The Chicago Beach Hotel, Chicago, Illinois.

The Chicago Beach Hotel was a luxury resort hotel located at 53rd Boulevard on the lakeshore in the "Indian Village" neighborhood of the Kenwood community, Chicago, Illinois.

The hotel was built in 1892 by Warren Leland and was one of many speculative hotels built to accommodate the hordes of tourists drawn by the upcoming World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. It contained 450 rooms, with 175 bathrooms. The property included private access to Lake Michigan's beach front.

The building resembled the Hyde Park Hotel and probably shared architects. Many Chicagoans of high social standing became residents and members. The building had private access to the beach until 1915 when the city created an adjacent bathhouse. It lost its beach frontage entirely in 1920 when the shoreline was moved more than a block eastward with a landfill project that created South Lake Shore Drive.

In 1921 a huge 12 story, 545-room addition was constructed on the eastern portion of the property. The original structure, by now outdated, was then demolished in 1927. 

During World War II, the hotel served as a hospital for the army. After the war, the former hotel was used as apartment space before the entire structure was razed and the space became the location of the upscale Regents Park Apartments. The Algonquin Apartments, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, were built on the site of the original wing in 1950.

Compiled by Neil Gale, Ph.D. 

1960s & 70s Devon Avenue Bakeries in Chicago.

Devon Avenue in Chicago's West Ridge and Rogers Park communities was loaded with bakeries in the 1960s & 70s. If you know a bakery that belongs on this list, please leave the name and address in a comment below.

They are still open on Devon Avenue.

Tel-Aviv is still open on Devon Avenue.

DEVON AVENUE BAKERIES, EAST TO WEST.

Arfa Bakery, 1348 W Devon Avenue, Chicago

Litberg's Bakery, 1519 W Devon Avenue, Chicago.

Nelson's Bakery, 2245 W Devon Avenue, Chicago

Heinemann's Bakery, 2255 W Devon Avenue, Chicago

Devon Bakery, 2301 W Devon Avenue, Chicago

Burny Bros. Bakery, 2433 W Devon Avenue, Chicago

Schlosser's Bakery, 2433 W Devon Avenue, Chicago

Farber's Bakery, 2502 1/2 W Devon Avenue, Chicago

Gross Bakery, 2546 W Devon Avenue, Chicago

Leonard's Bakery, 2651 W Devon Avenue, Chicago

Kuznitsky's Bakery, 2745 W Devon Avenue, Chicago

Gitel's Kosher Pastry Shop, 2745 W Devon Avenue, Chicago

Knopov's Bakery, 2815 W Devon Avenue, Chicago

Levinson's Bakery, 2856 W Devon Avenue, Chicago

Tel-Aviv Kosher Bakery, 2944 W Devon Avenue, Chicago

1929─1962 Devon Avenue Confectioneries in Chicago.

INDEX TO MY ILLINOIS AND CHICAGO FOOD & RESTAURANT ARTICLES.

Compiled by Dr. Neil Gale, Ph.D.