Ihhotela laseFairmont: iNob Hill Grande Dame

IGrande Dame kanokusho iphezu kweNob Hill ngaphakathi i-San Francisco waqanjwa ngegama likaSenator wase-US uJames Graham Fair (1834-1894) ngamadodakazi akhe, uTheresa Fair Oelrichs noVirginia Fair Vanderbilt. Ngenkathi inkosi yesiliva uJames Fair ethenga isiza emuva ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-1800, intshisekelo yakhe kwakungukwakha isithabathaba somuzi esikhulu kunazo zonke endaweni. Kodwa-ke, lapho eshona ngo-1894, inkatho yayingakakhiwa kuze kube ngo-1907 lapho amadodakazi akhe eyalela inkampani yokwakha nezobunjiniyela iReid & Reid ukuba yakhe ihhotela elikhulu ngesitayela se-Italian Renaissance.

Abafowethu bakwaReid: UJames (1851-1943), uMerrit (1855-1932) noWatson (1858-1944) baklama igumbi elinamakamelo angama-600, isakhiwo esinezitezi eziyisikhombisa esenziwe ngegreyite egrey, ukhilimu wemabula kanye netshe le-terracotta. Ngaphambi kokuba ihhotela elisha livuleke, ukuzamazama komhlaba kweSan Francisco ngo-1906 nomlilo olandelayo kwachitha isakhiwo. Abanikazi abasha uHerbert noHartland Law, abenzi bemithi ethandwayo yobunikazi, benza umzamo omkhulu wokwakha kabusha iFairmont. Baqashe uStanford White wefemu yezokwakha evelele yaseMcKim, Mead & White. Ngeshwa, uWhite wayebandakanyekile kunxantathu wothando futhi wadutshulwa wabulawa yi-multimillionaire uHarry Thaw. Abazalwane boMthetho babe sebeqasha umklami wendawo uJulia Morgan, owesifazane wokuqala owathweswa iziqu e-Ecole des Beaux Arts ehlonishwayo eParis (kanye nobungcweti obusemuva kweGreatst Castle enkulu). Ngemuva konyaka, ngo-Ephreli 18, 1907, iFairmont Hotel yavulwa kwathi ngo-1908, uTheresa Fair Oelrichs waphinde walithola leli hhotela elibuyiselwe.

IFairmont ngokushesha yaba ihhotela elidume kakhulu laseSan Francisco eliheha imindeni ngokuhlala isikhathi eside izinyanga ezimbili kuya kwezintathu. IFairmont inikeze isikole esinazo zonke izinto zomculo, umdanso, ubuciko kanye nekharikhulamu ephelele yezihloko. Ngo-1926, kwanezelwa isitezi sesishiyagalombili kufaka phakathi iPenthouse Suite engamamitha ayizinkulungwane eziyisithupha.

Ngo-1917, u-DM Linnard uthathe abaphathi kwathi ngo-1924 wathenga inzalo yokulawula emndenini wase-Oelrichs. Ngo-1929, wathengisa iFairmont kuGeorge Smith, unjiniyela wezimayini owayesanda kuqeda iMark Hopkins Hotel. USmith wenze ukulungiswa okukhulu futhi wafaka ichibi elingaphakathi, iFairmont Plunge.

Kwaphela amasonto ayishumi nanye ngo-1945, iFairmont yayiyiNhlokodolobha Yomhlaba ebambe izithunywa ezivela emazweni angaphezu kwamashumi amane amele amaphesenti ayisishiyagalombili wabantu bomhlaba ukuthi babhale uMqulu Wezizwe Ezihlangene. NgoJuni 26, 1945, uMongameli uHarry Truman wasayina i-Charter entsha. Cishe ngesikhathi esifanayo, umninimali wezezimali no-philanthropist uBenjamin Swig wathenga amaphesenti angamashumi amahlanu nane eFairmont nge $ 2 million ayichaze kanje: “Ngesikhathi ngithenga ihhotela, lalingasasebenzi. Kwakungaphezulu kwendlu yokuhlala yabantu abacebe ngokweqile, iningi labo okwakungabalingiswa ngomqondo weqiniso wegama. Kwakudilikile futhi kunganakwa. Amapayipi aqhuma - besinokuvuza okuyishumi kuya kweshumi nanhlanu ngosuku - bekungekho ukhaphethi phansi futhi yonke into bekuyikhaya lezalukazi kuphela. ”

USwig wafunda ngokushesha ukuthi ichibi lePlunge lalingelona elenza imali. Uthathe isinqumo sokuyiguqula ibe yindawo yokudlela nendawo yokucima ukoma ebizwa nge-SS Tonga ngemuva kukaMel Melvin, umqambi we-MGM ohola phambili othole isikebhe esidala esinezinsika ezine esinalelo gama esibola odakeni ngaseMartinez. Ngokushesha izivakashi bezizodla ukudla kwaseChina, zijabulela iziphuzo ezingavamile emgodini wesikebhe, zibuka emanzini aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ePlunge yangaphambili manje enesiteji ezintantayo se-orchestra esegumbini laseTonga. Lokhu kuzungeza kwaphakanyiswa yiziphepho zasezindaweni ezishisayo, ezigcwele umbani nemvula enenkungu ewa kubananisi abafihliwe. USwig waqasha uDorothy Draper, umhlobisi odumile, ukuguqula indawo yokwamukela izivakashi nezindawo zomphakathi. Uhlelo lwesimanje lwamadola ayisigidi lwaqedwa ngo-1950. 

