Otal din Fairmont: Nob Hill Grande Dame

Girman Grande Dame atop Nob Hill a ciki San Francisco an sanya masa sunan Sanata James Graham Fair na Amurka (1834-1894) da 'ya'yansa mata, Theresa Fair Oelrichs da Virginia Fair Vanderbilt. Lokacin da sarki azurfa James Fair ya sayi rukunin yanar gizon a ƙarshen 1800s, sha'awarsa ita ce gina mafi girman gida a cikin unguwa. Koyaya, lokacin da ya mutu a cikin 1894, kuri'a ba ta ci gaba ba har sai 1907 lokacin da 'ya'yansa mata suka ba da izini ga kamfanin gine-gine da injiniya na Reid & Reid su tsara babban otal a cikin salon Renaissance na Italiya.

'Yan uwan ​​Reid: James (1851-1943), Merrit (1855-1932) da Watson (1858-1944) sun tsara daki 600, ginin bene mai hawa bakwai wanda aka yi daga dutse mai launin toka, marmara mai tsami da dutse terracotta. Kafin sabon otal din ya bude, girgizar kasar San Francisco da akayi a shekarar 1906 da kuma wutar da ta biyo baya sun lalata tsarin. Sababbin masu mallakar Herbert da Hartland Law, masu kera shahararren magani na haƙƙin mallaka, sun ɗauki babban ƙoƙari don sake ginin Fairmont. Sun dauki Stanford White na fitaccen kamfanin gine-gine na McKim, Mead & White. Abin takaici, White ya shiga cikin alwatiran so uku kuma attajiri mai suna Harry Thaw ya harbe shi kuma ya kashe shi. 'Yan'uwan Doka sun ɗauki hayar mai tsara gine-ginen gida Julia Morgan, mace ta farko da ta kammala karatun digiri na farko a cikin mashahurin Ecole des Beaux Arts a Faris (kuma mai hazaka a bayan babban gidan Hearst Castle). Bayan shekara guda, a ranar 18 ga Afrilu, 1907, aka buɗe Otal ɗin Fairmont kuma a cikin 1908, Theresa Fair Oelrichs ta sake buƙatar otal ɗin da aka maido.

Da sauri Fairmont ya zama sanannen otal ɗin San Francisco wanda ke jan hankalin iyalai na dogon lokaci na watanni biyu zuwa uku. Fairmont ya samar da ingantaccen makaranta wanda ke nuna kiɗa, rawa, fasaha da cikakken tsarin karatun batun. A cikin 1926, an ƙara hawa na takwas wanda ya haɗa da ƙafafun ƙafafun murabba'i na 6,000.

A shekara ta 1917, DM Linnard ya fara aikin gudanarwa kuma a cikin 1924 ya sayi ikon sarrafawa daga dangin Oelrichs. A cikin 1929, ya sayar da Fairmont ga George Smith, injiniyan hakar ma'adinai wanda ya kammala Hotel Mark Hopkins. Smith ya yi babban kwaskwarima kuma ya girka gidan wanka na cikin gida, Fairmont Plunge.

Makonni goma sha ɗaya a cikin 1945, Fairmont ya kasance Babban Birnin Duniya wanda ke karɓar baƙi daga ƙasashe sama da arba'in waɗanda ke wakiltar kashi tamanin na yawan mutanen duniya don rubuta Yarjejeniyar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya. A ranar 26 ga Yuni, 1945, Shugaba Harry Truman ya sanya hannu kan sabuwar Yarjejeniyar. A kusan lokaci guda, mai kudi da taimakon jama'a Benjamin Swig ya sayi kashi hamsin da hudu na kamfanin Fairmont a kan dala miliyan 2 wanda ya bayyana kamar haka: “Lokacin da na sayi otal din, ya tsufa. Ya kasance mafi yawan gidajan masu kuɗi, yawancinsu haruffa ne da ma'anar kalmar. Anyi rundown kuma anyi watsi dashi. Bututun ya fashe - muna da kwarara goma zuwa goma sha biyar a rana - babu katifu a kasa kuma duk abin tsoffin mata ne a gida. ”

Da sauri Swig ya fahimci cewa Rukunin Balagaro ba mai kuɗi bane. Ya yanke shawarar sauya shi a cikin gidan abinci da mashaya da ake kira SS Tonga bayan Mel Melvin, babban mai tsara MGM ya samo wani tsohon malami mai fasali huɗu da sunan yana ruɓe cikin laka kusa da Martinez. Baƙi ba da daɗewa ba suna cin abinci a kan abincin Sinawa, suna jin daɗin shaye-shaye masu ban sha'awa a saman dutsen, suna duban ruwan shuɗa na tsohon Rikicin da yanzu ke nuna fasalin shaƙatawa na ƙungiyar makaɗa a cikin Tonga Room. Yanayin ya daɗa ƙaruwa ta hanyar guguwa masu zafi, cikakke tare da walƙiya da ruwan sama mai ɓoyewa daga ɓarnatattun ruwa. Swig ta yi hayar Dorothy Draper, shahararriyar mai adon, don sauya harabar shiga da kuma wuraren hadahadar jama'a. An kammala shirin sabunta zamani na dala miliyan a shekarar 1950. 

