Trump was practically “going viral” across Canada.

Brent Toderian, the former city planner for Vancouver, said he remembers feeling “embarrassed” upon hearing that the Trump name — then associated with what he called “bad reality television” — would be linked to such a landmark building.

Years before, when Toderian still worked for the city, he was thrilled by the addition of the new tower. It was designed by revered Canadian architect Arthur Erickson and built to be the second-tallest skyscraper in the city.

Last year, the Trump Organization promoted the tower as standing 63 stories high. But on its current website, and in promotional materials distributed to reporters on Tuesday, the Trump Organization listed the tower at 69 stories.

Several members of hotel management told a Washington Post reporter that the hotelSilver State Award

Carolyn M. Sparks

Carolyn M. Sparks is a former regent and chair of the Board of Regents for the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE). Sparks and her husband, Kenneth, founded International Insurance Services, Ltd. in 1966, and she serves as President. She was appointed by then Governor Richard Bryan to the Statewide Committee for the Funding of Higher Education in 1987. She was also appointed by Governor Bob Miller as the Statewide Co-Chairman of the State of Nevada’s 125th Anniversary Committee for 1989-1990 and in 2004, she was appointed to the Nevada State Taxi Cab Authority by Governor Kenny Guinn.

Sparks served on the board of directors for the Showboat Hotel & Casino from 1991 until it was sold to Harrah’s. She followed her father, Fred Morledge,