Hilton Niagara Falls Tower 2

Skyscraper-style hotel in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

43°04′57″N 79°04′58″W / 43.082602°N 79.082894°W / 43.082602; -79.082894Opening2001ManagementHilton Hotels & ResortsHeightNot releasedTechnical detailsFloor count51 (53 on Hilton website)Design and constructionArchitect(s)Stanford Downey Architects Inc.Structural engineerQuinn Dressel AssociatesOther informationNumber of rooms1100Number of suites1100Number of restaurants6Parkingon-siteWebsiteOfficial Site

Hilton Niagara Falls/Fallsview Hotel and Suites' North Tower is a skyscraper-style hotel in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. It was originally slated to rise 58 floors to a height of 177 metres (581 ft), but the building was subsequently reduced to 53 floors as verified by the hotel operator themselves and the new height has never been publicly released.^[1] It has however clearly surpassed the Embassy Suites as tallest building in Niagara Falls and still has more than 500 rooms.^[2] It is also the tallest hotel in Canada.^[1]^[3]^[4]

The CTBUH lists the building as being 581 feet tall and still having 58 floors.^[5] Frommer's has stated the floor count at 59.^[6] Skyscraperpage lists the building as being 162 m (531 ft) tall with 53 floors,^[7] while Emporis lists the buildings as being 172 m (564 ft) tall with 50 floors.^[4] A visual floor count of the building yields only a total of 49 or 50 stories.^[8]^[9]

Gallery

The American Falls (left) and Horseshoe Falls (right) as viewed from the Hilton Niagara Falls Tower 2's 44th floor. The Skylon Tower (left) and Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort (right) are in the foreground.
Hilton Niagara Falls (right) and Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort (left)
Elevator buttons in Tower 2
Buffet at the hotel restaurant Brasa

References

^ ^a ^b "FAQs". Hilton Niagara Falls/Fallsview Hotel & Suites. Archived from the original on 8 April 2019. The archived version of the page supports the tower height in floors and its position as the tallest hotel in Canada; the live page version does not. ^{[self-published source]}
^ "Niagara Falls Ontario Hotels - Hilton Fallsview Hotel Suites, ON - Canada". Hilton.com. Retrieved 2010-06-04.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Niagara Falls Hilton Phase 2, Niagara Falls, Canada". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
^ ^a ^b "Niagara Falls Hilton Phase 2". Emporis. Facts. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012.
^ "Niagara Falls Hilton Fallsview North Tower". Explore Building Data. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ Orr, Barbara Ramsay (2012). Frommer's Niagara Region (Scanned paper book.) (4th ed.). Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-118-10026-4. Retrieved 27 February 2023 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Niagara Falls Hilton Addition, Niagara Falls". SkyscraperPage|Database. Skyscraper Source Media. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^ "Niagara Falls Hilton Phase 2 - Photos, Niagara Falls, Canada". Emporis. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
^ "Hilton Hotel Niagara Falls Canada as seen from Skylon Tower". Album: Niagara Falls Hotels. NiagaraFallsPictures.net. 10 October 2009. Archived from the original (JPG) on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2011.