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The business address remains 919 North Michigan Avenue; however, the residential address is 159 East Walton Place. Notable residents of the building include Vince Vaughn , who bought a 12,000-square-foot (1,100 m 2 ) triplex penthouse encompassing the 35th, 36th and 37th floors for $12 million.
Optima Signature (formerly Optima Chicago Center II) is a residential skyscraper in the Streeterville neighborhood of the Near North Side area in Chicago. The 57-story building is a joint venture between Optima Inc. and DeBartolo Development. It opened for occupancy in June 2017. [1] The building has 490 units. [2]
The hotel is notable for being Al Capone's primary residence from July 1928 until his arrest in 1931. [5] After the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, some commenters called the hotel "Capone's Castle." [6] [7] It was later renamed "The New Michigan Hotel" and functioned as a brothel with 400 rooms. [3] The hotel closed in 1980. [4]
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In 1834 (three years before Chicago was incorporated as a city), the hotel hosted the first professional public performance in Chicago for $.50 (equivalent to $15.26 in 2023) for adults and $.25 (equivalent to $7.63 in 2023) for children. The show promised a wide variety of talents including ventriloquism. In the following two years, several ...
The casino complex will be constructed alongside the Chicago River near the Chicago Avenue Bridge (pictured). In April 2021, Lightfoot announced the beginning of the bidding process for the city's "casino-resort". [1] She stated that proposals must include plans for a 500-room hotel, meeting space, restaurants, bars and entertainment venues. [1]
The complex is located on the site of the former Chicago Beach Hotel, a 12-story resort built in 1921 which had been used since World War II as the 5th Army Headquarters. [1] [2] The South Tower is located on the site of the former hotel and the North Tower is built on the site of the north lawn of the Hotel. [3]
The Congress Plaza Hotel is a hotel on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, across from Grant Park. Opened by R.H. Southgate just before the 1893 World’s Fair, [1] the hotel has hosted numerous US Presidents and a wide range of political and cultural events. The hotel is frequently claimed to be one of the most haunted buildings in Chicago. [2] [3] [4]