The Allerton Hotel is a 25-story 360 foot hotel skyscraper along the Magnificent Mile in the Near North Side The Near North Side is one of 77 well defined community areas of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is located north of the Chicago River and the downtown central business district . With the exception of Cabrini-Green, the Near North Side is known for its extreme amount of affluence community area The City of Chicago is divided into seventy-seven community areas. These areas are well-defined and static, in contrast to the more popularly known neighborhoods. Census data are tied to the community areas, and they serve as the basis for a variety of urban planning initiatives on both the local and regional levels of Chicago, Illinois Chicago ( ʃɨˈkɑːɡoʊ or /ʃɨˈkɔːɡoʊ/) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and with over 2.8 million people is the third largest city in the United States. Located on the southwestern shores of Lake Michigan, Chicago is the third-most densely populated major city in the U.S., and anchor to the world's 26th largest.[1] It was the first building to feature pronounced setbacks and towers resulting from the 1923 zoning law.[1][2] The building was designated a Chicago Landmark on May 29 May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 216 days remaining until the end of the year, 1998 1998 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar).[3]

When the Allerton 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.[4] An early resident was Louis Skidmore, founder of the architectural firm Skidmore Owings and Merrill. Senator Dick Durbin stayed at the hotel in 1969 when he traveled to Chicago to take the bar exam.[citation needed]

In the 1940s and 1950s, the hotel housed a swanky lounge on its upper story, called the "Tip Top Tap." Although the lounge closed in 1961, the sign proclaiming its existence is still displayed on the Allerton Hotel.[2] By 1963, the room was home to a new restaurant, the Cloud Room, when Don McNeill moved his broadcast of "Don McNeill's Breakfast Club" to the location. While the show was broadcast from the Allerton, McNeill's guests included regular Fran Allison.[4]

After the Allerton Hotel was declared a Chicago landmark, it was closed from August 1998 through May 1999 for a $60,000,000 renovation.[4][2] The restoration work reversed the hotel's trend toward seediness. When the hotel reopened as the Allerton Crowne Plaza Hotel, the twenty-third floor, which had housed the Tip Top Tap and the Cloud Room, opened as the Renaissance Ballroom. At the same time, a lounge opened on the second floor called Taps on Two, and featured one of the Tip Top Tap's signature drinks, a Moscow Mule Highball is the name for a family of mixed drinks that are composed of an alcoholic base spirit and a larger proportion of a non-alcoholic mixer. Originally, the most common highball was made with Scotch whisky and carbonated water.[4]

In November 2006, the Allerton Hotel was purchased from Crowne Plaza and sold to the Oxford Lodging Group for $70,000,000. It reopened in February 2, 2007 as the independently owned Allerton Hotel; underneath the Oxford umbrella of hotels.

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Allerton Crowne Plaza". Emporis. 2007. http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=allertoncrowneplaza-chicago-il-usa. Retrieved 2007-05-14.
  2. ^ a b c Hoekstra, Dave (1999-10-26), "Allerton Re-Opening After Renovations", Chicago Tribune: 20
  3. ^ "Allerton Hotel". City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division. 2003. http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/A/AllertonHotel.html. Retrieved 2007-05-14.
  4. ^ a b c d Conklin, Mike (1999-05-21), "75 Years Later, Allerton's Again in Tip Top Shape", Chicago Tribune: 1
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georgestopka posted a photo: the . allerton hotel. . taken from my room at the omni chicago . hotel. , just across michigan avenue. i just think it's strange to be very high up and to have other things up there with me.

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How much would the overall price be to host my wedding at the Allerton hotel in chicago with 200 guests?
Q. How much would the overall price be to host my wedding at the Allerton hotel in chicago with 200 guests?
Asked by Derek A - Wed Jan 2 02:57:18 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. There really is no one answer to this. You should talk to the wedding manager at the hotel itself. There are 4-6 things to consider for the reception alone: Reception Venue & Rentals Food & Service Beverages & Bartenders Cake(s) & Cutting Fee Music (you can arrange on your own) Flowers (you can arrange on your own) Plus count on 1-2 or more nights accommodation for selected people of the wedding party and out of town guests. Include pre/post-wedding 'pampering' at the hotel. This is of course all aside from the other wedding costs of attire, rings, ceremony, photography, etc. Hope this helps you!
Answered by therapeuticreiki - Wed Jan 2 03:32:19 2008

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