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Miracle On 54th St.: Marriott Opens Western Hemisphere's Tallest Hotel

NEW YORK CITY-The property is both a Courtyard by Marriott and Residence Inn, becoming the first “two-pack” hotel in town.

By Rayna Katz | Updated on January 07, 2014

NEW YORK CITY-It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No wait…it’s Marriott International‘s newest hotel, and it’s the tallest property not just in New York City and across North America but in the Western Hemisphere.

The 68-floor tower also is unique in that it’s a combined Courtyard by Marriott and Residence Inn, the first joint hotel—or what Marriott calls a “two-pack”—in the city. The $340 million property, unveiled Tuesday during a ribbon cutting ceremony, features 378-rooms at 1717 Broadway, in the heart of Midtown at 54th street.

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