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The Drake, a Hilton Hotel
Chicago, Illinois, United States · Hilton Hotels & Resorts · Accessible Luxury
Tracy Drake and John Drake Jr. spent about $10 million on an Italian Renaissance hotel by Marshall and Fox at the head of Michigan Avenue, opening in 1920 on land from Potter Palmer's estate backed by Palmer, Armour, Swift, and McCormick money. The Drake still faces Lake Michigan a block from Oak Street Beach. Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe carved their initials into the Cape Cod Room bar, and Diana, Princess of Wales, stayed during her only Chicago visit in 1996. Palm Court afternoon tea remains a house ritual.
- 535 rooms
- Opened 1920
- Neighborhood: Gold Coast
- Architect: Marshall and Fox
About The Drake, a Hilton Hotel
- Radio station WGN, renamed from WDAP in 1924, broadcast from original studios inside the Drake.
- Chicago Outfit boss Frank Nitti kept an office suite here in the 1930s and early 1940s.
- Hilton International took over in 1980, bought the hotel in 1996, and folded it into Hilton Hotels Corporation after the 2005 merger.
- Films including Risky Business, My Best Friend's Wedding, What Women Want, and Mission: Impossible used the Drake as a Chicago address.
- Street-level Magnificent Mile tenants have included Chanel, Georg Jensen, and Van Cleef & Arpels under the hotel's arcade.
The setting
2 blocks from Chicago River.
Amenities
- Spa
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
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