Explore by theme
Not sure which neighborhood yet? Start with what moves you — a Gilded Age survivor, a Jazz Age tower, a bank-vault lobby, a rooftop perch, or a budget gem with real soul. Every one is a boutique or landmark hotel in a building worth the trip, grouped here by era and character.
Ghost-tour legends, presidential intrigue, and Prohibition-era lore across six of Chicago's most storied addresses.
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Steel-framed Chicago School skyscrapers and the plain working buildings beside them — built for use rather than display.
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Grand hotels and private clubs in the guide's most ornate buildings — Classical Revival, Modern French, Venetian Gothic and Romanesque Revival, each style named by the building's own designation report.
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Terra-cotta, gold leaf and Roaring-Twenties glamour: the dazzling towers of the 1910s–'30s, reborn as hotels.
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Office blocks, athletic clubs, banks and commercial landmarks given a second life as places to stay.
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Hotels crowned with a rooftop bar, restaurant or pool — the best seats above the city.
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Characterful, design-forward stays and hostels that keep the history and drop the price — real value in authentic Chicago historic buildings.
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