April 12, 2024
Chicago, ILLINOIS - LaSalle Hotel - MULTIVIEW - Lobby, Café, Lotus Room, Pub
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Chicago, ILLINOIS - LaSalle Hotel - MULTIVIEW: Built in 1909, it was called ``the most comfortable, modern and safest hotel west of New York City.`` The La-Salle Hotel, a 22-story structure at LaSalle and Madison Streets, with its ornate walnut-paneled lobby and rooftop garden, was the city`s most famous, especially during the pre-World War II years. It was a favorite of the country`s elite. The likes of Mrs. Potter Palmer and other ``ladies of fashion`` loved to dine in its sumptuous Blue Fountain Room. And for many years the state GOP kept its headquarters there. But shortly after midnight on June 5, 1946, a devastating blaze swept through the supposedly fireproof building, reducing its magnificent lobby to a charred cavern, taking the lives of 61 people and leaving more than 200 injured. Surviving the fire, the LaSalle Hotel lived on for many more years. Not until July, 1976, did it eventually close its fabled doors, and the building was demolished shortly thereafter. This Linen Era (1930-45) postcard is in good condition.
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