Frank Lloyd Wright Statues Adorn Phoenix Resort
Ua like keʻano o ka manu Phoenix i ulu mai ka lehu, ua ala mai nā Sprites o Midway Gardens mai ka makeʻana a hāʻawiʻia iā Arizona Biltmore,ʻo A Waldorf Astoria Resort . I kēia manawa, kapaʻiaʻo ka poʻe Biltmore Sprites,ʻo nā Sprites o Midway Gardens keʻano o nā keiki nalowale a ka mea kākau kiʻi Frank Lloyd Wright a me ke kiʻi kiʻiʻo Alfonso Iannelli. Ua hāpaiʻia kēia mau kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi honua i ka makahiki 1914 no ke kumu kūikawā o ka hoʻonaniʻana a me ka mālamaʻana i Midway Gardens, i kahi manawa no kahi hoʻolaha mua, nā meaʻai maikaʻi a me nā mele ma ke kai lake o Chicago.
Ua hālāwai ka hapanui o nā Sprites i ka hana kūpilikiʻi a me ka pōʻino i ka wā o ka pāpā.
ʻO nā kīhāpai, i hanaʻia e Mr. Wright, uaʻikeʻo ia i ka hopena mua loa i ka makahiki 1914, akā ua hoʻohauhuaʻia kēlā hoʻoilo i kēlā manawa o ke Kaua Honua Mua i'Europa. Ua kūʻaiʻiaʻo Midway Gardens i ka Edelweiss Brewing Company a liloʻo ia i loko o ka māla waina nui loa -ʻoiaiʻo Sprites e kū ana a nānā.
Ua hoʻololiʻia a hoʻolālāʻia nā hanana a me nā mea hoʻolimalima e Mr. Wright i hoʻoikaikaʻia i ka hana a ka hui hoʻokumu e hoʻokomo i ka poʻe. ʻAʻole i holomua kēia ho'āʻoʻana. ʻO ka hopena hope i ka makahiki 1920 i ka wā i hōʻikeʻia ai ka Prohibition. Ma muli o kaʻike nuiʻiaʻana o nā pākani hāmama a me nā mahinaʻo Winter Gardens i ka hoʻololiʻana i kahi kīkēkē, aia ka mana o Midway Gardens e hoʻololi i nā lima i nā manawa he nui, e lawelawe ana e like me ke kaʻa a me ka holoi kaʻa. Ua paʻa ka hale a ua wāwahiʻia i kaʻOkakopa 1929.
Ua hoʻopiliʻiaʻo Midway Gardens i ke kaiʻo Michigan. Pono naʻe e hoʻomaopopoʻia,ʻaʻole i hāʻule ka hale me ka hakakāʻole. Ua puka akuʻelua mau lālā hanaʻino i waho o kaʻoihana e ho'āʻo ana e wāwahi i ka papa hana. ʻO ka hui i hoʻokaho i lalo, ua nui ka nui o ke kālā ma ka hana.
ʻO ka Chicago Daily News oʻOkakopa 10, 1929, ua hōʻike aku i ka lukuʻiaʻana o nā Lāʻau i ka hopena o kēia au, akā ua'ōleloʻo ia i ka mamao loa o nā lā gula me ka hemoʻole.
Me he mea lā ua nalowale nā Sprites no ka wa pauʻole. I kekahi manawa ma hope o ke Kaua Honua II, ua hiki aku ka hua'ōlelo iā Taliesin, ka waiwai waiwai a me Frank Lloyd Wright School ma Spring Green, Wisconsin, ua hoʻopakeleʻia kekahi o nā Sprites a ua kaʻawale i loko o kahi māla o ke kanaka mahi ma Lake Delton, Wisconsin.
ʻOiai, he lālā o ka mokuʻo Midway Gardre nāna i hoʻopakele i nā Sprites mai ka moana aiʻole e hao iā lākou ma mua o ka lukuʻiaʻana o lākou. No ka nui makahiki ua moe lākou ma kāna mahinaʻai. Ua hōʻoiaʻo Taliesin i nā meaʻinoʻekolu a Sprites a ua hoʻokuʻu aku iā lākou i ka Lake Stillwater, ka home o Minnesota o Don Lovness, ka mea kūʻai a me ka hoa o ka Wright. ʻO ka Lovness a me kāna wahine i hoʻihoʻi mai i nā mea 5 a 6 kapuaʻi a me kāna wahine he 12-foot Sprite. No nā makahiki he 20, ua mālamaʻia kēia mau kiʻi i ko lākou hale Frank Lloyd Wright.
I ka makahiki 1980, ua kūkuluʻo Mrs. Wright i kekahi māla ma Taliesin West a hāʻawiʻia aku nā Sprites i Phoenix no kahi hoʻokomo. Ma hope o ka hoʻoponopono houʻana a me ka hana houʻana,ʻewalu mau Sprites,ʻo kēlā me kēia kūwae heʻeono kapuaʻi a heʻehā haneli paona, i hāʻawiʻia i ka Arizona Biltmore iʻOkakopa 1985.
I kēia lā, uaʻike nā keiki ua nalowale i kahi home aloha ma kahi kahua'āina o kahi hoʻokumu mua loa o Frank Lloyd Wright,ʻo ka Arizona Biltmore Resort.