ʻO ka Hotel Fairmont: Nob Hill Grande Dame

ʻO ka hale nani ʻo Grande Dame ma luna o Nob Hill ma Kapalakiko ua kapa ʻia ma hope o ka US Senator James Graham Fair (1834-1894) e kāna mau kaikamahine, ʻo Theresa Fair Oelrichs lāua ʻo Virginia Fair Vanderbilt. I ka wā i kūʻai aku ai ka mōʻī kālā ʻo James Fair i ka pūnaewele i ka hopena o ka makahiki ʻumikūmāiwa kanaono, ʻo kona makemake ka mea e kūkulu i ka hale nui loa ma ke kaiāulu. Eia nō naʻe, i kona wā i make ai i ka makahiki 1800, ua kūkulu hou ʻia ka hailona a hiki i ka makahiki 1894 i ka manawa i kauoha aku ai kāna mau kaikamahine i ke keʻena kuhikuhipuʻuone a me ka ʻenekinia ʻo Reid & Reid e hoʻolālā i kahi hōkele nui ma ke ʻano Italia Renaissance.

ʻO nā kaikuaʻana Reid: ʻO James (1851-1943), Merrit (1855-1932) a me Watson (1858-1944) i hoʻolālā i kahi lumi 600, ʻehiku hale kūkulu ʻia i hana ʻia me ka granite hina, marble cream a me ka pōhaku terracotta. Ma mua o ka wehe ʻana o ka hōkele hou, ua lū ke ʻōlaʻi o San Francisco 1906 a me ke ahi ma hope. ʻO nā mea hou iā Herbert a me Hartland Law, nā mea hana i kahi lāʻau patent kaulana, i hana i ka hana nui e kūkulu hou i ka Fairmont. Ua hoʻolimalima lākou iā Stanford White o ke keʻena hoʻolālā koʻikoʻi o McKim, Mead & White. Minamina, ua pili ʻo White i kahi triangle aloha a kī ʻia a make ʻia e ka multimillionaire Harry Thaw. Ua hoʻolimalima nā kaikuaʻana o ke Kānāwai i ka mea kālaiʻike kūloko ʻo Julia Morgan, ka wahine mua i puka puka o ka hanohano Ecole des Beaux Arts ma Palisa (a me ka mea akamai ma hope o ka hale nui ʻo Hearst Castle). Hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, ma ʻApelila 18, 1907, ua wehe ka Fairmont Hotel a ma 1908, ua noi hou ʻo Theresa Fair Oelrichs i ka hōkele i hoʻihoʻi ʻia.

Ua lilo koke ka Fairmont i hōkele kaulana ma Kapalakiko e ʻumeʻume nei i nā ʻohana no ka noho lōʻihi o ʻelua a ʻekolu paha mahina. Hāʻawi ka Fairmont i kahi kula i mākaukau piha e hōʻike ana i nā mele, ka hulahula, nā mea noʻeau a me kahi papahana piha o nā kumuhana. I ka 1926, ua hoʻohui ʻia ka papa ʻewalu me ka 6,000 kapuaʻi kuea Penthouse Suite.

Na 1917, ua mālama ʻo DM Linnard i ka hoʻokele a ma 1924 i kūʻai aku ai i ka hoihoi kuleana mai ka ʻohana Oelrichs. I ka makahiki 1929, ua kūʻai lilo aku ʻo ia i ka Fairmont iā George Smith, kahi ʻenekini hoʻouku maina nāna i hoʻopau wale ka Hōkele ʻo Mark Hopkins. Ua hana ʻo Smith i kahi hana hou hou a hoʻonohonoho i kahi loko i loko, ka Fairmont Plunge.

No nā pule he ʻumikūmākahi i ka makahiki 1945, ʻo ka Fairmont ke kapikala o ka Honua e hoʻokipa ana i nā ʻelele mai nā aupuni he kanahā ma mua o ke kanawalu pākēneka o ko ka honua heluna kanaka e kākau i ka United Nations Charter. Ma Iune 26, 1945, ua kau inoa ʻo Pelekikena Harry Truman i ka Charter hou. Ma kahi o ka manawa like, ua kūʻai ka mea kālā a me philanthropist Benjamin Swig i kanalimakūmāhā pākēneka o ka Fairmont no $ 2 miliona āna i wehewehe ai penei: "I ke kūʻai ʻana i ka hōkele, ua pau ia. ʻOi aku ia he hale keʻena no ka mea waiwai nui, ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou he poʻe i ke ʻano maoli o ka huaʻōlelo. Ua hōʻino ʻia a mālama ʻole ʻia. Ua haki ka paipu - he ʻumi a ʻumikūmālima mau liʻi kā mākou i ka lā - ʻaʻohe kapeta ma ka papahele a ʻo ka mea āpau he hale luahine wale nō ka home. ”

Ua aʻo koke ʻo Swig ʻaʻole ka mea hana kālā i ka puna wai Plunge. Ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e hoʻolilo iā ia i hale ʻaina a me ka pā i kapa ʻia ʻo SS Tonga ma hope o Mel Melvin, ka mea hoʻonohonoho hoʻonohonoho MGM i loaʻa kahi schooner ʻehā mau kia i kapa ʻia e ka inoa i ka pala i kokoke i Martinez. ʻAi koke nā malihini i ka meaʻai Kina, e leʻaleʻa nei i nā mea inu exotic ma ka papa o ka moku kuna, e nānā ana i ka wai polū o ka Plunge mua e hōʻike nei i kahi papa lana no ka orchestra ma ka lumi Tonga. Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka lewa e nā ʻino tropical staged, piha me ka uila a me ka ua noe e heleleʻi mai ana nā hunaʻi huna. Hoʻolimalima ʻo Swig iā Dorothy Draper, ka mea hoʻonaninani kaulana, e hoʻololi i ka hale hoʻokipa a me nā wahi lehulehu. Ua hoʻopau ʻia ka papahana hōʻano hou miliona i 1950. 

