Park Hyatt Washington

Last updated
Park Hyatt Washington
Park Hyatt Washington.JPG
Park Hyatt Washington
General information
Location United States
Address Washington, D.C.
Coordinates 38°54′22″N77°03′04″W / 38.906054°N 77.05108°W / 38.906054; -77.05108
OpeningAugust 15, 1986
Owner Westmont Hospitality Group and Thomas Tan
Management Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Height107 feet (33 m)
Technical details
Floor count9
Design and construction
Architect(s) David Childs of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Developer Boston Properties
Other information
Number of rooms216 rooms (inclusive of suites)
Number of suites28
Number of restaurants1
Website
http://washingtondc.park.hyatt.com

The Park Hyatt Washington is a luxury hotel located at 1201 24th Street NW in the West End neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. The operator is Hyatt Hotels Corporation, which since the hotel's opening has branded the structure one of its luxury Park Hyatt properties. The hotel, a Postmodernist structure that opened in 1986, hosts the Blue Duck Tavern, a restaurant that consistently ranks as one of the city's best.

Contents

About the hotel

Construction

By the 1960s, Washington, D.C.'s West End neighborhood was a decaying area of Victorian townhouses and abandoned light industrial sites. In 1974, the city significantly revised its zoning regulations. Among the changes made, the city treated hotels the same as residential housing, which spurred a hotel construction boom. [1]

In spring 1984, Mortimer Zuckerman, owner of real estate development company Boston Properties, purchased the D.C.-based newsmagazine U.S. News & World Report . The deal included the magazine's real estate portfolio in Washington's West End. In June, Boston Properties and U.S. News jointly signed an agreement to acquire 250,000 square feet (23,000 m2) of space on the northwest corner of 24th and M Streets NW. [2] One of the projects they announced for this tract was a hotel. The hotel's architect was David Childs, the head of the Washington, D.C., office of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. [3] [4] Boston Properties entered into an agreement to have the Hyatt Hotels Corporation manage the hotel, and to brand it as a luxury Park Hyatt. Ground for the hotel was broken on October 31, 1984. [5] The hotel was initially planned to have 233 rooms, which included 123 deluxe guest rooms, 98 suites, a fitness center, swimming pool, and spa with hot tub and sauna. [5] The hotel was constructed as part of a $200 million construction project that encompassed most of the city block. [4] [6] Omni Construction was the builder. [7]

As completed, the Park Hyatt had 220 rooms, a presidential suite, an outdoor café, a caviar bar, and a restaurant. [8] The hotel also featured the Rendez-Vous, a beauty salon operated by stylist Yves Graux. [9] Four types of marble were used throughout the hotel, [8] and the public areas featured 13th-century Buddhist sculptures as well as artwork by David Hockney, [10] Gene Davis, Sam Gilliam, Howard Mehring, Kenneth Noland, Paul Reed, and Frank Stella. [3] Each guest room bathroom featured a television, while the hotel's presidential suite had a working fireplace and baby grand piano. [8]

Construction of the hotel helped complete a rapid transformation of the neighborhood that began in 1983. [8] For a time, the intersection of 24th and M Streets NW was known as "Hotel Corner", [1] [8] because three new hotels existed here: The Grand Hotel on the southeast corner (originally known as The Regent, finished in October 1984), The Westin Georgetown on the northwest corner (finished in January 1986), and the Park Hyatt on the northeast corner. [8]

Critical assessment

Benjamin Forgey, architectural critic for The Washington Post , called the hotel's design urbane [11] and a "strong" corner building. He was pleased with the transition between interior and exterior, and the cutaway corner that created a sidewalk café. [3] He was particularly impressed with the way the building's facade materials worked with and played off The Grand Hotel building to the south, and enjoyed the creative exterior details (such as the wide expanses of glass and the metal pinnacle atop the building). He also had high praise from the way the spaces on the north and south framed the building. [4]

History of the hotel

The Park Hyatt Washington quickly became known for its teas and restaurant. Afternoon tea was served in the lobby lounge, often accompanied by a roving palmist. The high standard of service and excellence of the tea and cuisine became well known throughout the city. [12]

