Iindawo eziphambili zeMbali e-San Antonio

Ngaphezu kweyiphi na idolophu yaseTexas, iSan Antonio iphinda ibuyele imbali yayo. Ukususela kwimisebenzi eyakhiwe kuma-1700 ukuya kumahotele asekwe kwii-1800s, iintlobo ezithandekayo zembali zifumaneka kwiidolophu zonke. Njengamashishini amashishini, amahotele athathwe ngokuphindaphindiwe ngokuphindaphindiweyo kunamabandla eembali, kodwa kwanokulungiswa kunokubonelela ngeenkcukacha ezithandekayo kwixesha eliguqukayo kunye nezinto eziphambili. Nantsi inzampu yezinye iindawo zeerhwebo ezidumileyo zeSan Antonio.

• 01 ngo-06

  I-St. Anthony Hotel

  Ekubeni yavulwa ngo-1909, i-St. Anthony Hotel ibone abanikazi abaninzi beza kwaye baya, kodwa bonke baxabisa kakhulu izinto ezigqibeleleyo kunye nokuphucula kwezobuchwepheshe. Incwadi ethi Dusting Off Legend: I-St. Anthony Hotel ifaka iintengiso ze-vintage kwihotele ezithi isakhiwo "sasinomlilo." Le nto inokuba yinto encinci, kodwa ihotele yayiphakathi kweyokuqala ukuba ibe neengcango ezizenzekelayo ( kubangelwa "iliso lomlingo") kunye nesimo somoya kwisakhiwo.

  ISt. Anthony nayo yaqulunqa "i-auto lobby," apho iindwendwe ziza kukhangela khona emva kokupaka kwindawo yokupaka ephantsi komhlaba.

  Namhlanje, ihotele iyaqhubeka ibonisa imbali yayo, ngeefoto, imizobo, imizobo yokwakha kunye nefenethi ye-antitique. I-artifact eyona nto inqwenelekayo yiyona pianway ehle kakhulu kwi-lobby. Eyakhelwe ngo-1924 kwi-ambassy yaseRussia eParis, i-piano yathengiswa kwiminyaka emininzi kamva njengoko i-Soviet Union yahlaselwa yimali. Umnumzane uSt. Anthony, uRalph Morrison, wathabathela upiyano kwaye wahlala evuyayo kwindlu yokubambela iminyaka emininzi. Emva kokuba ihotele ihlangabezane neengxaki zayo, i-piano yathengiswa kumnikazi wabucala eCalifornia ngo-1993. Umtshali-mtsha waseSt. Anthony, uSid Greehey, wabuyisela kwakhona i-piyano ngo-2013. Kwafuneka ke uhambe ukusuka eKalifornia ukuya eNew York lungiswa. Ngokujonga ipiyano enhle namhlanje, awunakukwazi ukuba yayihamba kakuhle.

  Umculo uye wadlala indima enkulu eSt. Anthony, ngokuyinxalenye njengenxalenye yeFiesta, ukugubha ngokunyanisekileyo kweSan Antonio kwentwasahlobo. Umcimbi osesikweni ukususela ekusekeni kwawo ngo-1891, i-Fiesta ibandakanya iibhola eziqhayisekileyo, iimfesane kunye nezithethe kuphela abahlali abaziqondayo. Iifoto zomlando kulo lonke iSt. Anthony zinika ukunqwenela kokuxhunywa kwexesha elide kwiFiesta. Kwabo abanomdla kwimbali yezoshishino, unokuhlala kwindawo apho uHerb Kelleher wayibonisa khona ingcamango yakhe ye-Southwest Airlines kwi-napkin ye-bar.

• 02 we-06

  Hotel Emma

  Ukuba ungobiya we-geek, uya kuthanda ukufunda ngezinye ze-decor e-Hotel Emma. Isakhiwo sasihlala ekhaya, i-Pearl's Brewhouse, ngasekupheleni kwe-1800 neye-1900. Izixhobo ukususela kweso sihlandlo ziye zaphinda zihlonyelwe ukuphucula i-hotel's current-chic design. Imishini enkulu ebomvu kwindawo yokubamba iqela yayisakuba i-ammonia compressors kwi-brewery. Umgangatho wecwecwe kwi-lobby yi-reproduction of the floor in the brewery.

  Kwindawo yokudlala ibhola, jonga phezulu kwaye uza kubona ama-candle eyenziwe kwisixhobo sokuzalisa ibhotile. Kwizithuba zeNdlovu ze-Elephant, kukho iitangi ezinkulu ze-orange eziye zagcinwa i-CO2 yamanzi kwi-brewery. Ngexesha lokunqandwa, ishishini laphila ngenxa yendlela yokuphatha entsha kaEmmma Koehler, omnye wabafundi abathathu u-Emmas odibene nehotele. Umhlolokazi wasePearl uMongameli Otto Koehler, u-Emma Koehler wasebenzisa isakhiwo sokwenza iinkonzo ezihlambulukileyo zokucoca, ukulungiswa kwemoto nokwenza "eduze kwebheriya," i-soda kunye ne-ayisikrimu. Wayegcina ininzi yabasebenzi bakhe abaqeshwe ngokuzibuyisela.

  Ngethuba wayesaphila, u-Otto wayenemicimbi kunye nabanye abakwa-Emmas ababengabahlengikazi bakhe, kwaye wawabeka ndawonye endlwini yabo. Ukutshatyalaliswa kwakhe kwafika ekupheleni kabuhlungu, nangona kunjalo, xa umninazana uEmmas wamdubula efile emva kwengxabano.

