Tarihin Otal: Kisan ginin otal da aka kashe ya fara roƙon hauka na ɗan lokaci kuma ya yi nasara

Kafin zama The Chatwal New York da The Lambs Club Restaurant and Bar, wannan wurin da aka tsara na Stanford White shine jigon gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Amurka na ƙarni na 20. Ginin ya fara buɗewa a cikin 1905 a matsayin gida ga babbar ƙungiyar Lambs, ƙungiyar wasan kwaikwayo ta farko ta Amurka. An shirya shi a cikin 1874 ta ƙungiyar 'yan wasan kwaikwayo da masu sha'awa, Lambs sun mamaye jerin wuraren haya kafin su zauna a 44thStreet. Kulob din na Amurka ya dauki sunansa daga wata kungiya mai kama da ita a Landan, wacce ta yi fice a tsakanin 1869-1879, da sunan mai sukar wasan kwaikwayo kuma marubuci Charles Lamb.

Christopher Gray ya rubuta a cikin Disamba 26, 1999 shafi na Tituna a cikin New York Times:

… A New York, 'yan raguna sun mamaye jerin gidajen haya, kuma a cikin 1888 sun fara abin da suka kira "gambols", wasan kwaikwayo na musamman na membobin da aka gayyaci baƙi zuwa waje. A ƙarshen 1890s, a ƙarƙashin ɗan wasan kwaikwayo DeWolf Hopper, "Makiyayi" - ko shugaban - na kulob din, an yi amfani da gambols a matsayin ƙoƙari na tara kudade don sabon gini. A cikin 1898, gambol ya tafi yawon shakatawa na mako guda, takwas, yana tara dala 67,000.

A cikin 1903, Lambs sun sayi wuri a 128 da 130 West 44th Street, kusa da gundumar wasan kwaikwayo mai tasowa, kuma suka riƙe Stanford White, memba na kulob, don tsara gidan kulab. Maginin ya ƙirƙira wani arziƙin ƙirar neo-Georgian a cikin bulo, marmara da terracotta.

... A cikin 1914, The New York Times ya rubuta "yayin da yawancin gidajen kulab na Big Town suna nuna mutunci da ruhin makabartar Greenwood a ranar Asabar da yamma, 'yan raguna suna cike da tartsatsi da ginger kamar bronco, wani gungu. na sabbin wutan wuta.”

Bayan shekara guda, Jaridar Maraice ta Asabar ta sami damar yin nuni ga manyan maki a tarihin kulob din kamar yadda George M. Cohan ya yi wasan farko na “Over There” a gambo, da kuma farkon sigar “Brigadoon” wanda mawaki Frederick ya buga. Loewe akan piano a cikin gasa.

Stanford White, abokin tarayya a fitaccen kamfanin gine-ginen McKim, Mead & White, shine asalin ginin gidan kulab ɗin The Lambs. Ka'idodin ƙirarsa sun ƙunshi "Renaissance na Amurka," kamar yadda aka gani a cikin aikinsa akan manyan ginshiƙai kamar The Washington Square Arch, Madison Square Garden, Metropolitan Club da ɗakin karatu na Jama'a na Boston. Don Ƙungiyar Lambs, ya ƙera wani bene mai hawa shida, ginin bulo neo-Georgian wanda ke da facade da aka ƙawata da kawunan rago. Wani dakin girki da dakin billiard ne a bene na farko, dakin liyafa a hawa na biyu da gidan wasan kwaikwayo a hawa na uku. Babban benaye sun ba da sarari ga ofisoshi da wuraren kwana, galibi membobin da ke tafiya zuwa The Great White Way daga Hollywood ke amfani da su. Girman kulob din ya ninka sau biyu a cikin 1915 lokacin da aka gina wani ƙarin da gine-ginen George Freeman ya tsara a yammacin ƙarshen ginin. A cikin 1974, Hukumar Kula da Kasa da Kasa ta Birnin New York ta ayyana ginin a matsayin alama.