The hotel also became known for Melrose, the restaurant run by chef Brian McBride. The Washington Post food critic Phyllis Richman praised the restaurant when first reviewed a few months after it opened. [13] Richman's successor, Eve Zibart, called Melrose's Modernist decor "absolutely beautiful" and its cuisine "entirely overlooked". She also gave high marks to its bar. [14] Melrose became famous for its "power breakfasts" of traditional breakfast foods such as eggs, sausages, bacon, biscuits, gravy, and toast with plenty of coffee. The Melrose's good acoustics made for excellent quiet discussion, another big draw for breakfasters seeking to have confidential business conversations. [15]

In 1991, Boston Properties completed Whitman Place, a 36-condominium building adjacent to the Park Hyatt. [16]

1994 sale

Boston Properties put the Park Hyatt up for sale in November 1994. The company, which rarely sold real estate once acquired, wanted out of the hospitality business and to focus on its core office buildings and residencies. [17] Boston Properties asked $50 million for the structure [17] (which by now only offered 224 rooms), [17] [18] considerably more than the sale price of other recently purchased hotels in the city. [17] The hotel remained for sale for nine months. The Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group offered a bid of $43.5 million. Hyatt Hotels, however, had the right to match that bid under its contract with Boston Properties. Hyatt did so, and the hotel sold on August 8, 1995. The price of $194,196 per room was 21.3 percent higher than the $160,000 per room that other recent hotel sales in the city garnered, and industry observers called the price "very high". [18]

In 2002, Hyatt Hotels completed the Residences at Park Hyatt Washington. This 85-unit, 10-story apartment building was built on the side of the Park Hyatt opposite the Whitman Place condos. [19] The apartment building was connected internally to the Park Hyatt on two floors, and apartment residents had access to all of the services the hotel's guests did [19] —including delivery of liquor from the Hyatt's main bar. [20] The Residences at Park Hyatt Washington was not the first rental property built by Hyatt Hotels, but it was the first to be connected internally to a Hyatt hotel. Hyatt partnered with Centergate Residential to develop the building, which was built on the Hyatt's 13,000 square feet (1,200 m2) surface parking lot. A three-story, 100-space parking garage beneath the Residences provided parking for both hotel guests and apartment renters. [19]

2006 renovation

On August 1, 2005, the 223-room Park Hyatt Washington closed for a $24 million, seven-month renovation. Hyatt said the hotel needed top-to-bottom refurbishing in order to stay competitive with the Ritz-Carlton Georgetown (which opened in April 2003) and the Mandarin Oriental (which opened in fall 2004). The renovation included a "D.C. feel", with wallpaper featuring cherry trees and new rocking chairs reminiscent of the one used by President John F. Kennedy. [21] Head chef Brian McBride closed Melrose permanently, and announced that a new dining space, the Blue Duck Tavern, would open in June 2006. [22]

Another major change wrought by the renovation was the creation of the Tea Cellar. The new afternoon tea space, situated in the hotel lobby, included specially designed tea tables and seating and a glass humidor in which various teas were displayed. A central island in the Tea Cellar featured an all-you-can eat pastry display, with items made specially for afternoon tea. [23]

2014 sale

On June 30, 2014, the Washington Business Journal reported that Westmont Hospitality Group was close to purchasing the now-214-room Park Hyatt Washington for $100 million. Hyatt Hotels had adopted a strategy a few years earlier of selling some of its non-core properties, and the Park Hyatt was considered a "weak" performer in the chain's portfolio. [24] [25] Sale of the hotel property was finally announced on October 3, 2014. [25] Thomas Tan, a director of Tembusu Partners Private Limited (a Singapore-based private equity fund) and of Bestford Capital (an investment advisory firm), joined Westmont Hospitality Group in purchasing the hotel. [26] [25] Westmont and Tan said they would spend $5.5 million over three years to improve the property, and that Hyatt Hotels would continue to manage it. [26] [25]

The renovation was completed in April 2017. Designed by Tony Chi, who oversaw the hotels' 2006 renovation, all 216 rooms received new art, carpeting, decor, and furnishings in a blue-gray, denim blue, and wood color scheme. The lobby was divided into two areas, intended to resemble living rooms. Each features white oak floors covered in area rugs. One area has a communal table, while the other features individual seating such as rocking chairs, settees, and stools. A kitchen garden was installed on the roof to provide the hotel bar and restaurant with fresh ingredients. The owners declined to provide a cost for the renovation, saying only that it was several million dollars. [27]

Blue Duck Tavern

Breakfast from the Blue Duck Tavern DC People and Places 9834 (6823258280).jpg
Breakfast from the Blue Duck Tavern

