ʻAʻohe Hokele maʻamau: Hāʻawi ʻo St. Regis i kahi hopena hou i kahi pilikia pilikino

"ʻO kēia mau hoʻonohonoho a pau no ka wela, ka māmā, nā kānana, a me nā mea'ē aʻe, he mea pono e koi aku i kahi hui nui loa, kahiʻike e hiki ai ke hāʻawi i kaʻoiaʻiʻo he kanakolukumamāono mau kānaka ma lalo o ka'enekini nui o St. Regis. ʻO ko lākou hele ʻana, e like me ka mea hoʻokele ma ka mokuahi, ʻike ʻia i ko lākou hele ʻole ʻana. Malalo o ka ili o ka honua, he elua mau moolelo i hoolaaia no ka maze o na enegini, boiler, dynamo, ice machines, etc., i mea e pono ai ka hana ana o ka hotele, a me ka waiho ana i na waihona nui o ka ai a me ka waina. Hoʻolako ʻia ka lumi mīkini me nā mīkini hou loa a manaʻo ʻia i loko o ka honua ʻepekema ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā mea i kūkulu ʻia.

ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona hoʻohana o ka hōkele no ka lumi kuke a me ka hale waina, no ka mea, me ka ʻole o nā lako kūpono, ʻaʻohe mea kōkua o ka poʻe kuke maikaʻi loa, ʻo ia hoʻi i ka hola lawelawe, kahi e mālama ʻia ai nā koi o nā haneli o ka poʻe i ka manawa like a me ka nānā pono ʻana. kēlā me kēia malihini. ʻO ka mahalo i ke koʻikoʻi, no ka mea, ʻo ka ʻōlelo a St. Regis ʻo “ʻO ka lumi kuke ka ʻuhane o ka hōkele; inā he hewa ka lumi kuke, hewa nā mea a pau” - ua hoʻolako ʻia kahi keʻena ākea i hoʻonohonoho maikaʻi ʻia, ʻo ka papahele he marble, nā paia a me nā kaupaku i kālai ʻia, nā helu aniani, ʻaʻohe mea palaho a paʻakikī paha e mālama i ka maʻemaʻe. He wahi kūikawā no kēlā me kēia māhele o ka hana; ka kuke i'a, ka moa sopa, ka moa kalua, ka pastry, he keena nui ko kela mea keia mea, a ma ka olelo nui, he poe paahana," wahi a Mr. Haan. Aia i kēlā me kēia papahele o ka hōkele kahi hale lole lawelawe, i hoʻolako ʻia me nā waiters leo, a me nā mea āpau e pono ai e mālama i ka meaʻai i ka wā e lawelawe ana i ka ʻaina ahiahi i loko o ka lumi o kahi malihini, inā ʻo ia kona makemake, ua kiʻi ʻia ke kauoha i ka lumi kuke e kahi paipu pneumatic. i hoʻolako ʻia i kēlā me kēia hale lole. No ka mea, ua hana ʻo St. Regis i kahi hiʻohiʻona o ka mālama ʻana i nā malihini mau e makemake e hoʻokipa i kā lākou mau hoaaloha i ka ʻaina ahiahi; he pomaikai nui keia.

Ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana i kāna wahine ʻo Ava Astor, me kāna mau keiki ʻelua, ua hoʻokūhoihoi ʻo Colonel Astor i ka hui ʻo New York ma ka male ʻana i kahi wahine 19 makahiki, ʻo Madeline. Ua haʻalele ʻo ia iā New York no ʻEulopa. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻo kāna huakaʻi hoʻi ma luna o ka Titanic i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a hāʻawi ʻo ia i kona noho ma luna o ka waʻa ola no kāna wahine ʻōpio. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ola e hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻokuʻu i kāna ʻīlio mai nā kennels o ka moku. I ka makahiki 48, ua hālāwai ʻo Konela John Jacob Astor i kona make pōʻino. Ua kūʻai aku kāna keiki ʻo Vincent i ka hōkele iā Benjamin N. Duke, nāna i kūkulu i ʻelua papahele a hana i ka hale kaulana ʻo St. Regis a me ka Salle Cathay me kāna mea hoʻonani Chine. Ua mālama ʻia nā wahi ʻelua i kekahi o nā pāʻina kaulana a hanohano.

ʻO ka "Old King Cole" kiʻi kiʻi i uku ʻia iā Maxfield Parrish he $50,000 i kauoha mua ʻia i ka makahiki 1902 no ka Hotel Knickerbocker ma 42nd Street a me Broadway. Ua lawe ʻia i ka hui ʻo Racquet a me Tennis i ka wā pāpā. Ma hope o ka hoʻopau ʻana, hele ʻo ia i St. Regis kahi, i ka makahiki 1934, nānā iho i ka hānau ʻana o Bloody Mary, i kapa mua ʻia ʻo "red snapper cocktail".

Ma hope o ke Kaua Honua II, ua hana ka St. Regis i nā ʻano ʻona ʻē aʻe a hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana iā ITT Sheraton Corporation o ʻAmelika i ka makahiki 1966. I kēia manawa, ʻehā mau hale ʻaina ma ka hōkele: The King Cole Grille, The Oak Room, La Boite Russa, a me ka Rumi o St. Regis. No kahi pāʻina awakea a me ka hulahula ʻana, aia ka pāʻina pāʻina pō pīhoihoi, ka Maisonette, kahi papa ʻaina maikaʻi loa a me nā mea leʻaleʻa e like me Count Basie, Woody Herman a me Kay Ballard. He punahele ia no nā mea kaulana, nā mokuʻāina a me nā helu honua. ʻO kekahi o nā malihini kaulana ʻo Alfred Hitchcock, ʻo Bing Crosby, ʻo Darryl Zanuck, ʻo Judy Garland, ʻo Liza Minelli, ʻo Ethel Merman, ʻo Dustin Hoffman, ʻo Tony Curtis, ʻo Vidal Sassoon, ʻo Tony Bennett a me ka poʻe holoholo Apollo 14.

