“Makonzedwe onsewa a kutentha, kuwala, zosefera, ndi zina zotero, amafunikiradi gulu lopambanitsa, chidziŵitso chimene chidzapereka chenicheni chakuti injiniya wamkulu wa St. Regis ali ndi antchito a amuna makumi atatu ndi asanu ndi mmodzi pansi pake. Kukhalapo kwawo, monga kwa stoker pa sitimayo, kumawonekera pokhapokha ngati palibe. Pansi pa dziko lapansi pali nkhani ziwiri zoperekedwa ku mazenera a injini, ma boilers, dynamos, makina oundana, ndi zina zotero, zomwe ndizofunikira pakugwira ntchito kwa hotelo, ndikusungirako katundu wambiri wa chakudya ndi vinyo. Chipinda chopangira makinacho chili ndi makina aposachedwa kwambiri ndipo asayansi amaona kuti ndi apamwamba kwambiri kuposa chilichonse chomwe chapangidwa.
Mwachidziwitso za zofunikira za hotelo ndi khitchini ndi chipinda chosungiramo vinyo, chifukwa, popanda malo oyenerera, ophika ophika bwino alibe chochita, makamaka pa ola la utumiki, kumene zofuna za mazana a anthu ziyenera kusamaliridwa nthawi imodzi komanso mosamala kwambiri. mlendo aliyense. Pozindikira kufunika kwake, chifukwa mawu a St. Regis ndi akuti “Kitchini ndiye mzimu wa hoteloyo; ngati khitchini ili yolakwika zonse nzolakwika” - nyumba yaikulu yokonzedwa bwino imaperekedwa, pansi pokhala ndi miyala ya marble, makoma ndi masiling’i oikidwa matailosi, zowerengera zamagalasi, ndipo palibe chowonongeka kapena chirichonse chimene chiri chovuta kuchisunga. Pali malo apadera a gawo lililonse la ntchito; Wophika nsomba, wophika supu, wowotcha, wophika makeke, aliyense ali ndi likulu lake, ndipo, kunena zambiri, antchito ayenera kukhala ndi zida zabwino kwambiri.” Pansi pa hotelo ili ndi chipinda chodyeramo, chokhala ndi operekera zakudya osayankhula, ndi chilichonse chofunikira kuti chakudyacho chiwotche popereka chakudya chamadzulo m'chipinda cha alendo, ngati chingakhale chosangalatsa chake, lamuloli lidawomberedwa kukhitchini ndi chubu cha pneumatic. zomwe pantry iliyonse imaperekedwa. Popeza St. Regis imapanga gawo la chakudya komanso kwa alendo okhazikika omwe angafune kusangalatsa anzawo pa chakudya chamadzulo; uwu ndi mwayi waukulu. "
Atasudzula mkazi wake, Ava Astor, yemwe anabala naye ana awiri, Colonel Astor anadabwitsa anthu a ku New York pokwatira mkazi wazaka 19, Madeline. Anachoka ku New York kupita ku Ulaya. Tsoka ilo, ulendo wake wobwerera unali pa Titanic yomwe inawonongedwa kumene adasiya mpando wake pa bwato la moyo kwa mkazi wake wamng'ono. Pomalizira pake anamuona ali moyo akuyesera kumasula galu wake m’makola a sitimayo. Ali ndi zaka 48, Mtsamunda John Jacob Astor anakumana ndi imfa yake yomvetsa chisoni. Mwana wake Vincent pambuyo pake adagulitsa hoteloyo kwa Benjamin N. Duke, yemwe adamanga zowonjezera zapansi ziwiri ndikupanga denga lodziwika bwino la St. Regis ndi Salle Cathay ndi zokongoletsera zake za Chine. Malo onsewa anali ndi maphwando otchuka komanso otchuka.
Zithunzi za "Old King Cole" zomwe Maxfield Parrish adalipidwa $50,000 adatumizidwa koyambirira mu 1902 ku Knickerbocker Hotel pa 42nd Street ndi Broadway. Zinabweretsedwa ku kalabu ya Racquet ndi Tennis panthawi ya Prohibition. Atatha kuchotsedwa, adapita ku St. Regis komwe, mu 1934, adayang'ana pansi pa kubadwa kwa Bloody Mary, yemwe poyamba ankatchedwa "red snapper cocktail".
