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The Hyatt Regency Atlanta is a large business hotel located on Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Opened in 1967 as the Regency Hyatt House, John C. Portman, Jr.'s revolutionary 22-story atrium design for the hotel has influenced hotel design enormously in the years since.〔http://www.portmanusa.com/projectdescription.php?name=Hyatt%20Regency%20Atlanta&projectid=5620§or=&csector=〕 The hotel instantly became one of the most recognized buildings in Atlanta. The building consists of the main "Atrium Tower" and two extensions, completed in 1971 and 1982, containing a total of 1,260 rooms.〔(Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta )〕 On top of the Hyatt Regency is a revolving restaurant called Polaris, located just beneath the blue dome-shaped structure which gives the hotel its distinctive profile. This was John Portman's first designed revolving restaurant of many. When the hotel first opened, the restaurant gave diners an ever-changing panoramic view of the entire city; however, as taller buildings were erected on all sides of the hotel, the restaurant's view became increasingly constricted. The Polaris closed in August 2004 and remained empty until renovation plans were approved in 2013. Polaris reopened in June of 2014.〔http://www.cbs46.com/story/25736172/polaris-reopens-in-downtown-atlanta〕 In 1971 the Ivy Tower (now called Radius Tower) was constructed, which was also designed by John Portman. It closely resembles his Westin Peachtree Plaza, which opened five years later. So similar are the two buildings that in 1981, the Tower doubled for the Peachtree Plaza in the film ''Sharky's Machine'' starring Burt Reynolds. Stuntman Dar Robinson dropped () from the Tower, setting a record for the highest freefall (unrestrained) jump from a building in a film. In 1970, Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, stayed at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta while attending the Atlanta Film Festival. At the awards ceremony, he gave his room key to the woman presenting him the plaque. In 1982, the International Tower was added, which is the same as the original design but has expanded rooms and suites. File:Hyatt regency atlanta atrium.JPG|View of the Atrium and glass elevators looking up from the lobby floor File:Hyatt-regency-atlanta-atrium.jpg|View of the Atrium from the 8th floor File:Hyatt-regency-atlanta-aerial.jpg|View of the Hyatt from the Westin Peachtree Plaza ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hyatt Regency Atlanta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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