Tun lokacin da aka kafa kulob din, akwai Rago fiye da 6,000, tare da fitattun litattafai masu karatu kamar Wanene Wane ne na gidan wasan kwaikwayo da fim na Amurka: Maurice, Lionel da John Barrymore, Irving Berlin, Cecil B. DeMille, David Belasco, Charlie Chaplin, George M. Cohan, Douglas Fairbanks, John Wayne, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Spencer Tracy da kuma Fred Astaire, waɗanda aka ambata suna cewa, “Lokacin da aka yi ni Ɗan Rago, na ji an yi mini jaki.”

Architect Stanford White ya kasance mai ban sha'awa ga matasa, kyawawan mata, kuma ya shahara da yawan karbar bakuncin bangaran bangaranci da ke alfahari da 'yan mata masu sanye da kayan kwalliya, da kuma champagne na Faransa. Gidansa da ke hawa na biyu a Lambun Madison Square ya yi kaurin suna saboda jan burbushinsa da ke rataye a saman rufin, sau da yawa daya daga cikin 'yan matan nasa ke zama. Ɗaya daga cikin irin wannan mazaunin ita ce kyakkyawa mai jajayen kai mai shekaru goma sha bakwai daga wani ƙaramin gari a Pennsylvania mai suna Evelyn Nesbit. White yana da soyayya mai ɓoye da Nesbit, wanda ya ƙare kamar yadda ya fara a hankali lokacin da idanunsa ke yawo ya tafi ga sababbin matan Manhattan.

Evelyn ta ci gaba da ɗan gajeren soyayya da John Barrymore kafin ta auri wani miloniya mai tashin hankali kuma mai gata mai suna Harry Kendall Thaw. Bayan koyon tarihin guguwar Nesbit tare da White, Thaw ya nemi ya harbe mai ginin gine-gine a lokacin wani wasan kwaikwayo a Madison Square Garden. An samu Thaw da laifin kisan Stanford White ta dalilin hauka, wani lamari mai cike da tarihi a shari'ar Amurka saboda wannan ne karo na farko da wani lauya mai kare ya shigar da kara na rashin hauka na wucin gadi kuma ya yi nasara.

Otal ɗin Chatwal New York wani yanki ne na dogon tarihi na karimcin karimci wanda iyayen kamfanin Hampshire Hotels and Resorts da Shugabanta, Sant Singh Chatwal suka bayar. An haife shi daga ra'ayi na bayar da "wani abu ga kowane dandano, salo da kasafin kuɗi," Hampshire Hotels ya samo asali a Manhattan tun daga 1986. Yana ba da tsararrun samfuran ikon amfani da sunan kamfani a cikin manyan kamfanoni da yawa ciki har da Hilton, Choice, Best Western da Marriott ban da ƙari. Kamfanonin nata na gida waɗanda ɗan Sant Vikram ya fara a 1999. Hampshire Hotels yanzu sun mallaki kuma suna gudanar da otal a cikin samfuran salon rayuwarsu kamar Time Hotels, Hotels Dream da otal ɗin dare.

Ƙarƙashin jagorancin mai zane-zane Thierry Despont, ginin Lambs Club na 1905 an sake dawo da shi kuma an sake tsara shi azaman otal na musamman da na alatu. An haifi Despont ɗan masanin gine-ginen ne a Faransa kuma ya yi karatu a mashahuriyar Beaux-Arts da ke birnin Paris, kafin ya koma Amurka don samun digiri na biyu a fannin tsara birane a Harvard. A cikin 1976, ya shiga cikin sanannen kamfani na Lord Llewelyn-Davies, ya fara aiki a reshensa na Tehran sannan ya koma ofishin New York. Despont ya sadu da ɗimbin manyan mutane waɗanda za su zama abokan ciniki, ciki har da John da Susan Gutfreund, Jayne Wrightsmen, Oscar da Annette de la Renta. A yau kamfaninsa, Thierry W. Despont, Ltd., yana ci gaba da gudanar da ayyuka ga abokan cinikin sa masu kyau a duk faɗin duniya.

Despont ya shahara musamman tare da saitin mogul. Ya tsara wuraren zama don Ralph Lauren, Babban Shugaba Les Wexner, Calvin Klein, Hubert de Givenchy, da Millard Drexler, tsohon Shugaba na Gap. Shi ne ya kera babban gida na Bill Gates a jihar Washington, wanda aka yiwa lakabi da "Xanadu 2.0." Despont ya yi aiki a fagen kasuwanci, kuma. Ya yi aiki a kan gyaran Otal ɗin Claridge na London.

