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YMCA Hotel (Chicago, Illinois)

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20080703 YMCA Hotel
20080703 YMCA Hotel

The YMCA Hotel is a historic former hotel located in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. The hotel, which was designed by Robert C. Berlin and James Gamble Rogers, opened in 1916. Originally marketed by YMCA as a cheap residence for young, single men, the hotel began marketing to a wider clientele when the Great Depression created a demand for inexpensive lodging. The hotel's status and customers declined with the surrounding neighborhood, and it closed in 1979; it reopened as an apartment building in 1985. The hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 30, 1989.

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YMCA Hotel (Chicago, Illinois)
East 8th Street, Chicago Loop

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N 41.871388888889 ° E -87.626111111111 °
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East 8th Street 41
60605 Chicago, Loop
Illinois, United States
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