Grande Dame na Washington: Otal din Shugabanni

Otal ɗin Mayflower, Washington, DC ya buɗe ranar 18 ga Fabrairu, 1925 tare da dakunan baƙi 440. An san shi da "Grande Dame na Washington," "Hotel na Shugabanni," da kuma matsayin "Mafi kyawun Adireshin Na Biyu" na birni (Fadar White House ita ce ta farko).

Allen E. Walker ne ya gina Otal ɗin Mayflower wanda ya shirya sanya masa suna The Walker Hotel. Ya riƙe Warren & Wetmore, masu gine-ginen da suka tsara New York's Commodore, Biltmore, Ambassador Ritz-Carlton da Vanderbilt Hotels. Masanin gine-ginen shine Robert F. Beresford wanda ya yi aiki ga Ma'aikatar Kula da Baitulmali da Sufeto na Capitol. Lokacin da Walker ya sayar da sha'awarsa ga CC Mitchell & Kamfanin, sababbin masu mallakar sun canza suna zuwa Mayflower Hotel don girmama bikin 300th na saukowa na Mayflower da Mahajjata a Plymouth Rock.

Otal din Mayflower yana da dakin zama, dakin cin abinci, wanka da dakuna har bakwai. Wasu suna da dakunan girki da dakunan zane da murhu. Otal ɗin yana ba da abubuwan more rayuwa da babu irinsa da kowane otal a Amurka. Wannan ya haɗa da na'urar sanyaya iska a cikin dukkan ɗakunan jama'a da ruwan kankara da magoya baya a duk dakunan baƙi. Ayyukan sun haɗa da sabis na kuyangi na yau da kullun, wanki, shagon aski, wurin gyaran fuska, gareji, allon wayar tarho, da ƙaramin asibiti mai aiki da likita. Mayflower ya ƙunshi gidajen cin abinci guda uku da babban ɗakin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa tare da matakin proscenium.

A cikin 1925, an gina Annex zuwa Mayflower tare da Suite Presidential da Mataimakin Shugaban Kasa. hawa na biyu zuwa na takwas na Annex yana dauke da suites na baki kowanne da dakuna biyar da wanka. Bene na farko na Annex ya kasance a cikin shagon Mayflower Coffee, wani faffaɗar sigar ainihin ƙaramin cafe dake ƙasan otal ɗin data kasance. Wani katon kayan wanki ne ya mamaye ginin ƙasan Annex wanda ya yi hidimar otal ɗin na asali da kari.

Bayan Babban Bacin rai da Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, Kamfanin Otal ɗin Hilton ya sayi Otal ɗin Mayflower a cikin Disamba 1946. Sun mallaki kuma suna sarrafa shi tsawon shekaru goma lokacin da suka sami sarkar otal ɗin Statler. An tilasta musu sayar da Mayflower a lokacin da gwamnati ta shigar da kara kan Hilton.

Daga 1956 zuwa 2015, Otal ɗin Mayflower ya samu daga masu mallaka iri-iri da suka haɗa da Hotel Corporation of America, May-Wash Associates, Westin Hotels & Resorts, Stouffer Corporation, Renaissance Hotels, Marriott International, Walton Street Capital da kuma Rockwood Capital Company.

Otal din Mayflower ya karbi bakuncin Bukin Inaugural na Shugaba Calvin Coolidge makonni biyu kacal bayan bude shi. Tana gudanar da wasan Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙwallon Ƙaddamarwa na Ƙaddamarwa da aka yi a kowace shekara hudu har sai da ya dauki nauyin wasansa na karshe a watan Janairu 1981. Zababben shugaban kasa Herbert Hoover ya kafa ofisoshin tawagar shugaban kasa a cikin otal a watan Janairu 1928, kuma mataimakinsa, Charles Curtis, ya zauna a can a daya daga cikin mazaunin otel din. dakunan baki a cikin shekaru hudu da ya yi a ofis. Sanatan Louisiana Huey Long shi ma ya zauna a Mayflower, inda ya dauki suites guda takwas a otal din daga Janairu 25, 1932, zuwa Maris 1934. Zababben shugaban kasa Franklin D. Roosevelt ya shafe Maris 2 da 3 a Suites 776 da 781 a Otal din Mayflower kafin bikin rantsar da shi. 4 ga Maris, 1932.

