Great American Hotel Architects Volume 2

Author : Stanley Turkel CMHS
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781665502528

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Great American Hotel Architects Volume 2 by Stanley Turkel CMHS Pdf

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.

Author : Stanley Turkel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Architects
ISBN : 1665502517

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Great American Hotel Architects by Stanley Turkel Pdf

Author : Stanley Turkel CMHS
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781728306902

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Great American Hotel Architects by Stanley Turkel CMHS Pdf

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.

Author : Stanley Turkel
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781449007522

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Great American Hoteliers by Stanley Turkel Pdf

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.

Author : Bryant Franklin Tolles
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1584650966

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Resort Hotels of the Adirondacks by Bryant Franklin Tolles Pdf

An architectural study of the large Adirondack hotels that focuses on the cultural history of travel and tourism.

Author : Paul Oswell
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625852151

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New Orleans Historic Hotels by Paul Oswell Pdf

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.

Author : Stanley Turkel CMHS
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781546239840

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Hotel Mavens: Volume 2 by Stanley Turkel CMHS Pdf

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.

Author : Thomas Leslie
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780252094798

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Chicago Skyscrapers, 1871-1934 by Thomas Leslie Pdf

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.

Author : Murphy/Jahn (Firm)
Publisher : Images Publishing
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1876907142

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Murphy/Jahn by Murphy/Jahn (Firm) Pdf

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

Author : Bryant Franklin Tolles
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1584655763

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Summer by the Seaside by Bryant Franklin Tolles Pdf

A sweeping, richly illustrated architectural study of the large, historic New England coastal resort hotels

Author : Peter J Kitson,William Baker,Indira Ghose,Susan Schoenbauer Thurin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000558944

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Nineteenth-Century Travels, Explorations and Empires, Part I Vol 2 by Peter J Kitson,William Baker,Indira Ghose,Susan Schoenbauer Thurin Pdf

A collection of writings on travels undertaken in the Victorian era. The texts collected in these volumes show how 19th century travel literature served the interests of empire by promoting British political and economic values that translated into manufacturing goods.

Author : Elsa Lam,Graham Livesey
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781616898830

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Canadian Modern Architecture by Elsa Lam,Graham Livesey Pdf

Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) President's Medal Award (multi-media representation of architecture). Canada's most distinguished architectural critics and scholars offer fresh insights into the country's unique modern and contemporary architecture. Beginning with the nation's centennial and Expo 67 in Montreal, this fifty-year retrospective covers the defining of national institutions and movements: • How Canadian architects interpreted major external trends • Regional and indigenous architectural tendencies • The influence of architects in Canada's three largest cities: Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver Co-published with Canadian Architect, this comprehensive reference book is extensively illustrated and includes fifteen specially commissioned essays.

Author : Philip A. Greasley
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 1064 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-08
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780253021168

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Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume 2 by Philip A. Greasley Pdf

The Midwest has produced a robust literary heritage. Its authors have won half of the nation’s Nobel Prizes for Literature plus a significant number of Pulitzer Prizes. This volume explores the rich racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the region. It also contains entries on 35 pivotal Midwestern literary works, literary genres, literary, cultural, historical, and social movements, state and city literatures, literary journals and magazines, as well as entries on science fiction, film, comic strips, graphic novels, and environmental writing. Prepared by a team of scholars, this second volume of the Dictionary of Midwestern Literature is a comprehensive resource that demonstrates the Midwest’s continuing cultural vitality and the stature and distinctiveness of its literature.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951D01817166O

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Heritage Study, Lower Mississippi Delta Region, Etc., Vol. 2, September 1998 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Molly W. Berger
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781421401843

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Hotel Dreams by Molly W. Berger Pdf

Winner, 2012 Sally Hacker Prize, Society for the History of Technology Hotel Dreams is a deeply researched and entertaining account of how the hotel's material world of machines and marble integrated into and shaped the society it served. Molly W. Berger offers a compelling history of the American hotel and how it captured the public's imagination as it came to represent the complex—and often contentious—relationship among luxury, economic development, and the ideals of a democratic society. Berger profiles the country's most prestigious hotels, including Boston's 1829 Tremont, San Francisco's world-famous Palace, and Chicago's enormous Stevens. The fascinating stories behind their design, construction, and marketing reveal in rich detail how these buildings became cultural symbols that shaped the urban landscape.