Ma Pepeluali 3, 1975, ua hoʻokipa ka St. Regis i kahi hulahula ʻaina ʻeleʻele paʻa no ka lā hānau Mabel Mercer's 75th. ʻO kekahi o nā mea hana ʻo Margaret Whiting, Sylvia Syms, Julius Monk, Jimmy Daniels, a me Bricktop. ʻO nā mea kipa me Frank Sinatra, Bobby Short, Peggy Lee, Blossom Dearie, Eileen Farrell, Leontyne Price a me nā mea ʻē aʻe ʻē aʻe.

Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka hōkele he ʻāina i koho ʻia e ka New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission ma Nowemapa 1, 1988, me kēia mau "Findings and Designations":

Ma muli o ka noʻonoʻo pono ʻana i ka mōʻaukala, ka mea kākau a me nā hiʻohiʻona ʻē aʻe o kēia hale, ʻike ka Landmarks Preservation Commission he ʻano kūikawā ko St. a me nā ʻano moʻomeheu o New York City.

Ua ʻike hou ke Komisina, ma waena o kāna mau ʻano koʻikoʻi, ʻo ka St. Regis Hotel, i ka wā i kūkulu ʻia ai, ʻo ia kekahi o nā hōkele ʻoi loa o ke kūlanakauhale; ʻo ia, ua kauoha ʻia e John Jacob Astor nona ka ʻohana i kūkulu i ka hōkele waiwai mua o New York; ʻo ia, ua hoʻolālā ʻia kona alo nani Beaux-Arts e ka hale hoʻolālā kaulana o Trowbridge & Livingston; ʻo ka St. Regis Hotel, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, i hoʻolaha i ka hoʻololi ʻana o Fifth Avenue mai kahi ala kūʻokoʻa, haʻahaʻa, hale noho a hiki i ke ala kalepa o nā hale kiʻekiʻe; ʻo ia, ʻo ka hoʻohui hope ʻana i ka St. Regis e ka hui o Sloan & Robertson e hoʻomaikaʻi akamai i ka hoʻolālā Beaux-Arts kumu a ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea koʻikoʻi loa i ka lole hoʻolālā o kēia ʻāpana o Fifth Avenue a hāʻawi nui i kāna ʻano akamai. ʻano ʻano.

ʻAʻole paha he wehewehe maikaʻi aʻe o ka Hotele St. Regis ma mua o ka mea i hōʻike ʻia ma ka puke hoʻolaha paʻa paʻa mua o 1905:

“Ma ka ʻoiaʻiʻo naʻe, aia ka ʻono i loko o ke kumu e hopu i ka pilina kūpono o nā mea, a ma kēia ʻano ke kū nei ka St. Regis i poʻokela. Ma ka ʻōlelo i kamaʻilio ʻia i ka maka, ʻōlelo ka puni i ke kono i ka malihini e hoʻokipa iā ia iho i ka home a me ka ʻoluʻolu. Hiki ke kapa ʻia ka hopena he mele maka.

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ʻO Stanley Turkel ua koho ʻia ma ke ʻano he Historian of the Year e ka Histories Hotels of America, he polokalamu manawaleʻa o ka National Trust for Historic Preservation, nona ka inoa i kapa ʻia ai ma 2020 a me 2015. ʻO Turel ka mea aʻoaʻo kūkā nui loa i hoʻolaha ʻia ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Hoʻohana ʻo ia i kāna hana kūkākūkā hōkele e lawelawe ana ma ke ʻano he loea ʻike i nā hihia e pili ana i ka hōkele, hāʻawi i ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ka kūkā kamaʻilio hōkele. Ua hōʻoia ʻia ma ke ʻano he Master Hotel Supplier Emeritus e ka Educational Institute o ka American Hotel and Lodging Association. [pale ʻia ka leka uila] 917-628-8549

Ua hoʻopuka ʻia kāna puke hou "Great American Hotel Architects Volume 2".

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• Kūkulu ʻia e Noho Lā: 100+ Mau Hōkele Makahiki Ma Nu Ioka (2011)

• Kukulu ʻia a hala i hope: 100+ mau makahiki mau makahiki ma ka Hikina o ka Misisipi (2013)

• Hotel Mavens: Lucius M. Boomer, George C. Boldt, Oscar o ka Waldorf (2014)

• Nā Hōkele ʻAmelika Nui Volume 2: Nā Paionia o ka ʻOhana Hotel (2016)

• Kukulu ʻia a hala i hope: 100+ mau makahiki mau makahiki ma ke komohana o ka Misisipi (2017)

• Hotel Mavens Volume 2: ʻO Henry Morrison Flagler, ʻO Henry Bradley Plant, ʻo Carl Graham Fisher (2018)

• Nā Luna Nui Hōkele ʻAmelika Nui Volume I (2019)

• Mavens Hotel: Volume 3: ʻO Bob lāua ʻo Larry Tisch, ʻo Ralph Hitz, ʻo Cesar Ritz, ʻo Curt Strand

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