When it opened in 2006, the Blue Duck Tavern featured an "open kitchen" design in which elements of the working kitchen extended into the dining room. [22] The 106-seat dining room's décor was in the American Craftsman style, [28] and designed by Tony Chi. [28] This changed the atmosphere for dining, moving to informal black walnut tables from formal, linen-covered rounds. The cuisine also changed, to modern American cuisine from international fare with a French feel. [22] The new kitchen featured a $180,000, 5,400-pound (2,400 kg), 18 by 6 feet (5.5 by 1.8 m) Molteni commercial cooking range, which took several cranes to lift into position. The range was the only commercial Molteni in the D.C. area. [28]

Tom Sietsema, The Washington Post food critic, had high praise for the food at Blue Duck Tavern, which emphasized regional and seasonal foods. He was less satisfied with the décor. Although the shelves full of Mason jars filled with colorful vegetables and the wood-burning hearth were cozy, he felt the design "created a maze of glass and steel, steps and ramps, halls and nooks — reached via the largest door this side of Emerald City — that challenges even those of us with a good sense of direction. ... Cool and almost sterile, the setting is the opposite of the cooking." [29]

Head chef Brian McBride left Blue Duck Tavern in 2011, and Sebastien Archambault took over as executive chef. [30] Archambault departed in 2014, and Ryan LaRoche succeeded him as executive chef. [31] Franck Loquet was named executive chef upon LaRoche's departure in 2015. [32] Troy Knapp became executive chef in 2017. [33] Knapp was appointed Park Hyatt's food and beverage director in 2018, and Adam Howard has named executive chef. [34]

In 2013, Blue Duck Tavern won the award for the Best Fine Dining Restaurant from the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMMY Award). [35] The restaurant earned a Michelin Star in the inaugural Michelin Guide for Washington, D.C. (2017). [36]

Barack and Michelle Obama celebrated their 17th wedding anniversary at Blue Duck Tavern in 2009. [37]

Rating

The AAA gave the hotel four diamonds out of five in 2007. The hotel has maintained that rating every year, and received four diamonds again for 2016. [38] Forbes Travel Guide (formerly known as Mobil Guide) awarded the hotel four out of five stars as well in 2016. [39]

Notable events

The Park Hyatt Washington has been the site of a wide range of historic events during its history, and hosted a number of notable people over the years. In February 1987, yacht racing captain Dennis Conner, who skippered the yacht Stars & Stripes 87 to win the America's Cup from the Royal Perth Yacht Club in Australia, stayed at the Park Hyatt before he and his team were welcomed back to the United States by President Ronald Reagan in a White House ceremony. [40] Three months later, in April 1987, the National Football League and the National Football League Players Association met at the Park Hyatt in an attempt to reach agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement. [41] These talks failed, and a one-month strike occurred in the fall.

Local history was made at the Park Hyatt in 1990 and 1991. According to court testimony, Doris Crenshaw, a political ally of D.C. Mayor Marion Barry, met Barry at the Park Hyatt on December 22, 1988, and smoked crack cocaine there with Barry and Barry friend Willie Davis. [42] On June 23, 1990, Barry stood in front of the Park Hyatt and denounced Crenshaw and others who testified to his illegal drug use as "liars". [43] Barry's later conviction on federal felony drug use charges significantly damaged his political career, and on September 11, 1990, corporate executive Sharon Pratt Dixon defeated Barry in the D.C. Democratic primary. Dixon held her primary night victory party at the Park Hyatt. [44] Barry attempted to win re-election as a write-in candidate. His effort proved unsuccessful. On November 6, 1990, Sharon Pratt Dixon held her election night party at the Park Hyatt, while in nearby, near-empty ballroom Marion Barry conceded defeat. [45]

In August 1990, just two weeks after the outbreak of the Gulf War, the Park Hyatt hosted Kuwait's foreign minister, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and Kuwait's ambassador to the United Nations, Mohammad Abulhassan. The Park Hyatt had to turn down Jordan's King Hussein, who was making an unscheduled visit to Washington, because it would have been diplomatically inappropriate. [46]

The Park Hyatt Washington was also the scene of negotiations over the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement. In the agreement, 46 states settled lawsuits against the tobacco industry for recovery of their tobacco-related healthcare costs. In exchange, the four major tobacco companies to pay $206 billion over 25 years to the states to cover tobacco-related healthcare costs, end certain tobacco marketing practices, fund a new anti-smoking advocacy group (the American Legacy Foundation), and dissolve various tobacco industry research groups. The critical portion of the agreement, which resolved differences over punitive damages, was resolved at the Park Hyatt Washington in June 1997. [47]

