- Ritz-Carlton Denver
Infobox Skyscraper
building_name=The Ritz-Carlton, Denver
caption=
use=Hotel, Residential
status=Built
location= 1881 Curtis Street, Denver,Colorado , USA
roof=390 ft (119 m)cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=streetritzcarlton-denver-co-usa|title=The Ritz-Carlton, Denver|accessdate=2008-06-16|publisher=Emporis.com]
floor_count=38cite web|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=2397|title=Embassy Suites Downtown|accessdate=2008-06-16|publisher=SkyscraperPage.com]
opening=1983
floor_area=
architect=
developer= Amerimar Enterprises, Inc., CJS Denver Holdings, LLC
owner= Amerimar Enterprises, Inc.|The Ritz-Carlton Denver, formerly known as the Embasssy Suites Downtown, is a
skyscraper in Denver,Colorado . The building, a part of theDenver Place complex, was completed in 1983, and rises 38 floors and convert|390|ft|m|0|lk=on in height. The building stands as the sixteenth-tallest building in Denver and Colorado.The building was constructed as Embassy Suites and Apartments at Denver Place in 1983, at which point it was the second-tallest hotel building in Denver, behind the convert|522|ft|m|0|adj=on MCI Building, now known as
707 17th Street ; this structure is a mixed use hotel and commercial property whose lowest 20 floors are occupied by a Marriott Hotel. [cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=121368|title=707 17th Street|accessdate=2008-06-16|publisher=Emporis.com] cite web|url=http://www.denverskyscrapers.com/tallbuildings_downtown_507_714.html|title=The tallest buildings in Colorado|accessdate=2008-06-15|publisher=DenverSkyscrapers.com]Embassy Suites operated 337 guest rooms in the tower, including several suites. The uppermost 17 floors of the tower conists ofapartment s. In 2005, the building began a renovation and conversion of its lower hotel floors to aRitz-Carlton hotel. This conversion was completed in early 2008, and the hotel had its grand opening ceremony onJanuary 11 ,2008 .The Ritz-Carlton Denver tower can be seen in several episodes of the television series
Hill Street Blues , which ran onNBC from 1981 until 1987.cite web|url=http://www.denverskyscrapers.com/tallbuildings_downtown_366_448.html|title=Downtown's supporting castaccessdate=2008-06-16|publisher=DenverSkyscrapers.com] The series was filmed in Denver, and the building appeared in several episodes as an office building where some of the characters worked. In reality, however, much of the cast stayed in the Embassy Suites hotel during filming shoots.ee also
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List of tallest buildings in Denver References
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