  Ngaphandle kwembali yayo ekhangayo, iEmail Emma ibuyele nje ehotele enkulu yokuthenga. Uya kunandipha zonke iindawo ezilungelelaniso zanamhlanje kwisimo esisodwa somntu. "Ukongeza kwinkonzo engenakulungeleka kunye nenxalenye yomntu eyenza i-Hotel Emma ekhethekileyo, iqela elibalulekileyo le-brand brand ye-South Texas yase-Texas," kusho uBeth Smith, umlawuli weentengiso kunye nokuthengisa. "Ukususela kwinqanaba lokungena ngaphakathi, i-brewery yembali ivela ebomini."

• 03 we-06

  Ikhaya2 Suites nguHilton

  Ngethuba igama lehotele lingazange lizwakale ngokukodwa imbali, i-Suites yase-San Antonio yasekhaya yasekhaya yaseSan Antonio ihlala kwisakhiwo seSullivanesque esaqala ngo-1919. Emva kokulungiswa kwesakhiwo ngo-1982, ihotele yafumana i-Award Conservation Society Historic Preservation Award ngo-1983. Njengenxalenye umkhosi omkhulu wokuvula kwakhona, i-capsule yexesha yafakwa kwilitye lembombo. Kwakuqulethe iindidi zeempahla, ezibandakanya nommbila omncinci wokuhlonipha isayithi elide kakhulu njengasefama. Umhlaba lowo ihotele ehleliyo ngokwenene ineengxelo ezidlulela emva kwe-1793, xa yayiyinxalenye yesibonelelo somhlaba waseSpain.

  Xa isakhiwo esona side kunazo zonke eSan Antonio, iphrojekthi ebiza kakhulu yabizwa ngokuthi "ibhanki yezigidi zeebhanki" kwii-akhawunti zakudala zakudala. Ukongezelela ekusebenzeni njengebhanki, isakhiwo sasisakhiwo seofisi esiphezulu kwiminyaka emininzi. Ihotele yama-suites ngoku iphelele ngokutsha kwaye ixhotywe nazo zonke izibonelelo zanamhlanje.

• 04 we-06

  Emily Morgan Hotel

  Eyakhelwe ngowe-1920, i-Emily Morgan Hotel yayisesekhaya kwiiofisi zonyango kunye nesibhedlele. Kamva yaguqulwa kwi-ofisi yendawo phambi kokuguqulwa kwihotele ephakamileyo ngo-1984.

  Inqaba ye-Gothic Resvival ye-13 ibonisa izinto ezinokubambisa izinto ezinjenge-iron-iron ornamentation kunye nophahla lobhedu. Iimpawu zokugada ezikujikeleze isakhiwo ngasinye sichaza isifo esahlukileyo, sibonakalisa injongo yokuqala yesakhiwo. Isakhiwo sele saqatshelwa yiRejista kaZwelonke yeeNgingqi.

  Kwinqaku elincinane, i-hotelake nameake, u-Emily Morgan (aka Emily West), yayingu-"Rosa Rose yaseTexas" yokuqala eboniswe kwingoma edumile. Njengoko umlenze uhamba, umkhonzi ogunyazisiweyo we-mulatto ogama linguEmily Morgan wayedlala ngoSanta Anna xa i-Battle of San Jacinto iqalile, imphazamisa ixesha elide ukwenzela ukuba i-Texans ibe namandla kunye nokugqitha umkhosi waseMexico.

• 05 ka 06

  ISheraton Gunter Hotel

  Ngelixa idilesi yehotele ilula yonke indlela eya ku-1837, isakhiwo samanje sakhiwa ngo-1909 kwaye senziwe ngekhonkrithi kunye nezitena. Iibali ezisibhozo, ihotele ye-301 yayingowona mkhulu eSan Antonio ngelo xesha. Amabali amane athengiswa ngowe-1926. Iindwendwe zamanje ezihlala ehotele zingenakufuna ukwazi yonke imbali. Kancinci.

  Kubulawe kakubi ehotele ngo-1965. Umsolwa wabuya wazingelwa eSt. Anthony Hotel, apho wazibulala khona. Kuye kwafunyanwa iziqwenga zomzimba wesifazane ehotele. Kwakucatshangelwa ukuba umbulali angayilahla umzimba wakhe emanzini amanzi kwisayithi yokwakha esondeleyo. Ngenxa yale mi ganeko, abanye abantu bakholelwa ukuba ihotele ihlaselwa. Abo bahlala bekholelwa inkolelo encinci baya kufumana ihotele ukuba yindawo ehle kakhulu yokuhlala.

• 06 we-06

  IMenger Hotel

  Indawo ehlala ecaleni kwe-Alamo, i-Hotel yeMenger ingenye yeehotele ezindala kunentshonalanga yoMlambo waseMississippi. UTheodore Roosevelt uzame ukukhangela abatsha abatyelele kwiRough Riders yakhe edumileyo kwi-Bar Menger. URovelvelt wayeza kuhlala kwisibhengezo aze athenge iziphuzo zezinkomo ezingabonakaliyo ezihlambulukileyo. Abanye baya kuvuka ngomhla olandelayo bamangaliswe xa befunda ukuba babelindeleke ukuba bavelise uqeqesho oluyisiseko kumkhosi wokulwa noRovelvelt. Enyanisweni, wenza iindwendwe ezininzi eMenger ngenxa yokuzingela kunye nemibuthano.

  I-lobby ye-lobby lobby ehlukeneyo iquka iikhompyutheni ze-Renaissance Corinthian kunye neefoto zembali kunye neempahla zeempahla. Ihotele ifakwe kwiRejista kaZwelonke yeNgingqi. Uninzi lweefoto lubonisa abaongameli base-US abaye bahlala eMenger kule minyaka. Isikhalazo esifanayo kumaziko amaninzi eembalileyo kukuba amagumbi ahlala esincinci, kodwa uMenger unama-suites ambalwa, aquka i-900-square square square Moody Luxury suite.