Xa iConey Island isuka kwindawo yesanti eseBrooklyn iye kwindawo enkulu yokudlala ngaselunxwemeni kwiminyaka yoo-1880, zonke iintlobo zezinto ezinomtsalane zavela. Kwakukho iiholo zebhiya, ii-roller coasters, ezibizwa ngokuba yi "freak shows" kunye nesakhiwo esinye esine-gaudy esaziwa njenge-Elephantine Colossus. Yakhiwa ngo-1884 nguJames V. Lafferty (1856-1898) owayecinga ukuba inyathelo elilandelayo elikhulu lokwakha yayikukuyila izakhiwo ezimile okwezilwanyana, iintaka nkqu nentlanzi. Ngexesha leminyaka elishumi elinambini ngaphambi kokuba itshe, ihotele enkulu yaseBrooklyn yaziwa ngokuba yiColossus of Architecture kunye ne-Elephantine Colossus. Inqaku lokhozi lweBrooklyn lango-1924 lanikezela ubungakanani njenge-175 yeenyawo ubude kunye ne-203 yeenyawo ubude.
Ngokwengxelo ka “Brooklyn… kunye nendlela eyahamba ngayo” nguDavid W. McCullough (1983), esi sakhiwo sasinegumbi lokundwendwela elinama-31 kwaye senziwe ngomthi esenziwe ngetena. Kwakunemigca emide egobileyo kunye ne-howdah engaphezulu.
UDavid McCullough wabhala,
“Ukuze bafike kwiziko lokujonga izinto ezikwindlela abantu abenza ngayo izinto, abathengi bangena kumlenze wangasemva ophawulwe uMnyango wokungena babopha izinyuko ezijikelezayo. Omnye umlenze wangasemva - nganye yayiziinyawo ezingama-60 ngeenxa zonke - yayikukuphuma, kwaye omnye wemilenze yangaphambili yayiyivenkile yecuba. Ebusuku, kwakukhanya iibhakana ngamehlo omane anobude obuziimitha ezine. ”
Kwiminyaka elishumi ngaphambili, uLafferty oneminyaka engama-25 ubudala wakha iNkomo engenakutshiswa eWest Brighton. Esi sikhundla sithandwayo sibonelela ngeziselo, ukusuka kubisi ukuya kwi-champagne ,, yomlomo weConey. I-Lafferty yayivavanye umbono wayo wendlovu kwiminyaka embalwa kufutshane neAtlantic City ngesakhiwo esincinci awasibiza ngokuba nguLucy iNdlovu. I-Lafferty yaxhaswa bubutyebi bosapho lwayo kwaye yaqhutywa ngumbono wohlobo olutsha lokunyusa izindlu nomhlaba oluya kuthi luthathe amathuba kuludwe lwentlabathi apho wayenethemba lokuthengisa iziza zeendawo zokuhlala iholide.
I-Atlantic City ngelo xesha yayikhula ngokukhawuleza ibe sisixeko esikhulu seholide iVictoria esasijikeleze i-Absecon Lighthouse, indawo eyayingumfuziselo wolwandle. U-Lafferty wayefuna ukuseka indawo ebonakalayo enomtsalane kunye nengqondo yendawo kuphuhliso lwakhe olutsha “kwisiXeko seAtlantic yoMzantsi.” Ukufumana umdla woluntu kunye noonondaba, wakhetha into eyayiyinto eyothusayo ngelo xesha: isakhiwo esimile njengesilwanyana esikhulu. Ukuqonda ngokupheleleyo i-Lafferty's feat, kubalulekile ukuqonda ukuba ngo-1880s, ingcamango yokwakha isakhiwo esinjengeyilwanyana ayizange iviwe njengokuba iindlela zobunjineli ezintsha kunye nobuchwephesha bokukhawuleza kwexesha loshishino lenze iiprojekthi eziyinkimbinkimbi zokwakha.
Ngomnyaka we-1881, uLafferty wagcina umakhi wezakhiwo ukuyila isakhiwo sendlovu evela kwilizwe eliqhelekileyo laseBritish Raj elibhiyozelwa kwiimagazini ze-adventure zexesha. Kwangelo xesha kugcinwa igqwetha lamalungelo awodwa omenzi wechiza, uLafferty wafuna ukuthintela nabani na eUnited States ekwakheni izakhiwo ezimile okwezilwanyana ngaphandle kokuba bemhlawule imali. Abavavanyi bee-Patent Office zase-US bafumanise ukuba iLafferty ibe yinoveli, ingqiqo entsha nethekhinoloji ebalulekileyo. Ngo-1882, bamnika ilungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza elimnika ilungelo elilodwa lokwenza, ukusebenzisa okanye ukuthengisa izakhiwo ezimilise izilwanyana iminyaka elishumi elinesixhenxe.
