Hotel del Coronado (also known as The Del and Hotel Del ) is a historic seaside hotel in Coronado town, directly opposite San Diego Bay from San Diego, California. This is one of the few surviving examples of the American architectural genre: a Victorian beach resort made of wood. This is the second largest wooden structure in the United States (after Tillamook Air Museum in Tillamook, Oregon) and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977 and a California History Landmark in 1970.
When it opened in 1888, it was the largest resort hotel in the world. It has been the host of presidents, nobles, and celebrities for years. This hotel has been featured in various movies and books.
The hotel receives a Four Diamond rating from the American Automobile Association and was once listed by USA Today as one of the top ten resorts in the world.
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History
San Diego land excavation
In the mid-1880s, the San Diego area was in the midst of one of its first real estate booms. At that time, it was common for developers to build large hotels as an attraction to what would become a barren landscape. Hollywood Hotels in Hollywood, California, Hotel Raymond in Pasadena, Hotel Del Monte in Monterey, and Redondo Hotel in Redondo Beach, California, are similar large hotels built as a persuasion of development during this era.
Coronado Beach Company
In November 1885, five investors went together to buy all Coronado and North Island, about 4,000 acres, for $ 110,000. Those people are E. S. Babcock, retired executive train from Evansville, Indiana; Hampton L. Story, from Story & amp; Clark Piano Company of Chicago; Jacob Gruendike, president of the First National Bank of San Diego; Heber Ingle and Joseph Collett.
In April 1886, Babcock and Story created the Coronado Beach Company, after which they established a number of additional companies to support the development of Coronado. The Coronado Ferry Company built a dock and storage facility and developed a ferry service between Coronado and San Diego; The Coronado Water Company pours fresh water under San Diego Bay from the San Diego River; The Coronado Railroad Company provides rail lines in Coronado and eventually "Belt Line" connects Coronado to San Diego via the Strand. Hotel del Coronado also boasts one of the largest power stations in the state, providing services to the entire Coronado community until the 1920s.
The men hired architect James W. Reid, a native of New Brunswick, Canada, who first practiced in Evansville and Terre Haute. Her younger brother, Merritt Reid, a partner at Reid Brothers, the Evansville company, lives in Indiana, but brother Watson Reid helps oversee the 2,000 needed laborers.
Babcock Vision
Babcock's vision for the hotel was great:
"It will be built around the court... garden of tropical trees, shrubs and flowers,.... From the southern end, the foyer should be open to Glorietta Bay with a veranda to rest and walk.At the corner of the sea, there must be pavilion towers, and north along the seas, colonnades, terraced on the grass to the beach.The wings should project at an angle from the southeastern corner of the field and almost disengaged, to give full value to the sea, bay and city views. "
Construction
Construction of the hotel began in March 1887, "in sandspit inhabited by jack rabbits and coyotes". If the hotel was built, one of the many problems to be overcome is the lack of wood and labor in the San Diego area. The timber issue is solved by contract for exclusive rights for all crude wood production from Dolbeer & amp; Carson Lumber Company from Eureka, California, which is one of the largest in the West. Planning a factory built on site to complete raw wood delivered directly from Dolbeer & amp; Carson's wooden yard, located on the edge of Humboldt Bay. To get bricks and concrete, Reid built his own kiln. He also built an iron shop and ironwork.
Labor was given largely by Chinese immigrants from San Francisco and Oakland.
The Crown Room is Reid's masterpiece. The wood ceiling is mounted with pegs and glue. No nails are used.
Landscape for the hotel was completed by Kate Sessions.
Dealing with fire hazards
Reid's plan is being revised and added constantly. To deal with fire hazards, fresh water pipes run under San Diego Bay. Water tanks and gravity flow sprinklers are installed. He also built two giant water tanks with concrete walls one foot high in the basement to store rain water. Although these tanks were never used for rainwater, they are said to be very useful for storing alcoholic beverages during Prohibition. Reid also installed the world's first oil furnace in a new hotel, prompting a Los Angeles oil company to build a tanker to bring oil to Coronado. The electric lighting in the hotel is also the first in the world. The power cord is installed inside the gas line, so if the "new" power fails, they can always channel the gas to illuminate the room. Contrary to popular rumors, Thomas Edison was not involved in the installation of The Del's electrical system. Electricity is installed by Mather Electric Company from Chicago (sometimes referred to as Mather-Perkins Company). The initial Del brochure calls "Mather its electric incandescent lamp, where there are 2,500." Electricity is still new in San Diego, which was first introduced in 1886.
