Zvinoita here kuitisa nhumbu kuti iyo Four Seasons Hotel muNew York akachinjirwa mudzimba nyanzvi dzezvekurapa dzichirwisa iyo coronavirus? Mukupera kwaKurume, iyo shanu-nyeredzi Four Seasons Hotel iri paEast 57th Street yakatanga kugamuchira vashandi vemuzvipatara vanoshanda pakati peManhattan.

Iyi IM Pei-yakagadzirirwa hotera yaive zvechokwadi yakanyanya kutaurwa-nezve hotera nyowani muNew York payakavhurwa muna1993 pamutengo wemadhora miriyoni paimba. Iyi 1-nhurikidzwa, 52 chivakwa chemakamuri ine yayo limestone-yakashongedzwa yekutandarira, 367-tsoka-yakakwira onyx siringi, inopenya madziro sconces uye epakutanga mifananidzo yakapa hukuru uye runako izvo zvakangoonekwa ipapo ipapo.

Musi waChikumi 27, 1993, mune New York Times Architecture View, Paul Goldberger akanyora kuti:

“…. Idzo dzimba dzevaeni dzinogovana hunhu hwemakamuri eruzhinji asi dzinoitwa mune inopenya, yakapfava yazvino maitiro. Ivo vanomiririra shanduko hombe yeChina Seasons cheni, iyo yagara ichidaira kuti runako rwekamuri yehotera rwakaenzana zvakaringana nehuwandu hweyedzidziso yemidziyo yeChirungu irimo. Pano, pane urbane yemazuva ano, yakaomesesa pasina kana kutonhora…

Uye izvo zvinotisvitsa kuchinhu chakakosha cheichi chivakwa, ndiko kushamisika kunosanganisa iyo aura yehotera huru nehukama hweiyo diki. Kuvakwa kweiyi hotera kunotitumira kwese kwese kuti ihotera hombe, kubva padanho rakakura remusuwo mukuru wehurefu hwakavezwa hwekureba padenga. Iko hakuna hunyanzvi hwekumba pa Four Seasons Hotel, hapana coy kuyedza, senge kune akawanda emahotera emahotera, kunyepedzera kuti iyi ingori imba yemhando yepamusoro inoitika kuve neinopinda-mukati tafura. Kwete, ino inzvimbo huru yeruzhinji. Uye munguva iyo inenge hotera dzese dzakanaka dzinoita sedziri kuratidzira zvemumba, hotera inozviratidza sekuvapo kwekupenya uye urbane chinhu chikuru kuitika kuNew York. ”

"Iyi haisisiri hotera zvekare," akadaro Dr. Robert Quigley, mutevedzeri wemutungamiriri wenyika uye director wezvekurapa weInternational SOS, kambani yezvokurapa neyekufamba inotarisira zviga zvitsva zvehotera. "Dzimba dzevanhu vane njodzi huru."

Makore mana, kungofanana neCentral Park iri padyo uye USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center muFlushing, Queens rimwezve guta rakakwirirwazve kurwisa denda iri. Kunyangwe mamwe mahotera muguta ari kubatsira nekufashukira kwemubhedha muchipatara, iyo Four Seasons Hotel yakazvipira chete mukuchengetedza vanachiremba, manesi nevamwe vezvekurapa vakanyatso zorora uye vakachengeteka.

Pamusuwo pa57th Street, vanamukoti vaviri, vakapfeka N95 masiki, vanotora tembiricha yevaenzi vese, vachibvunza mibvunzo nezve zviratidzo pamusoro pemaawa makumi manomwe nemaviri apfuura uye kana vageza maoko. Kana vangopinda mukati, vaenzi vanonanga kumakamuri avo; hapana bhawa kana nzvimbo yekudyira. Elevators dzinotakura mumwe mufambi panguva; vamwe vanofanirwa kumirira akateiwa Xs pasi, akaiswa tsoka nhanhatu. Pamakamuri ehotera makumi matatu nemasere, makumi maviri neshanu chete, ndivo chete vane vaenzi, kudzikamisa kuwanda kwevanhu panzvimbo.

Guest nevashandi vepahotera havachabatana. Yekutarisa-mukati, makiyi anoiswa mumahamvulopu patafura. Minibars dzabviswa mumakamuri evaenzi. Kuchengeta imba chinhu chinobatsira chekare; makamuri anopiwa nemamwe machira uye matauro. Zvinhu zvakasviba zvinounganidzwa chete mushure mekunge vashanyi, vanogara kwenguva isingasviki mazuva manomwe, tarisa kuti dzimba dzavo dzatsvairwa. Mabhedha haasisina mapiro ekushongedza ayo anogona kuparadzira utachiona. Pamabhawa ese ehusiku pane bhodhoro reanosusa panzvimbo pechokoreti.

Pfungwa yekushandura Makore mana yaive muridzi zano raTy Warner. Mumazuva mashoma, General Manager Rudy Tauscher akabatsira timu nyowani kuronga kwekugara kwekukurumidzira mumazuva mashoma nekugadzirisazve kuronga uye mashandiro. Elizabeth Ortiz, director wevashandi wehotera, akatanga kufona zuva nezuva kutenderedza kuti ave nechokwadi chekuti mushandi wese ari kuenda kubasa Ok uye ari kunzwa Ok. Asi kunyangwe nekuronga kwekungwarira, hotera yakanga isina kugadzirira izvo zvakaitika mushure mekunge Gavhuna Andrew Cuomo naVaWarner vazivisa kuti iyo Four Seasons Hotel ichavhurwazve kune vezvekurapa. Zviuru zvevanachiremba navanamukoti vakaunganidza mitsetse yenhare. "Zvakanyanyisa kukuvadza masisitimu akajairwa" akadaro Grey Scandaglia, gweta raVaWarner. Mushure mekunyongana kwekutanga, hotera iyi yave kushanda nezvipatara zveNew York nemasangano ekurapa anosanganisira New York State Nurses Association, ayo ari kubata zvikumbiro zvekuchengetedza mukati.

Dr. Quigley vakakurudzira kuti zvimwe zvivakwa zvisina basa zvinogona kutevera iyo Four Seasons Hotel modhi munguva pfupi. "Ndakawana mafoni akawanda kubva kumahotera akawanda kutenderera nyika ino nepasirese kutevedzera zvatakaita," akadaro. "Iye zvino tave nechiyero."

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