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823 Washington AvenueRenasisance St. Louis Suites Hotel
This tall, thin tower was the city's tallest hotel at the time of its opening. After decades of prosperity, it declined into the 1970s. A 1986 plan to convert it to apartments ultimately collapsed, leaving the building in the city's hands and vacant for a decade.
By July 2002 a new renovation plan had been carried out, and the Lennox Hotel re-opened as the Renaissance St. Louis Suites Hotel, part of the complex that also includes the former Hotel Statler across the street.
The building's largely-blank eastern face is the canvas for a massive tromp l'oiel painting by Evergreene Painting Studios, giving it illusory Beaux Arts detailing as part of the 1986 remodeling.
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