With its big bay windows, lavish detailing and 13-foot ceilings, it was really quite grand.

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Bay windows and skylights allow for plenty of natural light -- ideal for examining documents and drawings.

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She has no garbage disposal and no dishwasher, but the Victorian building has lots of charm and bay windows.

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Then things really got serious and someone slashed every tire on my parents' Volvo, and once, in a fit of anger or grief, someone hurled a Birkenstock through one of our bay windows.

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But really, when I settled in for a quick (hotel-sponsored) stay, my room had me at hello, with the floor-to-ceiling windows and bay views.

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An elevated walkway led to the upper level of the main lodge, a three-story building with floor-to-ceiling windows that afford magnificent and ever-changing views of the pink-hued Hazards mountains across the bay.

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