SAN ANTONIO │ City and Metro Off-Topic Thread

[CWalk99]

I saw a lot of posts wondering about both of the downtown Marriott heights (and the Grand Hyatt) on the Hemisfair tower thread so I thought I could post what I had found using Google Earth polygons to render and match the apparent heights. This is a very reliable tool in my view as you are able to make renderings from the exact ground level of an area (which can obviously vary downtown)

***I also want to make note that the portion of the riverwalk around both hotels measures about 8 meters below the street level which is around a 26 foot discrepancy if you were looking at these two from the river***

So here's what they measured for me:

Marriott Riverwalk:
240 feet above E. Commerce St (to roofline)
255 feet above E. Commerce (to mechanical crowns)

Marriott Rivercenter:
380 feet above E. Commerce (to the flattest portion of the roof where Marriott logo is found)
456 feet above E. Commerce (to pinnacles of both spires)

Grand Hyatt
390 feet above E. Market St (to topmost roofline)
426 feet above E. Market (to top of crown with logo)

So, if you wanted to be technical and add in the height difference from the river, the Marriott Riverwalk would reach around 281 feet in its absolute height and the Marriott Rivercenter (assuming it has riverwalk levels) has an absolute height of 482 feet. This gives an estimated height difference between the two of around 201 feet. Hope this can help!