Ndi hotelo iti yaku New York yomwe idavoteredwa kukhala yauve kwambiri kwa zaka zitatu zikuyenda?

Nkhani yaposachedwa mu New York Times (July 27, 2014) inanena za ulendo wa bizinesi waku North Vietnam Truong Dinh Tran (“Mr. Tran's Messy Life and Legacy”):

Truong Dinh Tran ankakhala moyo wovuta kwambiri, pokhapokha mutawerenga zaka ziwiri m'ndende ya kumpoto kwa Vietnam, kusambira kupita ku South Vietnam, kumanga chuma chambiri panthawi yankhondo, kuthawira ku United States ndi sutikesi yodzaza ndi ndalama ndi golide wina. , kudziyika yekha ndi zibwenzi zake zinayi ndi ana awo mu hotelo yokhala ndi chipinda chimodzi ku Manhattan ku West Side, kukhala mutu wa kulanda katundu wamkulu wa boma wokhudzana ndi milandu ya mankhwala osokoneza bongo m'mbiri ya America, kenako ndikupereka $ 2 miliyoni ku American Red. Cross Disaster Relief Fund pambuyo pa Seputembara 11. Atamwalira, mu 2012, Bambo Tran anasiya chuma chamtengo wapatali cha $ 100 miliyoni, osachepera ana a 16 ndi akazi asanu, mkazi wina wodzifotokozera yekha, ndipo palibe chifuniro chomaliza.

Pakati pa malo ake ku New York panali Hotel Carter yomwe idasankhidwa kukhala "hotelo yonyansa kwambiri ku America" ​​kwa zaka zitatu zotsatizana patsamba la TripAdvisor.

Hotel Carter inamangidwa mu 1930 monga Hotel Dixie ndi Percy ndi Harry Uris omwe anali omanga mahotela ogwira ntchito ku New York City. Dixie inamangidwa ngati hotelo ya buledi ndi batala, yopanda zovala zokhala ndi zipinda zazing'ono za alendo. Zinalibe zodziwonetsera ngati zapamwamba ndipo zidapangidwa kuti zizipereka zipinda zotsika mtengo m'dera la Times Square. Panalinso kokwerera mabasi m'chipinda chapansi pansi pa msewu. Chipindacho chinali ndi chipinda chachikulu chodikirira chomwe chili ndi malo odziwitsa anthu, zowerengera matikiti, maofesi apasiteshoni, zosungiramo katundu, zipinda zowerengera, kauntala ndi malo oyimika magalimoto. Njira zamabasi zolowera ndikuchokera ku Forty-third Street. Njira yokhotakhota ya mapazi makumi atatu ndi asanu idathandizira kuyendetsa mabasi kulowa m'malo omwe adagawirako ndikuwongolera akakonzeka kunyamuka.

Malo okwerera mabasi anagwira ntchito kwa zaka makumi awiri mphambu zisanu ndi ziwiri asanatseke mu July 1957. Pa nthawi yake, Central Union Bus Terminal (kenako Short Line Terminal) inkayendetsa mabasi 350 tsiku lililonse pa nyengo yachilimwe. Inali ndi malo akulu kwambiri otsekera mabasi aliwonse ku New York okhala ndi zipata za 42nd Street ndi 43rd Street. Zinabweretsa magalimoto, phokoso ndi carbon monoxide pakhomo la hotelo, malo olandirira alendo ndi zipinda za alendo. Pomalizira pake idatsekedwa chifukwa cholephera kupikisana ndi bus yatsopano ya Port Authority pa 40th Street ndi Eighth Avenue.

Hotel Dixie idapangidwa koyambirira, idapangidwa ndikumangidwa ngati hotelo yazachuma / bajeti kuyambira pomwe idakhazikitsidwa. Zipinda zake zing'onozing'ono zimawulula lingaliro la njira yake pamsika wa Times Square. Anapangidwa kuti azipikisana ndi nyumba zogona komanso zogona zotsika mtengo. Zabwino kwambiri, zitha kufotokozedwa ngati hotelo yonga YMCA yokhala ndi mabafa apayekha.

Abale a Uris anataya hotelo ya Dixie italandidwa ndi Bowery Savings Bank mu 1932. Utsogoleri wa hoteloyo unatengedwa ndi Southworth Management Company. Mu 1942, Hotel Dixie idatchedwanso Hotel Carter pomwe gulu la Carter Hotel lidapeza hotelo ndi kokwerera mabasi. Iyi inali hotelo yachisanu ndi chimodzi mu gulu la Carter ndipo yachiwiri yake ku New York City.

Nkhani zotsatirazi za New York Times zikuwonetsa zochitika zamsika za Hotel Dixie/Carter zomwe zakhala nthawi yayitali komanso zotsika mtengo komanso ntchito zovuta nthawi zambiri:

George R. Sanders wa ku Brooklyn, New York analumpha kuchokera pansanjika ya 14 ya hoteloyo pa March 13, 1931. Thupi lake linagwera padenga la malo odyera a nkhani imodzi moyandikana ndi Dixie. Anatera pamapazi a makasitomala awiri a diner ndi woyang'anira usiku. Anasiya chikalata m’chipinda chake chodzizindikiritsa yekha ndi kutchula kupsinjika maganizo monga chifukwa chodzipha.

