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°WCoordinates: 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 | 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.
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]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Evanston Preservation Commission".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 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).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 "City of Evanston Preservation Commission".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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) - ↑ "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.
!["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]"](http://memory.loc.gov/ndlpcoop/ichicdn/n0883/n088399.jpg){kind=link}
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