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Park Hyatt Washington is located at 1201 24th Street NW in Washington, D.C.'s West End neighborhood. The postmodernist structure, designed by architect David Childs of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, opened in 1986 at a historically significant corner location.
Check availability Official websiteThe Park Hyatt Washington occupies 1201 24th Street NW in the West End neighborhood of Washington, D.C. By the 1960s, the West End had become a decaying area of Victorian townhouses and abandoned light industrial sites. In 1974, the city revised its zoning regulations significantly, treating hotels the same as residential housing, which spurred a hotel construction boom in the neighborhood.
The hotel sits at the northeast corner of 24th and M Streets NW. This intersection was known as 'Hotel Corner' because three luxury hotels opened nearly simultaneously in the area: The Grand Hotel (southeast corner, completed October 1984), The Westin Georgetown (northwest corner, completed January 1986), and the Park Hyatt Washington (northeast corner, opened 1986).
Architect David Childs, head of the Washington, D.C., office of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, designed the Park Hyatt as a postmodernist structure. The building was completed in 1986 as part of a major construction project encompassing most of the city block. Omni Construction served as the building contractor.
Benjamin Forgey, architectural critic for The Washington Post, described the hotel's design as urbane and 'strong' as a corner building. Forgey appreciated the transition between interior and exterior spaces, particularly the cutaway corner that created a sidewalk café. He praised the creative facade details, including wide expanses of glass and the metal pinnacle atop the building. Forgey also noted how the building's facade materials complemented The Grand Hotel building to the south and how the north and south spaces framed the structure.
In spring 1984, Mortimer Zuckerman, owner of real estate development company Boston Properties, purchased U.S. News & World Report and its real estate portfolio in Washington's West End. 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. The Park Hyatt hotel project was announced as one of several developments planned for the site. Construction of the hotel helped complete a rapid neighborhood transformation that began in 1983.
In 2002, Hyatt Hotels completed the Residences at Park Hyatt Washington, an 85-unit, 10-story apartment building built on the hotel's former surface parking lot. The residential building is connected internally to the Park Hyatt on two floors, and apartment residents have access to all hotel services. A three-story, 100-space parking garage beneath the Residences provides parking for both hotel guests and apartment renters.
The hotel is located at 1201 24th Street NW at the northeast corner of 24th and M Streets NW in Washington, D.C.'s West End neighborhood.
Architect David Childs, head of the Washington, D.C., office of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, designed the postmodernist structure. It opened in 1986.
The intersection of 24th and M Streets NW was known as 'Hotel Corner' because three luxury hotels opened nearly simultaneously: The Grand Hotel (southeast, October 1984), The Westin Georgetown (northwest, January 1986), and Park Hyatt Washington (northeast, 1986).
Washington Post critic Benjamin Forgey praised the design as urbane and 'strong,' highlighting the cutaway corner creating a sidewalk café, creative facade details with wide glass expanses and a metal pinnacle, and how the building complemented The Grand Hotel to the south.
Completed in 2002, this is an 85-unit, 10-story apartment building built on the hotel's former parking lot. It is connected internally to the Park Hyatt on two floors, giving residents access to all hotel services, with a 100-space parking garage beneath it.
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