The Park Hyatt Washington played a role in the Lewinsky scandal. President Bill Clinton's personal attorney, Vernon Jordan, held his first press conference regarding the scandal at the hotel on January 22, 1998. [48] The Park Hyatt was also where John S. Reed, head of Citicorp, and Sanford I. Weill, head of Travelers Group, met in April 1998 to first discuss the eventual merger of the two financial giants, [49] and where the 14th Dalai Lama stayed during his visit to Washington, D.C., in October 2009. [50]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fashion Centre at Pentagon City</span> Shopping mall in Virginia, United States

Fashion Centre at Pentagon City, originally the Pentagon City Mall, is an enclosed regional shopping mall in the Pentagon City neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia, near Interstate 395 and Hayes Street. Its Metro level is directly connected to the Pentagon City station on the Blue and Yellow Lines of the Washington Metro. The mall features Macy's and Nordstrom, and also houses the Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City hotel.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel</span> Hotel in Philadelphia, PA

The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel is a landmark building at 200 S. Broad Street at the corner of Walnut Street in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Constructed in 1904 and expanded to its present size in 1912, it has continued as a well-known institution for more than a century and is still widely known by that original, historic name.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Childs</span> American architect

David Magie Childs is an American architect and chairman of the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. He is the architect of the new One World Trade Center in New York City.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brickskeller</span> Tavern located in Washington, D. C

The DC Comedy Loft and Bier Baron Tavern is a tavern in Washington, D.C., located near Dupont Circle across from Rock Creek Park and on the edge of Georgetown, in the Baron Hotel building. It was founded by Felix Coja and his wife, Marie.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Washington Harbour</span> Mixed-use development at 3000 and 3050 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., United States

Washington Harbour is a Class-A mixed-use development located at 3000 and 3050 K Street, N.W., in Washington, D.C., in the United States. The southern edge of the development borders the Potomac River on the Georgetown waterfront. Designed by Arthur Cotton Moore, the complex consists of two curved towers and three other buildings attached to them, all of which are in the Postmodern architectural style. The complex contains luxury condominia, offices, retail space, restaurants, and underground parking.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kimpton Hotel Monaco Washington DC</span>

Kimpton Hotel Monaco Washington DC is a 183-room high end boutique hotel at the corner of 7th and F Streets Northwest in the Penn Quarter neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Kimpton Hotel Monaco DC is one of ten Kimpton hotel properties in the Washington Metropolitan Area and is located across the street from the National Portrait Gallery and the Capital One Arena. The hotel opened in the summer of 2002 and was named one of the eighty best new hotels in the world in 2003 by Condé Nast Traveler. In September 2010, Pebblebrook Hotel Trust acquired the Monaco Washington DC hotel for $74.0 million.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Old Ebbitt Grill</span> Historic bar and restaurant in Washington, D.C.

Old Ebbitt Grill is a historic bar and restaurant located at 675 15th Street NW in Washington, D.C., in the United States. It is Washington's oldest bar and restaurant, and is owned by Clyde's Restaurant Group. It first opened as an unnamed restaurant in the Ebbitt House Hotel. The Hotel distinguished itself as the first hotel in Washington to remain open all summer instead of closing when Congress adjourned. In 1827, the Hotel was razed and rebuilt in the same location. Ebbitt House Hotel was razed in 1925 to make way for the National Press Building, built in 1926. The restaurant was incorporated by Anders Lofstrand, Sr., as a stand-alone business. It moved into new quarters at 1427 F Street NW. After Lofstrand's death in 1955, the restaurant was purchased by Peter Bechas in 1961. The restaurant was sold at a tax sale in June 1970, and was purchased by Clyde's Restaurant Group. The 1427 F Street NW location was demolished in 1983 during redevelopment, and Old Ebbitt Grill moved into its current quarters at 675 15th Street NW.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Old Post Office (Washington, D.C.)</span> United States historic place

The Old Post Office, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Old Post Office and Clock Tower, is located at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. in Washington, D.C. It is a contributing property to the Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site. The building's 315-foot (96-meter) high clock tower houses the "Bells of Congress," and its observation level offers panoramic views of the city and its surroundings. A historic federal office building, it now serves as a hotel.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hyatt Regency London – The Churchill</span> Hotel in London

The Hyatt Regency London – The Churchill is a five star hotel located on Portman Square, north of Marble Arch in central London, England. It is owned by The Churchill Group Ltd and is currently operated by Hyatt Hotels Corporation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grand Hyatt Washington</span> Hotel in Washington D.C.

