Peninsula Hotel New York: Tuno da zamanin zinariya na kyawawan otal-otal

A ranar 7 ga Fabrairu, 1989, da Hotel na Yankin Yankin Hukumar Tsare Alamu ta New York ta sanya shi a matsayin Alamar. Asalin sabon-Renaissance Gotham Hotel yana ɗayan thean tsirarun hanyoyi akan Fifth Avenue wanda ke tunatar da zamanin zinariya na manyan otal-otal da kuma shahararren wurin da suka mamaye yayin kirkirar garin. An gina shi a cikin 1905, kamfanin gine-ginen Hiss & Weekes ne ya tsara shi kuma yana cikin tsofaffin otal-otal na farko "skyscraper". Waɗannan otal-otal ɗin sun ba da sanarwar canjin Fifth Avenue daga keɓantaccen titi na musamman - Hanyar Millionaires - zuwa hanyar kasuwanci ta zamani. Tatsuniyoyi ashirin, gami da ɗumbin bene mai hawa-hawa, a kusurwar kudu maso yamma na West 55th Street da Fifth Avenue, Gotham da aka bayar da ƙarfin gwiwa yana nuna adawa ga mai zamani, mai farin jini Beaux-Arts St. Regis Otal kai tsaye a Fifth Avenue . Hakanan yana haɓaka cikin fasaha ta McKim, Mead & White's University Club wanda ke makwabtaka da Yankin Kudu zuwa kudu.

Littafin Gine-gine ya ruwaito a watan Nuwamba 1902:

Dukanmu mun san yadda masifafun masu gininmu suka kasance masu rauni, wanda ya haifar da ɗimbin rarraba, rashin tsari, gine-ginen rikice-rikice, ba a yin ƙoƙarin yin aiki tare don kyawawan halaye da daidaito. Wannan katafaren otal din da aka tsara (the Gotham) mai cike da labarai goma sha takwas an tsara shi don dacewa da Clubungiyar Jami'o'in da ke kusa da ita, wanda kyakkyawan yanki ne. Lines na gine-ginen otal din zasu bi layukan Kwalejin Jami'ar. Wannan layin tsakiyar zai ci gaba da kasancewa gidan kallo na buɗewa biyar a kulab da biyar a cikin otal ɗin. Za a gudanar da takalmin gyaran dutse a kan layuka iri na balustrade na yanzu na kulob din. Don haka za a ɗaure dukkan toshe tare. Babban tsarin gine-gine shima yayi daidai da na kulab, kasancewar Renaissance na Italia har zuwa yuwuwa a cikin gini mai hawa goma sha takwas.

Kamfanin Hiss & Weekes ya ci gaba da aiki a cikin shekaru talatin da huɗu yana samar da gine-gine da yawa a cikin garin gami da: ban mamaki Belnord Apartments (1908-09), wani katafaren gidan sabon Renaissance na Italiya da ke kan titin West 86th Street New York Alamar gari); da kyawawan gidaje na Beaux-Arts a 6 da 8 West 65th Street (yanzu a Yankin Tarihin Yankin Gabas ta Tsakiya).

Gotham ba ta taɓa samun irin alherin da ta nema ba, a wani ɓangare saboda buɗewar da ta biyo baya ta St. Regis Hotel ta ƙetare Fifth Avenue sannan kuma otal ɗin Plaza Hotel rukunoni huɗu zuwa arewa. An killace Gotham a cikin 1908 bayan ta kasa samun lasisin giya. Kamar yadda Christopher Gray ya ruwaito a cikin labarin Streetscapes a cikin New York Times (Janairu 3, 1999):

Cocin Presbyterian na Fifth Avenue yana gefen arewa maso yamma na 55th da na biyar kuma St. Regis da kyar ya sami izinin yin barasa - ya saba wa fasaha da ta hana hana sayar da giya a tsakanin kafa 200 na cocin. The Gotham, kai tsaye a gefen titin 55th daga cocin babu shakka ya keta doka. Yawancin labaran jaridu sun bayyana cewa Sanatan Amurka Thomas C. Platt da sauran manyan 'yan siyasa sun kasance abokan hulɗa a cikin ƙungiyar Gotham ta asali, kuma a cikin 1905 da 1907 an gabatar da ƙididdiga a cikin Majalisar Dokokin Jihar New York suna keɓance otal daga tanadin idan suna da fiye da 200 dakuna

Babu ɗaya daga cikin takardar kuɗin, waɗanda aka yi su a fili don Gotham, ba ta wuce ba. A cikin 1908 Gotham ya shiga takunkumi kan dala $ 741 na mahauta, kuma Real Estate Record & Guide ta ce gazawar ta samo asali ne kawai ga takurawar giya, wanda ta yi tir da shi a matsayin mai annuri. Otal din, wanda aka kashe dala miliyan 4 wajen gina shi, an sayar da shi kan dala miliyan 2.45.

