Marriott Rivercenter is a hotel located in

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, USA. At a tip height of 546 feet (166 meters), the 38-floor hotel is the tallest building and second tallest structure in the city (the

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is taller). It is also the tallest hotel in Texas outside of

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. Its roof height, however, is 441 feet (134 meters), 3 feet shorter than the Weston Centre. The hotel, which was completed in 1988, is located across the Riverwalk from the

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and overlooks the Rivercenter lagoon, an expansion branch of the

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. The hotel is connected to the Rivercenter Mall at two levels and has direct access to the Riverwalk. The building was designed by

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and is intended to emulate the twin bell towers of

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or the

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. The hotel is currently owned by

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, along with the neighboring property Marriott RiverWalk located directly across Commerce St. Both properties are managed by

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In popular culture

Exterior shots of the building were used for the purgatory, "13th Floor" home of a newlywed couple that crashed into the building in the short lived

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syndicated television show ''

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''.

References

Marriott Rivercenter at Emporis.com
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In popular culture

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