Mbiri ya hotelo: Purezidenti wa Bowman-Biltmore Hotel Corporation (1875-1931)

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A John McEntee Bowman, purezidenti wa Bowman-Biltmore Hotel Corporation, analibe mwana wovuta. Wobadwira ku 1875 ku Toronto kwa osamukira ku Ireland-Scottish, Bowman adabwera ku New York mu 1892 ali ndi zaka 1913 ndi kusowa kwa ndalama. Ananyamula kalata yofotokozera kwa manejala wa Manhattan Hotel yakale ku Madison Avenue ndi Forty-Second Street. Atadikirira maola kuti ayankhidwe, adachoka osamuwona bwana. Pambuyo pake adatumizira kalatayo, ndikupempha kuti tionane koma sanayankhidwe ndipo sanabwezeredwe. Anakumana ndi vuto lake loyamba mu bizinesi ya hotelo pomwe kampani yantchito inamutumiza ngati kalaliki woyang'anira ku hotelo yachilimwe ku Adirondacks ndipo nthawi yozizira yotsatira kupita ku hotelo ina kumwera. Pambuyo pake adapeza ntchito yoyendetsa njinga ku Durland Riding Academy ku Manhattan, luso lomwe adaphunzira ku Canada akugwira ntchito yokhazikika pamahatchi othamanga pa dera lokongola. Durland atakhazikitsa lamulo loti oyendetsa okwera pamahatchi azivala yunifolomu, Bowman adapanduka, adasiya ntchito ndipo adakhazikitsa sukulu yake yaying'ono yokwera pamahatchi angapo mpaka atasiya kuyang'anira mavinyo ndi ndudu ku Holland House yakale pa Fifth Avenue ndiye yoyendetsedwa ndi mwini Gustave Baumann. Baumann anali mphunzitsi wake komanso womulangiza ndipo pamapeto pake adamuika kukhala wothandizira wake komanso mlembi. Baumann atatsegula New York Biltmore Hotel pa Chaka Chatsopano mu 1914, adasankha Bowman kukhala wachiwiri kwa purezidenti komanso director director. M'chilimwe cha XNUMX, Baumann atavutika maganizo adadumpha kuchokera pazenera la Biltmore, Bowman adalowa m'malo mwa purezidenti. Biltmore idapangidwa ndi Warren & Wetmore mumachitidwe odziwika bwino a Beaux-Arts ndipo adatsegulidwa pafupi ndi Grand Central Station yokhala ndi pansi makumi awiri mphambu zisanu ndi ziwiri ndi zipinda chikwi za alendo.

Chakumapeto kwa zaka za zana la makumi awiri, njanji zidapereka mwayi wopanga mahotela. Palibe chomwe chidapangidwa mpaka nthawi imeneyo chosintha moyo wamakono ngati njanji yomwe idalimbikitsa chitukuko cha mahotela atsopano pafupi ndi malo okwera njanji zamzinda. Kukula kwakukulu kunali Grand Central Terminal ku New York City, Beaux-Arts yomwe ili pakati pa mahotela, nyumba zamaofesi komanso nyumba zogona. William Wilgus, yemwe anali katswiri wa njanji, anatulukira njira yoti “malo ake azilipira zochuluka.” Asanamange Grand Central, malo amawerengedwa kuti ali ndi phindu kumtunda komanso pansi pake kuphatikiza ufulu wazachuma. Koma Wilgus adazindikira kuti malo opitilira njirayo anali ofunikanso ndipo adapanga lingaliro la "ufulu wamlengalenga wamalonda". Pofuna kulipirira ndalama zochulukirapo pofukula malowa, a Wilgus adapempha kuti agulitse ufulu wawo kwa omwe akukonza nyumba zogulitsa nyumba omwe amafunitsitsa kumanga nyumba zazitali pamalondawo. Munthawi yonse ya 1910 ndi 1920s lingaliro la Wilgus la ufulu wamlengalenga lidakwaniritsidwa. Commodore, Biltmore, Park Lane, Roosevelt ndi Waldorf-Astoria onse adapangidwa molingana ndi luso labwino la Wilgus.

The Hotel Monthly ("The Biltmore, Newest's Newest Hotel Creation," Januware 1914) idayamika phindu logwirira ntchito dongosolo lanthawi zonse la Biltmore, kuphatikiza makonde oyenda mozungulira osinthasintha pang'ono, kuchepetsa kufalikira kwa alendo. Chitsime chowoneka ngati U cha chipinda cha alendo chimalola kuyatsa bwino ndi mpweya wabwino, ndikupanga zipinda zambiri zabwino. Mapangidwe amkati anali malo onse pagulu labwino komanso lokhazikika ndi zipinda zapagulu lanyumba yaying'ono komanso chipinda cham'mwamba chapamwamba.

