Ngaphezu kwanoma yimuphi omunye umuzi waseTexas, iSan Antonio uphinde uvuselele umlando wayo. Kusuka emisebenzini eyakhiwe emahoreni angu-1700 kuya emashumini angu-1800, izingqinamba ezithandekayo zomlando zingatholakala kuwo wonke amadolobha. Njengamabhizinisi ezentengiselwano, amahhotela athambekele ekuvuselelweni kaningi kunamasonto amlando, kodwa ngisho nokulungiswa kunganikeza ulwazi olusithakazelisayo ekushintsheni izikhathi nokushintsha okubalulekile. Nasi isampula samanye amahhotela omlando aphawulekayo aseSan Antonio.
01 ka-06
I-St. Anthony Hotel
I-Piinway piyano e-St. Anthony yokuvakasha. I-St. Anthony Hotel inesizotha Njengoba ivuliwe ngo-1909, iSt. Anthony Hotel ibone abanikazi abaningi beza futhi behamba, kodwa bonke babenokwazisa okujulile ngezinto ezinhle kanye nentuthuko yakamuva yezobuchwepheshe. Incwadi ethi Dusting Off a Legend: I-St. Anthony Hotel ihlanganisa izikhangiso zokuvuna zehhotela ezithi lesi sakhiwo "sasingenakuvutha umlilo". kubangelwa "iso lomlingo") kanye nesimo somoya kulo lonke isakhiwo.
I-St. Anthony nayo yasungula "indawo yokuzimela," lapho izivakashi zingabheka khona ngokushesha ngemva kokupaka endaweni yokunethezeka yokupaka engaphansi komhlaba.
Namuhla, ihhotela liqhubeka libonisa umlando walo, ngezithombe, imidwebo, imininingwane yokwakha kanye nefenethi ye-antique. Umshini othakazelisayo kunazo zonke yiyona pianway ehle kakhulu e-lobby. Eyakhelwe ngo-1924 i-Embassy yaseRussia eParis, i-piano yathengiswa eminyakeni eminingana kamuva lapho iSoviet Union ihlehlela phansi ngokwezimali. Umnikazi weSt. Anthony, uRalph Morrison, wathatha upiyano futhi waphila ngokujabulisayo ekamelweni lokubambela amashumi eminyaka. Ngemva kokuba ihhotela lihlangabezane nezinkinga zalo, i-piano yathengiswa kumnikazi wangasese eCalifornia ngo-1993. Umtshali weSt. Anthony, uSid Greehey, wasithengisa upiyano ngo-2013. Kwadingeka ukuthi uhambe ukusuka eCalifornia ukuya eNew York ukuze uthole ukulungiswa. Ngokubheka upiyano omuhle namhlanje, awusoze wazi ukuthi wawuthambile kakhulu.
Umculo ubelokhu udlala indima enkulu eSt. Anthony, ikakhulukazi njengengxenye yeFiesta, ukugubha okujabulisayo kweSan Antonio kwentwasahlobo. Isenzo esisemthethweni kusukela ekusungulweni kwayo ngo-1891, i-Fiesta ihilela amabhola amafancy, imidwebo namasiko kuphela abantu abakuqondayo. Izithombe zomlando kulo lonke iSt. Anthony zinikeza ukunambitheka koxhumano olude lwamaholide kuya ku-Fiesta. Kulabo abanesithakazelo emlandweni wezamabhizinisi, ungahlala emgodini lapho uHerb Kelleher eveze khona umbono wakhe weSouthwest Airlines emgqeni wesikhumba.