Pambuyo pa nkhondo yachiwiri yapadziko lonse, St. Regis idakhala ndi eni ake angapo mpaka ITT Sheraton Corporation of America itapeza mu 1966. Pakadali pano, panali malo odyera anayi ku hoteloyi: The King Cole Grille, The Oak Room, La Boite Russa, ndi chipinda cha St. Regis. Kwa chakudya chamadzulo mochedwa komanso kuvina, panali kalabu yausiku yosangalatsa, Maisonette, yomwe inali ndi mndandanda wazosangalatsa komanso owonetsa monga Count Basie, Woody Herman ndi Kay Ballard. Amakonda kwambiri anthu otchuka, atsogoleri andale komanso odziwika padziko lonse lapansi. Ena mwa alendo odziwika anali Alfred Hitchcock, Bing Crosby, Darryl Zanuck, Judy Garland, Liza Minelli, Ethel Merman, Dustin Hoffman, Tony Curtis, Vidal Sassoon, Tony Bennett ndi Apollo 14 chombo.
Pa February 3, 1975, a St. Regis adasewera kuvina mgonero wakuda pa tsiku lobadwa la 75 la Mabel Mercer. Ena mwa omwe adasewera ndi Margaret Whiting, Sylvia Syms, Julius Monk, Jimmy Daniels, ndi Bricktop. Alendowo anali Frank Sinatra, Bobby Short, Peggy Lee, Blossom Dearie, Eileen Farrell, Leontyne Price ndi ena ambiri.
Hoteloyi inalengezedwa kuti ndi malo osankhidwa ndi New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission pa November 1, 1988, ndi “Zomwe Zapeza ndi Zosankha” zotsatirazi:
Pamaziko a kufufuza mosamala mbiri yakale, womangamanga ndi zina za nyumbayi, Landmarks Preservation Commission imapeza kuti St. Regis Hotel ili ndi khalidwe lapadera, chidwi chapadera cha mbiri yakale ndi zokongola komanso mtengo monga gawo la chitukuko, cholowa. ndi chikhalidwe cha New York City.
Bungweli likuwonanso kuti, mwa makhalidwe ake ofunikira, hotelo ya St. Regis, yomwe inamangidwa, inali imodzi mwa mahotela apamwamba kwambiri mumzindawu; kuti, adatumidwa ndi John Jacob Astor yemwe banja lake linamanga hotelo yoyamba yapamwamba ya New York; kuti, mawonekedwe ake okongola a Beaux-Arts adapangidwa ndi kampani yodziwika bwino yomanga ya Trowbridge & Livingston; kuti, St. Regis Hotel, pamodzi ndi ena, adalengeza kusintha kwa Fifth Avenue kuchoka ku msewu wokhazikika, wotsika kwambiri, wokhala ndi nyumba kupita kumayendedwe apamwamba amalonda a nyumba zazitali; kuti, kuwonjezera pambuyo pake ku St. Regis ndi olimba a Sloan & Robertson mwaluso amayamikira mapangidwe oyambirira a Beaux-Arts ndipo akadali chimodzi mwa zinthu zofunika kwambiri pakupanga nsalu za chigawo ichi cha Fifth Avenue ndipo zimathandiza kwambiri kuti zikhale zovuta kwambiri. khalidwe.
Mwina palibe kulongosola bwinoko hotelo ya St. Regis kuposa yomwe idawonekera m'buku loyambirira lachikuto cholimba la 1905:
Koma zoona zake n'zakuti, kukoma mtima kumaphatikizapo luso lolanda kugwirizana koyenera kwa zinthu, ndipo m'pamenenso St. Regis ndi yaikulu kwambiri. M'chinenero choyang'ana m'maso, malo ozungulira amamuitana mlendo kuti azikhala panyumba ndikukhala omasuka. Zotsatira zake zitha kutchedwa nyimbo zamaso. "
Stanley Turkel adasankhidwa kukhala 2020 Historian of the Year ndi Historic Hotels of America, pulogalamu yovomerezeka ya National Trust for Historic Preservation, yomwe adatchulidwapo kale mu 2015 ndi 2014. Turkel ndiye mlangizi wodziwika bwino wamahotelo ku United States. Amagwiritsa ntchito malo ake owerengera kuhotelo ngati mboni waluso pamilandu yokhudzana ndi hotelo, amapereka kasamalidwe ka chuma ndi kuyankhulana kwa hotelo. Amadziwika kuti ndi Master Hotel Supplier Emeritus ndi Educational Institute of the American Hotel and Lodging Association. [imelo ndiotetezedwa] 917-628-8549
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