Prohibition itachotsa ndalama zakumwa zoledzeretsa, a John Bowman ndi kampani ya Warren & Wetmore adagwiritsa ntchito kuwunika kwakukulu kwa Commodore Hotel ku New York (1918-1919). Amafuna kuti Commodore, yomangidwa pa Grand Central Station, ikhale ndi zipinda zikwi ziwiri pamitengo yocheperako kuposa Biltmore. A John Bowman adalemba ku Hotel Management (Epulo 1923):

“Anthu ochulukirachulukira akuphatikizapo ambiri omwe sanazolowere kumaliza ntchito zawo monga kupezeka kwa valet, komanso omwe sakonda kudikirira kwambiri. Chifukwa chake, kuchuluka kwa ntchito yathu komwe kumafanana ndi kutsika mtengo poyerekeza ndi Biltmore, kumayeneranso kulondola molingana ndi zikhumbo ndi zofuna zamalonda za alendo. Kuchuluka kwa kuchuluka kumeneku poyerekeza ndi pamwamba kumapangitsa kuti tithe kunena kuti pafupifupi XNUMX peresenti ya ntchito ya Biltmore pamtengo wake ndi makumi asanu ndi limodzi pa zana. ”

Magazini a Hotel World mwachionekere adagwirizana ndi Bowman. M'nkhani yotchedwa "Hotel Commodore, New York City Tsopano Akutsogolera Bowman Chain of Caravansaries" (February 1919), adalemba,

“Palibe hotelo ina iliyonse padziko lapansi yomwe ingapereke zotere zambiri pamtengo uliwonse. Pomanga nyumbayi malingaliro akhala akusungidwa m'malingaliro nthawi zonse kuti apange hotelo yayikulu yomwe ingayendetsedwe pamtengo wotsika kwambiri ... Izi ndizomwe akatswiriwa adakwanitsa kuchita. ”

Pofika mu 1919, Bowman anali atagula ndi kugulitsa mahotela awiri akuluakulu aku New York, adapeza Hotel Ansonia ndipo adayamba kuyendetsa Murray Hill Hotel ndi Belmont Hotel. Pofika nthawi yomwe amatsegula Hotel Commodore, malo ake ku New York anali pafupifupi zipinda zikwi zisanu ndi zitatu za alendo ndipo, malinga ndi mutu wa nyuzipepala ya New York Times (Meyi 6, 1918), "anazungulira" Grand Central Terminal. Pakadali pano, Bowman anali kukulitsa ufumu wake ku Biltmore hotelo kudutsa United States ndi Cuba.

"Hotelo ya Biltmore" linali dzina lotengera Bowman chifukwa cha mahotela ake ambiri. Dzinali limadzutsa banja la a Vanderbilt ku Biltmore komwe nyumba zawo ndi minda yake ndizodziwika bwino ku Asheville, North Carolina.

● Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel - koyambirira kwa ma 1920, Kumwera kwa California kudakhala ndi kuchuluka kwakukulu kwa anthu, kupanga mabizinesi komanso kukonza malo. Bowman adalamula Schultze ndi Weaver kuti apange Los Angeles Biltmore. Hotelo yanyumba 11 yanyumba 1,112 idatsegulidwa mu 1923 ndipo idadziwika kuti "khamu la gombe". Pokhala ndi nsanja zitatu zazikulu, Biltmore posakhalitsa idakhala chithunzi cha Los Angeles chokhala ndi malo osewerera mpira 650. Mu Meyi 1927, hoteloyo idachita phwando loyambitsa Academy of Motion Picture Arts ndi Sayansi. Chifaniziro cha Oscar akuti chidapangidwa ndi chopukutira mu Crystal Ballroom. Malo olandirira alendo ndi nsanamira zitatu zazitali zokhala ndi mbiya zakuya, denga lokutidwa, lokutidwa ndi khomo ndipo lili ndi masitepe owoneka bwino oyambira masitepe oyambira kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 50 ku Spain Burgos Cathedral. Hoteloyi yakhala malo azithunzi zazithunzi zopitilira XNUMX kuphatikiza Ghostbusters, The Nutty Professor, Independence Day, True Lies, Dave ndi Beverly Hills Cop.

