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Bezig met laden... Flagler's St. Augustine Hotels: The Ponce de Leon, the Alcazar, and the Casa Monicadoor Thomas Graham
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Pleasant read details the history of of the three hotels Henry Flagler commissioned in St. Augustine. Author Thomas Graham offers a healthy mix of Flagler's life and the various miscellany of the histories of the beautiful trio of hotels. The pictures and illustrations are just fine for a book of this size and scope, although one does long for a coffee table book with larger photographs of these beautiful buildings. If anything this book kindles a desire to travel to St. Augustine if only to see these buildings. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Near the end of the nineteenth century, Standard Oil millionaire Henry Morrison Flagler ventured to St. Augustine, Florida, America's Oldest City, and transformed it into an exotic travel destination for the social elite. He raised magnificent, fanciful Spanish Renaissance hotel palaces on what had been orange grove and salt marsh. Then he connected his creation with the outside world by building a modern railroad system. Flagler's hotels stand as monuments to innovation in architecture and engineering. They were the first large buildings in the United States constructed of poured concrete, and they pioneered use of novel amenities like electric lights, steam heat, and elevators. They are still a vital part of modern St. Augustine. The Ponce de Leon, Flaglers preeminent hotel, now houses Flagler College; the Alcazar now holds the City Hall and the Lightner Museum. Only the Casa Monica (previously called the Cordova) is presently a hotel. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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