Eastwood by the Lake
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| Eastwood by the Lake | |
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| Former names | Eastwood Beach Apartment Hotel |
| General information | |
| Type | Residential |
| Location | Chicago, IL |
| Address | 811 W Eastwood Ave |
| Town or city | Chicago |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 41°57′58″N 87°39′2″W / 41.96611°N 87.65056°W |
| Construction started | 1912 |
| Completed | 1917 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 6 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | John A. Nyden |
Eastwood By The Lake, formerly known as Eastwood Beach Apartment Hotel,[1][2] is a condominium and apartment building in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is the oldest known residential hotel built in Chicago during the twentieth century.[3] It was designed in 1912 by architect John Augustus Nyden as a unique hotel with 25 balconies, lounging room, and a rooftop ballroom next to "the beach".[1][2][4][5][6]
Design
[edit]Eastwood By The Lake was designed in 1912[1] by architect John Augustus Nyden.[4][5] The original fireproof construction consisted of eighty apartments and boasted the proximity to Clarendon Avenue Beach.[7] One unique feature was that it featured specially designed kitchenettes.[8][9]
It was renovated in the 2000s, and is located across the street from the Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Evanston Preservation Commission". Archived from the original on 2019-02-12.
- ^ a b Cash, Robert Carroll (1917). Modern type of apartment hotels thruout United States; exhibiting photographic reproductions of exteriors and typical floor plans, together with a description of the essential advantages and the rental schedule, showing the possibilities of this class of building from the tenant's and investor's standpoint. Prelinger Library. Chicago: R. C. Cash.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-05-06.
- ^ a b "City of Evanston Preservation Commission". Archived from the original on 2019-02-12.
- ^ a b "Cave Dwelling De Luxe". Architecture: an Australasian Review of Architecture and the Allied Arts and Sciences. 7 (2): 59. February 20, 1920.
- ^ "Clarendon Beach, a boy flying in midair above a crowd of people who are holding a large blanket, standing on the sand at Clarendon Beach in Chicago, 1929 [Library of Congress]". Archived from the original on 2006-06-17.
- ^ "Clarendon Avenue Beach, 1916". www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
- ^ Hotel Monthly. J. Willy. 1919.
- ^ "Chicago's Apartment Hotels of the Roaring Twenties". Julia Bachrach Consulting. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
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