● Sevilla- Biltmore Hotel, Havana, Cuba - M'zaka za m'ma 1920, Havana anali malo okondwerera tchuthi nthawi yachisanu kwa anthu abwino ku America. Mu 1919, a John Bowman ndi a Charles Francis Flynn adagula Sevilla Hotel yansanjika zinayi yomwe idamangidwa mu 1908 ndi akatswiri a zomangamanga Arellano y Mendoza. Pa Januware 28, 1923, a New York Times adalengeza kuti Bowman amamanga zipinda khumi zosanjikiza ndi Schultze ndi Weaver zojambula. Kukhazikika pakadutsa pa Sevilla yoyambirira, nyumbayi idawonjezerapo zipinda zogona za alendo mazana awiri ndi mabafa, malo odyera okhala ndi mipando 300 okhala ndi malingaliro ochititsa chidwi a Presidential Palace, Capitol Building ndi Morro Castle. Sevilla Biltmore Hotel yomwe idakulitsidwa idatsegulidwa pa Januware 30, 1924. Bowman ndi Flynn adayika nthawi yakufutukula bwino. A Sevilla-Biltmore adatsegula chaka chisanaletsedwe ku United States.

Hoteloyo idatchulidwa m'buku la Graham Greene, Our Man In Havana.

● Atlanta Biltmore Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia - A John McEntee Bowman ndi Holland Ball Judkins adalumikizana ndi a Coca-Cola wolowa m'malo a William Candler kuti apange $ 6 miliyoni ya Atlanta Biltmore mu 1924 yokhala ndi zipinda khumi ndi chimodzi, zipinda za alendo za 600, malo amisonkhano yayikulu komanso nyumba yapafupi yosanjikizana khumi nyumba. Atlanta Biltmore idapangidwa ndi kampani ya Bowman yomwe amakonda kwambiri Schultze ndi Weaver.

Atlanta Biltmore idamangidwa pafupi ndi tawuni koma idasiyanitsidwa ndi bizinesi. Hoteloyo idatsegulidwa mwachisangalalo chachikulu ndi sitima yolembedwa yochokera ku New York City kuti ibweretse alendo olemera komanso odziwika ku Atlanta kudzatsegulira. Zikondwerero zotsegulira zidafalikira mdziko lonse kudzera pawailesi.

Atlanta Biltmore, yomwe kale inkadziwika kuti hotelo yayikulu kwambiri ku South, idapanga ma galasi, magule a tiyi, mipira yoyambira, ndikumayendera poyendera nyenyezi za Metropolitan Opera. Inatumikira otchuka monga Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Mary Pickford, Bette Davis, ndi Charles Lindbergh. Kwa zaka zopitilira 30, WSB, wayilesi yoyamba yaku South, idawulutsa kuchokera muma studio awo mkati mwa hoteloyo komanso nsanja yawailesi padenga la hotelo yomwe idakhala malo odziwika bwino mzindawu. Poyang'anizana ndi mpikisano wochulukirapo kuchokera kumahotela amakono akumatawuni a Atlanta, idagulitsidwa kwa eni angapo kuyambira m'ma 1960 ndikutseka zitseko zawo mu 1982. Mu Spring 1999 atakonzanso zambiri, hotelo yakale ya Biltmore idatsegulidwanso koyamba pafupifupi zaka 20 ndipo yapambana Kutchulidwa Kolemekezeka mu Gulu Losakanikirana Labwino Kwambiri Pakagwiritsidwe ka Chaka mu Atlanta Business Chronicle.

● Westchester Biltmore Country Club, Rye, NY - Mu Meyi 1922, Bowman adatsegula Westchester- Biltmore Country Club yapamwamba ku Rye, New York. M'chilimwe cha 1919, nyumba yosanjikizana eyiti idamangidwa kuchokera pamapangidwe ndi amisiri a New York a Warren & Wetmore. Mmenemo Bowman anaphatikiza zomwe zikanakhala siginecha m'ma hotelo ake onse abwino; malo okwanira omwe angaphatikizepo zinthu zopitilira zomwe kalabu wamba yamayiko. Mamembala ndi alendo adatha kutenga nawo gawo pa gofu, tenisi, sikwashi, kuwombera msampha, ndikusambira pagombe losambira pa Long Island Sound. Bowman, yemwe anali wokonda masewera othamanga mahatchi, adapanga polo yomwe idapangidwira ziwonetsero zamahatchi komanso zosangalatsa zina zamahatchi. Masewera awiriwa okwera mabowo 18 adapangidwa ndi a Walter J. Travis, katswiri wopanga gofu ku Britain. Pa Meyi 15, 1922, a John McEntee Bowman adatsegula Westchester County Club ndi mamembala pafupifupi 1,500.

