Ngenkathi i-Coney Island isuka endaweni yokuphumula yesihlabathi e-Brooklyn iya endaweni yokudlala enkulu kunazo zonke engasebhishi yedolobha ngeminyaka yawo-1880s, kwavela zonke izinhlobo zezinto ezihehayo. Kwakukhona amahholo kabhiya, ama-roller coasters, abizwa ngokuthi "imibukiso engavamile" kanye nesakhiwo esiyingqayizivele eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Elephantine Colossus. Yakhiwa ngo-1884 nguJames V. Lafferty (1856-1898) owacabanga ukuthi isinyathelo esikhulu esilandelayo sezakhiwo kwakuwukuklama izakhiwo ezisesimweni sezilwane, izinyoni ngisho nezinhlanzi. Phakathi neminyaka eyishumi nambili ngaphambi kokuba lishiswe, ihhotela elilingana ne-jumbo eliseBrooklyn lalaziwa ngokuthi i-Colossus of Architecture kanye ne-Elephantine Colossus. I-athikili ye-Brooklyn Eagle yango-1924 inikeze ubukhulu obungamafidi angu-175 ubude namamitha angu-203 ubude.
Ngokusho kwe-"Brooklyn… kanye nokuthi Kwaba Kanjani Ngaleyondlela" ka-David W. McCullough (1983), lesi sakhiwo sasinamakamelo ezivakashi angu-31 futhi sakhiwe ngokhuni olufakwe amathini. Yayinamazinyo amade agobile kanye ne-howdah enkulu ngokweqile.
UDavid McCullough wabhala,
“Ukuze bafike endaweni yokuhlola ku-Howdah, amakhasimende angena emlenzeni wangemuva obhalwe u-Entrance futhi avala izitebhisi eziyindilinga. Omunye umlenze wangemuva - ngamunye wawungamafidi angama-60 ukuzungeza - kwakuwukuphuma, futhi omunye wemilenze yangaphambili kwakuyisitolo sikagwayi. Ebusuku, izibani zazikhanya emehlweni angamafidi amane ubude.”
Eminyakeni eyishumi ngaphambili, uLafferty, 25, wakha Inkomo Engapheli eWest Brighton. Lesi sitendi esithandwayo sasinikeza iziphuzo, kusukela obisini kuya ku-champagne,, kumphimbo we-Coney isivakashi esigayiwe. U-Lafferty wayehlole umqondo wakhe wendlovu eminyakeni embalwa eduze ne-Atlantic City ngesakhiwo esincane asibiza ngokuthi uLucy Indlovu. U-Lafferty wayesekelwa ingcebo yomndeni wakhe futhi eqhutshwa umbono wohlobo olusha lokukhuthazwa kwezindlu ezithengiswayo olwaluzoheha amathemba endaweni eyincithakalo yezindunduma zesihlabathi lapho ayenethemba lokuthengisa iziza zezindlu zokuvakasha.
I-Atlantic City ngaleso sikhathi yayikhula ngokushesha iba idolobha laseholidini lase-Victorian eligxile eduze kwe-Absecon Lighthouse, indawo eyingqophamlando ngaleso sikhathi eyayiwuphawu lwendawo yokungcebeleka ngasolwandle. U-Lafferty wayefuna ukusungula ingqopha-mlando ehlaba umxhwele ngendlela efanayo kanye nomuzwa wendawo wokuthuthuka kwakhe okusha “e-South Atlantic City.” Ukuze athole ukunaka komphakathi nokunyathelisa, wakhetha lokho okwakuwumqondo oshaqisayo ngaleso sikhathi: isakhiwo esimise okwesilwane esikhulukazi. Ukuze uqonde ngokugcwele umsebenzi kaLafferty, kubalulekile ukuqonda ukuthi ngawo-1880, umqondo wokwakha isakhiwo esimise okwesilwane wawungakaze uzwakale njengoba amasu amasha wobunjiniyela kanye nobuchwepheshe benkathi esheshayo yezimboni benza amaphrojekthi okwakha ayinkimbinkimbi ngendlela ecatshangelwayo.