02 ka 06
Ihhotela lase-Emma
Ihhotela le-Emma. UNicole Franzen Uma ungumuntu ozinikeleyo ubhiya geek, uzobe uthanda ukufunda ngezinye izimbali ehhotela Emma. Lesi sakhiwo sasisendlini yokuphuza, i-Pearl's Brewhouse, ngasekupheleni kwawo-1800 nasekuqaleni kwawo-1900. Izinto ezisetshenziswa kusukela ngaleso sikhathi ziye zaphinda zithuthukiswa ukuze zithuthukise umklamo we-industrial-chic wamanje wehhotela. Imishini emikhulu ebomvu egumbini lokungcebeleka yayisisodwa i-ammonia compressors ku-brewery. I-floor tile ekamelweni lokubambela yilezi zindawo zokukhiqiza ezisezingeni lokuqala.
Endaweni ye-ballroom, bheka phezulu futhi uzobona ama-chandeliers ezenziwe ngemishini yokugcwalisa ibhodlela. Esigabeni somcimbi we-Elephant Cellars, kunamathangi amakhulu e-orange awake agcinwa i-CO2 yamanzi e-brewery. Ngesikhathi sokuvinjelwa, ibhizinisi lisinda ngenxa yesitayela esisha sokuphatha sikaEmmma Koehler, omunye waba-Emmas abathathu abahambisana nehhotela. Umfelokazi wasePearl uMongameli Otto Koehler, u-Emma Koehler wasebenzisa lesi sakhiwo ngezinkonzo zokuhlanza ezomile, ukulungisa imoto nokwenza "eduze kwebhiya," i-soda ne-ayisikhilimu. Wayegcina iningi labasebenzi bakhe abaqashiwe ngokuzikhokhela.
Ngesikhathi esaphila, u-Otto wayenezindaba nabanye ababili uEmmas ababengabahlengikazi bakhe, futhi wabe esebenza ndawonye ndawonye. Ukuqokwa kwakhe kwafika ekupheleni kabuhlungu, kepha lapho omunye wamakhosikazi u-Emmas amdubula efile ngemuva kokuphikisana.
Ngaphandle komlando wayo othakazelisayo, i-Hotel Emma ibuye ihhotela elikhulu lezinto zokuthenga. Uzojabulela zonke izikhwama zanamuhla esimweni esisodwa somusa. "Ngaphandle kwensizakalo engaqondakali kanye nengxenye yomuntu eyenza i-Hotel Emma ikhetheke, isici esibucayi sekhwalithi yehhotela yiyona ndlela yaseNingizimu South yezimboni zezohwebo," kusho uBeth Smith, umqondisi wokuthengisa nokuthengisa. "Kusukela lapho uhamba ngaphakathi, ukuphuza umlando kuya ekuphileni."
03 ka 06
Ikhaya2 Suites by Hilton
Home2 Suites. I-Home2 Suites enesizotha Ngenkathi igama lehhotela lingase lizwakale ikakhulukazi emlandweni, i-Home2 Suites yaseSan Antonio ihlala kwisakhiwo seSullivanesque esivela ngo-1919. Ngemva kokulungiswa kwesakhiwo ngo-1982, ihotela lathola i-Conservation Society Historic Preservation Award ehlonishwayo ngo-1983. Njengengxenye umkhosi omkhulu wokuvula kabusha, i-capsule yesikhathi yafakwa ekhoneni elingundoqo. Kwakuqukethe izinto ezihlukahlukene, kuhlanganise nommbila omncane wokudumisa indawo esedlule kakhulu njengendawo epulazi. Izwe lapho ihhotela lihlezi khona ngempela linamarekhodi abuyele emuva ngo-1793, lapho eyingxenye yesibonelelo somhlaba waseSpain.
Ngesikhathi isakhiwo esikhulu kunazo zonke eSan Antonio, iphrojekthi ebiza kakhulu ibizwa ngokuthi "ibhange lamadola wezigidi" ekuqaleni kwama-akhawunti e-press. Ngaphezu kokukhonza njengebhange, isakhiwo sasiyi-building esiphezulu sehhovisi iminyaka eminingana. Ihotela yama-suites manje isesikhathini esiphelele futhi ifakwe zonke izinsiza zanamuhla.