● The Arizona Biltmore Hotel, Phoenix, Arizona - Warren McArthur Jr., mchimwene wake Charles ndi John McEntee Bowman anatsegula Arizona Biltmore pa February 23, 1929. Wopanga mbiri ya Biltmore ndi Albert Chase McArthur, koma nthawi zambiri amatchedwa a Mapangidwe a Frank Lloyd Wright. Izi zikutsutsidwa ndi Wright mwiniwake yemwe adalemba mu Architectural Record:

"Zonse zomwe ndachita pokhudzana ndi kumanga kwa Arizona Biltmore pafupi ndi Phoenix, ndamuchitira Albert McArthur iyemwini pomupempha yekha, osati wina aliyense. Albert McArthur ndiye amamanga nyumbayo- kuyesera konse kuti adzitamande chifukwa cha magwiridwe akewo ndiwopanda phindu ndipo pambali pake. Koma kwa iye, Phoenix sakanakhala ndi Biltmore, ndipo ndikukhulupirira kuti atha kupatsa Phoenix nyumba zokongola zambiri chifukwa ndikukhulupirira kuti angathe kuchita izi. ”

Mc Arthur adagwiritsa ntchito chimodzi mwazinthu zosainira za Wright: dongosolo la Textile Block. Mu 1930, a McArthurs adalephera kuyang'anira malowa kwa m'modzi mwa omwe adayambitsa ndalama zawo, a William Wrigley, Jr. Patatha zaka khumi, banja la a Wrigley lidagulitsa hoteloyo kwa banja la a Talley. Mu 1973, moto waukulu utawononga malo ambiri, adamangidwanso kuposa kale. Pambuyo pakusintha kwa umwini kwakanthawi, CNL Hotels ndi Resorts adazipeza mu 2004 ndipo adapereka mgwirizano ku KSL Recreation, Inc. Mu 2013, Arizona Biltmore idagulitsidwa ku Boma la Singapore Investment Corporation. Hilton amagwiritsa ntchito ngati membala wa Waldorf = Astoria Collection.

● Hotel DuPont, Wilmington, Delaware - Potsegulira mu 1913, Hotel DuPont idapangidwa kuti izipikisana ndi mahotela abwino kwambiri ku Europe. Hotelo yatsopanoyi inali ndi zipinda zogona alendo 150, chipinda chodyera chachikulu, rathskeller, cafe / bar ya amuna, chipinda chochezera mpira, chipinda chamagulu, chipinda chodyera azimayi ndi zina zambiri.

Sabata yoyamba yokha, atatsegulira gala, alendo 25,000 adapita ku hotelo yatsopanoyi, komwe kulibe ndalama. M'malo okongoletsedwa pagulu, amisiri pafupifupi khumi ndi awiri aku France ndi aku Italiya ojambula, ojambula ndi kupenta utoto kwa zaka zopitilira ziwiri ndi theka. Mabedi amkuwa opukutidwa anali opangidwa ndi nsalu zotumizidwa kunja, pomwe chisa cha siliva chabwino, maburashi ndi magalasi adayikidwapo. M'chipinda chodyera chachikulu, chomwe tsopano chimadziwika kuti Green Room, phulusa la thundu lomwe linaphulika limakwera nsanamira ziwiri ndi theka kuchokera pansi pazithunzi ndi pansi. Chandeliers zisanu zopangidwa ndi manja komanso malo ojambulira oyimba sananyalanyaze chuma chawo. Atadya chakudya chamadzulo, alendo ambiri anali kusangalala ndi maluso awo ku Playhouse Theatre, yomwe pano imadziwika kuti DuPont Theatre. Kumangidwa m'masiku 150 okha kumapeto kwa 1913, siteji yake ndi yayikulupo kuposa onse owonetserako New York City.

M'masiku ake oyambirira, hoteloyo idawonetsa kudzipereka kwawo kwa ojambula akumaloko akuwonetsa ntchito zawo. Lero, akuwonetsa chimodzi mwazinthu zofunikira kwambiri zaluso la Brandywine, kuphatikiza mibadwo itatu yazopanga zoyambirira za Wyeth.

M'zaka za m'ma 1920 hoteloyo inkayang'aniridwa ndi Bowman-Biltmore Hotel Company ndipo idatchedwa DuPont-Biltmore Hotel. Kwazaka zambiri, hoteloyi yakhala ikulandila apurezidenti, andale, mafumu, azimayi, akatswiri pamasewera, zimphona zamakampani komanso otchuka. (Zipitilizidwa)

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