Umzobo ongaphezulu kokuchwela, ukwakhiwa kukaLucy kwakubandakanya ukubumba ngesandla phantse isiqwenga somthi ukwenza umthwalo ofunekayo wokuxhasa ulwakhiwo lweetoni ezingama-90 ngomgubo wethini enesando. Isakhiwo esimangalisayo sendlovu, esivelise ubhengezo lukazwelonke uLafferty athembele kulo, yaba yeyokuqala kwezintathu awazakhayo. Elona likhulu — indawo enemigangatho elishumi elinambini ngobukhulu njengoLucy — ebizwa ngokuba yi "Elephantine Colossus" yayakhiwe embindini weConey Island, eNew York, ipaki yolonwabo. Indlovu yesithathu yaseLafferty, incinci kancinci kunoLucy, yayi “kukuKhanya kweAsia,” eyamiswa njengombindi wenkqubo yokuthengisa umhlaba waseLafferty eMzantsi Afrika ngoMeyi. I-Colossus kamva yatshisa, ixhoba lomlilo ngo-Septemba 27, 1896 kunye nokuKhanya kwe-Asiya kwachithwa, kwashiya uLucy yedwa osindayo.
Ngasekupheleni kweminyaka ye-1880, nangona izakhiwo zeendlovu zazitsala izihlwele zababukeli, ukuthengiswa kwearhente yokuthengisa izindlu kunye neLafferty kwakuphulukana nemali. U-Lucy kunye ne-Absecon Island ezibambeleyo bathengiswa ku-John kunye no-Sophie Gertzer, ababesebenzisa isakhiwo sendlovu ngenye indlela njengomtsalane wabakhenkethi, ihotele encinci, indlu yabucala yaselwandle, i-brothel kunye ne-tavern. Ngeli xesha, "iSixeko seAtlantiki eseMazantsi" sakhula saba yindawo ehlala abantu elunxwemeni abathi kamva batshintsha igama baba yiMargate. Ngo-1920, uLucy Tavern weNdlovu wanyanzelwa ukuba avale ngokudlula kwi-Prohibition. Xa lo mthetho wachithwa ngo-1933, ngoko nangoko waba bar kwakhona. Ngama-1950, njengoko iMelika entsha yavela kwiMfazwe Yehlabathi II ukwakha iiwebhu zeendlela ezihamba phambili kunye nokwamkela iinqwelo-moya njengendlela encinci yokuhamba ukuya kwiindawo ezikhethiweyo zeholide, uLucy waphela kuluntu waza wahlaselwa. Ngama-1960, wayeyingozi yengozi yoluntu ekhuselekileyo ukuba ichithwe.
Ngo-1969, nje phambi kwebhola yomphangi, i “Save Lucy Committee” eyasekwa yi-Margate Civic Association yaqala iminyaka engamashumi amabini yemizabalazo kawonke-wonke eyashukumisela uLucy kumhlaba ongaselunxwemeni ophethwe sisixeko kwaye wabuyisela ulwakhiwo olwahlukileyo njengendawo enembali kunye nomtsalane wabakhenkethi. . Ukusukela ngo-1973, kuye kwaqokelelwa imali eyoneleyo kwimikhankaso ezinikezelweyo ethi “Gcina uLucy” yokubuyisela ubume bengqibelelo nangaphandle kwitoni ye-pan-tin ye-pan-tin. Kodwa umlo wokunyusa ingxowa-mali uyaqhubeka nanamhlanje njengoko iqela lisebenzela ukunyusa imali eyongezelelweyo efunekayo ukubhala iindleko ezingapheliyo zesondlo kunye nokulwa nomhlwa, ukubola kunye nokubetha kombane kwirhamncwa elikhulu leplanga.
Umbhali, uStanley Turkel, ligunya elaziwayo kunye nomcebisi kwishishini lehotele. Uqhuba ihotele yakhe, ukubuk 'iindwendwe kunye nokuziqhelanisa nokubonisana ngokukodwa kulawulo lweeasethi, uphicotho-zincwadi olusebenzayo kunye nokusebenza kwezivumelwano zokuthengisa ngokuthengisa kunye nokunikezelwa kwenkxaso yesimangalo. Abathengi ngabanini behotele, abatyali mali kunye namaziko abolekisa ngemali. Iincwadi zakhe zibandakanya: Iihotele ezinkulu zaseMelika: Oovulindlela beshishini lehotele (2009), eyakhelwe ukuGcina: iihotele ezineminyaka eli-100 ubudala eNew York (ngo-2011), eyakhelwe ukuGcina: iihotele ezineminyaka eli-100 ubudala eMpuma eMississippi (ngo-2013) ), Ihotele Mavens: uLucius M. Boomer, uGeorge C. Boldt no-Oscar weWaldorf (2014), iGreat American Hoteliers uMqulu 2: Oovulindlela beshishini lehotele (2016), kunye nencwadi yakhe entsha, eyakhelwe ukuGcina: 100+ Unyaka -Old Hotels West of the Mississippi (2017) - ifumaneka kwi-hardback, iphepha elibhaliweyo, kunye nefomathi ye-Ebook- apho u-Ian Schrager abhale khona kwisandulela: “Le ncwadi igqibezela i-trilogy ye-182 yeembali zehotele zeepropathi zakudala zamagumbi angama-50 okanye nangaphezulu… Ndivakalelwa kukuba zonke ihotele zifanele zibe neencwadi zazo kwaye zenze ukuba zifundelwe abafundi nabaqeshwa bazo. ”
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