I-San Francisco Chronicle ibike ukuthi kusetshenziswe cishe indwangu engamamayela ayisithupha namakhilomitha amathathu ekhaphethi. Omunye umgxeki wathi uDraper "ubambe umoya wesikhathi esedlule, ubukhazikhazi bezothando bezinsuku zeChampagne, amasiko wedolobha ahlangana nezanamuhla." Wengeze i- “Draper Touch” kwiVenetian Room Supper Club eyavulwa ngo-1947 inezihlalo ezingama-400. Ihehe abanandi bezokundiza abahamba phambili abanjengo-Ethel Waters, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Tina Turner, Sammy Davis, Jr., Lena Horne, Red Skelton, James Brown, Judy Collins, Tony Bennett (owayecula ethi “I Left My Heart in San UFrancisco ”okokuqala lapha ngo-1962) ne-Ernie Heckscher Band eyadlala iminyaka engama-36.

Ngo-1961, uBen Swig wakha umbhoshongo wezitezi ezingama-23 ohambisana neCrown Room esitezi esiphezulu kanye nekheshi lengilazi ngaphandle kombhoshongo onemibono emihle yedolobha. Uphinde wengeza i-Merry-Go-Round Bar eCirque Lounge edumile nemidwebo yayo yezilwane zasendle kanye nebha yokugoqa eyakhiwe ngumdwebi we-Art Deco uTim Pflueger ngo-1933.

Uchungechunge lwethelevishini oludumile lwango-1983 “Ihhotela”Ngokususelwa kunoveli ethengiswa kakhulu kunazo zonke ngu-Arthur Hailey yaqoshwa endaweni yokwamukela izivakashi eFairmont yenganekwane ethi“ St. IGregory Hotel. ”

Umndeni wakwaSwig walithengisa leli hhotela ngo-1994 kuMaritz, Wolffe & Co. naseSaudi Arabia Prince Alwaleed bin Talel owayesebenza emahhotela angama-94 emhlabeni wonke ngaphansi kwemikhiqizo yakwaRaffles, iFairmont neSwitzerland. Ngo-2012, i-Oaktree Capital Management kanye neWoodridge Capital Partners bathola iFairmont San Francisco ngemali engango- $ 200 million ngemuva kokuthi uMaritz, Wolffe & Co behlulekile ukuthola imvume yokuguqula ingxenye yendawo ibe yizindawo zokuhlala.

Ngo-2009, kwabikwa ukuthi Igumbi LaseTonga laseFairmont, ibha ehlonishwayo ye-tiki, eyavulwa ngo-1945, ingahle idilizwe ukuze kuvuleke ithuba lokuguqulwa kwama-condo embhoshongweni oseduze. I- New York Times yabika ngo-Ephreli 3, 2009 ukuthi “… AmaSan Franciscans ahlangane ndawonye egumbini loThongathi. Babhale izincwadi, basayine izikhalazo futhi badla ngokweqile okungaphezu kwesabelo sabo esihle seziphuzo ezijulile kulethempeli le-kitsch eshisayo phezulu kweNob Hill… .esinye sezibonelo ezinhle zepharadesi lasePolynesia elizungezile. ” Kusukela ngoMeyi, 2016, Igumbi LamaTonga selijabule kabusha futhi bekungekho sinqumo ngesiphetho salo sokugcina.

Ngo-2015, u-Oaktree noWoodridge bathengisa iFairmont San Francisco ngemali eyizigidi ezingama- $ 450 ezinkampanini ezihlangene zeMirae Asset Global Investments, okuyinkampani enkulu yezinsizakalo zezezimali ezinze eSeoul, eSouth Korea. Kusukela ngo-2011, inkampani ithole izindawo ezithengiswayo ezingabiza ngaphezulu kwamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyisishiyagalombili okubandakanya igumbi elinamakamelo angama-8 i-Four Seasons Hotel Seoul, igumbi lama-317 lamahhotela amane i-Four Seasons Hotel eSydney, ihhotela elinamagumbi angama-531 iFairmont Orchid Hotel negceke elinamakamelo angama-540 nguMarriott Seoul Pangyo.

IFairmont San Francisco yengezwe kwiRejista Kazwelonke Yezindawo Ezinomlando ngo-Ephreli 17, 2002. Iyilungu le-Historic Hotels of America, uhlelo olusemthethweni lweNational Trust for Historic Preservation.

Mayelana ne-AUTHOR

UStanley Turkel yaqokwa njenge-2014 kanye ne-2015 Historian of the Year yi-Historic Hotels of America, uhlelo olusemthethweni lweNational Trust for Historic Preservation. UTurkel ungumeluleki wehhotela oshicilelwa kakhulu e-United States. Usebenzisa umkhuba wakhe wokubonisana nehhotela osebenza njengofakazi oyingcweti ezimweni ezihlobene namahhotela, unikeza ukuphathwa kwempahla nokubonisana ngamahhotela ngokuthenga imali. Uqinisekiswe njenge-Master Hotel Supplier Emeritus yi-Educational Institute ye-American Hotel and Lodging Association. [i-imeyili ivikelwe] 917-628-8549

Incwadi yami entsha “Hotel Mavens Volume 3: Bob and Larry Tisch, Curt Strand, Ralph Hitz, Cesar Ritz, Raymond Orteig” isanda kushicilelwa.

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• Yakhelwe Ekugcineni: 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)

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