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Great American Hotel Architects Volume 2

Author : Stanley Turkel CMHS
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1665502525
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (655 download)

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Download or read book Great American Hotel Architects Volume 2 written by Stanley Turkel CMHS and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourteen architects featured in this book designed 304 hotels and apartment hotels. Many were designed on the European plan for families to live without full service kitchens. Meals were prepared and served in restaurant-type dining rooms catering exclusively to residents and their families. The apartment hotels employed full-time service staffs who prepared and served daily room service meals. The first apartment hotels were built between 1880 and 1895. They were followed by a second wave of construction after the passage of the 1899 building code and the 1901 Tenement House Law. The third wave of apartment hotel construction occurred during the 1920s and ended with the Great Depression of the thirties. The passage of the Multiple Dwelling Act of 1929 altered height and bulk restrictions and permitted high-rise apartment buildings for the first time.

Great American Hotel Architects

Author : Stanley Turkel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781665502511
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book Great American Hotel Architects written by Stanley Turkel and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Great American Hotel Architects

Author : Stanley Turkel CMHS
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1728306906
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (283 download)

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Download or read book Great American Hotel Architects written by Stanley Turkel CMHS and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twelve architects featured in this book designed ninety-four hotels from 1878 to 1948. Many of them worked as apprentices in architect’s offices. Some were lucky enough to study in an architectural college, and some were wealthy enough to attend the École des Beaux-Arts (School of Fine Arts) in Paris. This school has a history of more than 350 years in training many of the great artists of Europe. Beaux-Arts’s style was modeled on classical antiquities. The origins of the school were drawn from 1648—when the Académe des Beaux-Arts was founded to educate the most talented students in drawing, painting, sculpting, engraving, and architecture. Women were admitted beginning in 1897.

Great American Hoteliers

Author : Stanley Turkel
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 144900752X
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Great American Hoteliers written by Stanley Turkel and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the thirty years prior to the Civil War, Americans built hotels larger and more ostentatious than any in the rest of the world. These hotels were inextricably intertwined with American culture and customs but were accessible to average citizens. As Jefferson Williamson wrote in "The American Hotel" ( Knopf 1930), hotels were perhaps "the most distinctively American of all our institutions for they were nourished and brought to flower solely in American soil and borrowed practically nothing from abroad". Development of hotels was stimulated by the confluence of travel, tourism and transportation. In 1869, the transcontinental railroad engendered hotels by Henry Flagler, Fred Harvey, George Pullman and Henry Plant. The Lincoln Highway and the Interstate Highway System triggered hotel development by Carl Fisher, Ellsworth Statler, Kemmons Wilson and Howard Johnson. The airplane stimulated Juan Trippe, John Bowman, Conrad Hilton, Ernest Henderson, A.M. Sonnabend and John Hammons.. My research into the lives of these great hoteliers reveals that none of them grew up in the hospitality business but became successful through their intense on-the- job experiences. My investigation has uncovered remarkable and startling true stories about these pioneers, some of whom are well-known and others who are lost in the dustbin of history.

Built to Last

Author : Stanley Turkel
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1463443412
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (634 download)

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Download or read book Built to Last written by Stanley Turkel and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Built to Last: 100+ Year-Old Hotels East of the Mississippi" is a sequel to my 2011 book, "Built To Last: 100+ Year-Old Hotels in New York." It has 86 chapters, one for each century-old hotel (of 50 rooms or more) east of the Mississippi River and each is illustrated by an antique postcard. The Foreword was written by Joseph McInerney, CHA, President of the American Hotel & Lodging Association. The book has been accepted for promotion, distribution and sale by the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute. My research into the histories of these hotels turned up fascinating stories about single-minded developers, brilliant and accidental architects, dedicated owners, famous and infamous guests and even the story of an underground bunker-shelter the size of two football fields built under a hotel to house the U.S. Government in the event of a nuclear war.

Resort Hotels of the Adirondacks

Author : Bryant Franklin Tolles
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 9781584650966
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Resort Hotels of the Adirondacks written by Bryant Franklin Tolles and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2003 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An architectural study of the large Adirondack hotels that focuses on the cultural history of travel and tourism.

