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The hotel has a specialty custom-made "Palm Court" blend, which is made out of four teas: Indian Assam, chocolate notes from Chinese Keemun, Ceylon, and a Formosa Oolong. Live harp music occurs Wednesday through Sunday. In 2013, USA Today ranked the Drake Hotel as one of the best hotels for afternoon tea in the country. [11]
Marshall and Fox was a United States architectural firm based in Chicago from 1905 to 1926. The principals, Benjamin H. Marshall and Charles E. Fox, designed a number of significant buildings of many types in Chicago and other cities, but they were best known for luxury hotels and apartment buildings.
The Magnificent Mile (also The Mag Mile) is a section of Michigan Avenue in Chicago devoted to retail, dining, hotels and tourist attractions. Running from the Chicago River to Oak Street in the Near North Side, [1] the district is located one block east of Rush Street and is the main retail corridor between the Loop and Gold Coast. [2]
Galleries Maurice Sternberg is Chicago's oldest continually operating art gallery, founded in 1945. [1]The gallery was founded by Maurice Sternberg and Judith Sternberg in the arcade of the Drake Hotel.
The Blackstone Hotel is a historic 290-foot (88 m) 21-story hotel on the corner of Michigan Avenue and Balbo Drive in the Michigan Boulevard Historic District in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. Built between 1908 and 1910, it is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The East Lake Shore Drive District is a historic district in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois. It includes eight buildings at 140 E. Walton, 179-229 E. Lake Shore Drive, and 999 N. Lake Shore Drive, including buildings designed by Marshall and Fox and Fugard & Knapp.
The Merle Reskin Theatre is a performing arts venue located in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois.Originally named the Blackstone Theatre it was built in 1910. . Renamed the Merle Reskin Theatre in 1992, it is now part of DePaul University, and is also used for events and performances of other
Tracy C. Drake (1864–1939) and his brother John Drake Jnr. were the developers and proprietors of the Blackstone Hotel and Drake Hotel, [2] which are both located along Michigan Avenue in Chicago, IL. The former is located in the Chicago Landmark Historic Michigan Boulevard District and the latter along the Magnificent Mile.