Grand Canyon’s burned lodge leaves a very large hole
Last summer the Dragon Bravo fire destroyed a beloved US landmark, the Grand Canyon Lodge. This video provides an excellent update on what, if anything, can be done to save it.
This is not just a construction problem. The lodge burned once, in 1932, and was rebuilt. Now the park has to decide what it means to replace a landmark that served visitors, workers, history, and the landscape all at once. Build it back as it was? Build something more fire-resistant? Build something smaller? Use the loss to rethink the whole North Rim visitor experience?
The old lodge is gone. Whatever comes next has to be more than a replacement building.
He will give us more: The Donald John Trump Grand Canyon Memorial Lodge®, brought to you by Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security cuts courtesy of the President Donald John Trump administration. You're welcome America.
No money to rebuild an iconic building but plenty of money to bomb other people.