Olga Kibrick, mwana wamkazi wa Brockton wolemera, wamkulu wa inshuwaransi ku Massachusetts, anadzipha mwa kudumpha kuchokera padenga la hoteloyo kupita pansanjika yachitatu ya kumadzulo kwa nyumbayo, mu October 1931. Iye ankakhala pansanjika ya nambala 21. Apolisi adapeza khadi la Brockton Musical Chorus mchipinda chake, limodzi ndi masenti khumi ndi asanu osinthira, magolovesi ake, ndi kabuku ka mthumba.

Mu September 1941, mnyamata wina wa ku Wayne, ku Nebraska, anapsa mtima mpaka kufa atagona pamene anali kusuta pansanjika 12 ya hoteloyo. Nkhaniyo inakhala mitu yankhani pamene zinadziwika kuti atangofika kumene, Frederick S. Berry Jr. analandira kalata yochokera kwa abambo ake yofotokoza zomwe amayi ake anali nazo za chinachake chowopsya chomwe chinachitika kwa iye. Berry adapezeka ndi ogwira ntchito ku hotelo atakhala pampando, zovala zake zakumtunda zidapsya. Anamwalira atatengedwera kuchipatala cha Roosevelt.

Darrell Bossett, wantchito wosagwira ntchito, anamangidwa atakangana ndi apolisi m’chipinda chansanjika chachinayi cha Carter Hotel, mu December 1980. Anaimbidwa mlandu wakupha munthu woyamba ndi kupha munthu wa digiri yachiwiri ndi kukhala ndi chida, powombera munthu. Wapolisi waku New York City a Gabriel Vitale.

Mwana wakhanda, wamasiku makumi awiri ndi asanu, anamenyedwa mpaka kufa ku hotelo mu November 1983. Bambo ake, Jack Joaquin Correa, wokhala ku hotelo, anaimbidwa mlandu wakupha ndi kuzunza ana.

Mzinda wa New York unali kugwiritsira ntchito hoteloyo monga pogona anthu opanda pokhala mu June 1984. Khomo la 43rd Street la hoteloyo linakhala malo osonkhanira achichepere ndi ana aang’ono. Pofika kumapeto kwa 1985, Carter anali atachepetsa kwambiri chiŵerengero cha mabanja opanda pokhala okhala m’zipinda zake. Chiwerengero cha mabanja osowa pokhala chinatsika kuchoka pa 300 kufika pa 61. Hoteloyo inayambanso kuyesetsa kukopa alendo. New York City idachotsa mabanja onse opanda pokhala ku Carter mu 1988.

Pofika mu December 1991, Penthouse Hostel inagwira ntchito mobwereketsa pa 23rd ndi 24th floors ya Hotel Carter. Chizindikiro cha hostel sichinkawoneka pansi pa marquee a Carter. Malo ogona kumeneko adapereka njira ina m'malo mwa bungwe la American Youth Hostels.

Wochita bizinesi waku Vietnam Truong Dinh Tran adagula Hotel Carter mu Okutobala 1977. Bambo Tran anali mwiniwake wamkulu wa Vioshipco Line, kampani yayikulu kwambiri yonyamula katundu ku South Vietnam m'zaka za m'ma 1970. Bambo Tran anali ndi mapangano ambiri ndi asitikali aku United States onyamula katundu ndikuthandizira kusamutsa masauzande a anthu wamba aku South Vietnam komanso asitikali, adabwera ku US mu 1975.

Bambo Tran anayamba bizinesi yake ya hotelo ndi kugula Hotel Opera ku Upper West Side ku Manhattan, kenako Hotel Carter ndi Hotel Kenmore m'katikati mwa Manhattan ndi Hotel Lafayette ku Buffalo, New York.

Kasamalidwe kabwino ka Bambo Tran pa Hotel Carter anapatuka pamayendedwe amwambo a hotelo m'njira zinayi zofunika:

1. Zipinda za alendo zinkayeretsedwa pokhapokha potuluka. Chimodzi mwa zotsatira za mchitidwewu chinali kuchepa kwa ntchito, mapepala, pillowcases, matawulo, sopo, madzi ndi zipangizo zina zoyeretsera. Tiyenera kukumbukira kuti masiku ano mahotela ambiri amapempha alendo kuti asamasinthe zovala za tsiku ndi tsiku.

2. Zothandizira alendo zinali ndi zofunikira zokha. Izi zidapangitsa oyang'anira Hotel Carter kugula zipinda zake pamtengo wotsika pansi $100 usiku uliwonse.

3. Kugwira ntchito kwa zipinda za hoteloyi, mitengo yotsika komanso malo abwino kwambiri amakopa alendo akunja, ophunzira, magulu a SMERF ndi alendo osasamala.

4. Chiŵerengero chenicheni cha zipinda za alendo zomwe zinali zobwereka tsiku ndi tsiku zinali 546. Zipinda zotsalira mu Hotel Carter zinali ndi banja lalikulu la Bambo Tran.

Wolemba, Stanley Turkel, ndi m'modzi mwa olemba omwe amafalitsidwa kwambiri pankhani yochereza alendo. Zolemba zoposa 275 zokhudzana ndi nkhani zosiyanasiyana za hotelo zaikidwa pa Hotel-Online, BlueMauMau, HotelNewsResource ndi eTurboNews masamba. Awiri mwa mabuku ake a hotelo adakwezedwa, kugawidwa ndikugulitsidwa ndi American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute. Buku lachitatu la hotelo limatchedwa "mwachidwi komanso chidziwitso" ndi New York Times.

Stanley Turkel wasankhidwa kukhala Mlembi Wakale wa Chaka cha 2014 ndi Historic Hotels of America, pulogalamu yovomerezeka ya National Trust for Historic Preservation.

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