THE WESTIN PROVIDENCE

'The Westin Providence' is a Neo-Traditionalist skyscraper in downtown Providence, Rhode Island, occupied by the Westin Hotel. At 329 feet (100 m)^[1], it became the fourth-tallest building in the city and the state on on February 15th, 2007, when the nearby slightly taller Residences at the Westin topped out. Brick facades and a pitched roof adorn the building.
With 364 rooms, it is the tallest and largest hotel in Providence, having usurped the title from the 1922 Providence Biltmore upon completion.
W^m McKenzie Woodward, a local architectural historian and staff member of the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission does not believe its styling to be architecturally innovative, calling it "yet another bland addition to the city's growing recent collection of buildings seemingly designed not to offend."^[2]

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1. http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=streetwestinprovidence-providence-ri-usa Emporis Buildings
2. Woodward, Wm McKenzie. Guide to Providence Architecture. '' 1st ed. United States: 2003. ISBN 0-9742847-0-x. p306.