Pakona yeStamford Road neNorth Bridge Road, mukati medunhu reSingapore renharaunda netsika, pane ichangobva kugadziridzwa Capitol Theatre. Iyo art-deco gem iyo yakatanga hupenyu hwayo muna 1930 uye yakagadzirwa neo-classical architect Keys uye Dowdeswell, achitora kurudziro kubva kuiyo iconic Roxy theatre muNew York.
Vagari veko vakura zvekurangarira, vanotarisa kumashure vachifunga nezvenguva apo nyeredzi dzakaita saCharlie Chaplin, Ava Gardner, naDouglas Fairbanks vakashanyira imba yemitambo kusimudzira mafirimu avo. Mickey Mouse Club yakaitisa mashoo avo ikoko kuma1930, uye chero munhu muSingapore ane makore anopfuura makumi manomwe acharangarira mazuva avo ekutanga pachitoro cheFrench pastry padivi peimba yemitambo.
Ikozvino, iyi art deco icon yakamutsiridzwa sechikamu cheCapitol Singapore, nyika yekutanga yakabatanidzwa mararamiro ehupenyu. Yakagadzirwa nePritzker Architecture's vakahwina-vakahwina mapurani, Richard Meier uye Partners, budiriro yese inosanganisira The Patina, hotera; Edheni Residences Capitol, budiriro yekugara; uye Capitol Piazza, chikafu chekutengesa uye chinwiwa hub. Iyo Capitol Theatre ndiyo korona yenzvimbo ino.
Nhasi, iyo Capitol Theatre yakagadziridzwa zvikuru uye yakavhurika kune zvigadzirwa zvemarudzi ese kusanganisira mafirimu nemisangano. Webhusaiti ye "Visiting Singapore" inotaura kuti "yakanakira mhemberero dzemibairo, husiku hwegala, masemina makuru uye makonferensi, mabhaisikopo ekutanga, uye zvimwe zviitiko zvepamusoro-kapeti tsvuku."
Zvichida mubairo wekupedzisira wenzvimbo ino yemifananidzo ndeyekuvhurwa kweCapitol Kempinski Hotel yakamirirwa kwenguva refu, yaimbozivikanwa seCapitol Building. "Tinofara kugadzirira kambani yekutanga yeKempinski muSingapore," Christian Gurtner, Managing Director wehotera iyi, akandiudza achidada pakudya kwemangwanani mubhurosi yakadzoreredzwa zvakanaka. Sekureva kwaGurtner, "Hotera iyi ichaunza zvinofadza zvekudya uye zvinwiwa zvinopihwa panzvimbo uye padyo neCapitol Piazza mumwedzi iri kuuya."
Iyo hotera inosanganiswa zvakakwana nenzvimbo dzayo senge art deco gem inopa isingaenzaniswi yakasarudzika, uye ese makamuri evaenzi akasiyana zvakasiyana kubva kune mumwe. Sirin'i yakakwirira inotora imwe kumashure kune imwe nguva apo nzvimbo yaireva kupfuma.
Real estate magnate, Pua Seck Guan, nekambani yake Perennial Real Estate Holdings vanochengeta kutonga pamusoro pechirongwa chose chinosanganisira theatre nehotera, uye anofara kuti Capitol Kempinski yave kugamuchira vaenzi. "Zvinogona kuve nani pane Raffles," akadaro. Cheni dzinopfuura gumi neshanu dzinokumbira kondirakiti yekutarisira, asi Pua aive nechido cheKempinski, chekare chekare cheumbozha muEurope. Chikonzero chikuru chekuseri kwekusarudzwa kweKempinski ndechekuti ketani inongotarisa paumbozha, ichidzivirira kukanganiswa kwe15- uye 3-nyeredzi zvivakwa.