Hotel Mavens

Author : Stanley Turkel, CMHS
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1496933346
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (969 download)

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Download or read book Hotel Mavens written by Stanley Turkel, CMHS and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-09-19 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The word “maven” is defined by Wikipedia as a “trusted expert in a particular field, who seeks to pass knowledge on to others.” Since the 1980s it has become more common when the New York Times columnist William Safire adapted it to describe himself as “the language maven.” The word from Hebrew is mainly confined to American English and was included in the Oxford English Dictionary second edition (1989). My three hotel mavens are: 1) Lucius M. Boomer, one of the most famous hoteliers of his time, was chairman of the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria Corporation. In a career of over half a century, he directed such celebrated hotels as the Bellevue-Stratford in Philadelphia, the Taft in New Haven, the Lenox in Boston, and the McAlpin, Claridge, Sherry-Netherland and the original as well as the current Waldorf-Astoria in New York. 2) George C. Boldt who was the genius of the original Waldorf-Astoria. It was said of him that he made innkeeping a profession and, more than any man, was responsible for the modern American hotel. 3) Oscar of the Waldorf who was described in 1898 by the New York Sun: “In only one New York hotel, however, is there a personage deserving to be called a maître d’hotel. Anyone who studies him closely will soon arrive at a firm conviction that he might quite as appropriately have been called General or Admiral, if circumstances had not led him into the hotel business. Oscar knows everybody.” Oscar was a superstar of his time and one of the stalwarts who managed both the original and the current Waldorf-Astoria. Among his many duties, Oscar commanded a staff of 1,000 persons bedsides conducting a school for waiters, at the time the only one of its kind in the United States. In 1896, Oscar wrote one of the greatest cookbooks of its time: “The Cook Book by ‘Oscar of the Waldorf’. It contains 907 pages and 3,455 recipes.

Great American Homes

Author : William T. Baker
Publisher : Images
ISBN 13 : 9781864704341
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Great American Homes written by William T. Baker and published by Images. This book was released on 2011 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration and celebration of the work of internationally reputed architect William T. Baker.

Modern Building

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1094 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Modern Building written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 1094 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

New Orleans Historic Hotels

Author : Paul Oswell
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625852150
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book New Orleans Historic Hotels written by Paul Oswell and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hotels of New Orleans have welcomed countless visitors in a history stretching back to the eighteenth century. From humble boardinghouse beginnings to the grand hotels of the nineteenth century and through to the modern properties that stand today, hotel life in New Orleans has reflected the city's own story. From political scandal and celebrity intrigue to events that shaped the landscape of the entire country, the story of New Orleans's hotels is an endlessly engaging one. Travel writer Paul Oswell checks into the great hotels of the past and the present, telling the story of the properties that stood the test of time, as well as those that didn't. Using city records, newspaper archives, vintage travel guides and anecdotal stories in the best New Orleans tradition, he brings each one to life and in the process fleshes out the story of the city's hospitality industry and, by extension, its lively, fascinating history.

Hotel Mavens: Volume 2

Author : Stanley Turkel CMHS
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1546239847
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book Hotel Mavens: Volume 2 written by Stanley Turkel CMHS and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2018-07-21 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My long-time preoccupation with hotel history reveals one continuous strand: the achievements of unique entrepreneurs who created singular hotels one at a time. These pioneers were not by subsequent definition, “hotel men”. They did not attend hotel schools because there were none until 1924 with the creation of the Cornell School of Hotel Administration. Most of them did not grew up in the hotel business but became successful because of their varied on-the-job training experiences, business acumen and unexpected opportunities. Their tradition-breaking vision and single-minded ambition led them to create iconic hotels. My research has uncovered three such hotel mavens two of whom 1) were both essentially in the railroad and steamship business 2) were friendly competitors 3) concentrated their hotel creations in the State of Florida: Henry Morrison Flagler, on the east coast and Henry Bradley Plant on the west coast. The third maven was Carl Graham Fisher who created Miami Beach and Montauk, Long Island, N.Y.

Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871-1934

Author : Thomas Leslie
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252094794
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871-1934 written by Thomas Leslie and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed tour, inside and out, of Chicago's distinctive towers from an earlier age For more than a century, Chicago's skyline has included some of the world's most distinctive and inspiring buildings. This history of the Windy City's skyscrapers begins in the key period of reconstruction after the Great Fire of 1871 and concludes in 1934 with the onset of the Great Depression, which brought architectural progress to a standstill. During this time, such iconic landmarks as the Chicago Tribune Tower, the Wrigley Building, the Marshall Field and Company Building, the Chicago Stock Exchange, the Palmolive Building, the Masonic Temple, the City Opera, Merchandise Mart, and many others rose to impressive new heights, thanks to innovations in building methods and materials. Solid, earthbound edifices of iron, brick, and stone made way for towers of steel and plate glass, imparting a striking new look to Chicago's growing urban landscape. Thomas Leslie reveals the daily struggles, technical breakthroughs, and negotiations that produced these magnificent buildings. He also considers how the city's infamous political climate contributed to its architecture, as building and zoning codes were often disputed by shifting networks of rivals, labor unions, professional organizations, and municipal bodies. Featuring more than a hundred photographs and illustrations of the city's physically impressive and beautifully diverse architecture, Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871–1934 highlights an exceptionally dynamic, energetic period of architectural progress in Chicago.

The American Architect

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 852 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book The American Architect written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Murphy/Jahn

Author : Murphy/Jahn (Firm)
Publisher : Images Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781876907143
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Murphy/Jahn written by Murphy/Jahn (Firm) and published by Images Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Helmut Jahn is revealed as an architect committed to exploring the material and perceptual possibilities of creating architecture in a new millennium, one with 'a simplicity of form and construction and a clear expression of its component p

Best of Hospitality

Author : Cindy Allen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780983326311
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Best of Hospitality written by Cindy Allen and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interior Design's The Best Design in Hospitality is a compilation of the best work done in the hospitality market today, featuring 50-70 projects from more than 30 design firms. There will be a diversity of projects from resorts to boutique hotels from nightclubs to cafes designed by both industry stalwarts and start-ups.

Summer by the Seaside

Author : Bryant Franklin Tolles
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 9781584655763
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (557 download)

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Download or read book Summer by the Seaside written by Bryant Franklin Tolles and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2008 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping, richly illustrated architectural study of the large, historic New England coastal resort hotels

Building the Cold War

Author : Annabel Jane Wharton
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226894207
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Building the Cold War written by Annabel Jane Wharton and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In postwar Europe and the Middle East, Hilton hotels were quite literally "little Americas." For American businessmen and tourists, a Hilton Hotel—with the comfortable familiarity of an English-speaking staff, a restaurant that served cheeseburgers and milkshakes, trans-Atlantic telephone lines, and, most important, air-conditioned modernity—offered a respite from the disturbingly alien. For impoverished local populations, these same features lent the Hilton a utopian aura. The Hilton was a space of luxury and desire, a space that realized, permanently and prominently, the new and powerful presence of the United States. Building the Cold War examines the architectural means by which the Hilton was written into the urban topographies of the major cities of Europe and the Middle East as an effective representation of the United States. Between 1953 and 1966, Hilton International built sixteen luxury hotels abroad. Often the Hilton was the first significant modern structure in the host city, as well as its finest hotel. The Hiltons introduced a striking visual contrast to the traditional architectural forms of such cities as Istanbul, Cairo, Athens, and Jerusalem, where the impact of its new architecture was amplified by the hotel's unprecedented siting and scale. Even in cities familiar with the Modern, the new Hilton often dominated the urban landscape with its height, changing the look of the city. The London Hilton on Park Lane, for example, was the first structure in London that was higher than St. Paul's cathedral. In his autobiography, Conrad N. Hilton claimed that these hotels were constructed for profit and for political impact: "an integral part of my dream was to show the countries most exposed to Communism the other side of the coin—the fruits of the free world." Exploring everything the carefully drafted contracts for the buildings to the remarkable visual and social impact on their host cities, Wharton offers a theoretically sophisticated critique of one of the Cold War's first international businesses and demonstrates that the Hilton's role in the struggle against Communism was, as Conrad Hilton declared, significant, though in ways that he could not have imagined. Many of these postwar Hiltons still flourish. Those who stay in them will learn a great deal about their experience from this new assessment of hotel space.