The Westin Providence

Infobox Skyscraper
building_name= The Westin Providence
location= 1 West Exchange Street, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
roof= 329 ft (100 m)
height_stories= 25
built= 1992 - 1993
use= Hotel
ZIP Code: 02891
architect= Nichols Brosch Sandoval & Associates, Inc.
developer= Westin

The Westin Providence is a Neo-Traditionalist skyscraper in downtown Providence, Rhode Island, occupied by the Westin Hotel. At 329 feet (100 m) [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=streetwestinprovidence-providence-ri-usa Emporis Buildings] , 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 the completion of the Residences tower, which added 200 rooms, the Westin Providence now boasts 564 rooms, and is still 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." [Woodward, Wm McKenzie. Guide to Providence Architecture. " 1st ed. United States: 2003. ISBN 0-9742847-0-x. p306.]

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