IBarbizon Hotel for Women yakhiwa ngo-1927 njengehhotela lokuhlala kanye neklabhu labesifazane abangashadile abeza kulo I-New York ukuthola amathuba obuchwepheshe. Idizayinwe ngabakhi bezakhiwo abadumile basehhotela iMurgatroyd & Ogden, iBarbizon Hotel enezitezi ezingama-23 iyisibonelo esihle kakhulu sehhotela lamafulethi lango-1920 futhi iyaziwa ngekhwalithi yayo yokuklama. Umklamo weBarbizon ukhombisa ithonya lomklami omkhulu wase-Shelton Hotel eNew York. UHarmon, owayezosiza ukuklama i-Empire State Building eminyakeni embalwa eyalandela, wasebenzisa umbono womthetho wokuklanywa kwedolobha ngo-1916 ukwamukela ukukhanya nomoya emigwaqweni engezansi.

Esikhathini esalandela iMpi Yezwe I, inani labesifazane abafunda ekolishi laqala ukusondela kwelamadoda okokuqala. Ngokungafani nabathweswe iziqu besizukulwane esandulele, izingxenye ezintathu kwezine zazo ebezihlose ukuba ngothisha, laba besifazane bahlelela imisebenzi yezamabhizinisi, isayensi yezenhlalo noma ubuchwepheshe. Cishe bonke abafundi besifazane kulindeleke ukuthi bathole umsebenzi lapho beqeda iziqu edolobheni elikhulu.

Isidingo sezindlu ezingabizi zabesifazane abangashadile siholele ekwakhiweni kwamahhotela amakhulu amakhulu eManhattan. Kulawa, iBarbizon Hotel, ebifakwe isitudiyo esikhethekile, izindawo zokuzijwayeza namakhonsathi ukuheha abesifazane abenza imisebenzi yaziwa kakhulu. Iningi lezakhamizi zalo laba ngabesifazane abangochwepheshe abaziwayo okubandakanya uSylvia Plath, owabhala ngokuhlala kwakhe eBarbizon encwadini ethi The Bell Jar.

Isitezi sokuqala seBarbizon besinendawo yaseshashalazini, esiteji nepayipi esihlala abantu abangama-300. Izitezi ezingenhla zalo mbhoshongo zaziqukethe izitudiyo zabadwebi, abaqophi bemifanekiso, abaculi kanye nabafundi bezemidlalo. Leli hhotela lalibandakanya nendawo yokuzivocavoca umzimba, ichibi lokubhukuda, isitolo sekhofi, umtapo wezincwadi, amagumbi okufundela, ihholo, i-solarium kanye nensimu enkulu yophahla esitezi se-18.

Ohlangothini lweLexington Avenue lwaleli bhilidi, bekunezitolo okubalwa kuzo ne-dry cleaner, indawo yokwenza izinwele, ikhemisi, isitolo se-millinery nesitolo sezincwadi. Ihhotela liphinde laqasha indawo yokuhlangana neyokubukisa eMkhandlwini Wezobuciko waseNew York nasemakamelweni okuhlangana eWellesley, eCornell naseMount Holyoke Women's Clubs.

Ngo-1923, iRider's New York City Guide yabala amanye amahhotela amathathu kuphela aphekela osomabhizinisi besifazane: iMartha Washington ku-29 East 29th Street, iRutledge Hotel for Women ku-161 Lexington Avenue kanye ne-Allerton House for Women ku-57th Street naseLexington Avenue.

IBarbizon Hotel ikhangise ngokuthi kwakuyisikhungo samasiko nezenhlalo esasihlanganisa amakhonsathi esiteshini somsakazo i-WOR, imidlalo yeshashalazi eyenziwa yiBarbizon Players, i-Irish Theatre nabalingisi abavela e-Abbey Theatre, imibukiso yezobuciko, nezinkulumo zeBarbizon Book and Pen Club.

