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William 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
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With the completion of the Residences tower, that added 200 rooms, the Omni Providence now boasts 564 rooms, and is still the tallest and largest hotel in Providence, having usurped the title from the 1922
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Brown University leased 240 rooms at the Omni Providence to provide socially distanced housing, and in turn, guaranteed income for a hotel that's been closed since last March
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leased 240 rooms to provide socially distanced housing for their students, including weekly laundry service and a COVID testing site on the third floor.
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forced the Omni to close to the public in March 2020. The hotel found some financial relief in January 2021 when nearby
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in October 2012 and was converted to the Omni Providence Hotel on January 15, 2013.
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in the city and the state on 15 February 2007, when the nearby slightly taller
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and two parking garages. The hotel held its first gala in January 1995.
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topped out. Brick facades and a pitched roof adorn the building.
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Westin Hotel
Omni Hotels
United States
Providence, Rhode Island
Coordinates
41°49′31″N 71°24′58″W / 41.8253°N 71.4162°W / 41.8253; -71.4162
Omni Hotels
Omni Hotels
Neo-Traditionalist
skyscraper
Providence
Rhode Island
fourth-tallest building
The Residences Providence
Providence Biltmore
Rhode Island Convention Center
Omni Hotels & Resorts
Friedrich St. Florian
Providence Place
COVID-19 pandemic
Brown University



Providence, The Renaissance City
ISBN
9781555536046
"Emporis building ID 125360"
Emporis

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