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 / 41.96611; -87.65056Coordinates: 41°57′58″N 87°39′2″W﻿ / ﻿41.96611°N 87.65056°W﻿ / 41.96611; -87.65056
Construction started| 1912
Completed| 1917
Technical details
Floor count| 6
Design and construction
Architect| 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, Chicago|Uptown neighborhood of Chicago. It is the oldest known Residential Hotel built in Chicago during the twentieth century[3]. It was designed in 1912[1] by distinguished Architect John Augustus Nyden[4] as a glamorous unique hotel with 25 balconies, lounging room[5] and a rooftop ballroom[6] next to the beach.[7] It was renovated in the 2000s and is located across the street from the Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital.

## Contents

* 1 Design
* 2 Apartments
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Design[edit]

Eastwood by the Lake was designed in 1912[1] by distinguished Architect John Augustus Nyden[4]. The original fireproof construction consisted of eighty apartments and boasted the proximity to Clarendon Avenue Beach.[8] One unique feature was that it featured specially designed kitchenettes.[9][10]

## Apartments[edit]

There are 47 units and building amenities include elevators, delivery lockers, pet friendly environment, and a common rooftop deck with panoramic skyline and lake views.

## References[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Evanston Preservation Commission".`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
2. ↑ 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.
3. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form" (PDF).`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "City of Evanston Preservation Commission".`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
5. ↑ Words, Chuckman's Other Choice Of (2010-06-04). "CHUCKMAN'S COLLECTION (CHICAGO POSTCARDS) VOLUME 01: POSTCARD - CHICAGO - EASTWOOD BEACH APARTMENTS - EASTWOOD AVE - LOUNGING ROOM - c1910". CHUCKMAN'S COLLECTION (CHICAGO POSTCARDS) VOLUME 01. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
6. ↑ 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.
7. ↑ "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]".`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
8. ↑ "Clarendon Avenue Beach, 1916". www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
9. ↑ Hotel Monthly. J. Willy. 1919.
10. ↑ "Chicago's Apartment Hotels of the Roaring Twenties". Julia Bachrach Consulting. Retrieved 2021-05-21.

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