…. and hotels. But how many hotels feature a stunning, 56’ sculpture so monumental it fills an atrium — and so tall it can be enjoyed by guests in upper rooms? The centerpiece of the new Marriott Marquis Washington, D.C., is Birth of the American Flag by Hampton Roads’ own Rodney Carroll. The huge piece is was lowered during construction and the hotel completed around it. Carroll’s Spring Breeze was one of the first works to join the collection of the Newport News Public Art Foundation.