Grand Hyatt Washington is a hotel in Washington, D.C., in the United States. The 897-room hotel, located at 1000 H Street NW, serves both tourist and business travel. From the time the hotel opened until 2003, it was directly across from the Washington Convention Center and served as a "convention headquarters" hotel for many conventions. The convention center closed and was demolished in 2004. CityCenterDC, a major office, residential, and retail complex, now occupies the site.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hyatt Regency San Francisco Downtown SOMA</span> Hotel in San Francisco, California

The Hyatt Regency San Francisco Downtown SOMA is a 36-story highrise hotel at 50 Third Street in San Francisco, California.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fraser Mansion</span> Building in Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C.

The Fraser Mansion is a building at 1701 20th Street NW, at the intersection of Connecticut Avenue, 20th Street, and R Street in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. constructed in 1890 to be the George S. Fraser mansion, it served as his private residence for five years, a restaurant, a boarding house, the home of the new Founding Church of Scientology, and—currently—the location of Scientology's National Affairs office.

Vlastimil Koubek was an American architect who designed more than 100 buildings, most of them in the Washington metropolitan area, and whose total value topped $2 billion. Most of his work is Modernist in style, although he developed a few structures in other vernaculars. He created the site plan for the redevelopment of Rosslyn, Virginia, and his Ames Center anchored the area's economic recovery. He designed the World Building in Silver Spring, Maryland, which sparked redevelopment of that town's downtown; and the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel in Washington, D.C. In 1985, Washingtonian magazine called him one of 20 people "who in the past 20 years had the greatest impact on the way we live and who forever altered the look of Washington." In 1988, The Washington Post newspaper said his Willard Hotel renovation was one of 28 projects in the area that made a signal contribution to the "feel" and look of Washington, D.C.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">901 New York Avenue</span> Office building in Washington, DC

901 New York Avenue NW is a mid-rise Postmodern high-rise located in Downtown Washington, D.C., in the United States. The structure was developed by Boston Properties to help revitalize the Mount Vernon Square neighborhood, and was completed in 2005. It is located on a roughly triangular parcel bounded by New York Avenue NW, K Street NW, and 10th Street NW. It is north of the CityCenterDC mixed-use residential, office, and retail project.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Salamander Washington DC Hotel</span>

The Salamander Washington DC is a luxury Postmodernist-style hotel located at 1330 Maryland Ave SW, Washington, D.C. The hotel is an AAA-rated four diamond and Forbes Travel Guide rated four stars. From 2004 to 2022 it operated as the Mandarin Oriental Washington, D.C..

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Washington Marriott Marquis</span> Luxury hotel in Washington, D.C., United States

Marriott Marquis Washington, DC is a luxury hotel located on Massachusetts Avenue NW, in NW, Washington, D.C., United States. The hotel is connected to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center across 9th Street NW via an underground concourse and receives significant business from convention attendees.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Purple Hotel</span> Former hotel in Lincolnwood, Illinois

The Purple Hotel was located at 4500 West Touhy Avenue in Lincolnwood, Illinois. Opened in 1962 as the Hyatt House Hotel, it was Hyatt's first Midwest hotel and became known for its purple brick exterior. The hotel served as Hyatt's flagship Chicago area hotel until the 1970s and featured two restaurants and live music from popular acts. In 1983, Teamsters financier and mobster Allen Dorfman was killed in the hotel's parking lot. After a series of ownership changes, the hotel closed in 2007 and was demolished in August 2013. The hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places in July 2013, and was delisted in 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Embassy Row Hotel</span>

The Ven at Embassy Row, Washington, D.C., a Tribute Portfolio Hotel is a hotel owned by Lowe Enterprises located at 2015 Massachusetts Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., in the United States. The hotel, a Modernist structure which opened in 1970 as The Embassy Row Hotel, is in the Embassy Row neighborhood of the city, and takes its name from the area. The hotel is considered a "landmark" in the city.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Fairmont Washington, D.C.</span> Luxury hotel in Washington, D.C., United States

