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The Gate of Horn was a 100-seat [1] folk music club, located in the basement of the Rice Hotel at 755 N. Dearborn St. at the corner of Chicago Avenue, on the near north side of Chicago, Illinois, in the 1950s and 1960s. It was opened by journalist Les Brown [2] and Albert Grossman in 1956. [3]
Don McNeill's Breakfast Club was a long-running morning variety show on NBC Blue Network/ABC radio (and briefly on television) originating in Chicago, Illinois. Hosted by Don McNeill, the radio program ran from June 23, 1933, through December 27, 1968.
Great Northern Hotel (Chicago) H. Hyde Park House; L. La Salle Hotel; Lexington Hotel (Chicago) M. Morrison Hotel (Chicago) S. Sherman House Hotel; T. Tremont House ...
The Chez Paree was a Chicago nightclub known for its glamorous atmosphere, elaborate dance numbers, and top entertainers. It operated from 1932 until 1960 in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago at 610 N. Fairbanks Court.
The lobby of the hotel, including the entrance to The Pump Room, is seen in Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 North by Northwest.. Special lyrics were written for Judy Garland's 1961 version of the 1922 Fred Fischer song, "Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)": "We'll meet at The Pump Room/Ambassador East/To say the least/on shish kebab/and breast of squab we will feast/And get fleeced".
[2] [3] The building was designated a Chicago Landmark on May 29, 1998. [4] When the Allerton Hotel first opened, it had fourteen floors of small apartment-style rooms for men and six similar floors for women, with a total of 1,000 rooms. The hotel also boasted social events, gold, sports leagues, a library, solarium, and an in-house magazine. [5]
Category: 1950s in Illinois. 6 languages. ... 1950s in Chicago (1 C, 16 P) E. 1950s Illinois elections (10 C) S. 1950s in sports in Illinois (10 C)
0–9. 1950 Chicago streetcar crash; 1950 Major League Baseball All-Star Game; 1950 NBA draft; 1951 Chicago mayoral election; 1951 NFL draft; 1952 Democratic National Convention