THE GRAND HALL: Breathtaking in size and beauty, the Grand Hall boasts a dual personality. A restful lounge by day, it is equally effective as a brilliant setting for gala evening festivities. Its colors selected to form a perfect foil for exquisitely gowned women and the immaculately groomed gentlemen who escort them
Compare this photo to the 1938 images, and note how little of the original room survived the postwar refit.