Eye on The Past

Photos of the Completed Project will no doubt proliferate as time goes on, but they may be a bit misleading as to the true nature of the project.

The idea of an imposed pure form in a purer pristine environment - that is what the project aspires to be.

However, the hotel was not built on a pristine site, nor was it imposed on a pure landscape. On the contrary, it may actually serve to clean up and better organize the human activities in the immediate area.

Where the hotel now sits were the park's many maintenance buildings and storage facilities. They have been relocated down the road away from the rim and farther away from the park.

The hotel sits at the edge of the valley, not in the valley itself. It adjoins the 50-year-old Visitor Center.