Ma Pepeluali 7, 1989, ka Hōkele Peninsula ua koho ʻia ma ke ʻano he Landmark e ke Komikina mālama ʻāina ʻo New York. ʻO ka neo-Italian Renaissance Gotham Hotel maoli kekahi o nā hale liʻiliʻi ma Fifth Avenue e hoʻomanaʻo ana i nā makahiki gula o nā hōkele waiwai a me nā wahi koʻikoʻi a lākou e noho ai i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o ke kūlanakauhale. Ua kūkulu ʻia ma 1905, ua hoʻolālā ʻia e ka hale hoʻolālā hale o Hiss & Weekes a aia i waena o nā mea kahiko o nā hōkele "skyscraper" mua. Ua hoʻolaha kēia mau hōkele i ka loli o Fifth Avenue mai kahi alanui noho wale - Millionaires 'Row - i kahi ala ʻoihana kālepa ʻano maʻalahi. Ke kū nei i nā moʻolelo he iwakālua, e pili ana i ka hoʻohui hale kiʻekiʻe nunui, ma ke kihi komohana hema o West 55th Street a me Fifth Avenue, kahi Gotham i hāʻawi wiwo ʻole ʻia i wahi maka i ka wā o kēia wā, ka Beaux-Arts St. Regis Hotel flamboyant pololei ma Fifth Avenue . Hoʻopiha maikaʻi ʻia me ka mākaukau ʻo McKim, Mead & White's University Club e pili ana i ka Peninsula i ka hema.
Ua hōʻike ʻia ka Architectural Record i Nowemapa 1902:
ʻIke mākou āpau i ka woeely individualistic o kā mākou poʻe kūkulu hale, e hopena ana i ka nui o ka fragmentary, inharmonious, clashing architecture, ʻaʻohe hoʻāʻo e hana ʻia no ka pono o ka nani a me ka like. ʻO kēia hōkele nui i manaʻo ʻia (ka Gotham) he ʻumikūmāwalu mau moʻolelo i hoʻolālā ʻia e kūlike me ke Kulanui University e pili pū ana, kahi mea kūkulu maikaʻi. E ukali nā laina hoʻolālā o ka hōkele i nā laina o ka University Club. E hana ka laina waena waena i arcade mau o ʻelima mau puka i ka hui a ʻelima i ka hōkele. E hoʻokō ʻia ka pōhaku balustrade ma nā laina like o ka balustrade o ke kalapu i kēia manawa. Pēlā e nakinaki pū ʻia ai ka palaka holoʻokoʻa. ʻO ke kumumanaʻo maʻamau o ka hoʻolālā he mea like ia me ka lāʻau, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Renaissance ʻItalia a hiki i ka hale i kūkulu ʻia he ʻumikūmāwalu hale.
ʻO ka firm o Hiss & Weekes i hoʻomau i ka hana no kanakolukumamāhā mau makahiki e hana ana i kekahi mau hale i ke kūlanakauhale e like me: ka Belnord Apartments kupaianaha (1908-09), kahi hale neiss-nui Renaissance neo-ʻItalia ma ke Alanui Komohana 86th Nuioka Kahaʻāina City); a me nā hale kaona nani o Beaux-Arts ma 6 a me 8 West 65th Street (i kēia manawa ma ka ʻĀpana ʻIolani ʻAoʻao Hema).
ʻAʻole i loaʻa ka Gotham i ke aloha i ʻimi ʻia, ma kekahi ʻāpana no ka mea ua uhi ʻia e ka puka mahope o ka St. Regis Hotel ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o Fifth Avenue a laila ma ka Plaza Hotel ʻehā mau palaka i ka ʻākau. Ua kuhi ʻia ka Gotham ma 1908 ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻole o kahi laikini ʻona. E like me kā Christopher Gray i hōʻike ai i kāna ʻatikala Streetscapes ma ka New York Times (Ianuali 3, 1999):
Aia ka hale pule ʻo Fifth Avenue Presbyterian ma ke kihi komohana ʻākau o 55th a me Fifth a ʻaʻole i ʻae iki ka St. Regis i ka ʻae e lawelawe i ka waiʻona - he hana hewa ia i ka kapu e pāpā ana i nā kūʻai waiona ma loko o 200 kapuaʻi o kahi halepule. ʻO ke Gotham, ma ʻō aku o ke Alanui 55th mai ka hale pule he kānalua ʻole ia i ka hōʻeha i ke kānāwai. Wahi a kekahi mau nūpepa nūpepa ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ʻo ʻAmelike Hui Pū ʻIa ʻo Thomas C. Platt a me nā mea kālaiʻāina koʻikoʻi he mau hoa hana wahaheʻe ʻole ia ma ka hui Gotham maoli, a ma 1905 a me 1907 nā pila i hoʻolauna ʻia i loko o ka New York State Legislature e hoʻokuʻu ana i nā hōkele mai ka hoʻolako inā loaʻa iā lākou ma mua o 200 lumi.
ʻAʻole kekahi o nā bila, i hana maopopo ʻia no ka Gotham, holo. I ka makahiki 1908 ua komo ka Gotham i kahi wānana ma kahi o ka pila kīʻaha kālā he $ 741, a ʻo ka Real Estate Record & Guide i ʻōlelo ʻia ma muli o ke kaohi ʻona wale nō ka holomua, a ʻo ia ka mea i hōʻino ʻia he ludicrous. ʻO ka hōkele, he $ 4 miliona ka uku no ke kūkulu ʻana, ua kūʻai ʻia aku no $ 2.45 miliona.