The Fairmont Washington, D.C. Georgetown is a luxury Postmodernist-style hotel located at 2401 M Street NW in Washington, D.C., in the United States. The structure, in the West End neighborhood of the city, opened in December 1985 as The Westin Hotel. In December 1989, Westin sold the hotel to All Nippon Airways, which operated it as the ANA Hotel. Lowe Enterprises purchased the hotel in October 1998, and renamed it the Washington Monarch Hotel. A $12 million renovation followed in 1999. Lowe Enterprises sold the hotel to Legacy Hotels Real Estate Investment Trust in October 2002, and Legacy contracted with Fairmont Hotels and Resorts to manage the hotel. The hotel was renamed The Fairmont Washington, D.C. Legacy was itself purchased by Cadbridge Investors in July 2007 and the hotel sold to MetLife in 2014, although the property remained branded a Fairmont. A $27 million renovation was completed in January 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Westin Georgetown, Washington, D.C.</span> Hotel in America

The Westin Georgetown, Washington, D.C. is a luxury Postmodernist-style hotel located at 2350 M Street NW in the West End neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. Completed in 1984, the hotel was originally known as The Regent of Washington, D.C., but changed its name in 1985 to The Grand. After the hotel's owners were declared bankrupt in October 1994, the corporate predecessors to Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide purchased the property in November 1995. Westin Hotels partnered with the new owners and rebranded the property first as The Westin Hotel in January 1996, then as The Westin Grand in 1999, and finally as The Westin Georgetown in 2010. Since 2011, The Westin Georgetown has been AAA-rated four diamonds.

