Design Debate

  Quite the venue in its heyday, the Bachaumont Hotel had been closed for 40 years. First opening in the 1920s, it became the place to spot the celebrities and socialites of the day. However the glamorous doors closed in the 1970s and the Bachaumont was left to crumble, until one Samy Marciano, a local entrepreneur, saw the potential. Collaborating with Dorothée Meilichzon on the interiors.  The pair decided to restore the hotel with the same Art Deco lux it had originally. I love the dark and moody blues. Marble floors, accents of gold and the clean and minimalist look which have helped place this hotel back on the Parisian map.  Originally found at My Modern Met .

1887 Men on the edge - Glacier Point above Yosemite Valley 1871 The Annie, reportedly the first ever boat launched on Yellowstone Lake  1899 Tourists driving along Yellowstone River  Have you explored Retronaut ? Its a website that I can loose a few hours in. I just love old photographs, something about the real people in them with real stories. The costumes so elaborate, the joy, the tragedy, some feel so very familiar and others shockingly different. c.1900 The Geyser Basins at Yellowstone 1911 Tourist camp at Mt. Rainer National Park 1903 Two ladies slide down a snow covered slope in Yosemite What sparked my interest today was a collection of photographs of the first American National Parks. Of course this land was very much inhabited by Native Americans, but the tourist didn't really enter these breath taking space until the 1860s. It was President Woodrow Wilson who paved the way for the first National Parks and brave intrepid explorers set ab...