The distinguishing feature of the lobby will be switchback stairs that wrap around a glass display.
He's slow, and very deliberate, but it's only after he spends 15 minutes walking us through the various features of the Tent City lobby that we realize the tour isn't going to be what we thought it was.
The main feature of the Garden Lobby are the rooflights, which when viewed from above resemble leaves or the early Christian "vesica" shape and allow natural light into the building.
But last summer, following a three-year closure, the new 270-room Fairmont Peace Hotel restored many of its historic features, like the lobby's stained-glass rotunda and (nonfunctioning) antique wood-paneled elevator and the 10th-floor one-bedroom penthouse, once home to the Cathay's flamboyant owner, the British tycoon Victor Sassoon.
Peacock Alley, situated in the heart of the lobby, features an Art Deco design with gilded ceilings and includes a main restaurant, a bar and lounge, and three private dining salons.
Today, it is closed off from the rest of the lobby, whose ornate features were restored as part of a $25 million renovation by Common Ground Community, a nonprofit organization that acquired the property in 1996.
But I did note the most salient feature the Barclay had to offer: "In the middle of the lobby there is a cage of 9 song birds".
To the side of the lobby is Sinatra's Ristorante, which features a piano player, full liquor bar, and Italian food.
Attempting to generate a clear environmental image of the lobby, causing some stress and confusion.
DMX walked out of the lobby.
