
Historic tower gets update
$40m renovation to turn Ames Building into boutique hotel
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The downtown Ames Building, one of the city's first skyscrapers, may soon be reborn as a boutique hotel.
(Globe Photo / Zara Tzanev)
Globe Photo / Zara Tzanev
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The Ames Building, a towering 14 stories at 1 Court St., reigned for more than a decade as the city's tallest skyscraper -- but that was more than a century ago. (Full article: 839 words)
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