EDGEWATER BEACH HOTEL

The 'Edgewater Beach Hotel' was a hotel in the far-north neighborhood community of Edgewater in Chicago, Illinois. Built in 1916, it was located between Sheridan Road and the lake at Berwyn Avenue. The complex had a private beach and offered seaplane service to downtown Chicago. During its lifetime, the hotel served many famous guests including Marilyn Monroe and U.S. Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Dwight D. Eisenhower. The hotel was known for hosting big bands such as the bands of Tommy Dorsey, Xavier Cugat, and Wayne King, which were also broadcast on the hotel's own radio station. The 1951–54 extension of Lake Shore Drive from Foster Avenue to Bryn Mawr Avenue cut the hotel off from the beach leading to a reduction in business. The hotel closed in 1967 and the main buildings were demolished shortly after. The Edgewater Beach Co-op or Apartments, built in 1927, is the only part of the hotel complex to survive and is a Chicago Landmark and part of the Bryn Mawr Historic District where many Art Deco buildings can be found. It is the only pink high rise building in Chicago.
The developers also built a sister hotel, the Edgewater Gulf Hotel, in Biloxi, Mississippi. Both projects were designed by the Chicago architectural firm of Marshall and Fox.

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★ Edgewater Beach Apartments, Emporis.

★ Edgewater Beach Hotel, Emporis.

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★ Memories of the Edgewater Beach Hotel

★ Facsimile of early 1920s Brochure from the Edgewater Beach Hotel

★ Vintage Image of Edgewater Beach Apartments