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The hotel had a 1,200-foot private beach and offered seaplane service to downtown Chicago. [ 1 ] [ 11 ] When both buildings were initially constructed, the hotel sat 20 feet (6.1 m) from Lake Michigan . [ 12 ]
This structure, dating to 1928, is the extension wing of a lavish hotel complex, the Edgewater Beach Hotel. Although once popular with celebrities and the elite, the extension of the Lake Shore Drive cut the hotel from the beach and led to its demolition. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Originally constructed as 5415 EdgewaterBeach, on the former site of the Edgewater Beach Hotel, it was renamed Park Tower and Mall in 1979 when it was converted from apartments to condominiums by Robert Sheridan & Partners. Eight of the original 728 apartments have been legally merged into four units, leaving a total of 724 condos.
A prominent symbol of Edgewater's affluence and desirable location on the lake was the Edgewater Beach Hotel, which opened in 1916 at 5349 N. Sheridan. The famed "sunrise" yellow hotel was razed in 1970, though the remaining "sunset" pink Edgewater Beach Apartments building is still a landmark at the north tip of Lake Shore Drive. The Edgewater ...
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Edgewater Beach Hotel, hotel in Edgewater, Chicago Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Edgewater Beach .
southwest of Chicago in Will County, Illinois. The City’s government offices are located at 150 West Jefferson Street in Joliet. 5. Joliet is a home rule city. Joliet exercises zoning and land use authority over land within its boundaries through its Mayor, City Council, and City boards and departments. 6.
Sonnabend Operated Hotels expanded west in 1948, when Sonnabend purchased the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago. [7] In 1953, he purchased the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan from hotelier Conrad Hilton for a reported $15 million. [8] [9] [10] In 1956, Sonnabend merged Sonnabend Operated Hotels with Childs Company, forming