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Encyclopedia > Drake Hotel

The Drake Hotel is located at the northern end of Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois.


Built in 1920, the hotel is one of Chicago's most prestigious, having hosted heads of state from Japan, Sweden, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Egypt and Israel. It is a twelve-story Renaissance building with richly adorned ballrooms and courts.


The Drake has 537 rooms, including 74 luxury suites.


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Drake Hotel (Toronto) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (325 words)
The Drake Hotel is a hotel in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
In 1949, the hotel was acquired by new owners, who expanded the building and renamed it the Drake.
In 2001, the hotel was purchased by Jeff Stober, who renovated the hotel with the goal of turning it into a bohemian arts and culture mecca in the midst of the city's recently revived gallery district.
Drake Hotel (Chicago) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (464 words)
The Drake Hotel, 140 East Walton Place, Chicago, Illinois, is a luxury full-service hotel, located downtown on the lake side of Michigan Avenue 2 blocks north of the John Hancock Center.
Overlooking Lake Michigan, it was founded in 1920 in the Italian Renaissance style and soon became one of Chicago's landmark hotels, a longtime rival of the Palmer House.
The Drake served as the original studios of radio station WGN when it was renamed from WDAP in 1924.
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