04 ka 06
Emily Morgan Hotel
Emily Morgan Hotel. U-Allan Baxter / Photolibrary / Getty Izithombe Eyakhelwe ngawo-1920, i-Emily Morgan Hotel yayisendlini yamahhovisi odokotela nesibhedlela. Kamuva yaguqulwa esikhundleni sehhovisi ngaphambi kokuba iguqulwe ibe yindawo ephakeme ye-upscale ngo-1984.
Umbhoshongo ongu-13 we-Gothic Revival unamathekisthi okubheka amehlo okufana ne-cast-iron ornamentation nophahla lwethusi ngezimbambo zokhuni. I-gargoyles ezungeze isakhiwo ngasinye imelela ukuhlukana okuhlukile, kubonisa injongo yangempela yesakhiwo. Isakhiwo siye saqashelwa yiRejista kaZwelonke yeziNdawo zomlando.
Ngombhalo ohlangothini, igama lika-hotelake, u-Emily Morgan (aka Emily West), kwakuyiyona "yokuqala i-Yellow Rose yaseTexas" eboniswa ingoma edumile. Njengoba i-legend iyahamba, inceku ebizwa nge-mulatto engathembekile egama layo lingu-Emily Morgan yayidansa uSanta Anna ngenkathi iMpi yaseSan Jacinto iqala, imphazamisa isikhathi eside ukuze iThe Texans izuze phezulu futhi ibambelele ibutho laseMexico.
05 ka 06
I-Sheraton Gunter Hotel
Ngenkathi umlando wehotela uhamba yonke indlela eya ngo-1837, isakhiwo samanje sakhiwa ngo-1909 futhi senziwe ngezitini zekhonkrithi kanye ne-buff. Ihhotela lezintambo ezingu-8, elingu-301 lalikhulu kakhulu eSan Antonio ngaleso sikhathi. Izindaba ezine ezine zangezwe ngo-1926. Izivakashi zanamuhla ezihlala ehhotela zingase zingathandi ukwazi wonke umlando. Kuyinto encane kabi.
Kubulawe kabi ehhotela ngo-1965. Umsolwa wadutshulwa eSt. Anthony Hotel eseduzane, lapho azibulala khona. Izitho zomzimba zowesifazane kuphela ezitholakala ehhotela. Kwacatshangwa ukuthi lo mbulali kungenzeka ukuthi ulahlwe umzimba wakhe emanzini amanzi esakhiweni esiseduze. Ngenxa yalezi zenzakalo, abanye abantu bakholelwa ukuthi ihhotela lihanjiswa. Labo abangakholelwa enkolelweni encane bazothola ihhotela ukuba libe yindawo ehle kakhulu yokuhlala.
06 ka-06
I-Menger Hotel
I-Menger Hotel Njengoba ihlezi eduze ne-Alamo, i-Hotel Menger ingenye yamahhotela amadala entshonalanga yoMfula iMisissippi. UTheodore Roosevelt uzame ukuheha abaqashi abasha beRough Riders yakhe edumile eMbar Bar. U-Roosevelt wayezohlala ebhasini futhi athenge iziphuzo zezinkomo zezinkomo ezingalindelekile. Abanye bavuka ngosuku olulandelayo bekumangale lapho bezwa ukuthi kulindeleke ukuba babonise ukuqeqeshwa okuyisisekelo empi yebutho likaRoosevelt. Eqinisweni, wenza izinyawo eziningi kuMenger ngenxa yokuzingela kanye nemikhosi.
I-lobby ye-oval ehlukile yehhotela ihlanganisa amakholomu e-Renaissance Corinthian nezithombe zomlando nemifanekiso. Ihhotela lihlelwe ku-Register National of Historic Places. Izithombe eziningi zibonisa abaengameli base-US abahlala eMenger eminyakeni eminingi. Isikhalazo esivamile emahhotela amaningi asendulo ukuthi amagumbi kaningi amancane, kodwa uMenger unamakhemikhali ambalwa avulekile, kufaka phakathi nesitezi se-Moody Luxury suite.