Ua kūkulu ʻo Brilliant Hotel Man i ka hale ʻo Palmer ma Chicago i ka makahiki 1871

Ua kūkulu ʻia ka Hale Palmer mua ma 1871 e Potter Palmer nāna i hoʻomaka i kāna ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he kākau ʻōlelo panakō ma uka o New York. Ua lilo ʻo ia i mea nona ka hale kūʻai maloʻo ma Chicago kahi i hoʻololi ai i ke kālepa kūʻai. ʻO ia ka mea mua i hana i nā hōʻikeʻike puka makani nui, e hoʻohana i nā wahi hoʻolaha nui, e hoʻouna i nā waiwai i ka ʻae ʻia i nā hale a mālama i nā kūʻai kūʻai. Ua lilo ʻo ia i kanaka hōkele maikaʻi i kona hoʻohana ʻana i kāna mau ʻano hale kūʻai kūleʻa i ka hana o kāna hōkele. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i ʻike i ke kumu e pono ʻole ai ka hoʻopaʻi ʻia ʻana o ka poʻe kākau ʻōlelo, nā chefs a me nā poʻo e kali ana i ka hoʻopaʻi e like me ka poʻe holo papahele a me ka poʻe lele lele. Ua ʻōlelo ka Hotel Gazette, hiki ke ʻike ʻia ʻo ia i nā hola a pau ma ka lobby a me nā ala o ka Palmer House e nānā a alakaʻi.

ʻEkolu mau hale hōkele ʻo Palmer House. ʻO ka mua, i kapa ʻia ʻo The Palmer, ua kūkulu ʻia ma ke ʻano he makana mare mai Potter Palmer i kāna wahine mare ʻo Bertha Honorè. Ua wehe ʻia i ka lā 26 o Kepakemapa, 1871, akā ua luku ʻia e ke ahi he ʻumikumamākolu mau lā ma hope o ke ahi nui ʻo Chicago. Ua kūkulu hou ʻo Palmer i ka Hale Palmer i wehe hou ʻia i ka makahiki 1875. Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "The World's Only Fire-Proof Hotel" a loaʻa i kahi lobby nui, nā lumi pōlele, nā keʻena nani, nā suites male, nā hale ʻaina a me nā hale ʻai. Ua hoʻokipa ka hōkele i nā poʻe noho mau e hauʻoli nei i nā keʻena ākea, nā lumi moe nui, nā lumi lumi lumi, nā lumi lumi he nui, nā hale mālama hale a me nā lawelawe lawe puka. Ma ka makahiki 1925, ua kūkulu ʻo Palmer i kahi hōkele 25-papa hou i hāpai ʻia ʻo ia ka hōkele nui loa ma ka honua. ʻO nā mea kākau ʻo Holabird & Roche i kaulana no kā lākou kula kiʻekiʻe o Chicago School of skyscrapers. Ua hoʻolālā pū lākou i ka Stevens Hotel, ka Hale Hoʻokolokolo ʻo Cook County, ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o Chicago a me ka Hotel Muehlebach ma Kansas City.

Ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻia ʻo Palmer House hou no ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā kālā kālā he 225 i loko o ka papahele papa papa o ka hale ʻuʻuku.

Ua waiho ʻia lākou ma laila e William S. Eaton, ka mea hoʻolimalima o ka hale kūʻai, nāna i hoʻolilo i ka manaʻo i loko o nā makahiki e hiki mai ana. Ua makemake ka poʻe a pau e ʻike i kēlā papahele ma muli o ka hoihoi nui a i ʻole e hōʻoia i hiki i ka mea ʻoki ke hōʻike i kāna kālā.

