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Chicago Beach Hotel, 1943. The hotel closed in October 1942. On October 15, the new wing of the hotel was commandeered by the military, reopening on December 21 as Gardiner General Hospital, named after Ruth M. Gardiner. [10] [11] After the war the building served as the 5th Army Headquarters. [12]
The Sofitel Chicago Magnificent Mile, formerly named the Sofitel Chicago Water Tower, is a hotel in Gold Coast neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. [1] It is operated by the Sofitel hotel chain. The hotel was designed by French architect Jean-Paul Viguier .
The hotel closed abruptly on December 21,1967, following bankruptcy proceedings. [20] [21] The hotel had stopped catering to the "carriage trade" and tried to gain convention business, which effort failed. [20] The building was leased to Loyola University in the fall of 1968, for use as a dormitory to house 300 students. By January 31, 1969 ...
Tracy Spiridakos. Tracy Spiridakos is living it up on vacation!. The Chicago P.D. star took to Instagram to share a slew of images from her weekend adventures, where she looked to be vacationing ...
By midcentury, much leisure shifted to Lake Michigan. The first City of Chicago Public Beach opened in Lincoln Park in 1895. [2] Today, the entire 28 miles (45 km) Chicago lakefront shoreline is reclaimed land, and primarily used for public parks. [3] In the parks, there are 24 sand beaches along the shores of freshwater Lake Michigan. [4]
[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]
The hotel was renamed Ambassador Chicago. [2] [1] In March 2020, it was announced that the hotel would join Hyatt's "Joie de Vivre Hotels" brand, and that a renovation was planned, with upgrades to the hotel’s 285 rooms and suites, as well as to public spaces, such as its "The Library" lounge. [14] However, after this announcement, the hotel ...
The Peninsula Chicago is a hotel located at the intersection of East Superior Street and North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. The hotel is part of The Peninsula Hotels group based in Hong Kong. The Peninsula Hotel group's parent Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, who already owned 92.5% of the Chicago property's shares, purchased the ...