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Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 264: Hotel History: Palmer House (1871), Chicago, Illinois

Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 264: Hotel History: Palmer House (1871), Chicago, Illinois

Hotel History: Palmer House, Chicago, IL (1,639 rooms): The original Palmer House was built in 1871 by Potter Palmer who began his career as a bank clerk in upstate New York. He later became a dry-goods store owner in Chicago where he revolutionized...

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Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 264: Hotel History: Palmer House (1871), Chicago, Illinois

Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 263: Hotel History: Frederick Law Olmsted

Landscape Architect: Frederick Law Olmsted was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator. He is considered to be the father of landscape architecture. Olmsted was famous for co-designing many well-known urb...

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Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 262: Hotel History: Tampa Bay Hotel

Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 262: Hotel History: Tampa Bay Hotel

Hotel History: Tampa Bay Hotel (511 rooms). The success of Henry M. Flagler’s Ponce de Leon Hotel in St. Augustine convinced Henry B. Plant that Tampa needed a spectacular new hotel. With the agreement of the town council for a new bridge across the...

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Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 262: Hotel History: Tampa Bay Hotel

Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 261: Hotel History: The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia

Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 261: Hotel History: The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia

The Homestead is a famous luxury resort that opened a decade before the American revolutionary war. Located in the middle of the Allegheny Mountains, the area has the largest hot springs in Virginia. Native Americans used the waters to rejuvenate th...

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Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 261: Hotel History: The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia

Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 260: Hotel History: Terminal City, The Roosevelt Hotel and The Postum Building, New York

Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 260: Hotel History: Terminal City, The Roosevelt Hotel and The Postum Building, New York

Hotel History: Terminal City (1911). Terminal City originated as an idea during the reconstruction of Grand Central Terminal from the old Grand Central Station from 1903 to 1913. The railroad owner, the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, wi...

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Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 260: Hotel History: Terminal City, The Roosevelt Hotel and The Postum Building, New York

Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 259: Hotel History: The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 259: Hotel History: The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

Hotel History: The Greenbrier (682 rooms). The original hotel, the Grand Central Hotel, was built on this site in 1858. It was known as “The White” and later “The Old White”. Beginning in 1778, people came to follow the local Native American traditi...

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Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 259: Hotel History: The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 258: Hotel History: The Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 258: Hotel History: The Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Hotel History: Willard Hotel (394 rooms). The Willard InterContinental Washington, commonly known as the Willard Hotel, is a historic luxury Beaux-Arts hotel located at 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in downtown Washington, D.C. Among its facilities ar...

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Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 258: Hotel History: The Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Nobody Asked Me, But…. No. 257: Hotel History: El Tovar & Hopi Gift Shop

Nobody Asked Me, But…. No. 257: Hotel History: El Tovar & Hopi Gift Shop

One hundred and sixteen years ago, two architectural jewels opened in the Grand Canyon National Park: the 95-room El Tovar Hotel and the adjacent Hopi House Gift Shop. Both reflected the foresight and entrepreneurship of Frederick Henry Harvey whose...

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Nobody Asked Me, But…. No. 257: Hotel History: El Tovar & Hopi Gift Shop

Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 256: Hotel History: Severin Hotel Indianapolis, Indiana

Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 256: Hotel History: Severin Hotel Indianapolis, Indiana

The original Hotel Severin opened in 1913 when it replaced the Grand Hotel of Indianapolis. Its location directly across Jackson Place from the Union Station made it the favorite hotel for passengers on the 300 daily trains. It was built by Henry Se...

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Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 256: Hotel History: Severin Hotel Indianapolis, Indiana

Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 255: Hotel History: Shelton Hotel, New York

Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 255: Hotel History: Shelton Hotel, New York

Few skyscrapers were as admired as the 1924 Shelton Hotel, at Lexington Avenue and 49th Street, now the New York Marriott East Side. Critics agreed that its picturesque 35-story façade and unusual setback design pointed the way of the future for the...

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Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 255: Hotel History: Shelton Hotel, New York