Historic hotels in the Gold Coast

The Gold Coast earned its name in Chicago’s Gilded Age, when the city’s wealthiest families built mansions along the lakefront north of downtown. Astor Street and its neighbors still hold blocks of landmarked greystones and townhouses, and the area’s hotels share that air of understated elegance.

It is a quieter, leafy counterpoint to the bustle of the Mag Mile just to the south, with the lakefront and Lincoln Park within easy reach.