Malo Otchuka Osaiwalika ku San Antonio

Kuposa mzinda uliwonse wa Texas, San Antonio amatsitsiranso mbiri yake. Kuchokera kumishonale yomwe inamangidwa m'ma 1700 kupita ku maofesi omwe anakhazikitsidwa m'zaka za m'ma 1800, mipukutu yochititsa chidwi ya mbiri yakale ingapezeke m'tawuni yonse. Monga malonda amalonda, maofesi amawongolera mobwerezabwereza kuposa mipingo yakale, koma ngakhale kukonzanso kungapereke chidziwitso chothandiza kusintha nthawi ndi kusintha patsogolo. Pano pali zitsanzo za malo ena otchuka kwambiri ku San Antonio.

• 01 ya 06

  The St. Anthony Hotel

  Kuyambira pamene inatsegulidwa mu 1909, St. Anthony Hotel yawona abambo ambiri amabwera ndikupita, koma onse adayamikira kwambiri zinthu zabwino komanso zopititsa patsogolo zamakono. Buku lakuti Dusting Off a Legend: The St. Anthony Hotel ikuphatikizapo malonda a maolivi a hotelo yomwe imati nyumbayo inali "yopsereza moto." Mwina mwina kunali kovuta, koma hoteloyo inali imodzi mwa oyamba kukhala ndi zitseko ( zomwe zinayambitsa "diso la matsenga") ndi ma air conditioning mnyumba yonseyo.

  St. Anthony adayambanso "malo oyendetsa galimoto," komwe alendo angayang'anire mwamsanga mutangotha ​​malo osungirako magalimoto pamsasa wapamwamba wa galimoto.

  Masiku ano, hotelo ikupitiriza kufotokoza mbiri yake, kupyolera mu zithunzi, kujambula, zomangamanga ndi mipando yachikale. Chinthu chochititsa chidwi kwambiri ndi piyano yapamwamba ya Steinway mu malo olondera alendo. Kumangidwanso mu 1924 kwa ambassy ya ku Russia ku Paris, piyanoyo idagulitsidwa patapita zaka zingapo pamene Soviet Union inagwa pansi. Mbuye wa St. Anthony Ralph Morrison anakwera piyano ndipo anakhala mosangalala m'chipinda cholandirira alendo kwa zaka zambiri. Pambuyo pa hoteloyi itakumana ndi zovuta zake, piyano inagulitsidwa kwa mwini yekha ku California mu 1993. Watsopano wamalonda wa St. Anthony, Sid Greehey, anawombola piyano mu 2013. Icho chinayenera kuchoka ku California kupita ku New York kuti zikhale zazikulu kukonzanso. Mwa kuyang'ana pa piyano yokongola lero, simungadziwe kuti inali yoyenda bwino kwambiri.

  Nyimbo nthawi zonse yakhala yofunika kwambiri ku St. Anthony, makamaka ngati mbali ya Fiesta, chikondwerero chokondweretsa cha San Antonio. Chochitika chotsatira kuyambira mu 1891, Fiesta ikuphatikiza mipira yokongola, mapepala ndi miyambo okhawo ammudzi akumvetsa. Zithunzi za mbiri yakale ku St. Anthony zimapereka kukoma kwa kugwirizanitsa kwa hotelo kwa Fiesta. Kwa omwe akufuna mbiri yamalonda, mungathe kukhala pa bar omwe Herb Kelleher adalongosola maganizo ake ku Southwest Airlines pa chophimba.

• 02 a 06

  Hotel Emma

  Ngati muli geer wodzipereka, mungakonde kuphunzira za zina mwa zokongola ku Hotel Emma. Nyumbayo inali nyumba ya brearly, Pearl's Brewhouse, kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1800 ndi kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1900. Zida zochokera nthawi imeneyo zakhala zikuwonjezeredwanso kuti zipangitse mapangidwe a hotelo yomwe ikugwiritsidwa ntchito panopa. Makina akuluakulu ofiira olowa m'malowa anali ammonia compressors pa brewery. Pansi pakhomo pa malo ocherezera alendo ndilo kubzala kwathunthu pansi pa buledi yoyambirira.

  Mu malo a ballroom, yang'anani mmwamba ndipo mudzawona zipangizo zopangidwa kuchokera ku zipangizo zodzaza botolo. Mu malo a zinyumba za njovu, pali mabanki akuluakulu a lalanje omwe nthawiyina amasungira madzi CO2 kwa brewery. Panthawi yoletsedwa, bizinesiyo idapulumuka chifukwa cha kalembedwe ka Emma Koehler, mmodzi mwa atatu Emmas omwe adagwirizana ndi hoteloyo. Mkazi wamasiye wa Pearl Pulezidenti Otto Koehler, Emma Koehler anagwiritsa ntchito nyumbayi kuti azipukuta zowonongeka, kukonza magalimoto ndi kupanga "pafupi ndi mowa," soda ndi ayisikilimu. Ankagwira ntchito ambiri mwa antchito ake powabwezeretsa.

  Pamene anali ndi moyo, Otto anakumana ndi Emmas awiri omwe anali anamwino ake, ndipo adawaika pamodzi kunyumba kwawo. Kugonjetsa kwake kunapweteka kwambiri, komabe, mbuye wina Emmas anamuwombera atamwalira.