Ngo-1881, u-Lafferty wagcina umdwebi wezakhiwo ukuze adizayine isakhiwo esisesimweni sendlovu esivela ezweni elingavamile le-British Raj eligujwa kumamagazini ohambo anezithombe angaleso sikhathi. Ngesikhathi esifanayo egcina ummeli welungelo lobunikazi, u-Lafferty uphinde wazama ukuvimbela noma ubani omunye e-United States ukuthi akhe izakhiwo ezimise okwesilwane ngaphandle kokuthi bamkhokhele izinkokhelo. Abahloli behhovisi le-Patent yase-US bathole ukuthi i-Lafferty iyinoveli, umqondo omusha nobalulekile kwezobuchwepheshe. Ngo-1882, bamnika ilungelo lobunikazi elimnika ilungelo elikhethekile lokwenza, ukusebenzisa noma ukuthengisa izakhiwo ezimise okwezilwane iminyaka eyishumi nesikhombisa.
Ukubaza okungaphezu kokubaza, ukwakhiwa kukaLucy kwakuhilela ukubumba ngesandla izingcezu zokhuni ezicishe zibe yisigidi ukuze kwakhiwe izisekelo zomthwalo ezidingekayo zesakhiwo esingamathani angu-90 esinomphetho wethini elikhandwe ngesando. Isakhiwo sezindlovu esimangalisayo, esakhiqiza ukwaziswa kuzwelonke uLafferty ayenethemba laso, kwakungesokuqala kwezintathu azakha. Isakhiwo esikhulu kunazo zonke—esiwubukhazikhazi, esiyizitezi eziyishumi nambili esikhulu ngokuphindwe kabili kunoLucy—okuthiwa i-“Elephantine Colossus” samiswa maphakathi neConey Island, eNew York, ipaki lokuzijabulisa. Indlovu yesithathu ye-Lafferty, encane kancane kunoLucy, “yayiyi-Light of Asia,” eyamiswa njengendawo eyinhloko yolunye uhlelo lokudayiswa komhlaba e-Lafferty eNingizimu Kapa. I-Colossus kamuva yasha, isisulu somlilo ngo-September 27, 1896 kanye ne-Light of Asia yadilizwa, kwashiya uLucy yedwa owasinda.
Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1880, nakuba izakhiwo zezindlovu zazidonsa izixuku zezibukeli ezimangele, amabhizinisi ezindawo ezithengiswayo e-Lafferty awandisiwe ayelahlekelwa yimali. U-Lucy kanye nempahla yakhe ezungezile yase-Absecon Island kudayiselwe u-John no-Sophie Gertzer, ababephethe isakhiwo sezindlovu ngokushintshana njengendawo eheha izivakashi, ihhotela elincane, indlwana yangasese yasogwini, indawo yezifebe kanye nethaveni. Ngaleso sikhathi, “iDolobha laseSouth Atlantic” lakhula laba umphakathi osogwini owashintsha igama laba yiMargate. Ngo-1920, uLucy the Elephant tavern waphoqeleka ukuthi avale ngokudlula kwe-Prohibition. Lapho lowo mthetho uchithwa ngo-1933, ngokushesha waphinde waba isibhakela. Ngawo-1950s, njengoba iMelika entsha yavela eMpini Yezwe II ukuze yakhe izizinda zemigwaqo emikhulu futhi yamukele izindiza njengendlela entsha eshibhile yokuya ezindaweni zokuvakasha ezingavamile, uLucy waphela ekunakeni komphakathi futhi wawela esimweni esibi. Ngawo-1960, wayesesengozini yokuphepha yomphakathi ewohlokayo okwakuhlelelwe ukuthi idilizwe.
Ngo-1969, ngaphambi nje kwebhola le-wrecker, i-"Save Lucy Committee" eyakhiwe yi-Margate Civic Association yaqala iminyaka engamashumi amabili yemizabalazo yomphakathi eyashukumisela uLucy endaweni engasebhishi engaphansi kwedolobha futhi yabuyisela isakhiwo esiyingqayizivele njengendawo yomlando kanye nokuheha izivakashi. . Kusukela ngo-1973, imali eyanele iqoqwe emikhankasweni ezinikele ethi "Londoloza uLucy" ukuze kubuyiselwe ubuqotho besakhiwo kanye nengaphandle ye-pachyderm ye-wood-and-tin engamathani angu-90. Kodwa impi yokuqongelela imali isaqhubeka nanamuhla njengoba leli qembu lisebenzela ukuqoqa imali eyengeziwe edingekayo ukuze kubhalwe phansi izindleko ezingapheli zokunakekela kanye nokulwa nokugqwala, ukubola ngisho nokushaya kombani esilweni esikhulu sokhuni.
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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