Sikuti ndi imodzi mwa maofesi abwino kwambiri ku Oklahoma City, mzinda wa Skirvin Hotel ndi umodzi mwa malo ovomerezeka kwambiri a metro. Koma kodi izo zimawombera? Ndilo funso lomwe ambiri akufuna kudziwa. Eya, apa ndi mbiri yakale ya Skirvin Hotel yomwe ili ndi nkhani zokhudzana ndi mizimu komanso imanena zachisoni. Ndiponso, phunzirani zina mwazinthu zowonongeka kuti zili mu OKC .
Mbiri
William Balser "Bill" Skirvin, mwiniwake wa Land Run ndi wolemera wolemera mafuta a Texas, anasamutsa banja lake ku Oklahoma City mu 1906.
Anayendetsa mafuta ndi nthaka, kuwonjezera chuma chake, ndipo mu 1910 anaganiza zomanga hotelo pa imodzi mwa katundu wake pa 1st and Broadway pambuyo pa munthu wina wochokera ku New York City kukagula malonda kuti amange "hotelo yaikulu" mu boma. Oklahoma City inali ndi hotelo imodzi yokha yapamwamba pa nthawiyo, ndipo Skirvin ankaganiza kuti inali ndalama zabwino kwambiri.
Skirvin anafikira Solomon A. Layton, katswiri wodziwika bwino wa zomangamanga amene adapanga nyumba ya Oklahoma State Capitol , ndipo anakonza zoti adziwe hotelo yowongoka ngati U. Koma chakumapeto kwa 1910, pamene nkhani yomanga yachisanu inamaliza, Layton anatsimikizira Skirvin kuti kukula kwa OKC kumapangitsa kuti anthu azikhala ndi nkhani 10 m'malo moposa asanu ndi limodzi.
Pa September 26, 1911, Skirvin adatsegula hotelo yatsopano yomwe inali itangomaliza kumene. Nyumba yocherezeramo inali yokongoletsedwa mu Chingelezi cha Gothic, ndipo mapiko a hoteloyo anali ndi mankhwala osokoneza bongo, masitolo ogulitsira malonda ndi cafe. Hoteloyi inali ndi zipinda 225 ndi suites, aliyense ali ndi kusamba kwapadera, telefoni, mipando yamatabwa ndi chophimba chophimba.
Malingana ndi nkhani zambiri, hoteloyo inakhala malo a anthu odziwika bwino amalonda ndi ndale pazaka khumi zotsatira. Skirvin anayamba kuwonjezera hoteloyo, pang'onopang'ono poyamba, kumanga mapiko a nthano 12 ndipo kenako potulutsa mapiko onse 14 mpaka 1930. Malo owonjezerekawa anali 525 ndipo anawonjezera munda wa denga ndi kanyumba ka cabaret komanso kawiri kukula kokotera.
Dziko lonse lapansi linagwidwa ndi matenda, kuphulika kwa mafuta mumzinda wa Oklahoma City kunapangitsa kuti Skirvin Hotel ikhale yamphamvu, ndipo ngakhale kuti analephera kuyesayesa ndi mavuto a m'banja, William Skirvin anagwiritsira ntchito hotelo mpaka imfa yake mu 1944. Ana atatu a Skirvin anaganiza kugulitsa malo kwa Dan W. James mu 1945.
James nthawi yomweyo anayamba kukonza hoteloyi mofulumira kwambiri, kuwonjezera zinthu zambiri monga utumiki wa chipinda, malo ogulitsira, malo ogulitsira nsomba, dziwe losambira ndi dokotala wa nyumba. Chiphunzitso cha Skirvin chinakula mwakukulu monga momwe zinalili ndi a Purezidenti Harry Truman ndi Dwight D. Eisenhower. Koma pofika chaka cha 1959, mzinda wamakono wam'mudzi wakhudza kwambiri mzinda wa OKC, ndipo James anagulitsa hotelo ya Skirvin kwa azimayi a Chicago mu 1963. Pambuyo pake anagulitsanso mu 1968 kwa HT Griffin.
Griffin adagwiritsa ntchito miyandamiyanda yokonzanso malo a Skirvin Hotel, koma bizinesi inapitirizabe kuvutika ndipo Griffin adatumiza kubanki mu 1971. Pambuyo posintha manja nthawi zingapo, hoteloyo inakonzanso kowonjezeka m'ma 1970, kenaka kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1980, ndipo pomalizira pake inatsekedwa mu 1989 .
Mu 2002, mzinda wa Oklahoma City unapeza malowa ndikuyika phukusi la ndalama kuti "akonzanso, kubwezeretsa ndi kubwezeretsanso." Skirvin Hotel inatsegulidwanso pa February 26, 2007.
Pezani zambiri za Skirvin ku blog ya Doug Loudenback ndi "History of the Skirvin" ndi Bob Blackburn.
Anthu a ku Skirvin akuwotcha
Nkhani yamzimu ya Skirvin Hotel imapezeka pa mtsikana wina wotchedwa "Effie." Malinga ndi nthano, William Skirvin anali ndi chibwenzi ndi Effie, ndipo anatenga pakati. Pofuna kupeŵa kunyoza, iye amati amamukankhira m'chipinda chakumtunda 10, pomwepo padenga lakumwamba, kumene adasanduka bwinja pamene sanaloledwe kuchoka, ngakhale atabereka. Akuti adakwera, mwana wake wakhanda ali m'manja mwake, kunja kwawindo.
Sizinali zachilendo ku hotelo kwa alendo kuti azidandaula chifukwa cholephera kugona, kawirikawiri chifukwa chakumveka kosalekeza kwa mwana akulira. Kuwonjezera apo, malinga ndi ena, nude Effie amadziwika kuti akuwonekera kwa alendo a hotelo amphongo pamene akuwonetsa, ndipo liwu lake likhoza kumvekedwa akuwafotokozera.
Ogwira ntchito adalengeza zonse kuchokera kumabwalo achilendo kupita ku zinthu zomwe zimayenda okha.
Nthano ya Effie ndi yotchuka, koma palibe umboni wa mbiri ya izo. Ngakhale kuti William Skirvin amadziwika kuti ndi womanizer ndipo nyumba ya 10 mwina inali malo otchuka a juga ndi mahule m'ma 1930, olemba Steve Lackmeyer ndi Jack Money anachita kafukufuku wambiri pa buku lawo "Skirvin" koma sanapeze umboni wa Effie. Kudzipha yekhayo ku Skirvin kunali kwa wogulitsa amene adalumpha kuchokera pawindo lake.
The Legend Akukula
Komabe, nkhani ya Effie ikupitirira kuuzidwa, ndipo ambiri akukhulupirira kuti Skirvin Hotel ikuwotchedwa. Mu January 2010, gulu la mpira wa basketball la New York Knicks linauza nyuzipepala ya New York Daily News kuti iwo sankatha kugona usiku usanakwane masewera ndi Oklahoma City Thunder . "Ndikukhulupirira kuti pali ambuye muhoteleyi," adatero Eddy Curry. Pambuyo pake Jared Jeffries anawonjezera kuti, "Malowa akuwopsya.