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Hilton Memphis

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Modern, Late 20th century, Hotel, Steel, Symmetry, Strip window, Column, Outside the Expressways
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K_9_Omni_Hotel
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Memphis Architecture Image Collection
Memphis Architecture Image Collection
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Abstract
The Hilton Memphis hotel, previously the Omni Hotel, was built in 1974. It was designed by architects Walk Jones and Francis Mah. The building is located outside of the expressways at 939 Lake Ridge Boulevard. It is Modern in style. The building is mostly a large mirror-glass cylinder with an elevator tower. There is an adjoining part of the building which has a step shaped roof. There are large columns on the adjoining portion. There is a small gazebo standing on an island in the middle of the reflecting pool which surrounds the cylindrical portion of the building. To learn more see Memphis: An Architectural Guide by Eugene J. Johnson.
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This building was photographed and uploaded to DLynx during the spring of 2017 by the Visual Resources Center.