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Condado Vanderbilt Hotel
The Condado Vanderbilt Hotel on Ashford Avenue in the district of Condado, San Juan, in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico is a hotel built in 1919. It has also been known as Grand Hotel Condado Vanderbilt, The Condado Hotel, Hotel Condado, Condado Beach Hotel, and the Hyatt Puerto Rico Hotel. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.〔 It, along with the La Concha Resort, is currently under reconstruction as a part of the Condado Trio Renovation Project that aims to revive the western part of the district of Condado in San Juan. The hotel was designed by the architectural firm Warren and Wetmore, who also designed New York's Grand Central Terminal. It was built by the Vanderbilt family and it marked the beginning of high end tourism in Puerto Rico.〔Flores, Ronald. "New Hotels on the Horizon". (February/March 2009) ''¡Qué Pasa!''. Puerto Rico Tourism Company. 〕 The hotel reopened partially on 16 October 2012, beginning December 1, 2014, its guestrooms and suites located in two adjacent 11-story towers would be made available and the Condado Vanderbilt Hotel will once again welcome guests for hotel stays and five star around-the-clock service.〔( luxurytravelmagazine.com ) Hot Hotel Openings: Legendary Condado Vanderbilt Hotel to Re-Open in San Juan - Retrieved 26/12/2013〕〔 The renovated hotel also features five restaurants, one of which, "1919", is credited as "Puerto Rico's finest restaurant".〔
==History==
Construction of the Condado Vanderbilt began in 1917 by Frederick William Vanderbilt, the son of William Henry Vanderbilt. On 16 October 1919, the hotel, having cost a million dollars to construct, was inaugurated.〔Carson, Samuel. ("The New Hotel Condado by the Sea" ) (January 1919). ''The Overland Monthly''. Retrieved 19 March 2013.〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Historic San Juan Hotel Reopens After 15 Years )〕 It was suggested that the early Spanish Revival style architecture be used by Fredrick Vanderbilt.〔 The original roofing featured antique Spanish tiles sourced from Puerto Rico's older Spanish buildings. The floors and the public areas including the main staircase were decorated with marble and mosaics and the area between the ocean and the hotel building was developed to help the building withstand damage from the Atlantic coast. The hotel also featured a flagstone paved terrace.〔 Giant pandanus, several kinds of bougainvillae, fruit trees and coconut palms could also be found in the hotel's gardens.〔
The Condado Vanderbilt was the first luxury hotel to open in Puerto Rico and was also the first hotel in Puerto Rico to have a casino after gambling was legalized in 1940. Among the famous guests to have stayed at the Condado Vanderbilt are the former President of the United States Franklin Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor,〔 the American aviator Charles Lindbergh, composer José Luis Moneró, singer-songwriter Carlos Gardel, Hollywood actor Errol Flynn, comedian Bob Hope, and pianist Arthur Rubinstein.〔 Activities that were available included American golf, tennis and motoring among other things. These were advertised in various American newspapers during the 1920s.
During The Great Depression of the 1930s, Manuel Gonzalez bought the hotel from the Vanderbilts and changed its name to the Condado Hotel.〔 In the 1950s, after a series of changes in ownership, the name was changed to the Condado Beach Hotel. During this time, 80 rooms were added to the hotel as well as a bar, cocktail lounge and coffee shop.〔 However, by the 1970s, the hotel's popularity was decreasing to the point of demolition. Former governor Luis A. Ferré then issued an executive order declaring the hotel a cultural heritage.〔 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.〔
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