Ihotele iAlgonquin: Ingcono kunePuritan

Ihotele iAlgonquin ekuqaleni yayicwangcisiwe njengehotele enegumbi lokuhlala elinombono wokuqesha amagumbi angenazifanelo kunye nezikhuseli zonyaka kwizindlu eziqeshiweyo. Xa kuqeshiso ezimbalwa kuthengisiwe, umniniyo wagqiba ekubeni ayiguqulele kwihotele yokwexeshana, awayeza kuyibiza ngokuba yi "Puritan." UFrank Case, umphathi jikelele wokuqala, wakhanyela waxelela umniniyo “oko… kuyaphikisana nomoya wokugcina. Kuyabanda, kuyathintela kwaye kubuhlungu. Andiyithandi. ” Xa umnini waphendula, “Ucinga ukuba uhlakaniphile, cinga ukuba ufumana igama elingcono,” u-Case waya kwithala leencwadi likawonke-wonke eyokufumanisa ukuba ngoobani abantu bokuqala nabanamandla kule ndawo. Ukhubekile kwiiAlgonquins, walithanda igama, wayithanda indlela elunge ngayo emlonyeni, woyisa kumphathi ukuba alamkele.

Ihotele iAlgonquin yayilwa ngumzobi uGoldwin Starrett onamagumbi ali-181. Umphathi Jikelele uFrank Case uthathe uqeshiso ngo-1907 emva koko wathenga ihotele ngo-1927. Icase lahlala lingumnini nomphathi de kwasekufeni kwakhe ngo-1946.

Itheyibhile ejikelezileyo yeAlgonquin yaqalwa nguManejala Jikelele weTyala kunye neqela labadlali beSixeko saseNew York, iintatheli, abezentatheli, abagxeki kunye nababhali ababedibana mihla le kwisidlo sasemini ukuqala ngoJuni 1919. Badibana iminyaka elishumi engcono kwigumbi lasePergola. (Ngoku ibizwa ngokuba ligumbi le-Oak). Amalungu eCharter aquka uFranklin P. Adams, umbhali wemihlathi; URobert Benchley, eliqhula kunye nomdlali weqonga; U-Heywood Broun, umbhali wemihlathi kunye nomdlali wezemidlalo; UMarc Connelly, umdlali odlalayo; UGeorge S. Kaufman, umbhali wemidlalo kunye nomlawuli; UDorothy Parker, imbongi nombhali wesikrini; UHarold Ross, umhleli weNew Yorker; URobert Sherwood, umbhali kunye nomdlali odlalayo; UJohn Peter Toohey, intatheli; kunye no-Alexander Woollcott, umgxeki kunye nentatheli. Ngo-1930, amalungu okuqala e-Round Table ayethe saa, kodwa oko kubizwa ngokuba “sisijikelezo esikhohlakeleyo” sahlala siphila kwimemori emnandi neyonwabisayo. Xa ebuzwa ukuba kwenzeke ntoni ngeRound Table, uFrank Case uza kuphendula athi “Kwenzeka ntoni echibini elikwiFifth Avenue nakwi-42nd Street? Ezi zinto azihlali ngonaphakade. Itheyibhile ejikelezileyo ithathe ixesha elide kunayo nayiphi na indibano engalungelelaniswanga endiyaziyo. ” Iqhubekile ityala. “Akukho elinye (iqela) endilaziyo apho ipesenti yempumelelo ibiphezulu kakhulu. Kwakungekho mntu phakathi kwabo owayesilele ukubeka igama lakhe phezulu ebaleni awayesebenza kulo, kwaye nangona ndandingakhathali, ndiyithatha njengento engenamsebenzi, ndandingesosidenge ngokwaneleyo ukuba ndingaqondi ukuba I-asethi eqinisekileyo ehotele ngendlela yeshishini, kunye nokuzonwabisa rhoqo kum ukuqiniseka ngenkampani elungileyo yonke imihla. Oko, ndiyacinga, yenye yezona zinto zimnandi kugcino lwehotele ngakumbi ukuba ihotele yakho incinci; amaqabane alungileyo, intetho elungileyo, kunye nokuxhalaba ngokubanzi ebomini. Akukho mfuneko yokuba wenze nawuphi na umzamo; iziswa intsha yonke imihla, iindleko zibhatalwa kwangaphambili. ”

Ngo-Okthobha u-1946, uBen noMary Bodne waseCharleston, SC, bathenga iAlgonquin ngaphezulu nje kwesigidi esinye seedola. Babethandana nehotele kwiholide yabo yomtshato. Ngexesha lokuhlala kwabo, babona uWill Rogers, uDouglas Fairbanks, uSr, uSinclair Lewis, uEddie Cantor kunye noBeatrice Lily. Kowayesakuba nguMary Mazo (Bodne), iAlgonquin yayiyidilesi yokugqibela kwi-odyssey eyaqala eOdessa, eUkraine, apho wayengumntwana wesibini kusapho olukhulu lwamaJuda olwabaleka ukubulawa kwabantu xa wayeselusana. Usapho lakwaMazo lwafudukela eCharleston, apho utata wakhe uElihu wavula khona izidlo zokuqala zedolophu zamaJuda. Xa uGeorge Gershwin kunye noDu Bose Heyward babesebenza kwi "Porgy and Bess, babehlala bengabathengi. Baza kuphinda baxoxe ngokwenziwa komboniso kwizidlo sangokuhlwa kwikhaya losapho lakwaMazo. Kumashumi eminyaka kamva, isiko likaMazo lokwamkela iindwendwe liza kuqhubeka eAlgonquin. UMary Bodne wapheka isuphu yenkukhu kuLaurence Olivier owayegula, kwaye wazala uSimone Signoret, owayembiza ngokuba "ngomnye wabahlobo bam abathathu abona bantu bangabona bathembekileyo."