Abubuwa biyu masu mahimmanci a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu sun faru a Mayflower. A watan Yunin 1942, George John Dasch da wasu 'yan leƙen asiri bakwai daga Jamus na Nazi sun shiga Amurka bayan an kai su gaɓar tekun Amurka ta jirgin ruwa. Burin su, mai suna Operation Pastorius, shine su shiga yin zagon kasa ga muhimman ababen more rayuwa na Amurka. Amma bayan cin karo da wani jami'in tsaron gabar tekun Amurka bayan saukarsa, Dasch ya yanke shawarar cewa shirin ba shi da amfani. Ranar 19 ga Yuni, 1942, ya shiga cikin Room 351 a Mayflower Hotel kuma ya ci amanar abokansa da sauri. Watanni goma sha takwas bayan haka, kwamitin Legion na Amurka ya gana a daki na 570 a Otal din Mayflower daga ranar 15 zuwa 31 ga Disamba, 1943, don tsara dokar da za ta taimaka wa sojojin da suka dawo su koma cikin al'umma. Dokokin da suka gabatar, Dokar Gyara Ma'aikata ta 1944- wacce aka sani da ita azaman GI Bill- an sanya su cikin daftarin ƙarshe akan kayan rubutu na Otal ɗin Mayflower.

Sau biyu, Mayflower ya kasance wurin da aka kaddamar da yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa na Amurka, kuma sau biyu yana daukar nauyin al'amuran da suka tabbatar da cewa sun canza sheka a takarar shugaban kasa. A cikin Maris 1931, Franklin D. Roosevelt yana fafatawa da Alfred Smith don takarar shugaban kasa na Democratic na 1932. John J. Raskob, shugaban kwamitin Democratic National Committee (DNC), ya yi adawa da takarar Roosevelt. Sanin cewa Roosevelt ya asirce don soke haramcin amma bai yi haka a bainar jama'a ba, Raskob ya yi ƙoƙarin tilasta DNC, sa'an nan kuma ya hadu a Otal ɗin Mayflower, don ɗaukar "rigar" (ko soke) plank a cikin dandalin jam'iyyar. Maimakon zana Roosevelt, aikin ya yi wa Kudancin "bushe" (anti-sakewa) 'yan Democrat wadanda suka watsar da Smith kuma suka ba da goyon bayan su ga Roosevelt da ake zargin cewa sun fi matsakaici kuma suka taimaka masa ya tabbatar da nadin. A cikin 1948, Shugaba Harry S. Truman ya gaya wa masu sauraro murna na Matasan Democrats na Amurka a wani abincin dare a Mayflower a ranar 14 ga Mayu cewa ya yi niyyar sake tsayawa takara a 1948. Tsohon Shugaban Peace Corps da Ofishin Darakta na Damarar Tattalin Arziki Sargent Shriver ya sanar da shi. Ya tsaya takarar shugabancin Amurka a Mayflower a ranar 20 ga Satumba, 1975. Yaƙin neman zaɓe ya fara samun nasara a can lokacin da Sanata Barack Obama ya kulle 2008 na takarar shugaban kasa na Democrat a ranar 3 ga Yuni, 2008. Hillary Clinton ta amince da nadin ga Obama a ranar 7 ga Yuni. kuma ta gabatar da Obama ga kusan 300 na manyan masu ba da gudummawarta a wani taro a Mayflower a ranar 26 ga Yuni, 2008.

Marubucin, Stanley Turkel, mashahurin masani ne kuma mai ba da shawara a masana'antar otal. Yana aiki a otal dinsa, karimci da kuma aikin ba da shawara da ke ƙwarewa a cikin sarrafa kadara, duba ayyukan aiki da tasirin yarjeniyoyin mallakar otal da ayyukan bayar da tallafi na shari'a. Abokan ciniki sune masu mallakar otal, masu saka jari da cibiyoyin bada lamuni.

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