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The hotel will be built in conjunction with an expansion of the TCC.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7" title=""><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup> Other high-rise buildings downtown include Bank of America Plaza, and the Pioneer (completed in 1914).</p> <p class="body">Attractions downtown include the historic <a href="http://www.hotelcongress.com/" target="_blank" title="Hotel Congress">Hotel Congress</a> designed in 1919, the <a href="http://www.foxtucsontheatre.org/mainhome.php" target="_blank" title="Fox Theater (Tucson)">Art Deco Fox Theater</a> designed in 1929, the <a href="http://www.rialtotheatre.com/" target="_blank">Rialto Theatre</a> opened in 1920, and <a href="http://www.staugustinecathedral.com/" target="_blank" title="Augustine of Hippo">St. Augustine Cathedral</a> completed in 1896.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8" title=""><span>[</span>9<span>]</span></a></sup> Included on the <a href="http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/az/Pima/state.html" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a> is the old Pima County Courthouse, designed by Roy W. 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