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 Flamingo-on-the-Lake Apartments- Chicago, Illinois Posted by:  JimmyEv
N 41° 47.686 W 087° 34.843
16T E 451752 N 4627152
Overlooking Lake Michigan to the east, and the building’s own free from swimming pool to the north, the tall and slender Beaux Arts Flamingo was erected in 1927.
Waymark Code: WM27TA
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 09/18/2007
Views: 73
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In the years following the World’s Columbian Exhibition, grand apartment-hotels were erected along the lakefront in Hyde Park. Most were designed for both transient and permanent residents, a combination of apartments and guest rooms. Construction of the massive buildings waned with the Depression, and the buildings themselves began to wither after the decline of near-by Midway Airport. Eventually the buildings lost all of their hotel rooms and became solely apartment complexes or condominiums - if you want to stay in Hyde Park, you’re out of luck.
The Flamingo was one of these apartment-hotels, built with 144 apartments and 16 hotel rooms. A central stairwell, with cast iron balconies on each level, separates the building’s identical towers and emphasizes the building’s verticality.
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Street address:
5500-5520 South Shore Drive
Chicago, IL USA
County / Borough / Parish: Cook County
Year listed: 1986
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1925-1949
Historic function: Hotel/Apartments
Current function: Apartment Building
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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