I-athikili yakamuva ku-New York Times (Julayi 27, 2014) ibike ngezigigaba zikasomabhizinisi waseNyakatho ye-Vietnamese u-Truong Dinh Tran (“UMr. Tran's Messy Life and Legacy”):

UTruong Dinh Tran waphila impilo engenazihibe, ngaphandle uma ubala ukuchitha iminyaka emibili ejele laseNyakatho Vietnam, ebhukuda ebheke eNingizimu yeVietnam, ezakha ingcebo ngesikhathi sempi, ebalekela e-United States nepotimende eligcwele imali nelinye eligcwele igolide. , ezifaka yena kanye nezithandwa zakhe ezine kanye nezingane zabo ehhotela elinegumbi elilodwa eliseWest Side yaseManhattan, waba isihloko sokushaqwa kwempahla enkulu kakhulu ehlobene nezindleko zezidakamizwa emlandweni waseMelika, wabe esenikela ngezigidi ezimbili zamaRandi ku-American Red. I-Cross Disaster Relief Fund ngemva kukaSepthemba 2. Lapho eshona, ngo-11, uMnu. Tran washiya ingcebo elinganiselwa ku-$2012 million, okungenani izingane ezingu-100 ngabesifazane abahlanu, unkosikazi oyedwa ozichaza ngokwakhe, futhi engenalo incwadi yokugcina yefa nesivumelwano.

Phakathi kwezakhiwo zakhe ezithengiswayo eNew York kwakukhona i-Hotel Carter eyavotelwa “ihhotela elingcolile kunawo wonke eMelika” iminyaka emithathu ilandelana kuwebhusayithi ye-TripAdvisor.

I-Hotel Carter yakhiwa ngo-1930 njengeHotela Dixie nguPercy noHarry Uris ababengabathuthukisi bamahhotela abakhuthele eNew York City. I-Dixie yakhiwe njengesinkwa nebhotela, ihhotela elingasho lutho elinamagumbi ezivakashi amancane. Yayingenakho ukuzenzisa ukunethezeka futhi yadalelwa ukuhlinzeka ngamagumbi ashibhile endaweni ye-Times Square. Yayihlanganisa netheminali yebhasi egumbini elingaphansi ngezansi nje komgwaqo. Itheminali yayinegumbi elikhulu lokulinda elinendawo yolwazi, izindawo zokubala amathikithi, amahhovisi esiteshi, indawo yokubeka imithwalo, amagumbi okuhlola, ikhawunta yesidlo sasemini kanye nezindawo zokupaka izimoto. Imizila yamabhasi iholela futhi isuka ku-Forty-third Street. I-turntable engamamitha angamashumi amathathu nanhlanu isebenze ukuqondisa amabhasi ezitebeleni zawo ezabelwe zokulayisha nokuwabuyisela emuva uma eselungele ukuhamba.

Itheminali yamabhasi yasebenza iminyaka engamashumi amabili nesikhombisa ngaphambi kokuba ivalwe ngoJulayi 1957. Ekudlondlobaleni kwayo, i-Central Union Bus Terminal (kamuva eyaba yi-Short Line Terminal) yayiphethe amabhasi angu-350 nsuku zonke ngezikhathi zasehlobo ezishisa kakhulu. Yayinesikhala esikhulu kunazo zonke sokulayisha esivalekile sanoma yisiphi isikhumulo samabhasi eNew York esinezindawo zokungena ku-42nd Street naku-43rd Street. Ilethe ithrafikhi, umsindo kanye ne-carbon monoxide emnyango wehhotela, indawo yokwamukela izivakashi kanye nasezindlini zezivakashi. Igcine ivaliwe ngenxa yokungakwazi ukuncintisana nesikhumulo samabhasi esisha sasePort Authority ku-40th Street naku-Eighth Avenue.

