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Edgewater Beach Hotel
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nordsider
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Date: May 02, 2015 07:53PM
My memory of the buildings of the Edgewater Beach Hotel is vague, if I ever saw them, since it was closed in 1967; but my mother had fond memories of the hotel when she was very young, and I wish that I could have seen the inside and outside, in detail.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgewater_Beach_Hotel
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/03/2015 10:27PM by nordsider.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgewater_Beach_Hotel
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/03/2015 10:27PM by nordsider.
Re: Edgewater Beach Hotel
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rjmachon
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Date: May 04, 2015 06:29PM
Some old photo's of the Edgewater Beach Hotel from the Chicago Tribune.
http://galleries.apps.chicagotribune.com/chi-130404-edgewater-beach-hotel-pictures/
http://galleries.apps.chicagotribune.com/chi-130404-edgewater-beach-hotel-pictures/
Re: Edgewater Beach Hotel
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nordsider
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Date: May 04, 2015 07:25PM
rjmachon,
Thank you very much for the photos! My Mom visited the hotel in the 20s, which made an impression that she never forgot.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/05/2015 07:04AM by nordsider.
Thank you very much for the photos! My Mom visited the hotel in the 20s, which made an impression that she never forgot.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/05/2015 07:04AM by nordsider.
Re: Edgewater Beach Hotel
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rjmachon
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Date: May 05, 2015 02:56PM
I use to go by the hotel on my way to the beach everyday in the mid 1960's. I think I was in there once.
Re: Edgewater Beach Hotel
Posted by:
nordsider
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Date: May 06, 2015 02:09PM
A postcard: Edgewater Beach Hotel, 1930, with an overview.
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/2334.html
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/2334.html
Re: Edgewater Beach Hotel
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nordsider
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Date: May 06, 2015 07:32PM
And also, the Edgewater Beach Apartments . . . living in the pink.
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/edgewater-beach-apartments-coop-sheridan-tish-kling/Content?oid=14383638
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/edgewater-beach-apartments-coop-sheridan-tish-kling/Content?oid=14383638
Re: Edgewater Beach Hotel
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Tim
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Date: May 07, 2015 10:33AM
As did "rjmachon," we walked past the hotel on our way to Foster Beach and the apartments on our way to Ardmore Beach. From a kids's perspective whatever was inside the hotel seemed like a different world. We had no clue what/who may have been inside.
BTW, directly across was a dinner house and a steak house. I believe the former was "Frank and Marie's" and the latter was "Joe Stein's Steakhouse." Just as with the Hotel, it seemed as these establishments were meant for e segment of society unfamiliar to us.
BTW, directly across was a dinner house and a steak house. I believe the former was "Frank and Marie's" and the latter was "Joe Stein's Steakhouse." Just as with the Hotel, it seemed as these establishments were meant for e segment of society unfamiliar to us.
Re: Edgewater Beach Hotel
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rjmachon
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Date: May 13, 2015 04:59PM
Tim it is the Wing Hoe Restaurant now on the corner.
Re: Edgewater Beach Hotel
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wags300
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Date: June 07, 2015 02:32PM
I lived at 5125 N Clark St and a short walk got me to The Edgewater Beach Hotel
in the 40's & 50's In the evening our "group" climbed over the fence and partook of the pool on many occasions..Had one visit to the Apts for a Holloween party dressed as a painter..Lotsa fun back then
in the 40's & 50's In the evening our "group" climbed over the fence and partook of the pool on many occasions..Had one visit to the Apts for a Holloween party dressed as a painter..Lotsa fun back then
Re: Edgewater Beach Hotel
Posted by:
querencia
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Date: June 22, 2015 03:46AM
To see views of the Edgewater Beach Hotel, go to eBay and search "chicago postcard edgewater beach". There are tons of these postcards around and a lot will come up. BTW this is a good way to see images of anything that was on a postcard.
