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'''Carillon Tower''' is a 394ft(120m) tall [[skyscraper]] in [[Charlotte]], [[North Carolina]]. It was completed in [[1991]] and has 24 floors. Its location in [[Charlotte center city]] affords easy access to fine restaurants, shopping and major cultural facilities. A dramatic Gothic central spire with its bell tower shape is the hallmark of the property, which echos the architecture of the historic neo-Gothic First Presbyterian Church located directly across the street and inspired the Carillon name. A copper-roofed spire rises 300 ft from the base of the building, and distinguishes Carillon along the Charlotte skyline. An art Gallery is the lobby of the building hosts a program of rotating exhibitions, of which the centerpice is artist Jean Tinguely's Cascade, a 40-foot mobile suspended above an indoor fountain. An an exquisitely landscaped public plaza is situated at the entrance of Carillon on West Trade. It is situated around a 30 foot high multi-colored aluminum sculpture named The Garden designed by Jerry Peart. This building was built on the former site of the Hotel Charlotte. |
'''Carillon Tower''' is a 394ft(120m) tall [[skyscraper]] in [[Charlotte]], [[North Carolina]]. It was completed in [[1991]] and has 24 floors. Its location in [[Charlotte center city]] affords easy access to fine restaurants, shopping and major cultural facilities. A dramatic Gothic central spire with its bell tower shape is the hallmark of the property, which echos the architecture of the historic neo-Gothic First Presbyterian Church located directly across the street and inspired the Carillon name. A copper-roofed spire rises 300 ft from the base of the building, and distinguishes Carillon along the Charlotte skyline. An art Gallery is the lobby of the building hosts a program of rotating exhibitions, of which the centerpice is artist Jean Tinguely's Cascade, a 40-foot mobile suspended above an indoor fountain. An an exquisitely landscaped public plaza is situated at the entrance of Carillon on West Trade. It is situated around a 30 foot high multi-colored aluminum sculpture named The Garden designed by Jerry Peart. This building was built on the former site of the Hotel Charlotte. |
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Carillon Tower is a 394ft(120m) tall skyscraper in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was completed in 1991 and has 24 floors. Its location in Charlotte center city affords easy access to fine restaurants, shopping and major cultural facilities. A dramatic Gothic central spire with its bell tower shape is the hallmark of the property, which echos the architecture of the historic neo-Gothic First Presbyterian Church located directly across the street and inspired the Carillon name. A copper-roofed spire rises 300 ft from the base of the building, and distinguishes Carillon along the Charlotte skyline. An art Gallery is the lobby of the building hosts a program of rotating exhibitions, of which the centerpice is artist Jean Tinguely's Cascade, a 40-foot mobile suspended above an indoor fountain. An an exquisitely landscaped public plaza is situated at the entrance of Carillon on West Trade. It is situated around a 30 foot high multi-colored aluminum sculpture named The Garden designed by Jerry Peart. This building was built on the former site of the Hotel Charlotte.