“Onke la malungiselelo obushushu, okukhanya, okucoca, njl. Ubukho babo, njengobo bestoker kwisikhephe somphunga, bubonakala kuphela xa bengekho. Ezantsi komphezulu womhlaba kukho amabali amabini anikelwe kudederhu lweenjini, iibhoyila, iidynamos, oomatshini bomkhenkce, njl.njl., eziyimfuneko ekusebenzeni kwehotele, nokugcinwa kwezixa ezikhulu zokutya newayini. Igumbi loomatshini lixhotyiswe ngoomatshini bamva nje kwaye ligqalwa kwihlabathi lezenzululwazi lingaphezulu lee kunayo nayiphi na into engekakhiwa.
Ngokucacileyo kwiimpawu eziluncedo zehotele yeyasekhitshini kunye negumbi lewayini, kuba, ngaphandle kwezixhobo ezifanelekileyo, abona bapheki abagqwesileyo abanakuzinceda, ngakumbi ngexesha lokutya, apho iimfuno zamakhulu abantu kufuneka zihoywe ngaxeshanye kwaye kuqwalaselwe ngokukodwa. lundwendwe ngalunye. Ukuxabisa ukubaluleka, kuba isaci sikaSt. Regis sithi “Ikhitshi ngumphefumlo wehotele; ukuba ikhitshi liphosakele yonke into ayilunganga” – kukho indawo ephangaleleyo elungiselelwe kakuhle, umgangatho wenziwe ngebhastile, iindonga neesilingi zifakwe iithayile, izinto zokubala zeglasi, kwaye akukho nto ibolayo okanye nantoni na ekunzima ukuyigcina icocekile. Kukho indawo ekhethekileyo kwisigaba ngasinye somsebenzi; umpheki weentlanzi, umpheki wesuphu, umpheki ogcadiweyo, umpheki wokubhaka amaqebengwana, ngamnye unekomkhulu lakhe, yaye, ngokuqhelekileyo, abasebenzi bamele babe nezixhobo ezifanelekileyo.” Umgangatho ngamnye wehotele uqulethe i-pantry yenkonzo, exhotyiswe ngeeweyitala ezizidenge, kunye nayo yonke into eyimfuneko ukugcina ukutya kushushu ngelixa ukhonza isidlo sakusihlwa kwigumbi leendwendwe, ukuba kunjalo ukuzonwabisa kwakhe, umyalelo udutyulwe ekhitshini ngombhobho wepneumatic. apho yonke i-pantry ibonelelwe ngayo. Ekubeni i-St. Regis yenza imbonakalo yokutya nakwiindwendwe ezisisigxina eziya kunqwenela ukonwabisa abahlobo babo kwisidlo sangokuhlwa; olu luncedo olukhulu. "
Emva kokuqhawula umtshato nomfazi wakhe, uAva Astor, ababenabantwana ababini naye, uColonel Astor wothusa uluntu lwaseNew York ngokutshata nenkosikazi eneminyaka eli-19 ubudala, uMadeline. Wasuka eNew York waya eYurophu. Ngelishwa, uhambo lwakhe lokubuyela lwalukwi-Titanic etshabaleleyo apho wanikela khona isihlalo sakhe kwisikhephe sokuphila kumfazi wakhe omncinci. Ekugqibeleni wabonwa ephila ezama ukukhulula inja yakhe kwiindlwana zenqanawa. Kwiminyaka engama-48, uColonel John Jacob Astor wadibana nokufa kwakhe kabuhlungu. Unyana wakhe uVincent kamva wathengisa ihotele kuBenjamin N. Duke, owakha ukongeza kwimigangatho emibini waza wadala uphahla oludumileyo lwaseSt. Zombini ezi ndawo bezisindleke awona matheko adumileyo nadumileyo.
Umzobo oseludongeni othi "Old King Cole" apho uMaxfield Parrish wahlawulwa khona i-$50,000 yagunyaziswa ekuqaleni ngo-1902 kwihotele yaseKnickerbocker e-42nd Street naseBroadway. Yaziswa kwiklabhu yeRacquet kunye neTennis ngexesha lokuVimbela. Emva kokurhoxiswa, yaya eSt. Regis apho, ngo-1934, yajonga phantsi ekuzalweni kukaBloody Mary, eyayibizwa ngokuba yi "red snapper cocktail".
Emva kweMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi, iSt. Regis yafumana uthotho lwabanye abanini de i-ITT Sheraton Corporation yaseMelika bayifumana ngo-1966. Ngeli xesha, zazine iindawo zokutyela ehotele: iKing Cole Grille, Igumbi le-Oak, iLa Boite Russa, kunye neGumbi laseSt. Regis. Ukutya isidlo sangokuhlwa kunye nokudanisa emva kwexesha, bekukho iklabhu yasebusuku enomdla, iMaisonette, ebinemenyu enkulu kwaye ibonakalisa abonwabisi abanjengoCount Basie, uWoody Herman noKay Ballard. Yayithandwa ngabantu abadumileyo, abezopolitiko kunye namanani ehlabathi. Ezinye zeendwendwe ezaziwayo yayinguAlfred Hitchcock, uBing Crosby, uDarryl Zanuck, uJudy Garland, uLiza Minelli, uEthel Merman, uDustin Hoffman, uTony Curtis, uVidal Sassoon, uTony Bennett kunye noosomajukujuku iApollo 14.
