A closer look. And stay tuned for more shots and video of the Westin as we chronicle its repair. Thanks to our photography coordinator, Caroline Kilgore.
An exterior shot of the Westin, taken from the pool deck
See that draping up at the top? That used to be all windows. The Westin’s repair will take so long because they will be replacing all of the windows instead of just the broken ones, for both aesthetic
In rooms where just one or two of four windows were damaged, the Westin has made do. Here you can see that the middle window, which was broken by the tornado, has been covered up quite nicely.
Here is what that out-of-service room should look like.
The tornado disabled 320 of the Westin Peachtree Plaza’s rooms, eighty-one of which were fully rendered out of service due to three or more windows being broken.
When the March 2008 tornado hit Downtown, the Westin Peachtree Plaza sustained the most visibly lasting damage. Over the next year or so, we will chronicle the repair of the Westin through photos and
