswa kabusha okwenziwe kabusha kwaholela ekutholakaleni kweNkampani iPfizer eyagcina idilize iGriswold. Namuhla, umhlaba ungoweShennecossett Golf Course.

• IBelleview-Biltmore Hotel- Belleair, eFlorida yaqala ukuvulwa ngo-1897 njenge-Belleview Hotel. Yakhiwa nguHenry Bradley Plant ukuklanywa ngabakhi bezakhiwo uMichael J. Miller noFrancis J. Kennard waseTampa. Bekuqukethe amakamelo ayi-145, ukwakhiwa kukaphayini waseGeorgia, ukwakheka kwesitayela saseSwitzerland, indawo yegalufu nomkhondo wobuhlanga. IBelleview yaba yindawo yokubuyela emuva kwabacebile abanezimoto zabo zikaloliwe ezizimele zazivame ukupakwa kujantshi ohlangothini oluseningizimu yehhotela. IBelleview, ebizwa nge "White Queen of the Gulf", yayiyisakhiwo esikhulu sokhuni eFlorida. Ngo-1920, yathengwa nguJohn McEntee Bowman futhi yaqamba iBelleview-Biltmore Hotel. Yayibhalwe ku-National Registry of Historic Places ngo-1979, yavalwa ngo-2009 yabhidlizwa ngo-2015 naphezu kwemizamo yobuqhawe yamaqembu okulondoloza ukuyilondoloza. Esikhathini sayo, iBelleview Biltmore yadonsela omongameli uGeorge HW Bush, uJimmy Carter, uGerald Ford, uMbusi waseWindsor, amaVanderbilts, umndeni wakwaPew, abakwaDuPonts, uThomas Edison, uHenry Ford, uLady Margaret Thatcher, uBabe Ruth, uJoe DiMaggio no abajabulisi uTony Bennett, Bob Dylan noCarol Channing.

• Ihhotela iMiami-Biltmore, eCoral Gables, eFlorida-lavulwa ngo-1926 nguJohn Bowman noGeorge Merrick. Ukuze kwakheke ihhotela elilodwa lokuvakasha, uBowman uphinde wakhetha inkampani yezakhiwo zaseSchultze naseWeaver. Njengoba uBowman abhala kudaba lwango-1923 lwe-Architectural Forum,

"Noma yisiphi isakhiwo esakhiwe kahle esizohlinzeka indawo yokuhlala eyenele nokuphathwa kahle kuthwala umthwalo wokudla nezinsizakalo kepha kumoya-ongaphatheki enhlalakahleni nasekwanelisekeni kwesihambeli sehhotela - kumele sibhukhe ikakhulukazi umakhi wezakhiwo."

USchultze noWeaver babe nesipiliyoni seMiami njengabaqambi beMiami Daily News Tower (1925), iNautilus Hotel yaseMiami Beach (yeCarl Fisher) kanye neRoney Plaza Hotel (ye-EBT Roney). Ihhotela iMiami-Biltmore livulwe ngomcimbi omkhulukazi wegalala obekuwumcimbi wokuzijabulisa wonyaka. Isixuku esichichimayo sezihambeli eziyi-1,500 15 beza emdansweni wokuvula isidlo sakusihlwa ngoJanuwari 1926, 10. IBiltmore ibingenye yezindawo zokungcebeleka ezisezingeni eliphezulu e-United States. Iphrojekthi eyizigidi ezingama- $ 150 ibibandakanya inkundla yegalofu, izinkundla zepolo, izinkantolo zethenisi kanye nedamu elikhulu lokubhukuda elingu-225 ngamamitha angu-18. Inkundla yegalufu enemigodi engu-XNUMX yaklanywa ngumdwebi odumile wegalufu uDonald Ross. Elinye lamaqembu amakhulu eThe Biltmore laholwa nguPaul Whiteman odumile.

IMiami-Biltmore Hotel ibingenye yezindawo zokungcebeleka ezisezingeni eliphezulu ezweni lonke ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-1920 nasekuqaleni kwawo-1930. Kuze kwaba nezibukeli ezifika ku-3,000 85 ngeSonto ezizobuka ababhukudi abavumelanisiwe, onobuhle bokugeza, ama-wrestling we-alligator nomfana oneminyaka emine ubudala, uJackie Ott, isenzo sakhe sihlanganisa ukungena echibini elikhulu lisuka endaweni ephakeme engamamitha angu-XNUMX. Ngaphambi kokusebenza kwakhe eHollywood njengoTarzan, uJohnny Weismuller wayengumqeqeshi wokubhukuda waseBiltmore owagcina ephule amarekhodi omhlaba echibini laseBiltmore.

IBiltmore isebenze njengesibhedlela ngesikhathi seMpi Yesibili Yomhlaba nanjengesibhedlela iVeterans Administration Hospital kanye nasekolishi leYunivesithi yaseMiami Medical School kwaze kwaba ngu-1968. Yabuyiselwa futhi yavulwa njengehhotela ngo-1987, eyayiphethwe futhi iphethwe yiSeaway Hotels Corporation. NgoJuni 19, 1996 iRejista Kazwelonke Yezindawo Ezingokomlando yaqoka iBiltmore iNational Historic Landmark, umklomelo we-elite owawutholwa ngamaphesenti amathathu kuphela azo zonke izakhiwo zomlando.