He mau ʻona ʻokoʻa ko ka hōkele a hiki i ke kūʻai ʻia ʻana i 1920 iā William lāua ʻo Julius Manger, nā mea nona ka pae o nā hōkele ʻo Manger me ka Hale Hōkele ʻo Martha Washington no nā Wahine. Ma hope mai, ua kūʻai ka Kirkeby Hotel Group i ka waiwai ma 1944. ʻO nā mea ʻona ʻē aʻe ʻo Mrs. Evelyn Sharp, Webb & Knapp, Wellington Associates, nona ka hōkele ʻo Swiss Rene Hatt, Sol Goldman, Irving Goldman, Arthur Cohen, William Zeckendorf Jr. a me Steven Goodstein. ʻO ka mea hope loa, i ka makahiki 1988, ua kūʻai ka Hong Kong a me Shanghai Hotels Ltd., ka hui makua o ka Hui Peninsula o nā hōkele ma ʻAsia, i ka Hotel Gotham no $ 127 miliona a ua kapa hou ʻia ka Peninsula Hotel. I ka hopena, ua loaʻa ka Gotham i ka mea nona ia e pono ai mai ka makahiki 1905. Inā ʻoe i noho ma ka Peninsula Hotel mua ma Hong Kong, ʻike ʻoe i ke ʻano o ka hana maikaʻi maoli a me ka lawelawe: nā huaʻai a me ka champagne mahalo i loko o kou lumi i ka nānā ʻana i ka Star Ferry e hele i ke awa ma waho o kāu puka aniani; ʻo Rolls-Royce no ka lawe ʻana i ka malihini i nā hālāwai a me ke kahua mokulele. ke ʻono nei i kahi espresso pālua i ka pākana lobby hana i ka heluhelu ʻana i ka International Herald Tribune.
Ua loaʻa ka New York Peninsula Hotel i ka makana AAA Five Diamond no ʻumikūmākolu mau makahiki. Aia ka Peninsula i kekahi o nā hui olakino hōkele ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a maikaʻi loa ma New York e komo pū ana me kahi spa he 35,000 kapuaʻi kuea, kahi wai ʻauʻau i uhi ʻia me nā kīʻaha a me ka ʻaukā a me ka pā o ka hale.
Ua koho ka hōkele i kahi amenity i ʻoi aku ka leʻaleʻa ma mua o chic: Mini Coopers a ka chauffeur-driven. Loaʻa nā kaʻa a hiki i ʻekolu mau hola i ka lā i ka poʻe kipa e hoʻopaʻa puke i kahi lumi. Hiki i nā mea hele ke hāhai i nā mākaʻikaʻi kūlanakauhale i waiho ʻia ma iPhones a i ʻole iPads i loko o nā kaʻa, a i ʻole hiki iā lākou ke haʻi maʻalahi i nā mea hoʻokele kahi a lākou e makemake ai e hele. ʻO nā kaʻa, ke ʻano ʻo Mini Cooper S Clubman model, ua hoʻonohonoho iki ʻia. Mālama lākou i kahi pahu liʻiliʻi a me kahi pahu ukana ma luna no nā ʻeke kūʻai. Ma waho o ka hana, ka ʻokoʻa nui ma waena o kēia a me nā ʻauwaʻa Hong Kong: ʻaʻole ʻoe e huakaʻi i ke kahua mokulele. Kūpono ʻia kēia mau kaʻa no ka holo hauʻoli.
He makua makua ʻole ʻo Gotham kahiko.
ʻO ka mea kākau, ʻo Stanley Turkel, kahi mana a me ke kūkākūkā i ka ʻoihana hōkele. Hoʻohana ʻo ia i kāna hōkele, hoʻokipa a me ka hana aʻoaʻo aʻoaʻo loea i ka hoʻokele waiwai, nā loiloi hana a me ka maikaʻi o nā ʻaelike franchise hotel a me nā kuleana kākoʻo litigation. ʻO nā mea kūʻai aku nā mea hōkele, nā mea hoʻopukapuka, a me nā ʻoihana hōʻaiʻē.
"Nā Luna Nui Hōkele ʻAmelika Nui"
ʻO kaʻu puke mōʻaukala hōkele ʻewalu i hōʻike aku i nā mea kālaiʻike he ʻumikūmālua i hoʻolālā i nā hōkele 94 mai 1878 a 1948: Warren & Wetmore, Schultze & Weaver, Julia Morgan, Emery Roth, McKim, Mead & White, Henry J. Hardenbergh, Carrere & Hastings, Mulliken & Moeller, ʻO Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter, Trowbridge & Livingston, George B. Post a me nā keiki kāne.
Nā puke i paʻi ʻia ʻē aʻe:
• Nā Hōkele ʻAmelika Nui: Nā Paionia o ka ʻOhana Hotele (2009)
• Kūkulu ʻia To Last: 100+ Makahiki Hou Hotel ma New York (2011)
• Kūkulu ʻia a hala i hope: 100+ mau makahiki makahiki ma ka Hikina o ka Misisipi (2013)
• ʻO Mavens Hotel: Lucius M. Boomer, George C. Boldt lāua ʻo Oscar o ka Waldorf (2014)
• Nā Hōkele ʻAmelika Nui Volume 2: Nā Paionia o ka ʻOhana Hotele (2016)
• Kūkulu ʻia a hala i hope: 100+ mau makahiki 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)
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