  Pambuyo pa mbiri yake yochititsa chidwi, Hotel Emma ndi kampani ina yokongola kwambiri. Muzisangalala ndi zamakono zamakono mu malo amodzi. Beth Add, yemwe ndi mkulu wa malonda ndi malonda, anati: "Kuphatikiza pa ntchito yosamvetsetseka komanso gawo la anthu lomwe limapangitsa Hotel Emma kukhala wapadera, chinthu chofunika kwambiri pa hotelo ya hoteloyo ndi South Texas. "Kuchokera pomwe mutalowa mkati, kusuta kwa mbiri yakale kumafika pamoyo."

• 03 a 06

  Kunyumba2 Suites ndi Hilton

  Ngakhale kuti dzina la hotelo silikumveka mwachindunji kwambiri, Suites ya Home2 ya San Antonio imakhala mu nyumba ya Sullivanesque yomwe inayamba mu 1919. Pambuyo pokonzanso nyumbayo mu 1982, hoteloyo inalandira malo otchuka kwambiri a Conservation Society Historic Preservation Award mu 1983. Monga gawo la mwambo waukulu wotsegulira, nthawi yamapusulo inayikidwa mu mwala wapangodya. Zili ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana, kuphatikizapo chimanga chochepa chomwe chimapatsa malowa kutali kwambiri ngati munda wa chimanga. Malo omwe hoteloyo ikukhalapo ali ndi zolemba zomwe zatsala pang'ono kufika mu 1793, pamene zinali gawo la chipani cha dziko la Spain.

  Kamodzi kokhala yaitali kwambiri ku San Antonio, polojekiti yamtengo wapatali inatchedwa "banki ya dola milioni" m'mabuku oyambirira. Kuwonjezera pa kutumikira monga banki, nyumbayi inali nyumba yomangamanga kwa zaka zingapo. Hoteti yonse ya suites tsopano ikukhala yatsopano komanso yokhala ndi zinthu zonse zamakono.

• 04 ya 06

  Emily Morgan Hotel

  Kumangidwa m'ma 1920, Emily Morgan Hotel poyamba anali kunyumba kwa madokotala ndi chipatala. Pambuyo pake anasinthidwa ku malo antchito asanasandulike ku hotelo ya upscale mu 1984.

  Nyumba yosanja ya Gothic Revival ya 13 yomwe ili ndi nsanja imakhala ndi zojambulajambula zowoneka ngati chitsulo chosungunuka ndi chitsulo chamkuwa ndi nthiti za matabwa. Ma gargoyles omwe ali pafupi ndi nyumbayi amaimira matenda osiyanasiyana, akuwonetseratu cholinga choyambirira cha nyumbayi. Nyumbayi inadziwikanso ndi National Register of Historic Places.

  Pamwambowu, dzina la a hotelo, Emily Morgan (aka Emily West), linali loyambirira "Yellow Rose la Texas" lomwe likuyimira nyimbo yotchuka. Monga nthano ikupita, mtumiki wamtundu wa mulatto wotchedwa Emily Morgan anali kuvina Santa Santa pamene nkhondo ya San Jacinto inayamba, kumusokoneza nthawi yaitali kuti Texans apambane ndi kupondereza asilikali a Mexico.

• 05 ya 06

  Sheraton Gunter Hotel

  Pamene mbiri ya hoteloyi ikuyenda ulendo wonse kubwerera mu 1837, makonzedwe atsopanowa anamangidwa mu 1909 ndipo anapangidwa ndi konkire ndi buffle. Nyumba ya hotelo ya nthiti eyiti, yokwana 301 inali yaikulu kwambiri ku San Antonio panthawiyo. Nkhani zina zinayi zinawonjezedwa ndi 1926. Alendo amakono omwe amakhala ku hotelo sangakonde kudziwa mbiri yonse. Ndizowopsya pang'ono.

  M'chaka cha 1965, anthu ambiri anaphedwa pa hoteloyi. Munthuyu anazengereza ku St. Anthony Hotel, kumene anadzipha. Zidutswa zokha za thupi la mkazi zinapezeka ku hotelo. Zinaganiziridwa kuti wakuphayo angakhale atayika thupi lake mu simenti yonyowa kumalo osungirako pafupi. Chifukwa cha zochitika izi, anthu ena amakhulupirira kuti hoteloyo ikuwotchedwa. Anthu omwe sakhulupirira zamatsenga angapeze hoteloyi kukhala malo okongola kwambiri okhalamo.

• 06 ya 06

  Menger Hotel

  Mzindawu uli pafupi ndi Alamo, Hotel Menger ndi imodzi mwa mahoteli akale kwambiri kumadzulo kwa Mtsinje wa Mississippi. Theodore Roosevelt anayesa kukopa anthu atsopano a Rough Riders otchuka ku Menger Bar. Roosevelt angakhale pa bar ndi kugula zakumwa za cowboys osakonzekera atsopano. Ena adadzuka tsiku lotsatira atadabwa pozindikira kuti akuyembekezeredwa kuti aphunzitse gulu la nkhondo la Roosevelt. Ndipotu, iye ankapita ku Menger nthawi zambiri kuti akasaka maulendo ndi madyerero.

  Nyumba ya hoteloyi ndi yosiyana kwambiri ndi zithunzi za Renaissance Corinthian komanso zithunzi zojambulajambula komanso zojambulajambula. Hoteloyi yalembedwa pa National Register of Places Historic. Zithunzi zambiri zikuwonetsa azidenti a US omwe akhala ku Menger kwa zaka zambiri. Chisoni chodziwika pa mahoteli ambiri achikale ndi chakuti zipinda nthawi zambiri zimakhala zochepa, koma Menger ali ndi masitepe ochepa, kuphatikizapo phazi lapamwamba la Moody Luxury.