Virtual Tour of The Ahwahnee Hotel - Main Lobby Facing West.

Aha! The original grand entry into the hotel! And now you know what the architect intended the entrance to feel like! Feels a bit more impressive, doesn't it? Registration desk to the right, concierge desk, gift shop, and windows facing the meadow to left. The hallway leads to the elevator lobby. The floors of most of the ground floor level of the hotel are stained concrete, with geometric designs of a Native American flavor scored into the concrete surface. However, in the lobby rather than scored designs there are bold designs, made from hard rubber slabs, which are imbedded into the concrete. (Yep, they´re rubber, you need to get down on your hands and knees to tell, but if you do you will note that the aging rubber is cracking and curling in places.)