• IBelmont Hotel, eNew York, NY- ngaphesheya komgwaqo u-42nd usuka eGrand Central Terminal yayiyindawo ende kunazo zonke emhlabeni ngenkathi yakhiwa ngo-1908. Yabhidlizwa ngo-1939.

• I-Murray Hill Hotel, eNew York, NY- kuPark Avenue phakathi kuka-40 no-41st Street. Yabhidlizwa ngo-1947.

• IRoosevelt Hotel, eNew York, NY- yayixhunywe eGrand Central Terminal. Yavulwa njenge-United Hotel futhi yahlanganiswa neBowman- Biltmore Group ngo-1929. Yathengwa nguConrad Hilton ngo-1948 futhi kamuva yathengiswa yi-NY Central Railroad kwaze kwaba ngo-1980. Namuhla iphethwe yi-Pakistan Airlines futhi iqhutshwa yi-Interstate Hotels and Resorts.

• Ihhotela i-Ansonia, eNew York, NY- lakhiwa njengehhotela lamahhotela kanokusho ohlangothini olungenhla entshonalanga yeManhattan ngonyaka we-1904. Ngesikhathi ivulwa, i-Ansonia "ibiyisilo sazo zonke izakhiwo zehhotela elihlala abantu", ngokusho kweNew York World . IBowman-Biltmore Group yayiphethe futhi isebenza i-Ansonia kusuka ngo-1915 kuya ku-1925. Phakathi neminyaka yokuqala yokusebenza kukaBowman, u-Edward M. Tierney we-Hotel Arlington, eBinghamton, NY wayengumphathi we-Ansonia. Kamuva, uGeorge W. Sweeney, umphathi ophethe iHhotela Commodore naye waqokwa njengomphathi we-Ansonia.

• Ihhotela leProvidence Biltmore, eProvidence, eRhode Island- lavulwa ngo-1922. Lakhiwa ngabakhi bezakhiwo iWarren neWetmore futhi laqhutshwa yinkambo yamahhotela eBowman-Biltmore kwaze kwaba ngo-1947 lapho lalithengwa yiSheraton Hotels. Ngo-1975, iBiltmore yavala futhi yahlala ingenamuntu iminyaka emine. Ngemuva kokuvulwa kabusha ngo-1979, ihhotela laba nochungechunge lwabanikazi okubalwa kubo iDunfey, i-Aer Lingus, iProvidence Journal, iFinard Coventry Hotel Management ne-AJ Capital Partners. Manje ibizwa ngeGraduate Providence Hotel, inamagumbi ezivakashi angama-292 kanye neStarbucks enkulu kunazo zonke eNew England.

• Ihhotela i-Dayton Biltmore, eDayton, e-Ohio- lakhiwa ngo-1929 ngesitayela seBeaux-Arts ngumdwebi uFrederick Hughes. Yayithathwa njengelinye lamahhotela aphambili eMelika futhi iphethwe yiBowman-Biltmore Hotels kwaze kwaba ngo-1946. Ngemuva kwalokho, yayiqhutshwa yiHilton Hotels, iSheraton kwathi ngo-1974, yaba yiBiltmore Towers Hotel. Ngo-1981, iKuhlmann Design Group yathuthukisa kabusha le ndawo yaba izindlu ezindala. NgoFebhuwari 3, 1982, iDayton Biltmore yanezelwa kwiRejista Kazwelonke Yezindawo Zomlando.

• IHavana Biltmore & Country Club, eHavana, eCuba- yavulwa ngo-1928 futhi yaphathwa yiBowman Biltmore Company

Umbhali, uStanley Turkel, yisiphathimandla nomxhumanisi ohlonishwayo embonini yehhotela. Usebenzisa ihhotela lakhe, ukungenisa izihambi kanye nomkhuba wokubonisana onakekela ukuphathwa kwempahla, ukuhlolwa kwamabhuku okusebenza nokusebenza kwezivumelwano zokukhushulwa kwamahhotela nezabelo zokuxhaswa kwamacala. Amakhasimende angabanikazi bamahhotela, abatshalizimali nezikhungo ezibolekisa ngemali. Izincwadi zakhe zifaka phakathi: Ama-Great American Hoteliers: Amaphayona Wemboni Yehhotela (2009), Eyakhelwe Ukugcina: Amahhotela Aneminyaka Engu-100 + eNew York (2011), Akhelwe Ukugcina: Amahhotela Aneminyaka Engu-100+ Angena EMpumalanga yeMississippi (2013) ), IHotel Mavens: uLucius M. Boomer, uGeorge C. Boldt no-Oscar weWaldorf (2014), iGreat American Hoteliers Umqulu 2: Amaphayona Omkhakha Wehhotela (2016), kanye nencwadi yakhe entsha sha, Built To Last: 100+ Year -Old Hotels West of the Mississippi (2017) - etholakala nge-hardback, paperback, ne-Ebook format - lapho u-Ian Schrager abhale khona kwisandulelo: “Le ncwadi ethile iqedela umlando omathathu wemilando yamahhotela ayi-182 wezindawo zakudala ezinamakamelo angama-50 noma ngaphezulu… Nginomuzwa oqotho wokuthi zonke izikole zasehhotela kufanele zibe namasethi alezi zincwadi futhi zenze ukuthi zifundelwe abafundi bazo kanye nabasebenzi bazo. ”

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