I-Bodnes yadlala indwendwe kwisizukulwane esitsha soncwadi kwaye bonisa abantu abadumileyo kwezamashishini-njengombhali uJohn Henry Falk, xa wayefakwe kuluhlu lwabantu abamnyama kunye nokugxothwa eHollywood. U-Alan Jay Lerner noFrederick Loewe benza ingxolo enkulu besebenza kumculo omtsha kangangokuba ezinye iindwendwe zakhalaza: umboniso wawuyimpumelelo enkulu kwi "My Lady Lady".

Umnumzana Bodne, owasweleka ngo-1992, wathi uza kuyithengisa iAlgonquin xa ifuna iilifti zokuzinceda. Wayithengisa ngo-1987 kwi-Aoki Corporation, inkampani yaseBrazil yenkampani yaseJapan eyafaka iirifti zokuzixhasa ngo-1991. Ngo-1997, uAoki wayithengisa le hotele wayenza kwiCamberley Hotel Company eyathi yaqalisa ukulungiswa. Umongameli wenkampani owazalelwa eBritane, u-Ian Lloyd-Jones, waqesha umyili wezangaphakathi u-Alexandra Champalimaud ukuba ahlaziye iindawo zoluntu ngaphandle kokutshabalalisa iimvakalelo kunye neempawu zembali yeAlgonquin.

Ngo-2002, iMiller Global Properties yathenga ihotele yaza yaqesha iiNdawo zokuHlala neeNdawo zokuHlala ukuze zilawule kwaye zihlaziye ukusebenza kwazo. Umzekelo, bafaka isiseko sedatha ekhompyutheni yokutshekisha efumana ngokukhawuleza izinto ozithandayo xa ufika kwiindwendwe. Ukulandela ukulungiswa kwezigidi ezi-3 zeedola, ihotele yathengiswa kwakhona ngo-2005 kwii-HEI Hotels & Resorts, umnini kunye nomqhubi weepropati ezingama-25 ezipheleleyo zenkonzo. I-HEI iqalise ukuvuselela i-4.5 yezigidi zeedola ukuphucula i-lobby, indawo yokutyela yase-Oak kunye ne-cabaret, iBlue Bar, iGumbi leTafile elijikeleziweyo kunye nawo onke amagumbi okulala kunye namagumbi eendwendwe.

IAlgonquin yonyulwe njenge City New York Imbali eyimbali ngo-1987 kunye nophawu loncwadi kuZwelonke ngabahlobo bamathala eencwadi eU.SA ngo1996. Uluhlu lweembali zeAlgonquin loludwe lweendwendwe nguNobani kwinkcubeko yehlabathi; Irving Berlin, Charlie Chaplin, William Faulkner, Ella Fitzgerald, Charles Laughton, Maya Angelou, Angela Lansbury, Harpo Marx, Brendan Behan, Noel Coward, Anthony Hopkins, Jeremy Irons, Tom Stoppard, phakathi kwabanye abaninzi.

Kutshanje, i-Oak Room yehotele ibonise uHarry Connick, Omnci, uAndrea, uMarcovicci, uDiana Krall, uPeter Cinotti, uMichael Feinstein, uJane Monheit, uSteve Ross, uSandy Stewart noBill Charlap, uBarbara Carroll, uMaude Maggart, uKaren Akers, phakathi abanye.

Xa uFrank Case, uMphathi Jikelele wokuqala (kunye nomnini kamva) weAlgonquin wabhala imemori yakhe. Ngo-1938, wacela iindwendwe ezingama-30 ukuba zibhale iinkumbulo zazo. Abona badumileyo yayinguJack Barrymore, uRex Beach, uLouis Bromfield, u-Irvin S. Cobb, u-Edna Ferber, uFannie Hurst, u-HL Mencken, uRobert Nathan, uFrank Sullivan, uLouis Untermayer, uHenrik Willen Van Loon. Nangona kunjalo, umfazi kaFrank Case, uBertha, wayenelizwi lokugqibela, wabhala:

Oktobha 10, 1938

Othandekayo uFrankie,

Ithoni ngokubanzi yeleta eya kuwe evela kubahlobo ayinakufane ibekho umntu anokuyibiza njengenkqonkqozo; enyanisweni xa ndizifunda ndicinga ngomngcwabo apho izihlobo zomfi zithethe kamnandi, zigqibelele, ngomfi kangangokuba (umhlolokazi) wayehleli phakathi kwabazilileyo, wayame kunyana wakhe omncinci, esithi, "Tommy, baleqa ngoku khawukhe ujonge ukuba ngutata wakho na lo usebhokisini. ”

NgoSeptemba 21, 2010, iAlgonquin Hotel yabhengeza ukudibana kwayo neQokelelo lweAutograph, ingqokelela yehotele iMarriott.

UStanley Turkel yachongwa njenge-2014 kunye ne-2015 yeMbali yoNyaka ziiMbali zeehotele zaseMelika, inkqubo esemthethweni yeNational Trust yoLondolozo lweMbali. I-Turkel ngoyena mcebisi wehotele upapashwe ngokubanzi eMelika. Usebenza indawo yakhe yokubonisana ehotele esebenza njengengqina lengcali kumatyala anxulumene neehotele, ebonelela ngolawulo lweeasethi kunye nokubonisana ngokuthengisa imali ehotele. Uqinisekisiwe njenge-Master Hotel Supplier Emeritus yiZiko leMfundo le-American Hotel kunye ne-Lodging Association. [imeyile ikhuselwe] 917-628-8549

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