Lexington Hotel (Chicago)
The Lexington Hotel was a ten-story[1] hotel in Chicago at 2135 S. Michigan Avenue[2] that was built in 1892 (or 1891[3]) for attendees of the Columbian Exposition.[4] The hotel is notable for being Al Capone's primary residence from July 1928 until his arrest in 1931.[5] It was later renamed 'The New Michigan Hotel' and functioned as a brothel with 400 rooms.[6] The hotel closed in 1980.[7] On April 21, 1986 locked vaults found in the hotel were subject to a live television program called The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults, which received 30 million viewers. The building was demolished in 1995, in spite of the building being landmarked.[8][9] The location where the hotel once stood is currently the site of a 296 unit residential high rise called 'The Lex'[10] that was completed in 2012.
References
- ^ http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1891/07/19/page/29/article/among-architects-and-builders/index.html
- ^ https://www.chicagohs.org/history/capone/cpn2a.html
- ^ http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1984/04/15/page/485/article/former-painted-lady-to-get-a-touch-of-class
- ^ http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/738.html
- ^ "Raid Gangdom for 'Slayers' of Mike Heitler (May 2, 1931)". Retrieved 2016-08-22.
- ^ http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1984/04/15/page/485/article/former-painted-lady-to-get-a-touch-of-class
- ^ http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/738.html
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFIK_OVhqTM
- ^ "Al Capone`s Old Headquarters, 93-year-old Lexington Hotel, Gains". Retrieved 2016-08-22.
- ^ http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-11-09/classified/ct-home-1109-apartment-hunt-20121109_1_bedroom-standard-plans-penthouse-units
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