Rating:	Recommended
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With a great location right next to a MetroLink Station and within walking distance of Union Station and Busch Stadium, this hotel occupies four floors of the renovated Edison Brothers warehouse, distinctive for a trompe l'oeil mural that draws its imagery from St. Louis landmarks and the 1904 World's Fair. Pluses include the in-house parking garage and the 10,000-square-foot sports bar and grill featuring 28 TV screens and live bands on weekends. Rooms are enormous, with standard rooms measuring 550 square feet. Otherwise, rooms are rather ordinary and even seem empty due to their huge size (many also face an inner atrium, making them dark as well) but are equipped with refrigerators.

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