Westin Hotel Cleveland

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Westin Hotel Cleveland
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Former namesSheraton Downtown, Crowne Plaza Downtown
General information
TypeHotel
Location777 E St. Clair Cleveland, Ohio 44114 United States
Construction started1973
Completed1975
Height
Roof67.67 m (222 ft)
Technical details
Floor count22
Design and construction
Architect Bialosky & Manders
Other information
Number of rooms484

The Westin Hotel Cleveland is a modernist 1975-opened 222 foot, 22 story, 484 room Westin high-rise hotel in downtown Cleveland in the city's Civic Center district. [1] The tower rooms sit on top of a multi-story built-in parking garage. The hotel sits along St. Clair Avenue and features rainbow lighting running length wise along its multilevel parking deck at night. This is the only Westin high-end hotel in Cleveland, the other two in the state being in Cincinnati and Columbus. [2]

Modern architecture broad type of architecture

Modern architecture, or modernist architecture was based upon new and innovative technologies of construction, particularly the use of glass, steel and reinforced concrete; the idea that form should follow function; an embrace of minimalism; and a rejection of ornament. It emerged in the first half of the 20th century and became dominant after World War II until the 1980s, when it was gradually replaced as the principal style for institutional and corporate buildings by postmodern architecture.

Westin Hotels & Resorts is an American upscale hotel chain owned by Marriott International. As of December 31, 2018, the Westin Brand has 223 hotels with 82,153 rooms in multiple countries. The first Westin branded hotel was established in 1981 when the company officially changed the name of Seattle’s Washington Plaza Hotel to the Westin Seattle adjacent to Westin headquarters in Seattle, WA.

Downtown Cleveland Neighborhood in Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States

Downtown Cleveland is the central business district of Cleveland, Ohio. It is the economic and symbolic center of the Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH Combined Statistical Area.

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Originally, in the 1990s there was to be a Westin Hotel built in Cleveland in The Flats and was to have 416 rooms; however this project never materialized. [3] The Westin here then completes plans to have a Westin present in the central city since at least the late 1980s.

The Flats historic district in Cleveland, Ohio

The Flats is a mixed-use industrial, entertainment, and increasingly residential area of Cleveland, Ohio, USA. The name reflects its low-lying topography on the banks of the Cuyahoga River.

History

The Westin was built as the Bond Court Hotel in the mid-1970s with the intent of being linked to the neighboring Penton Media Building but partially collapsed when originally under construction in 1974. [4] On the site where the Westin now stands used to be the Auditorium Hotel, which was razed to make way for the Bond Court Hotel in the early 1970s. [5]

The property was formerly known as the Sheraton Downtown (when Sheraton took over operation in the 1980s) and Crowne Plaza Downtown Cleveland until the mid 2000s. In serious decline since the 1990s, The Crowne Plaza hotel was renovated in 2013–2014 and was rechristened a Westin, before opening in May 2014. Though the hotel marked its 40th birthday in 2015, the building has not been in continuous use for nearly that many years, for at least two years in the 2000s, the property sat unused.

Sheraton Hotels and Resorts international hotel chain

Sheraton Hotels and Resorts is an international hotel chain owned by Marriott International. As of December 31, 2018, Sheraton operates 441 hotels with 155,617 rooms globally, including locations in North America, Africa, Asia Pacific, Central and South America, Europe, the Middle East and the Caribbean.

Crowne Plaza

Crowne Plaza is a multinational chain of full service, upscale hotels headquartered in the United Kingdom. It is catering to business travelers and to the meetings and conventions market. It forms part of the InterContinental Hotels Group family of brands, which include InterContinental Hotels & Resorts and Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts, and operates in nearly 100 countries with more than 3600 hotels and 118,000 bedrooms, usually located in city centers, resorts, coastal towns or near major airports.

Rebranding

The color facing of the tower was changed during this time from dull brown to off-white in keeping with the new "tidy" look of the structure. The hotel is across the street from the Cleveland Public Hall to its west.

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References

  1. ↑ http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=21514 Sheraton Cleveland City Centre Hotel Retrieved on 2015-09-05
  2. ↑ "Westin hotels, Ohio, United States". Retrieved on 2015-10-14
  3. ↑ Whelan, N. (1989). Cleveland: Shaping the vision, A contemporary portrait. Windsor Publications:Chatworth, California.
  4. ↑ Hoefler,S.P. (2002). Images of America: Downtown Cleveland's architecture. Arcadia:Charleston, South Carolina.
  5. ↑ Van Tassel, D.D. & Grabowski, J.J. (Eds.) (1987). Hotels. The encyclopedia of Cleveland history. Indiana University press:Bloomington, Indiana.

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