Dakunan baƙi na Chatwal suna da abubuwan jin daɗi na musamman yayin da suke sake ƙirƙira ƙirar Art Deco na 1930 wanda ke haifar da ma'anar wuri da zamani. Suna nuna yanayin kulabby, kyawawa da kwanciyar hankali na wannan alamar ta New York. Daga cikin dakunan baki 83, 40 sun fi girma, kuma ba a bar kula da dalla-dalla ba. Abubuwan da aka gama cikin ɗakin sun haɗa da bangon da aka rufe da fata mai kyau da kabad biyu nannade da fata, katunan wasan Chatwal na retro da saitin kayan baya na musamman. Hankali ga ƙananan abubuwan taɓawa na zamani yana haifar da bambanci: samun damar Intanet kyauta, mai girman kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka, 42-inch HD allon allo mai faɗin IP tare da DVD Blueray da zaɓuɓɓukan harsuna da yawa, ɗakin karatu na fim, da tsarin sitiriyo a cikin ɗaki tare da Dock na iPod duk suna ba da ƙwarewar waya cikin kwanciyar hankali.

Chatwal ya ba Shifman katifa izinin tsara katifa da aka yi da hannu, wanda aka haɗa shi da faffadan zaɓin rigar gado ta Frette da menu na matashin kai. Kunna kai cikin ɗaya daga cikin riguna na al'ada na Chatwal na Kashwere bayan tsoma a cikin ruwan sama na Rain Drop ko wanka na Jacuzzi (cikakke da kayan aikin Asprey, keɓanta ga Chatwal New York) shine ƙarshen ranar New York. Hakanan dakunan wanka suna da benayen marmara, bangon madubi da talabijin hadedde mai inci 19. Sabis ɗin juyawa na otal ɗin ya haɗa da sabis na haskaka takalma na kyauta, ruwan kwalba, da jaridar da aka fi so da baƙon da aka kawo kowace safiya zuwa ƙofarsu.

Shahararren Chef Geoffrey Zakarian yana aiki da gidan cin abinci na Lambs Club mai kujeru 90 a Chatwal New York. Bayar da masu cin abinci abubuwan da aka sabunta akan mashaya na gargajiya da gasa tare da gayyata, yanayi mai daɗi, menu yana mai da hankali kan abincin Amurkawa na gargajiya da kayan abinci na zamani.

Gidan Wuta na Red Door Spa a Chatwal New York ya haɗa da dakunan jiyya masu zaman kansu guda uku tare da ruwan shawa na sirri da canza wurare ban da wurin yankan yankan hannu da tasha. Wurin ruwa na cinya, wuraren waha guda biyu da cikakken kayan aikin motsa jiki yana ba da kayan aiki tare da abubuwan haɗin sauti-na gani masu zaman kansu da masu horo na sirri.

A cikin Afrilu 2011, otal ɗin Chatwal New York ya rattaba hannu kan yarjejeniyar lasisi tare da Starwood Luxury Collection, ƙungiya daban-daban na fiye da 75 na mafi kyawun otal da wuraren shakatawa a cikin ƙasashe sama da 30.

An cire wannan labarin tare da izinin marubucin daga littafin, "Gina Don Ƙarshe: 100+ Year-Old Hotels East of Mississippi," AuthorHouse 2013. Mawallafin, Stanley Turkel, sanannen hukuma ne kuma mai ba da shawara a cikin masana'antar otal. Yana gudanar da otal ɗinsa, baƙuwar baƙi da aikin tuntuɓar ƙwararre a cikin sarrafa kadarorin, duba ayyukan aiki da ingancin yarjejeniyar cinikin otal da ayyukan tallafi na ƙararraki. Abokan ciniki sune masu otal, masu saka hannun jari da cibiyoyin bayar da lamuni. Littafinsa na baya-bayan nan shine "Hotel Mavens: Lucius M. Boomer, George C. Boldt da Oscar na Waldorf."