Hotel Detective

Lincolnwood, IL - procyon - Monday, May 7th, 2007 : goo

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web.archive.org/web/20010518231643/http://www.purplehotel.com/
The Purple Hotel (formerly a Hyatt and a Radisson; note signage difference in archived website and current photo) is a local landmark in the north suburbs of Chicago. It has fallen into disrepair recently (mold behind the wallpaper, etc.) and is scheduled for demolition soon, so my boyfriend (who is from the north suburbs and whose family apparently went there frequently for Thanksgiving in the eighties, though he doesn't remember it) and I stopped by to visit it and document its exterior before it goes down.

It was a cloudy day, and my camera is well-worn and entry-level, so some photos have been Photoshopped a bit to show how purple it really is.

A few small bits of this fell down just before we walked under it. Maybe a bird pushed them down.

The building next door (and the hotel's landscaping) picked up some of the color.

There are a lot of other cool mid-20th-century buildings in Lincolnwood, too, like Lincolnwood Produce

and the Patio Motel

and the Stars Motel has a cool sign

but is now this

and soon to be this

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