E like me kekahi o nā hana lōʻihi loa hotel ma ʻAmelika, ʻo ka Palmer House kahi papa inoa o nā malihini kaulana me kēlā me kēia pelekikena mai Ulysses S. Grant, nā alakaʻi honua he nui, nā mea kaulana a me nā mea hoʻoneʻe a me nā haʻalulu o Chicago. Ua lilo ka lumi Empire ma ka Hale Palmer i wahi hōʻikeʻike ma Chicago. I ka wā o ka World Fair of 1933, he hui hula hula ʻike ʻole ʻia, lanakila ʻo Veloz lāua ʻo Yolanda i nā puʻuwai o ke kūlanakauhale a hoʻokani ma laila no hoʻokahi makahiki ʻoi aku. Ua ukali ʻia lākou e nā mea leʻaleʻa ola me Guy Lombardo, Ted Lewis, Sophie Tucker, Eddie Duchin, Hildegarde, Carol Channing, Phyllis Diller, Bobby Darin, Jimmy Durante, Lou Rawls, Maurice Chevalier, Liberace, Louis Armstrong, Harry Belafonte, Peggy Lee, ʻO Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland a me Ella Fitzgerald, a me kekahi.

I ka makahiki 1945, ua hele ʻo Conrad Hilton i Chicago e kūʻai i ka Hotel Stevens, ka hōkele nui loa ma ka honua me ʻekolu kaukani lumi a me ʻekolu kaukani ʻauʻau. Ma hope o ka lōʻihi o ke kūkākūkā ʻana me Stephen A. Healy, ka mea nona ka miliona miliona a me ka ex-bricklayer, ua loaʻa iā Hilton ka Stevens. Ma hope o kēlā makahiki, kūʻai ʻo Hilton i ka Palmer House mai Potter Palmer no $19,385,000. Ua hoʻolimalima ʻo Hilton i ka US Army Air Force Colonel Joseph Binns i hiki ke hoʻokele i nā hōkele ʻelua. Ua hōʻike ʻo Hilton i kāna moʻolelo pilikino "Be My Guest": "Ua hele au i Chicago me ka manaʻo e kūʻai i hoʻokahi lua gula a hoʻi mai i ka home me ʻelua."

I ka makahiki 1971, hoʻolauleʻa ka Hale Palmer i kona lā hānau 100 makahiki. Aia ʻo Octogenarian Conrad Hilton no nā hana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mekia ʻo Chicago ʻo Richard J. Daly, "Ma ka ʻāina a me ka honua, ʻaʻohe hale hōkele ʻoi aku ka ʻike a mahalo nui ʻia ma mua o ka Palmer House. …. Manaʻo ka poʻe i hele i loko a i waho o ko mākou kūlanakauhale i ka Palmer House ke noʻonoʻo lākou iā Chicago.

I ka 2005, ua loaʻa ka hale Palmer e Thor Equities no $ 240 miliona. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Joseph A. Sitt, pelekikena o Thor, i kahi hōʻano hou $ 170 miliona i komo pū me ka hoʻomaikaʻi hou ʻana i nā lumi he 1,000 (mai ka huina o 1,639), me ka hoʻohui ʻana i kahi hale kaʻa e kū ana i lalo, e hemo ana i kahi moʻo o ke ahi i hōʻino i ka maka o ka State Street pā a me ka hale ʻaina hou i ka lobi kupaianaha o ka hōkele. Maliʻa paha ʻōlelo ʻia nā puke hoʻolaha hoʻolaha ʻo Palmer House Hilton e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi:

Aia nā poloka mai ka Magnificent Mile a me ke kaona ʻo Chicago Theatre District, ʻo ka makana male mai Potter Palmer e hoʻomau nei i ka leʻaleʻa i ka poʻe luhi o nā huakaʻi a me nā mea koi nui o nā pūʻali koa.

He lālā ka Palmer House Hilton o ka papahana Historic Hotels of America o ka National Trust for Historic Preservation. ʻO ia ka hōkele mua loa o Chicago me nā mea hoʻokiʻekiʻe, a ʻo ka hōkele mua me nā ʻōpuʻu kukui uila a me nā kelepona i loko o nā lumi hoʻokipa. ʻOiai ua kapa ʻia ka hōkele ʻo ka hōkele hoʻomau mau loa ma ʻAmelika ʻAmelika, ua pani ʻia ia ma Malaki 2020 ma muli o ka maʻi maʻi Covid-19 a wehe hou ʻia ma Iune 17, 2021.

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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• Nā Hōkele ʻAmelika Nui: Nā Paionia o ka ʻOhana Hotel (2009)

• 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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