From Prohibition to Playmates: Blackstone Hotel showcases Chicago's past Print | Comments () Posted by Melanie Nayer December 12, 2011 06:37 AM E-mail E-mail this article To: Invalid E-mail address Add a personal message:(80 character limit) Your E-mail: Invalid E-mail address Sending your article Your article has been sent. E-mail this article To: Invalid email address Add a personal message: Your e-mail: Invalid email address Sending your article Your article has been sent. Imagine walking the same halls as Betty Davis, Marilyn Monroe and Katherine Hepburn. Imagine standing in the same ballroom where The Beatles once played an impromptu set during a late-night event. Imagine sitting in the same spot Warren G. Harding sat and smoked a cigar with his staff when he learned he just became the 29th president of the United States, and the phrase "smoke-filled room" was coined. Imaging looking out the same window, at the same view, from your hotel room that John F. Kennedy looked at when he got the call about the Cuban Missile Crisis. Imagine being in a room with no windows, but feeling like you're being watched because you know it's where Al Capone held his secret meetings while getting a hair cut and shave in Chicago. Imagine staying in a hotel so steeped in history that you almost forget what year you're living in. Located slightly off the traditional tourist track in Chicago, the Renaissance Blackstone Chicago Ho
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