References

  1. 1 2 Precious, Tom (June 21, 1986). "West End Undergoes a Building Boom". The Washington Post. pp. E1, E9.
  2. ↑ Mayer, Caroline E. (June 18, 1984). "Zuckerman: From Boston to Washington, From Property Into Publishing". The Washington Post. p. WB1.
  3. 1 2 3 Forgey, Benjamin (February 26, 1988). "Now, Playing in the Lobby". The Washington Post. p. N6.
  4. 1 2 3 Forgey, Benjamin (June 6, 1987). "The West End's Up". The Washington Post. p. G1.
  5. 1 2 Gamarekian, Barbara (November 2, 1984). "More Fancy Lodgings for the Weary". The New York Times. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Kogod Buys Vanderbilt Mansion". The Washington Post. February 9, 1985. p. E2; Sweeney, Louise (December 28, 1984). "Master Builder - Journalist at Heart". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  7. ↑ Regan, M.B. (February 9, 1987). "Omni Construction Names New Chief of Operations". The Washington Post. p. W10.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Treble, Ann L. (August 15, 1986). "The Suite Science: At 24th & M, a Three-Way War of Hospitality". The Washington Post. p. D1.
  9. ↑ Conconi, Chuck (January 20, 1989). "Personalities". The Washington Post. p. B3.
  10. ↑ Greenberg, Peter S. (July 26, 1987). "Rooms With a View - On the Wall". The Washington Post. p. E4.
  11. ↑ Forgey, Benjamin (May 30, 1987). "The West End New Face: A Lively Glass Curtain Wall Takes a Bow". The Washington Post. p. C1.
  12. ↑ Koenig, Mary Ellen (February 17, 1989). "Winter's Brew: Teatime Sublime". The Washington Post. p. N64.
  13. ↑ Richman, Phyllis (December 14, 1986). "High Marks, Sometimes, for the Park Hyatt". The Washington Post. p. SM47.
  14. ↑ Zibart, Eve (August 21, 1992). "West End's Wide Array". The Washington Post. p. N13.
  15. ↑ Sagon, Candy (October 2, 1996). "The Power of Breakfast". The Washington Post. p. E1.
  16. ↑ "Unit of British Firm to Close D.C. Office". The Washington Post. September 21, 1991. p. F5.
  17. 1 2 3 4 Haggerty, Maryann (November 7, 1994). "In the Market for a Shopping Center? Two Big Ones Are For Sale". The Washington Post. p. F37.
  18. 1 2 Faiola, Anthony (August 9, 1995). "Hyatt Paying a High Price to Preserve Park Hyatt Name". The Washington Post. p. F2.
  19. 1 2 3 Straight, Susan (April 13, 2002). "Residences Provide Hotel Living in a High-Rise Setting". The Washington Post. p. APT5.
  20. ↑ Wright, Bruce C.T. (March 28, 2002). "'Pub Crawl' Agreements Reached". The Washington Post. p. T6.
  21. ↑ "Park Hyatt Washington to Close for Renovation". The Washington Post. May 30, 2005. p. E2.
  22. 1 2 3 "The Weekly Dish". The Washington Post. January 25, 2006. p. F5.
  23. ↑ "Ritual Pleasures by the Potful". The Washington Post. September 13, 2006. p. F5.
  24. ↑ Echols, Tucker (June 30, 2014). "Park Hyatt Washington to Be Acquired By Westmont Hospitality for $100M, According to Report". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  25. 1 2 3 4 Eisen, David (October 3, 2014). "Hyatt's Sale of Park Hyatt in D.C. Shows Commitment to Asset Strategy". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  26. 1 2 Cooper, Rebecca (October 6, 2014). "Park Hyatt Washington Sold for $100 Million". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  27. ↑ Cooper, Rebecca (April 10, 2017). "Sneak peek at the Park Hyatt's brand new look". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  28. 1 2 3 Nicholls, Walter (June 14, 2006). "Some Heavy Lifting Installs a Showcase Range in Its New Home". The Washington Post. p. F2.
  29. ↑ Sietsema, Tom (August 20, 2006). "Edgy Oasis". The Washington Post. p. WMAG44.
  30. ↑ Sietsema, Tom (December 21, 2011). "Sebastien Archambault Is New Head Chef at Blue Duck Tavern". The Washington Post. p. E3.
  31. ↑ Bendersky, Ari (August 25, 2014). "Chef Ryan LaRoche Departs NoMI". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  32. ↑ Bethune, Meredith (Oct 28, 2015). "Loquet, Collier IN at Blue Duck Tavern". Eater DC. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  33. ↑ Rojas, Warren (Feb 13, 2017). "Troy Knapp IN at Park Hyatt Washington". Eater DC. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  34. ↑ Sidman, Jessica (August 15, 2018). "Try Build-Your-Own Lobster Rolls and Reuben-Style Tartare from Blue Duck Tavern's New Chef". Washingtonian Magazine. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  35. ↑ Judkis, Maura (June 24, 2013). "2013 Rammy Award winners and the best speeches". The Washington Post. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  36. ↑ Sidman, Jessica (October 13, 2016). "12 DC Restaurants Earn Michelin Stars". Washingtonian Magazine. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  37. ↑ "First Couple's Anniversary Night Out at Blue Duck Tavern". Reliable Source. The Washington Post. October 4, 2009. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  38. ↑ American Automobile Association (January 15, 2016). AAA/CAA Four Diamond Hotels (PDF) (Report). p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 28, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  39. ↑ "Forbes Travel Guide 2016 Star Award Winners". Forbes Travel Guide. February 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  40. ↑ McCombs, Phil (February 9, 1987). "Going Overboard for Conner". The Washington Post. p. D1.
  41. ↑ Brennan, Christine (April 21, 1987). "NFL Owners, Players Exchange Proposals". The Washington Post. p. E5.
  42. ↑ York, Michael (July 18, 1990). "Barry Friend Testifies to Key Date". The Washington Post. p. A1.
  43. ↑ Melton, R.H. (June 24, 1990). "Barry Labels Witnesses In Trial Liars". The Washington Post. p. A20.
  44. ↑ French, Mary Ann; Twomey, Steve (September 12, 1990). "Dixon—and the City—'Ready for Change'". The Washington Post. p. A1; Oldenburg, Don (September 25, 1990). "Re-Mything the City". The Washington Post. p. C5.
  45. ↑ Sherrill, Martha (November 7, 1990). "The Clean Sweep and the Last Hurrah". The Washington Post. p. D1; French, Mary Ann (December 10, 1990). "Dixon's Security Low-Key". The Washington Post. p. D1.
  46. ↑ Conconi, Chuck (August 16, 1990). "Personalities". The Washington Post. p. D3.
  47. ↑ Torry, Saundra (June 23, 1997). "Tobacco Agreement Needed Nudge From White House". The Washington Post. p. A6.
  48. ↑ Marcus, Ruth; Edsall, Thomas (January 23, 1998). "Jordan Gives Beleaguered President His Presence". The Washington Post. p. A1.
  49. ↑ Walsh, Sharon (April 7, 1998). "Chairmen A Study in Contrasts". The Washington Post. p. A1.
  50. ↑ Boorstein, Michelle (October 10, 2009). "An Elite, If Eclectic, Entourage". The Washington Post. p. B1.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.