Otal din yana da mamallaki daban-daban har sai da aka sayar da shi a 1920 ga William da Julius Manger, masu mallakar jerin gidajen otal din Manger ciki har da Martha Washington Hotel na Mata. Bayan haka, Kirkeby Hotel Group sun sayi kadarar a cikin 1944. Sauran masu sune Mrs. Evelyn Sharp, Webb & Knapp, Wellington Associates, mai otal din Switzerland Rene Hatt, Sol Goldman, Irving Goldman, Arthur Cohen, William Zeckendorf Jr. da Steven Goodstein. A ƙarshe, a cikin 1988, Hong Kong da Shanghai Hotels Ltd., iyayen kamfanin na Peninsula Group of hotels a Asiya, sun sayi otal din Gotham akan dala miliyan 127 kuma suka canza masa suna zuwa Peninsula Hotel. A ƙarshe, Gotham ya sami mai shi wanda yake buƙata tun 1905. Idan kun taɓa zama a ainihin otal din Peninsula a Hongkong, ku san yadda alatu da sabis na gaske suke ji kamar: 'ya'yan itacen kyauta da shampen a cikin ɗakinku yayin kallon Star Ferry ƙetare tashar jiragen ruwa a wajan taga; a Rolls-Royce don jigilar baƙi zuwa tarurruka da filin jirgin sama; jin daɗin espresso biyu a cikin mashaya mashaya yayin karanta Jaridar International Herald Tribune.

New York Peninsula Hotel ya sami lambar yabo ta AAA Five Diamond a shekaru goma sha uku a jere. Yankin Peninsula yana da ɗayan mafi kyawu kuma mafi girma kulaflikan kula da lafiyar otal a cikin New York gami da wurin shakatawa na murabba'in kafa 35,000, wurin wanka da ke kewaye da gilashi da kuma kan rufin bene da farfaji.

Otal din ya zaɓi abubuwan more rayuwa waɗanda suka fi wasa wasa fiye da yadda ake kira: Mini Coopers mai tuka direbobi. Motocin suna wadatar har zuwa awanni uku a rana don baƙi waɗanda suka yi ajiyar daki. Fasinja na iya bin balaguron biranen da aka ajiye a wayoyin iphone ko iPads a cikin motocin, ko kuma kawai za su iya gaya wa direbobi inda suke son zuwa. Motocin, ƙirar Mini Cooper S Clubman, an keɓance su kaɗan. Suna riƙe da ƙaramin firiji da akwatin kaya a saman jakunan sayayya. Baya ga ƙirar, babban bambanci tsakanin waɗannan da rundunar jirgin ruwa ta Hong Kong: ba za ku sami tafiya zuwa tashar jirgin sama ba. Waɗannan motocin an tsara su ne don tafiye-tafiyen farin ciki.

Tsohon Gotham maraya ne babu kuma.

Marubucin, Stanley Turkel, mashahurin masani ne kuma mai ba da shawara a masana'antar otal. Yana aiki a otal dinsa, karimci da kuma aikin tuntuba wanda ya kware a harkar sarrafa kadara, binciken kudi da kuma tasirin yarjejjeniyar mallakar otal da ayyukan bada tallafi. Abokan ciniki sune masu mallakar otal, masu saka hannun jari, da cibiyoyin bada lamuni.

"Greatwararrun Hotelwararrun Otal ɗin Amurkawa"

Littafin tarihin otal na takwas ya ƙunshi masu gine-gine goma sha biyu waɗanda suka tsara otal-otal 94 daga 1878 zuwa 1948: Warren & Wetmore, Schultze & Weaver, Julia Morgan, Emery Roth, McKim, Mead & White, Henry J. Hardenbergh, Carrere & Hastings, Mulliken & Moeller, Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter, Trowbridge & Livingston, George B. Post da 'Ya'yan.
 

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