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The hotel opened a rooftop garden in 1910 and a reception room in 1912, and it became one of many hotels which drew conventions to Alton; a contemporary newspaper account described the building as part of the "greatest improvement in property in the city of Alton". In 1925, new owner E. J. Lockyer renamed the hotel to its current name.
The Willowbrook Ballroom in Willow Springs, Illinois. The Willowbrook Ballroom was a dance ballroom and banquet facility located in Willow Springs, Illinois, along Archer Avenue. It was founded in 1921 by John Verderbar and named Oh Henry Park. The Willowbrook Ballroom is often cited as the last place Resurrection Mary danced before her death ...
Visitors considered the France Hotel to have more modern facilities than any other Paris hotel; these facilities included warm and cold running water, an elevator, and bathrooms in each room. In addition, the hotel included amenities and business such as a barber shop , beauty parlor , coffee shop , banquet hall , and private dining rooms ...
On April 19, 1975, electronic band Kraftwerk played at the Aragon Ballroom to an audience of 3000 spectators. In March 1978, classic rock band Aerosmith played at the Aragon Ballroom, later releasing the recordings of "Sweet Emotion" and "Lord of the Thighs" on their 1978 Live!
The Rainbow Room, the most famous feature of the hotel, was originally the hotel's restaurant and ballroom. Such performers as Louis Armstrong , Lawrence Welk , Tommy Dorsey , Guy Lombardo , and Eddie Duchin performed at the Hotel Baker [ 3 ] atop its 63,000 wattage dance floor of patterned red, green, blue, and amber lights numbering 2,620.
The Hyatt Regency Chicago is a 365-foot-tall (111 m) Hyatt hotel on East Wacker Drive in Chicago, Illinois.The hotel operates over 2,019 guest rooms in two different towers which were constructed in 1974 and 1980.
InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile is a hotel in Chicago, United States.The hotel currently occupies two multi-story buildings.The historic tower, or "South Tower," is a 471-foot (144 m), 42-story building which was completed in 1929 originally as the home of the Medinah Athletic Club. [1]
The Guyon Hotel is a historic former hotel in Chicago, Illinois.The hotel was designed by Jens J. Jensen - no relation to the famous landscape architect Jens Jensen - in 1927 and was built in red and cream brick with arched windows on two floors and exquisite, detailed terra cotta ornaments typical of Jensen's work.