RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
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Showing posts with label Chicago Motor Club. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chicago Motor Club. Show all posts
Saturday, July 7, 2018
Lincoln Highway Assoc. and Chicago Motor Club Go Through DeKalb in 1939
From the April 18, 2018, MidWeek "Looking Back."
July 26, 1939
Photograph of a group of people gathering and watching cars from the Lincoln Highway Association and Chicago Motor Club pass by the DeKalb, Illinois, post office.
The cars are going west on Lincoln Highway. The gas station that I have been writing about so much while under construction in 1917 and 1918 has its pumps and a sign for Standard Service and gas for what appears to be 7 cents is also in the photo.
A Very Interesting Photograph. --RoadDog
Thursday, June 11, 2015
Chicago Motor Club Building Is Back on the Road-- Part 2
General manager Ryna McKenzie of the hotel says that it is one of the most unique Hamptons in the world. "When guests walk into this lobby, they're going to be blown away."
Even though it is crowded out by much larger and modern structures and outglammed by other boutique hotels like the Hard Rock Hotel at the more significant Carbide and Carbon Building, this is a destination in itself.
It is located at at 68 E. Wacker Place between the Church of Christ Scientist dome and Michigan Avenue. The classical Motor Club Building insignia is below the Hampton Inn sign. Once past the revolving doors, you stand in the 33-foot high lobby.
On the mezzanine above the lobby is a 1928 Ford Model A coupe with a rumble seat, which was purchased from a private collector in Spring Grove, Illinois. That is where I live, but it is not mine.
Above the elevators in the lobby is a 33-foot-wide by 27-foot high mural map of the United States by Chicago artist John Warner Norton, It predates the Interstate Highway System and shows the roads as they were in the 1920s. However, I saw the Lincoln Highway, but not Route 66.
There is a legend on it showing major cities, national parks and highways. One road is called the Black and Yellow Trail, also known today as US-14, that connects Chicago with Yellowstone National Park.
That Is One Impressive Map. --RoadMap
Even though it is crowded out by much larger and modern structures and outglammed by other boutique hotels like the Hard Rock Hotel at the more significant Carbide and Carbon Building, this is a destination in itself.
It is located at at 68 E. Wacker Place between the Church of Christ Scientist dome and Michigan Avenue. The classical Motor Club Building insignia is below the Hampton Inn sign. Once past the revolving doors, you stand in the 33-foot high lobby.
On the mezzanine above the lobby is a 1928 Ford Model A coupe with a rumble seat, which was purchased from a private collector in Spring Grove, Illinois. That is where I live, but it is not mine.
Above the elevators in the lobby is a 33-foot-wide by 27-foot high mural map of the United States by Chicago artist John Warner Norton, It predates the Interstate Highway System and shows the roads as they were in the 1920s. However, I saw the Lincoln Highway, but not Route 66.
There is a legend on it showing major cities, national parks and highways. One road is called the Black and Yellow Trail, also known today as US-14, that connects Chicago with Yellowstone National Park.
That Is One Impressive Map. --RoadMap
Chicago's Motor Club Building Is Back on the Roadl-- Part 1: "A Short Building That's All About Being Tall"
From the June 7, 2015, Chicago Tribune "Motor Club back on the road" by Robert Duffer.
Renovated 'Temple of Transport" reopens as a Hampton Hotel.
"The automotive and architectural worlds have had big hands in shaping American culture over the past century. Symbolizing the marriage of these industries, the renovated Chicago Motor Club Building bridges the past to the present by honoring Chicago's motoring history in a swanky art deco hotel that would please flappers and yuppies alike."
The building was built in 1928 for the Chicago affiliate of the American Automobile Association. For a skyscraper, it is short, just 15 stories, but the tall open lobby defines what Chicago Tribune architect critic Blair Kamin calls "a short building that's about being tall."
In 2012 it was elevated to Landmark Status for Chicago.
But things were not always so great for the little, tall structure. In 1985, the AAA Chicago Motor Club left to suburban Aurora.It had been vacant and near ruin since 2004. Now, it iw an upscale Hampton Inn Hotel. Hamptons, of course, are better known for roadside layovers than destination artworks.
On My List of Things to See in Chicago, Even If I can't Afford to Stay There. --RoadDog
Renovated 'Temple of Transport" reopens as a Hampton Hotel.
"The automotive and architectural worlds have had big hands in shaping American culture over the past century. Symbolizing the marriage of these industries, the renovated Chicago Motor Club Building bridges the past to the present by honoring Chicago's motoring history in a swanky art deco hotel that would please flappers and yuppies alike."
The building was built in 1928 for the Chicago affiliate of the American Automobile Association. For a skyscraper, it is short, just 15 stories, but the tall open lobby defines what Chicago Tribune architect critic Blair Kamin calls "a short building that's about being tall."
In 2012 it was elevated to Landmark Status for Chicago.
But things were not always so great for the little, tall structure. In 1985, the AAA Chicago Motor Club left to suburban Aurora.It had been vacant and near ruin since 2004. Now, it iw an upscale Hampton Inn Hotel. Hamptons, of course, are better known for roadside layovers than destination artworks.
On My List of Things to See in Chicago, Even If I can't Afford to Stay There. --RoadDog
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