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Guest Room at The Nines

The Nines occupies the upper 9 floors in what was once the Meier and Frank building – a Portland retailer.  In renovating the building, the designers retained historical reminders of Meier and Frank’s influence on Portlands retail history.  Back in the day, The Georgian Room served up affordable lunchtime elegance for retail staff and Portland locals amid classical styling and linen table clothes.  The Georgian Room remains at the Nines with the same classical style and original green and white color palette.  Local artist’s works are featured at The Nines including a portrait of one time Meier and Frank tie salesman – Clark Gable.

The Nines offers much in the way of amenities.  At lobby level, you will find the Urban Farmer, a modern steak house.  There is a library lounge with books to borrow and a pool table to pass the time.  At the top on the 15th floor, stylish Departure Restaurant serves modern Asian cuisine with city skyline views.  It also serves one of the funnest interiors to be found in restaurant design making you feel you’ve been transported a few hundred years into the future.  Purple lit corridors lead you to rooftop patio bars.  The Nines provide meeting space, a 24 hour gym, in-room massage, and are pet-friendly.

City View From the Roof-top Patio

Foyer with portrait of Clark Gable

Classic Georgian Room

Futuristic Departure Restaurant

525 SW Morrison
Portland, Oregon 97204
United States
Phone: (877) 229-9995

www.thenines.com

Courtyard by Marriott Lobby

Courtyard by Marriott – Portland City Center is the first LEED Gold certified hotel in the Pacific Northwest and among only 20 in the nation who are leading the way to an environmentally cleaner future in hospitality design.  LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a green building certification system,  providing verification that a building was designed and built using strategies aimed at improving energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and prudent use of building materials.  What this means to the environmentally conscious traveler is that – thanks to a 100% nonsmoking policy, use of green cleaning products, non-PVC wall covering, and low VOC paint – they can breathe easy.  In addition, the property uses 28 percent less energy than the average of comparable size with energy costs minimized by the use of natural light and compact fluorescent bulbs.  Dual flush toilets reduce water consumption.  To reduce waste to landfills there are recycle containers in guestrooms.  Restaurant kitchen grease is recycled into biodeisel and food waste into compost.

Occupying 16 floors of sleek, contemporary guestrooms, the hotel offers fabulous views of the city.  Artwork in the hotel was created by local artists including the guestroom and hallway murals depicting Oregon landmarks.  Courtyard by Marriott is perfect for business travel.   The hotel features 5,300 square feet of meeting space and seven meeting rooms – perfect for conventions, seminars or conferences.  The business-friendly rooms are equipped with complimentary wireless internet.  An on-site restaurant, “The Original”, offers diner-style classic American cuisine.

550 S.W. Oak St., Portland, Ore. 97204; 503.505.5000; www.marriott.com/pdxpc.

Guest Room

Hip corner of lounge. Great backdrop.

View from 2nd story lounge.