Mbiri Yakale: The Americana of New York

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Americana ya New York idatsegulidwa pa Seputembara 25, 1962 ngati hotelo yamsonkhano wazipinda 2,000. Inamangidwa ndi abale a Laurence Tisch ndi a Preston Tisch, eni ake a Loews Corporation ndipo inali hotelo yoyamba yopitilira 1,000 yopangidwa ku New York kuyambira Waldorf Astoria mu 1931. Ndi 51 pansi, idatamandidwa kwazaka zambiri pakutsatsa kwake komanso atolankhani ngati hotelo yayitali kwambiri padziko lapansi, kutengera kuchuluka ndi kutalika kwa malo ake okhala. Americaana inamangidwa, pamodzi ndi New York Hilton moyang'anizana ndi Sixth Avenue pamtsinje wotsatira, kuti atumikire alendo ochulukirapo omwe chiwonetsero cha 1964 New York World chidzabweretse, komanso msika wamabizinesi ndi msonkhano. Hoteloyo imadziwikanso m'zaka zapitazi kuti Americana Hotel, Americana New York ndi Loews Americana yaku New York.

Pa Meyi 14, 1968, a John Lennon ndi a Paul McCartney adachita msonkhano ndi atolankhani ku America kuti alengeze za kukhazikitsidwa kwa Apple Corps, nyimbo yawo. Americanana idalandiranso gawo la New York mu 1967 ndi 1968 Emmy Awards. Kalabu yamadzulo ya hoteloyo, The Royal Box inali ndi zisudzo za a Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Julie London, Peggy Lee, Liberace, Lena Horne, Sammy Davis, Jr., Paul Anka, Frank Sinatra ndi nthano zambiri zanyimbo.

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Hoteloyo idamangidwa pamapangidwe amisiri a Morris Lapidus wokhala ndi nsanjika ziwiri zosanjikiza poyambirira momwe munali malo olandirira alendo, malo odyera asanu, zipinda zamiyendo khumi, holo yayikulu yamisonkhano, ndi "maekala aakhitchini", okhala ndi zipinda zaku hotelo m'mabande ochepa pamwambapa. Kuti akwaniritse izi, Lapidus adagwiritsa ntchito njira zitatu: pansi 1 mpaka 5 ndizitsulo zopangidwa ndi konkriti wachitsulo, pansi pa 5 mpaka 29 ndi makoma akumeta a konkriti, ndipo zipilala za konkriti zolimbitsa 29 mpaka 51. Pomaliza, nyumbayi inali nyumba yayitali kwambiri yopangidwa ndi konkire mumzinda.

Pa Julayi 21, 1972, American Airlines inalanda Americaana ya New York kuchokera ku Loews, komanso City Squire Motor Inn kudutsa msewu, ndi Americana Hotels ku Bal Harbor, Florida, ndi San Juan, Puerto Rico, kwakanthawi zaka makumi atatu. American adagwirizanitsa mahotelawo ndi mndandanda wawo wa Sky Chefs Hotels ndikugulitsa malo onse pansi pa mtundu wa Hotels ku Americana. Hoteloyo idakhala likulu la demokalase ku 1976 Democratic National Convention ndi 1980 Democratic National Convention. Hoteloyo idachititsanso 1974 NFL Draft.

The Americana ya New York ndi City Squire Motor Inn adagulitsidwa ku mgwirizano wa Sheraton Hotels ndi Equitable Life Assurance Society pa Januware 24, 1979. The Americana idasinthidwa kukhala Sheraton Center Hotel & Towers. Sheraton adagula gawo la Equitable mu hotelo mu 1990, ndikuwamasula kuti ayambe kukonzanso pafupifupi $ 200 miliyoni mu 1991, pomwe hoteloyo idatchulidwanso Sheraton New York Hotel ndi Towers. Pambuyo pa kuwukira kwa World Trade Center pa Seputembara 11, 2001, gulu la Lehman Brothers Investment Banking lidasinthiratu zipinda zodyeramo, malo odyera, ndi zipinda 665 za hoteloyo kukhala ofesi. Starwood Hotels (yomwe idagula Sheraton mu 1998) idagulitsa hoteloyo, pamodzi ndi zina 37, ku Host Marriott pamtengo wa $ 4 Biliyoni pa Novembala 14, 2005. Hoteloyo idapitilizidwabe ndi Sheraton, komabe, idakonzedwanso kuyambira 2011- 2012, pamtengo wa $ 180 miliyoni, dzina lake lifupikitsidwa ku Sheraton New York Hotel mu 2012 ndikusinthidwa kukhala Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel mu 2013.

Malo okhala kwambiri ndi mawonekedwe ataliitali owonda opindika, oyendetsedwa molunjika pa ngodya ya 52th Street, yotsimikizidwa ndi cholumikizira chamizere yopingasa yamawindo ojambulapo ndi ma spandrel achikaso onyezimira. Kumpoto chakumpoto moyang'anizana ndi Sixth Avenue, phiko lalitali la nsanjika 25 limayikidwa pamakona oyenera a slab wopindidwa, motero pang'ono panjira, ndikuphatikizira polowera ndi polowererapo papulatifomu ya nsanjika ziwiri.

Chofunika kwambiri pamtunda ndi nyumba ziwiri zozungulira zozungulira zozungulira kuchokera kumapeto kwa phiko lopindika pakona ya msewu wa 52. Chithunzi cha hotelo yoyambirira mzaka za m'ma 1960 chingapezeke pamsonkhano wa Museum of the City of New York. Mseu wammbali mbali zonse poyamba unali ndi mizere yolumikizidwa pang'onopang'ono panjira yolowera ndi mapiko opindika, potembenuza mseu wa Seventh Avenue kutsogolo kwa hoteloyo.

Malo oyang'anira nyumba zokhalamo nthawi zambiri amakhala osasunthika, koma magawo a podium adakumananso pakukonzanso kwa 1991, ndikusintha mawonekedwe osiyanasiyana, owala a 1960s ndi granite ya Postmodern squared.

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Nthaŵi ina ndinkagwira ntchito monga Resident Manager wa Americana wa New York. Ndinkakhala pansi pa 45 ndipo ndinkapezeka nthawi iliyonse yamadzulo pazochitika zilizonse zachilendo. Mosalephera, panali zochitika zomwe zidabwera chifukwa cha kulephera kwamakina, machitidwe osayembekezereka a alendo komanso / kapena zolakwa za ogwira ntchito. Ndinkakonda chisangalalo cha ntchitoyi ndipo ndinakauza General Manager Tom Troy, msirikali wakale wa Statler Hotel Corporation.

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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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