The San Francisco Chronicle ya ruwaito cewa an yi amfani da masana'anta kusan mil shida da kuma carpet mil uku a cikin aikin gyaran. Wani mai sukar lamiri ya faɗi cewa Draper ya “kama abubuwan da suka gabata, abubuwan birgewa na zamanin Champagne, al'adun birni sun haɗu da na zamani.” Ta ƙara "Draper Touch" zuwa Clubungiyar Bukin Roomofar Venetian wacce aka buɗe a 1947 tare da kujeru 400. Ya jawo hankalin masu nishadantar da jirgin sama kamar Ethel Waters, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Tina Turner, Sammy Davis, Jr., Lena Horne, Red Skelton, James Brown, Judy Collins, Tony Bennett (wacce ta rera waka "Na Bar Zuciyata a San Francisco ”a karon farko anan 1962) da Ernie Heckscher Band wadanda suka kwashe shekaru 36 suna wasa.

A cikin 1961, Ben Swig ya gina hasumiya mai hawa 23 kusa da Dakin Sarauta a saman bene da lif na gilashi a wajen hasumiyar tare da kyakkyawan ra'ayi na gari. Ya kuma kara da Merry-Go-Round Bar zuwa shahararren wurin shakatawa na Cirque tare da bango na dabbobin daji da mashaya kewaye da zane mai zane na Art Deco Tim Pflueger ya tsara a 1933.

Shahararren gidan talabijin na shekarar 1983 “Hotel”Dangane da mafi kyawun tallan littafin da Arthur Hailey yayi fim a cikin harabar gidan Fairmont don kirkirarren labari“ St. Otal din Gregory. "

Iyalan Swig din sun sayar da otal din a 1994 ga Maritz, Wolffe & Co. da kuma Yariman Saudi Arabiya Alwaleed bin Talel wanda ke sarrafa otal-otal 94 a duk duniya a karkashin kamfanonin Raffles, Fairmont da Swissotel. A cikin 2012, Oaktree Capital Management da Woodridge Capital Partners sun sami Fairmont San Francisco akan dala miliyan 200 bayan Maritz, Wolffe & Co. sun kasa samun izinin sauya ɓangaren kadarorin zuwa wuraren zama.

A cikin 2009, an ba da rahoton cewa monakin Tonga na Fairmont, mashaya tiki, wanda aka buɗe a cikin 1945, za a iya rushe shi don ba da damar yin canjin juyayi a cikin wata hasumiya da ke kusa. Da New York Times ya ruwaito a ranar 3 ga Afrilu, 2009 cewa “… San Franciscans sun yi taro a cikin aroundakin Tonga. Sun rubuta wasiƙu, sa hannu a kan takaddama kuma sun ƙi cin abinci fiye da yadda suke shan abin sha mai tsada a cikin wannan haikalin na kitsch mai zafi a saman Nob Hill one .ayan misalai mafi kyau na aljanna Polynesian da ke kusa. ” Ya zuwa watan Mayu, 2016, ɗakin Tonga ya more walwala kuma babu yanke shawara game da makomar sa.

A cikin 2015, Oaktree da Woodridge sun sayar da Fairmont San Francisco a kan dala miliyan 450 ga kamfanonin haɗin gwiwa na Mirae Asset Global Investments, wani babban kamfanin hada-hadar kuɗi da ke Seoul, Koriya ta Kudu. Tun daga shekarar 2011, kamfanin ya mallaki kadarorin kasuwanci na kasuwanci da aka kiyasta dala biliyan 8 da suka hada da daki 317 mai dakin Seoul, mai daki 531 mai daki hudu, da Otal din Otal din mai daki 540 da kuma daki mai daki 282 na Marriott Seoul Pangyo.

An kara Fairmont San Francisco a cikin National Register of Historic Places a ranar 17 ga Afrilu, 2002. Memba ne na otal din otal din Tarihi na Amurka, shirin hukuma ne na National Trust for Tarihin Adana Tarihi.

GAME DA AURE

Stanley Turkel An sanya shi a matsayin 2014 da 2015 na Tarihin shekara ta Tarihi na Tarihi na Tarihi, shirin aikin hukuma na National Trust for Tarihin Adana Tarihi. Turkel shine mashahurin mashawarcin otal din da aka fi yadawa a Amurka. Yana aiki da aikin tuntuɓar otal ɗin da yake aiki a matsayin ƙwararren mashaidi a cikin al'amuran da suka shafi otal, yana ba da kula da kadara da shawarwarin ikon mallakar otal. An tabbatar dashi a matsayin Babbar Otal Mai Bayar da Emeritus ta Cibiyar Ilimi ta American Hotel da Lodging Association. [email kariya] 917-628-8549

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