I-Hotel Dixie yaqanjwa, yaklanywa futhi yakhiwa njengehhotela elinomnotho/lesabelomali kusukela ekuqaleni kwayo. Amakamelo ayo amancane ezivakashi aveza umqondo wokusondela endaweni yemakethe ye-Times Square. Yayiklanyelwe ukuncintisana nezindlu zokuhlala nezindawo zokuhlala ezibiza kancane. Okungcono kakhulu, ingachazwa njengehhotela elifana ne-YMCA elinamagumbi okugeza angasese.

Izelamani zakwa-Uris zalahlekelwa iHotel Dixie lapho idliwa yiBowery Savings Bank ngo-1932. Ukuphatha ihhotela kwathathwa yiSouthworth Management Company. Ngo-1942, i-Hotel Dixie yaqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi i-Hotel Carter ngenkathi i-Carter Hotel chain ithola ihhotela kanye nesikhumulo samabhasi. Leli bekuyihhotela lesithupha eqenjini leCarter futhi elesibili seNew York City.

Lezi zindaba ezilandelayo ze-New York Times zibonisa umsebenzi wemakethe we-Hotel Dixie/Carter wesikhathi eside, onesabelomali esiphansi kanye nemisebenzi evame ukuba nzima:

UGeorge R. Sanders waseBrooklyn, eNew York weqa esuka esitezi se-14 sehhotela ngo-March 13, 1931. Isidumbu sakhe saphahlazeka ophahleni lwesitolo sokudlela esinendaba eyodwa eseduze ne-Dixie. Wahlala ezinyaweni zamakhasimende amabili esitolo sokudla kanye nomphathi wasebusuku. Ushiye incwadi ekamelweni lakhe ezichazayo futhi eveza ukucindezeleka kwengqondo njengesizathu sokuzibulala.

U-Olga Kibrick, indodakazi yesikhulu somshwalense ocebile waseMassachusetts, u-Olga Kibrick, wazibulala ngokugxuma esuka ophahleni lwehhotela eya esakhiweni esinesitezi sesithathu ohlangothini olusentshonalanga yesakhiwo, ngo-October 1931. Wayehlala esitezi sama-21. Amaphoyisa athole ikhadi le-Brockton Musical Chorus ekamelweni lakhe, kanye noshintshi ongamasenti ayishumi nanhlanu, amagilavu akhe kanye ne-pocketbook.

Ngo-September 1941, insizwa yaseWayne, eNebraska yasha yaze yafa ngemva kokuzumeka ibhema esitezi se-12 ehhotela. Indaba yaba sematheni lapho kutholakala ukuthi ngemva nje kokufika kwakhe, uFrederick S. Berry Jr. wathola incwadi evela kuyise ebika ngesibikezelo sikanina sento embi eyenzeka kuye. UBerry utholwe ngabasebenzi basehhotela behlezi esitulweni, nezingubo ezingaphezulu komzimba wakhe zishe zaphela. Ushone ngemuva kokuphuthunyiswa esibhedlela iRoosevelt.

UDarrell Bossett, isisebenzi esingasebenzi, waboshwa ngemuva kokuhilizisana namaphoyisa ekamelweni lesitezi sesine eCarter Hotel, ngoDisemba 1980. Ubekwe icala lokubulala nelokubulala nokutholakala nesibhamu Iphoyisa laseNew York City uGabriel Vitale.

Usana, olunezinsuku ezingamashumi amabili nanhlanu ubudala, lwashaywa lwashona ehhotela ngoNovemba 1983. Uyise, uJack Joaquin Correa, isakhamuzi sasehhotela, wabekwa icala lokubulala kanye nokuhlukumeza ingane.

