While we were Downtown, we stopped by the Westin Peachtree Plaza to snap evidence of the progress. The tallest hotel in the Western Hemisphere has been undergoing a complete exterior renovation after that March '08 tornado. Skanska USA is replacing all 6,350 windows with thicker, more energy-efficient glass. At a rate of one floor a week, the 73-story hotel should have a completely new skin by year?s end. The hotel, designed by John Portman in the ?70s, was Atlanta's tallest building until One Atlantic Center in 1987. |
PROGRESS AT THE WESTIN
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