Lolu hlelo olunothile lwamasiko, isitudiyo esikhethekile namakamelo okuzijwayeza, amanani entengo afanele kanye nezidlo zasekuseni zokuncoma kwaheha abesifazane abaningi abenza imisebenzi yobuciko. Izakhamizi ezihlonishwayo zibandakanya umlingisi u-Aline McDermott ngenkathi ebonakala ku-Broadway ku-Children's Hour, uJennifer Jones, uGene Tierney, u-Eudora Weltz kanye no-Margaret Tobin Brown osindile kwi-Titanic, inkanyezi kaMolly Brown ongacabangi owadlula emhlabeni ngesikhathi ehlala eBarbizon ngo-1932. Ngesikhathi sama-1940, abanye abadlali abaningana babehlala eBarbizon kubalwa nosomahlaya uPeggy Cass, isihlabani somculo wamahlaya u-Elaine Stritch, umlingisi uChloris Leachman, inkosikazi yokuqala yesikhathi esizayo uNancy Davis (Reagan) nomlingisi uGrace Kelly.

IBarbizon Hotel bekuyindawo yemidlalo yamasiko elandelayo:

Ochungechungeni lwethelevishini oluhlonishwa ngokugxeka iMad Men, iThe Barbizon yaziwa njengendawo yokuhlala enye yezintshisekelo zothando lwangemva kwesehlukaniso zikaDon Draper, uBethany Van Nuys.
Encwadini yempimpi kaNick Carter yango-1967 iThe Red Guard, uCarter ubhala indodakazi yakhe engunkulunkulukazi eseyintsha kwiThe Barbizon.
Ku-2015 Marvel TV Series Agent Carter, uPeggy Carter uhlala eGriffith, ihhotela eliqanjiwe eliphefumulelwe kakhulu yiThe Barbizon futhi eliku-63rd Street & Lexington Avenue.
Encwadini yenoveli kaSylvia Plath, iThe Bell Jar, iThe Barbizon ivezwe ngokugqamile ngaphansi kwegama elithi "I-Amazon". Umlingisi omkhulu wenoveli, u-Esther Greenwood, uhlala lapho ngesikhathi sokuqeqeshwa ehlobo kumagazini wezemfashini. Lo mcimbi ususelwa ekuqeqesheni impilo yangempela kaPlath kumagazini iMademoiselle ngo-1953.
Encwadini yokuqala kaFiona Davis, iThe Dollhouse, Ihhotela laseBarbizon lifakwa endabeni yokuqhamuka yobudala echaza izizukulwane ezimbili zabesifazane abasebancane ezimpilo zabo zihlangana.
Inoveli kaMichael Callahan yokuqala ethi Searching For Grace Kelly, isethwe ngo-1955 eThe Barbizon. Le noveli iphefumulelwe yindatshana kaCallahan ka-2010 ekhuluma ngeThe Barbizon in Vanity Fair, enesihloko esithi Sorority On E. 63

Maphakathi nawo-1970, iBarbizon yayiqala ukukhombisa ubudala bayo, yayigcwele isigamu futhi ilahlekelwa yimali. Ukulungiswa phansi naphansi kwaqalwa kwathi ngoFebhuwari 1981 ihhotela laqala ukwamukela izivakashi zesilisa. Izitudiyo zombhoshongo zashintshwa zenziwa amafulethi abizayo aqashiswa isikhathi eside ngo-1982. Ngo-1983, leli hhotela latholwa yiKLM Airlines futhi igama lalo lashintshwa laba yiGolden Tulip Barbizon Hotel. Ngo-1988, leli hhotela ladlulela eqenjini eliholwa ngu-Ian Schrager noSteve Rubell, ababehlela ukulimaketha njenge-spa yasemadolobheni. Ngo-2001, leli hhotela latholwa yiBarbizon Hotel Associates, inxusa le-BPG Properties, eyayilisebenzisa njengengxenye yochungechunge lwalo lweMelrose Hotel. Ngo-2005, i-BPG yaguqula lesi sakhiwo saba amafulethini futhi sayiqamba kabusha yathi iBarbizon 63. Lesi sakhiwo sifaka ichibi elikhulu langaphakathi eliyingxenye ye-Equinox Fitness Club.

I-NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission yengeze lesi sakhiwo ohlwini lwayo ngo-2012, yaphawula ukuthi lesi sakhiwo “simele kahle isakhiwo samahhotela anezindlu ezinama-1920 futhi saziwa ngekhwalithi ephezulu yaso.”

Umbhali, uStanley Turkel, yisiphathimandla nomxhumanisi ohlonishwayo embonini yehhotela. Usebenzisa ihhotela lakhe, ukungenisa izihambi kanye nemikhuba yokubonisana egxile ekuphathweni kwempahla, ekucwaningweni kwamabhuku kokusebenza nokusebenza kwezivumelwano zokukhushulwa kwamahhotela 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.

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