In 1904, Hotel del Coronado introduced the electrically lively Christmas tree with the world's first electric illumination. From San Diego Union , December 25, 1904: "The tree chosen to honor is one of the three beautiful Norfolk Island pines in the square [grassy area in front of the hotel].It has reached a height of fifty legs and branches stood proudly.Throughout last day the electricians were busy installing it and at night, 250 lamps of many colors gave beauty to the beautiful old pine.Lanterns, large and small, hanging from their branches that the Christmas tree in open air has been introduced, it is likely that Christmas Eve will find many California gardens shining with light scattered from living foliage. "
Grand opening and real estate bust
When the hotel 399 rooms opened for business in February 1888, 1,440 San Diegans traveled across the bay. Reports of large hotels being recently transferred across the country, but when the hotel was nearing completion, Southern California's land boom collapsed. Babcock and Story need additional funding when many people leave San Diego. Babcock turned to Captain Charles T. Hinde and the sugar king John D. Spreckels, who lent them $ 100,000 to complete the hotel. Coronado Beach Company then capitalized with three million United States dollars. The current corporate directors are E.S. Babcock, John Diedrich Spreckels, Captain Charles T. Hinde, H.W. Mallett, and Giles Kellogg. In 1890 Spreckels bought Babcock and Story. The Spreckel family retained ownership of the hotel until 1948.
The original grounds have many facilities, including an Olympic salt-size pool, tennis courts, and yacht clubs with an architecture that resembles the magnificent towers of the hotel. Japanese tea gardens, ostrich farms, billiards, bowling alleys, hunting expeditions, and deep sea fishing are just some of the many features that are offered to its guests.
Prince Edward and Wallis Simpson
On April 7, 1920, Edward, Prince of Wales was honored with a great banquet in the Crown Room. There is speculation that it was at this event that he first met his future wife Wallis Spencer, who came to be known as Wallis Simpson, who lived in Coronado at the time. However, most historians believe they did not meet at the time, and Edward and Wallis wrote in their memoirs that they met a lot later.
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The popularity of this hotel was established before the 1920s. It has hosted President Harrison, McKinley, Taft, and Wilson. In the 1920s stars and Hollywood stars discovered that 'the Del' was 'in place' to stay and many celebrities walked south to the party during the Prohibition era. Douglas Fairbanks, Rudolph Valentino, Charlie Chaplin, Clark Gable, Errol Flynn and Mae West are some of the many actors staying at the hotel.
On New Year's Day 1937, during the Great Depression, the Monte Carlo gambling vessels, known for their "drinks, dice, and dolls", were stranded on the beach about a quarter of a mile south of Hotel del Coronado.
World War II
During World War II, many resorts and hotels on the West Coast were taken over by the US government for use as housing and hospitals. Hotel del Coronado accommodates many pilots, who are being trained at North Island North Navy Station on a contract basis, but have never been commandeered. General manager Steven Royce convinced the Navy not to take over the hotel, as most of the extra rooms were used for the officers' family homes. He points out that "fathers, mothers and wives are given priority to the room because maybe that is the last time they will see their son and husband." In the end the Navy agreed, and the hotel was never used.
This hotel is designated a "war victims station". It started a winning garden program, planting vegetables in all the reserves around the hotel.
Post-war
Barney Goodman bought the hotel from Spreckel in 1948. From the end of World War II until 1960, the hotel began to age. While still looking beautiful, the negligence seems real. In 1960, local millionaire John Alessio bought the hotel and spent $ 2 million on repairs and redecorations.
Alessio sold the hotel to M. Larry Lawrence in 1963. Lawrence's original plan was to develop land around the hotel and finally, to destroy it. Lawrence then changed his mind. During his tenure, Lawrence invested $ 150 million to refurbish and expand most hotels. He doubled his capacity to 700 rooms. He added the Grande Hall Convention Center and two seven-storey Ocean Towers just south of the hotel.
The Lawrence family sold the hotel to Tourist Group after Lawrence's death in 1996. The Travelers Group completed a $ 55 million hotel upgrade in 2001, including seismic retrofit.
21st century
While maintaining a classic Victorian look, this hotel continues to improve its facilities. In July 2005, the hotel obtained approval to build up to 37 limited occupancy and villa occupancy on the property. They also received approval to add up to 205 additional rooms.
This hotel has been sold in several transactions between financial institutions. In 2003, Travelers sold the property to CNL Hospitality Properties Inc. and KSL Recreation Corp (CNL/KSL). The ownership group completed a $ 10 million upgrade from 381 rooms in June 2005. The hotel was later owned by Blackstone Group LP (60%), Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc. (34.5%), and KSL Resorts (5.5%). When Hotel Strategis & amp; Resorts Inc. bought its stake in 2006, the hotel is worth $ 745 million; in 2011, the hotel is worth about $ 590 million. In 2014, Strategic Hotels & amp; The resort being the full owner of the hotel. In December 2015, Blackstone purchased Strategic Hotels & amp; Resorts.