Ka Nūpepa Kapalakiko ua hōʻike kokoke ʻeono mile o ka lole a me ʻekolu mile o ke kāpili i hoʻohana ʻia i ka hana hou. Hoʻokahi o ka poʻe loiloi ua hopu ʻo Draper i ka ʻuhane o ka wā i hala, ka hiamoe aloha o nā lā Champagne, ua hui pū ʻia nā kuʻuna o ke kūlanakauhale me nā mea hou o kēia au. Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia i ka "Draper Touch" i ka Venetian Room Supper Club i wehe ʻia ma 1947 me nā noho 400. Ua huki ʻia nā mea leʻaleʻa kiʻekiʻe e like me Ethel Waters, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Tina Turner, Sammy Davis, Jr., Lena Horne, Red Skelton, James Brown, Judy Collins, Tony Bennett (nāna i mele "I Left My Heart in San Francisco ”no ka manawa mua ma aneʻi i ka makahiki 1962) a me ka hui ʻo Ernie Heckscher Band i hoʻokani no 36 mau makahiki.

I ka makahiki 1961, ua kūkulu ʻo Ben Swig i hale kiaʻi e pili ana me 23 mau lumi me ka Hale Aliʻi ma ka papahele luna a me kahi ea aniani ma waho o ka hale kiaʻi me nā manaʻo maikaʻi loa o ke kūlanakauhale. Ua hoʻohui pū ʻo ia i ka Merry-Go-Round Bar i ka hale kaulana ʻo Cirque Lounge me nā mural o nā holoholona hihiu a me ka ʻaukā puni i hoʻolālā ʻia e ka mea kākau ʻo Art Deco Tim Pflueger i 1933.

ʻO ka papahana kīwī kaulana 1983Hotel"Ma muli o ka puke moʻolelo maikaʻi loa na Arthur Hailey i kiʻi ʻia i ke keʻena o ka Fairmont no ka moʻolelo" St. Gregory Hotel. ”

Ua kūʻai aku ka ʻohana Swig i ka hōkele ma 1994 iā Maritz, Wolffe & Co. a me Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed bin Talel nāna i lawelawe he 94 mau hōkele ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa ma lalo o nā inoa ʻo Raffles, Fairmont a me Swissotel. Ma 2012, ua loaʻa iā Oaktree Capital Management a me Woodridge Capital Partners ka Fairmont San Francisco no $ 200 miliona ma hope o Maritz, Wolffe & Co. i loaʻa ʻole ka ʻae e hoʻololi i kahi ʻāpana o ka waiwai i nā hale noho.

I ka makahiki 2009, ua hōʻike ʻia e pili ana i ka Fairmont's Tonga Room, ka tiki bar hanohano, i wehe ʻia i ka makahiki 1945, e wāwahi ʻia paha i wahi no ka hoʻololi condo ma kahi hale kiaʻi e pili ana. ʻO ka New York Times ua hōʻike ʻia ma ʻApelila 3, 2009 e “… ua hōʻuluʻulu ʻo San Franciscans a puni ka lumi Tonga. Ua kākau lākou i nā leka, kau inoa i nā palapala noi a hoʻopau me ka hoʻowahāwahā ʻia ma mua o kā lākou mahele maikaʻi o nā mea inu hohonu i loko o kēia luakini o kitsch tropical ma ka piko o Nob Hill…. Kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi loa o ka paradaiso polinesia faux a puni. " E like me Mei, 2016, ua hauʻoli hou ka Tonga Room a ʻaʻohe hoʻoholo e pili ana i kāna hopena hope loa.

Ma 2015, ua kūʻai aku ʻo Oaktree lāua ʻo Woodridge i ka Fairmont San Francisco no $ 450 miliona i nā hui pili o Mirae Asset Global Investments, kahi ʻoihana lawelawe kālā nui i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Seoul, Kōlea Hema. Mai ka 2011, ua loaʻa i ka ʻoihana nā waiwai waiwai ʻoihana i ʻoi ʻia ma kahi o $ 8 biliona me ke 317 lumi ʻEhā Seasons Hotel Seoul, 531 lumi ʻEhā Seasons Hotel Sydney, 540-ʻehā lumi Fairmont Orchid Hotel a me ka 282-lumi ʻaoʻao ma Marriott Seoul Pangyo.

Ua hoʻohui ʻia ka Fairmont San Francisco i ka National Register of Histories Places ma ʻApelila 17, 2002. He lālā ia no Histotel Hotel o ʻAmelika, ka papahana kūhelu o ka National Trust for History Preservation.

E LOA ANA O KA AINA

ʻO Stanley Turkel ua koho ʻia ma ke ʻano he 2014 a me ka Mōʻaukala 2015 o ka Makahiki e Histories Hotel o ʻAmelika, ka papahana kūhelu o ka National Trust for History Preservation. ʻO Turel ke kūkākūkā hōkele i hoʻolaha nui ʻia ma United States. 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 hotele. 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

ʻO kaʻu puke hou "Hotel Mavens Volume 3: ʻO Bob lāua ʻo Larry Tisch, Curt Strand, Ralph Hitz, Cesar Ritz, Raymond Orteig" i paʻi ʻia.

ʻO kaʻu mau puke hōkele ʻē aʻe i paʻi ʻia

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

• Kūkulu ʻia e mau aku: 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: Paionia o ka ʻOhana Hotel (2016)

• Kukulu 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)

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

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