Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Dwarfed

The fireplace in The Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite is built on a grand scale. As you can see by how I can walk into it. 

A bit of trivia: Built in 1927, the hotel was used as a hospital by the Navy during World War II. It was initially intended for neuro-psychiatric rehabilitation, "with the idea that shell-shocked patients would respond well to the peaceful setting of an isolated scenic facility. But instead they found the towering cliffs caused many to become claustrophobic and the isolation left their disturbed idle minds preoccupied with the very memories the Navy hoped to erase." Eventually it became a more traditional rehabilitation facility until the end of the war. Apparently the Navy was a godsend to the hotel as it was struggling to stay open during the depression.
The Ahwahnee Hotel's Grand Lounge transformed into the U.S. Navy's Ward A.

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