In March 2016, Blackstone sold the Strategic & amp; Resort for Anbang Insurance Group, a Beijing-based Chinese insurer, in a $ 6.5 billion deal involving several resorts. Anbang bought 16 American luxury hotel properties including Hotel del Coronado. Fifteen of the 16 are immediately transferred to Anbang. However, the sale of Hotel del Coronado was suspended due to concerns expressed by the federal Inter-agency Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States, which reviewed US acquisitions of foreign businesses by foreign investors for possible national security risks. The agency is concerned about the proximity of the hotel to the naval base. In October 2016 it was reported that the deal had failed and the hotel would remain in possession of Blackstone.
In August 2017, Hilton Hotels and Resorts took over the management of Hotel del Coronado as part of their Curio Collection. The resort is still owned by Blackstone and the name of Hotel del Coronado has not changed.
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Famous guest
Important guests include Thomas Edison, L. Frank Baum, Charlie Chaplin, King of Kalakaua Hawaii, Vincent Price, Babe Ruth, James Stewart, Bette Davis, and Katharine Hepburn. Recently, guests have included Kevin Costner, Whoopi Goldberg, Gene Hackman, George Harrison, Keanu Reeves, Brad Pitt, Madonna, Barbra Streisand, and Oprah Winfrey.
Presiden berikut telah menginap di hotel: Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter , Ronald Reagan, George HW Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, dan Barack Obama.
Another famous hotel resident is the ghost of Kate Morgan who is said to be. On November 24, 1892, he went into room 302 (then 3312, now 3327). He told the staff he was waiting for his sister who was a doctor. He said he would treat his stomach cancer, but he never came. He was found dead on the stairs to the beach three days later. The case was declared suicide; he shot himself. Another tragedy occurred on the beach at the hotel in 1904 when actress Isadore Rush sank.
In popular culture
Movies
The hotel was first featured in the film when used as a backdrop for The Flying Fleet (1927). Since then, it has been featured in at least 12 other films, including: Some Like It Hot (1959), starring Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, and Tony Curtis, where it represents the "Seminole Ritz" in southern Florida ; Evil, Evil (1973), which was fully filmed on the scene there; The Stunt Man (1980), starring Peter O'Toole; and My Blue Heaven (1990), starring Steve Martin and Rick Moranis.
Scientist historian James Burke filmed his special The Neuron Suite in Coronado.
Hotel del Coronado is the premier location for the feature film-shoot fantasy Daydream Hotel , which premiered in the world at the 1st Annual Coronado Island Film Festival in January 2016.
Literature
In Moran's "Lady Letty": A California Coastal Adventure Story (1898) by Frank Norris, a San Francisco victory dandy who won in a battle against a Chinese triad of gangs on the edge of the Baja Peninsula California, give them a lesson: "Do not try to quarrel with white people." Victory from the final showdown, the screen protagonist to San Diego and make a dramatic appearance in the community soiree in the "unrivaled round ballroom" of the hotel.Music
- Hotel del Coronado is setting the Dashboard Confessional song "Stolen".
Postage
This hotel featured on US Stamp stamps honoring director Billy Wilder, with pictures of Marilyn Monroe and the hotels of Some Like It Hot .
Production stage
Every December since 1994, the Lamb Theater and hotel has presented Christmas America , "Hours & Celebration" 3 hours "set 100 years earlier, in the hotel ballroom.
Television
The hotel stood in the fictional Mansfield House during the host segment of the NBC Ghost Story anthology series in 1972. The storyline of Baywatch 4 season 4, episodes 14 and 15, called "Coronado del Soul "Parts 1 and 2, evolved in and around the hotel.
Gallery
See also
- Thomas Gardiner, corporate manager of Coronado Beach Company in the 1890s
- Charles T. Hinde, councilor of Hotel del Coronado, vice president of the Spreckels Brothers Commercial Company, a railroad executive, and a steamboat captain.
- Grand Floridian Hotel, a 1988 hotel whose exterior architecture is based on Hotel Del Coronado
- Grand Rapids Hotel, a 1922 hotel built by Frederick Hinde Zimmerman, nephew of Captain Charles T. Hinde, one of the original investors of Hotel del Coronado.
References
Further reading
- Morrow, Thomas J. (1984). Hotel Del Coronado . US: Hotel del Coronado. p.Ã, 70. ISBNÃ, 0-917859-02-2 . Retrieved October 1 2010 .
- Ormsby, Burke (1966). "The Lady Who Lives By The Sea". The Journal of San Diego History . San Diego Historical Society . Retrieved October 1 2010 . Star, Kevin (2002).
- Starr, Kevin (2002). The Dream Endures: California Entering the 1940s . New York: Oxford University Press. p.Ã, 496. ISBNÃ, 0-19-515797-4 . Retrieved October 1 2010 . Ã,
- Nolan, John Matthew "2,543 Days: Hotel History at the Grand Rapids Dam on the Wabash River" Discusses Charles T. Hinde, one of the silent investors of Hotel del Coronado and how the Hotel del Coronado affects the Grand Rapids Hotel in Wabash County, Illinois.
External links
- Official website
- San Diego Journal History of historic photos of the hotel
- New York Times reviews of Hotel del Coronado
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