Mwini hotelo Dan W. James, monga Bill Skirvin yemwe adalipo iye asanakhale, sanapumule pazomwe adachita kale. Mu 1959, dziwe losambira lidawonjezeredwa kumpoto kwa hoteloyo, ndipo chaka chimodzi pambuyo pake adamanga chipinda cha Four Seasons Lounge pafupi ndi dziwe. Ngakhale adayesetsa kukonza malo ake, a James ndi ena ogwira ntchito ku hotelo anali kuthana ndi kuchepa kwa mzinda wapakati. Kuyambira mu 1959, malo ogulitsira akumatauni atsopano adamangidwa zaka zingapo zilizonse, kukoka ogula kutali ndi mzinda. Chinanso chomwe chinapangitsa kuti mzinda wapakati ucheperwe chinali nthawi yatsopano yoyendetsa magalimoto, yomwe idasiya kusintha njanji ndi njanji zamabasi kupita kuma bus ndi magalimoto. Misewu ya mumzinda, yokonzedweratu kuyenda kwa anthu oyenda komanso kugwiritsa ntchito magalimoto ochepa, inali yodzaza ndi magalimoto ochuluka, pomwe malo ochepa anali olepheretsa kuyimika koyenera.

Mu 1963, mavuto omwe amakhala mumzinda wa Oklahoma City anali kukulirakulira, James adalengeza kuti adagulitsa Skirvin kwa gulu lazachuma zochokera ku Chicago. Ngakhale mgwirizanowu udawonjezera chipinda chamadola 250,000 ku hoteloyo ndikupanga mapulani abwino pakukula kwa Skirvin Hotel ndi Tower, adagulitsa malowa ku HT Griffin mu 1968.

Griffin, yemwe adakonza zomanga Liberty Tower kumwera kwenikweni kwa hoteloyo, adawulula pulani yazaka ziwiri yomwe ikufuna kukonzanso Skirvin ndikusintha kuchoka ku mzinda wa Oklahoma City. Ndi ndalama zokwana madola 2.5 miliyoni, adakonzanso Sun Suite, ndikuwonjezera malo odyera atsopano, ndikusintha mawindo onse azenera ndi mafelemu amkuwa, m'malo mwa mipando yonse, ndikuwonjezera makanema apa TV mchipinda chilichonse, ndikukonzanso malo olandirira alendo, khitchini ndi khofi shopu.

Ngakhale ndalama zochulukazi, Griffin adakumana ndi zovuta. Kukonzanso kwamatauni kunali kogwira ntchito kumapeto kwa ma 1960, kupititsa patsogolo magalimoto ndikulepheretsa kuyenda mtawuni. Kuchuluka kwa ogwira ntchito kunatsika, kufika pa nadir ya 32% yokha mu 1969, nthawi yomwe wokhala ndi 70% anali wofunikira kulipira ndalama zogwiritsira ntchito komanso ngongole kubanki. Mu 1968, hoteloyo idapanga phindu laling'ono, koma mu 1969 komanso mu 1971 Skirvin adatayika. Kuphatikiza pakupanga ndalama zambiri ku Liberty Tower, ndalama zoyipa zidakakamiza Griffin kuti achite ziphuphu kumapeto kwa 1971.

Pakadali kanthawi kochepa m'mbiri yakale, a Skirvin adayikidwa m'manja mwa trasti, Stanton L. Young, yemwe adabwereka ndalama kuti agwire ntchito ndikufufuza njira yolipira ngongole ndikubwezera hoteloyo kuulemerero wake wakale. Chaka chimodzi pambuyo pake, Young adakambirana kuti agulitse Skirvin Hotel ku CLE Corporation, kampani yaku Texas yomwe inali ndi mahotela ambiri mdziko lonselo. Mtengo wogula unali pafupifupi $ 2 miliyoni.

Chakumapeto kwa chaka cha 1972, mwini watsopanoyo adalengeza kuti dzina la hoteloyo lisinthidwa kukhala "Skirvin Plaza Hotel" ndipo adalonjeza kuti adzagulitsa $ 2.3 miliyoni pantchito yokonzanso - ndalama zomwe zingawonjezeke kufika $ 8 miliyoni pofika 1974. Zambiri anali kunja kwamaso, monga kubowolanso matope, kutsuka njerwa, ndikutsitsa ma awnings akale. Chipinda chilichonse cha alendo chidakonzedwa ndi kukongoletsedwanso mumodzi mwa mitundu isanu ndi itatu ndipo mapaipi atsopano ndi zingwe zamagetsi zidayikidwa.

Povutikira chifukwa chokhala pantchito ngakhale atapeza ndalama zambiri, CLE Corporation mu 1977 idagulitsa Skirvin ku Businessman's Assurance Company. Mahotela ena abwino a Mzindawu, monga Huckins, Biltmore, Tower ndi Black, anali atasiyidwa kale, kuwonongedwa, kapena kusinthidwa kukhala maofesi.

Moyo wa Skirvin, wopachikidwa pazaka 16 zapitazi, udalandila mwayi watsopano mu 1979 pomwe gulu laling'ono lazachuma lidazindikira kuthekera kwa hoteloyo. Ndi chikhulupiriro chokumbutsa Bill Skirvin, osunga ndalama atsopano adagula hoteloyo $ 5.6 miliyoni. Ndi zida zophatikizika komanso luso la omwe amagulitsa ndalama Ron Burks, Bill Jennings, John Kilpatrick, Jr., Bob Lammerts, Jerry Richardson, Dub Ross ndi Joe Dann Trigg, a Skirvin Plaza Investors adakumana ndi vuto lawo lankhanza.