IDolobha laseNew York lalisebenzisa leli hhotela njengendawo yokukhosela yabantu abangenamakhaya ngo-June 1984. Umnyango wehhotela u-43rd Street waba indawo yokuhlangana yentsha nezingane ezincane. Ekupheleni kuka-1985, iCarter yayisinciphise kakhulu inani lemikhaya engenamakhaya ehlala emakamelweni ayo. Inani lemindeni engenamakhaya lehla lisuka ku-300 laya ku-61. Ihhotela laqala ukwenza umzamo wokuheha izivakashi futhi. INew York City yasusa yonke imindeni engenamakhaya eCarter ngo-1988.

Kusukela ngoDisemba 1991, iHostela lasePenthouse lasebenza ngokuqashisa ngezitezi ezingama-23 kanye nezi-24 zeHotel Carter. Uphawu lwasehostela lwalungabonakali ngaphansi kwetende laseCarter. Izindawo zokulala lapho zanikeza enye inhlangano ye-American Youth Hostels.

Usomabhizinisi wase-Vietnamese u-Truong Dinh Tran wathenga i-Hotel Carter ngo-Okthoba 1977. UMnu. Tran wayengumnikazi oyinhloko we-Vioshipco Line, inkampani enkulu kunazo zonke yemikhumbi eNingizimu Vietnam ngeminyaka yawo-1970. UMnu. Tran wayenezinkontileka ezinkulu nebutho lase-United States zokuthutha impahla kanye nokusiza ekukhishweni kwezinkulungwane zezakhamizi zaseNingizimu Vietnam namasosha, weza e-US ngo-1975.

UMnu. Tran waqala ibhizinisi lakhe lamahhotela ngokuthenga i-Hotel Opera e-Upper West Side e-Manhattan, kwase kuba i-Hotel Carter ne-Hotel Kenmore phakathi nedolobha i-Manhattan kanye ne-Hotel Lafayette e-Buffalo, eNew York.

Ukuphatha okungaqondakali kukaMnu. Tran kwe-Hotel Carter baphambukile ekusebenzeni kwamahhotela okujwayelekile okungenani ngezindlela ezine ezibalulekile:

1. Amakamelo ezivakashi ayehlanzwa kuphela lapho usuphumile. Omunye umphumela walo mkhuba kwaba ukuncipha kokusetshenziswa kwezisebenzi, amashidi, imicamelo, amathawula, insipho, amanzi nezinye izinto zokuhlanza. Kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi namuhla amahhotela amaningi acela izivakashi ukuba ziyeke ukushintshwa kwelineni nsuku zonke.

2. Izinsiza zesivakashi bezikhawulelwe ezintweni ezidingekayo kuphela. Lo mkhuba wenze abaphathi be-Hotel Carter bakwazi ukukhokhela amakamelo abo ngenani elingaphansi kwe-$100 ubusuku ngabunye.

3. Ukusebenza kwamakamelo kuphela, amanani aphansi kanye nendawo enhle kakhulu iheha abahambi bakwamanye amazwe, abafundi, amaqembu e-SMERF kanye nezivakashi ezikhathalela kakhulu izindleko.

4. Inani langempela lamagumbi ezivakashi atholakalayo ukuze aqashwe nsuku zonke lalingamakamelo angu-546. Amakamelo asele e-Hotel Carter ayehlala umndeni kaMnu Tran.

Umbhali, uStanley Turkel, ungomunye wababhali abashicilelwe kakhulu emkhakheni wokungenisa izihambi. Zingaphezu kuka-275 izindatshana ezikhuluma ngezihloko ezahlukahlukene zamahhotela ezifakwe ku-Hotel-Online, BlueMauMau, HotelNewsResource kanye eTurboNews amawebhusayithi. Amabhuku akhe amabili asehhotela anyusiwe, asakazwa futhi athengiswe yi-American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute. Incwadi yesithathu yehhotela ibizwe ngokuthi “inothando futhi inolwazi” yi-New York Times.

U-Stanley Turkel uqokwe njengoSomlando Wonyaka wango-2014 ngabakwa-Historic Hotels of America, uhlelo olusemthethweni lwe-National Trust for Historic Preservation.

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