Perhaps this begs the question... is Hyatt abandoning the Detroit market altogether? Or are they looking at another existing location for their signage?
I realize that Hyatt's trademark has been soaring lobbies and that besides the RenCen, no other Detroit area hotel fits the bill.
I had always hoped that the David Whitney Building would be converted to a hotel... but by moving the skylight above the 4 story lobby to the top of the 18th floor, and had the [[weather enclosed) skywell opened up with railings enclosing the hallways of each floor looking down the 18 story skywell.... in a Hyatt like way.
The Denver Brown Palace Hotel comes close to what I'm describing...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Brownpalace2.JPG
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:20...lace_Hotel.jpg
What they're currently planning for the Whitney doesn't come close to what I would like to see... the skywell will remain a skywell.
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