In honor of today’s groundbreaking at La Fonda Hotel in Santa Fe, one of the last of the great Fred Harvey hotels, as it journeys forward into its past for a dramatic renovation that will bring back many of its original design ideas but also offer all that is modern (just as La Fonda did in the 1920s when it first became hugely popular), here’s a photo and a closeup of the original groundbreaking for the expansion of the hotel in 1928, with Fred’s grandson Freddy putting in the first shovel. Good luck to all our friends at La Fonda, and look forward to seeing you again soon!

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