Ndi kudzipereka $ 1 miliyoni, amalondawo adachita kampeni yokonzanso zambiri. Pochezera alendo, ogwira ntchito adachotsa masitepe ena kuti apezenso mawonekedwe oyambayo. Kenako, powononga zina zowonjezera, ogwira ntchitowo adapeza bwalo lamatabwa loyambirira, lomwe limakhala ngati kapangidwe kazitsulo zina zazitsulo ndi matabwa. Pamwamba pamakoma omwe adakonzedwanso, zojambula pamakoma zidapangidwanso ndipo ma chandeli akulu omwe adatumizidwa kuchokera ku Czechoslovakia adayikidwako. Skirvin, atatha zaka makumi awiri akuchepa, amayenera kupeza mwayi wina.

Mu 1980, tsogolo la Skirvin lidawoneka lotsimikizika. Kukonzanso kwamkati kunali pafupi kumaliza ndipo zochitika zinali kuchitika mozungulira Skirvin zomwe zingakope alendo atsopano. Kukonzanso kwamatauni, komwe kudachepa pakati pa ma 1970, kudakulirakulira pomwe wopanga mapulogalamu ochokera ku Dallas adayamba kugwira ntchito ku Galleria, malo ogulitsiratu ogulitsa ndi maofesi omwe anali pafupi ndi kumadzulo ndi kumwera kwa Skirvin.

Chitukuko china chodabwitsa kwambiri mtawuniyi ndikuteteza nyumba zingapo zodziwika bwino mumzinda. Polimbikitsidwa ndi kuchuluka kwachuma, zolimbikitsa misonkho, komanso kuchuluka kwa malo ogwirira ntchito, osunga ndalama adagula ndikukonzanso nyumba monga Colcord Hotel, Harbour-Longmire, Black Hotel, Montgomery Ward, ndi Nyumba ya Mafuta ndi Gasi. Kulimbitsa nkhope kumeneku kudalowetsa moyo watsopano mumzinda wapakati.

Kufunika kwa Skirvin Hotel m'mbiri ya Oklahoma kunadziwika mwalamulo kumapeto kwa 1980 pomwe zikwangwani ziwiri zidawululidwa ndi Governor George Nigh. Chikwangwani chimodzi chidalemba kuti hoteloyo izikhala pa National Register of Historic Places; winayo adawonetsanso ulemu womwewo kuchokera ku Oklahoma City Historic Preservation and Landmark Commission.

Komabe, a Skirvin adasokonekera ndipo adatseka mu 1988 ndipo adakhala opanda kanthu mpaka 2007 pomwe adapezedwa ndi Marcus Hotels ndi Resorts omwe adakonzanso $ 55 miliyoni. Pa tsiku lokumbukira kubadwa kwake kwa 100, hoteloyo idatsegulidwanso ngati Skirvin Hilton Hotel ndipo yakhala ndi AAA Four Diamond chaka chilichonse kuyambira pamenepo.

“Ndife okondwa kukondwerera zaka 100 zapitazo kuchokera ku hotelo yakale kwambiri yomwe ili ku Oklahoma. Skirvin Hilton ndi hotelo yabwino kwambiri malinga ndi mahotela odziwika bwino, ndipo inali mbiri yachinayi yobwezeretsa mbiri yakale, "atero a Bill Otto, Purezidenti wa Marcus Hotels & Resorts. "Ngakhale kuti tidasunga mbiri yakale mosamalitsa, tidakonzanso malowo ndikukhazikitsa malingaliro odyera, kuphatikiza Park Avenue Grill ndi Red Piano Bar. Ndife onyadira kukhala nawo pamwambo wokondwererawu - ndipo ndife onyadira kupitiliza kupereka ntchito zabwino kwa alendo athu ku Oklahoma City. ”

Pulojekitiyi inagwiritsa ntchito zaka 50 za Marcus Hotels pobwezeretsa mahotela odziwika bwino. A Martin Van Der Laan, wamkulu wa kampaniyo adati, "Skirvin Hilton amadziwika kuti ndiye korona wamzindawu mzaka zapazipwirikiti komanso kubadwanso kwa mzinda wa Oklahoma City mu 2006. Lero hoteloyo ndi wolemba mbiri ya mzindawu ndipo idakali gawo lofunikira la zakale ndi zamtsogolo za mzindawu ”.

Skirvin Hilton Hotel ndi membala wa Historic Hotels of America, pulogalamu yovomerezeka ya National Trust for Historic Preservation.

* Kuti mumve zambiri za Skirvin Hilton Hotel, onani "Skirvin" yojambulidwa bwino komanso yolembedwa bwino ndi Jack Money ndi Steve Lackmeyer, Full Circle Press, Oklahoma City, 2007.

Wolembayo, Stanley Turkel, ndi wovomerezeka komanso wothandizira pamsika wama hotelo. Amagwiritsa ntchito hotelo yake, kuchereza alendo komanso kuwunikira komwe kumagwiritsa ntchito kasamalidwe ka chuma, kuwunikiridwa kwa magwiridwe antchito ndi magwiridwe antchito amgwirizano wama franchising ndi ntchito zothandizira milandu. Makasitomala ndi eni hotelo, osunga ndalama ndi mabungwe obwereketsa.

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