NgoFebruwari 3, 1975, iSt. Regis yabamba umdaniso wesidlo sangokuhlwa esimnyama seminyaka engama-75 yokuzalwa kukaMabel Mercer. Abanye babadlali beqonga yayinguMargaret Whiting, uSylvia Syms, uJulius Monk, uJimmy Daniels, kunye noBricktop. Iindwendwe zibandakanya uFrank Sinatra, uBobby Mfutshane, uPeggy Lee, uBlossom Dearie, uEileen Farrell, uLeontyne Price nabanye abaninzi.
Ihotele yabhengezwa njengophawu oluphawulweyo yiKomishoni yoLondolozo lweNdawo yesiXeko saseNew York ngoNovemba 1, 1988, ngolu hlobo lulandelayo “Izinto Ezifunyenweyo kunye Nezibizo”:
Ngesiseko sokuqwalaselwa ngenyameko kwimbali, umakhi kunye nezinye iimpawu zesi sakhiwo, iKomishoni yoLondolozo lweLandmarks ifumanisa ukuba i-St. Regis Hotel inesimo esikhethekileyo, umdla okhethekileyo wembali kunye nobuhle kunye nexabiso njengenxalenye yophuhliso, ilifa kunye neempawu zenkcubeko zeSixeko saseNew York.
IKomishoni iphinda ifumanise ukuba, phakathi kweempawu zayo ezibalulekileyo, iHotele iSt. ukuba, yayalelwa nguJohn Jacob Astor usapho lwakhe olwakha ihotele yokuqala yobunewunewu yaseNew York; ukuba, i-façade yayo entle yeBeaux-Arts yayiyilwe yifemu ephawulekayo yokwakha yaseTrowbridge & Livingston; ukuba, iHotele iSt. Regis, kunye nabanye, babhengeze uguqulo lweFifth Avenue ukusuka kwindawo ekhethekileyo, eyonyukelayo ephantsi, isitalato esihlala abantu ukuya kwindlela yorhwebo esefashonini yezakhiwo ezide; ukuba, ukongeza kamva kwi-St. Regis yifem yaseSloan & Robertson ngobuchule incoma uyilo loqobo lweBeaux-Arts kwaye iseyenye yezona zinto zibalulekileyo kwilaphu lolwakhiwo lweli candelo leFifth Avenue kwaye linegalelo elikhulu kubunzulu bayo. umlinganiswa.
Mhlawumbi akukho nkcazelo ilunge ngakumbi Ihotele yaseSt. Regis kunaleyo yavela kwincwadi yokuqala yentengiso ka-1905 enoqweqwe olulukhuni:
Noko ke, enyanisweni, incasa ibandakanya ubuchule bokusebenzisa unxulumano olufanelekileyo lwezinto, yaye kungenxa yoku le nto iSt. Ngolwimi olubhekiselwe kwiliso, indawo engqongileyo ibiza isimemo kundwendwe ukuba luzenzele ekhaya kwaye lukhululeke. Isiphumo sinokubizwa ngokuba ngumculo wamehlo. "
UStanley Turkel waqeshwa njengoMbali ka2020 woNyaka ziiMbali iihotele zaseMelika, inkqubo esemthethweni yeNational Trust yoLondolozo lweMbali, awayethe wabizwa ngalo ngaphambili ngo-2015 nango-2014. UTurkel 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
Incwadi yakhe entsha ethi "Great American Hotel Architects Volume 2" isandula kupapashwa.
Ezinye iincwadi zeehotele ezipapashiweyo:
• Abanini beehotele abakhulu baseMelika: Oovulindlela beshishini leehotele (2009)
Yakhelwe ukuGqibela: Iihotele ezili-100 + zeNdala eNew York (ngo-2011)
Yakhelwe Ukugqibela: I-100 + i-Old-Old Hotels kwi-East ye-Mississippi (ngo-2013)
• Ihotele iMavens: uLucius M. Boomer, uGeorge C. Boldt, uOscar waseWaldorf (2014)
• Abanini beehotele abakhulu baseMelika uMqulu 2: Oovulindlela beshishini leehotele (2016)
Yakhelwe Ukugqibela: Ii-100 + zeMinyaka eliDala kwiihotele zaseNtshona eMississippi (2017)
Ihotele Mavens Umqulu 2: Henry Morrison Flagler, Henry Bradley Plant, Carl Graham Fisher (2018)
• I-Great American American Architects Umqulu I (2019)
• Ihotele iMavens: Umqulu 3: Bob kunye noLarry Tisch, uRalph Hitz, uCesar Ritz, Curt Strand
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