ʻO kahi loli kapikala

Ma ke kihi o ke Alanui Stamford a me ke Alanui Bridge Bridge, ma ka puʻuwai o ko Civic civic a me ka moʻomeheu moʻomeheu, e waiho ana ka hale kiʻi hou ʻo Capitol. He momi mākeke-deco ia i hoʻomaka i kona ola ma 1930 a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e nā mea kākau kiʻi neo-classical Keys a me Dowdeswell, e lawe nei i ka hoʻouluulu mai ka hale kiʻi Roxy i New York.

Ua lawa ka hoʻomanaʻo o nā kamaʻāina, nānā i hope i kahi manawa i kipa ai nā hōkū e like me Charlie Chaplin, Ava Gardner, a me Douglas Fairbanks i ka hale keaka e paipai i kā lākou kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. Ua hoʻokipa ka Mickey Mouse Club i kā lākou mau hōʻike ma laila i ka makahiki 1930, a ʻo kekahi ma Singapore ma kahi o 70 mau makahiki e hoʻomanaʻo lākou i ko lākou lā mua ma ka hale kūʻai paʻi Palani ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka hale keaka.

I kēia manawa, ua hoʻāla hou ʻia kēia kiʻi deco art ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o Capitol Singapore, ka ulu mua o ka nohona i hoʻohui ʻia i ka nohona. Hoʻolālā ʻia e nā mea kākā lanakila lanakila ʻo Pritzker Architecture, ʻo Richard Meier a me nā Hoa, ʻo ka Patina kahi hōkele, kahi hōkele; ʻO Eden Residences Capitol, kahi hoʻomohala hale; a ʻo Capitol Piazza, kahi hale kūʻai mea kūʻai a me nā mea inu. ʻO ka Hale Keaka ʻo Capitol ka mea kalaunu o kēia huakaʻi.

I kēia lā, ua hana hou ʻia ka hale keaka ʻo Capitol a wehe ʻia i nā hana o nā ʻano like ʻole me nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni a me nā hālāwai. Ua ʻōlelo ka pūnaewele "Visiting Singapore" ʻoi aku ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no nā hana makana, nā pō gala, nā semina nui a me nā ʻaha kūkā, nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, a me nā hanana kapena ʻulaʻula kiʻekiʻe.

ʻO ka makana hope loa paha no kēia kikowaena kiʻi ka wehe ʻana o ka hale kakali ʻo Capitol Kempinski Hotel i kali ʻia, i kapa ʻia ʻo Capitol Building. "Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka hale ʻana i ka inoa ʻo Kempinski mua ma Singapore," haʻaheo ʻo Christian Gurtner, Luna Hoʻokele o ka hōkele iaʻu no ka ʻaina kakahiaka i loko o ke keleawe i hoʻihoʻi nani ʻia. Wahi a Gurtner, "E hōʻike ka hōkele i nā mōhai ʻai a me nā mea inu e pili ana i ka waiwai a ma ke Kapikala kokoke iā Piazza i nā mahina e hiki mai ana."

Hoʻohui maikaʻi ʻia ka hōkele me nā wahi e pili ana ma ke ʻano he art deco gem e hāʻawi ʻoluʻolu ʻole like ʻole, a ʻokoʻa ʻokoʻa nā lumi hoʻokipa āpau i kekahi i kekahi. Lawe nā kaupaku kiʻekiʻe i kekahi i ke au ke kū ka opulence.

ʻO ka waiwai nui, ʻo Pua Seck Guan, a me kāna ʻoihana Perennial Real Estate Holdings e mālama i ka mana o ka papahana holoʻokoʻa e pili ana i ka hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me ka hōkele, a hauʻoli ʻo ia no ka loaʻa ʻana o nā malihini i ka Capitol Kempinski. "Ua ʻoi aku paha ka maikaʻi ma mua o Raffles," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. Ma mua o 15 mau kaulahao e noi no ka ʻaelike hoʻokele, akā ua loaʻa iā Pua kahi mea makemake iā Kempinski, ka inoa maikaʻi loa o ʻEulopa. ʻO ke kumu nui ma hope o ke koho ʻana ʻo Kempinski ʻo ke kaulahao ka nānā nui ʻana i ka waiwai nui, e hōʻalo ana i ka hoʻowalewale ʻana i nā waiwai ʻo 3 a me 4 mau hōkū.