InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile facts for kids

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InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile
General information
Status Complete
Location Chicago
Height
Roof 471 ft (144 m)
Technical details
Floor count 42
Design and construction
Architect Walter W. Ahlschlager

InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile is a hotel in Chicago, United States. The hotel currently occupies two multi-story buildings. The historic tower, or "South Tower," is a 471-foot (144 m), 42-story building which was completed in 1929 originally as the home of the Medinah Athletic Club. The new tower, or "North Tower" is a 295-foot (90 m), 28-story addition, completed in 1961.

InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Images for kids

  • Liontile (4820082994)

    Example of a lion carving in the hotel

  • One of the original InterContinental properties. (25565849052)

    Lobby of the hotel

  • Medinah pool

    Fourteenth-story pool

  • View from Intercontinental Hotel Chicago (7536081612)

    View from Intercontinental Hotel Chicago

  • Staying at the InterContinental in Chicago. (31042078292)

    Staying at the InterContinental in Chicago

Skyscrapers over 450m
Old Chicago Main Post Office Redevelopment (proposed and approved) • Chicago Spire (on hold) • The Illinois (never built)
Skyscrapers over 400m
Skyscrapers over 300m
Skyscrapers over 250m
Skyscrapers over 200m
Skyscrapers over 150m
Chicago Board of Trade Building • Chicago Title & Trust Building • Olympia Centre • Crain Communications Building • Richard J. Daley Center • Waterview Tower • Marina City • CNA Center • 155 North Wacker • 35 East Wacker • Tribune Tower • Pittsfield Building • Carbide & Carbon Building • Boeing International Headquarters • 55 East Erie Street • Civic Opera House • The Parkshore • Palmolive Building • Chicago Temple Building • One South Dearborn • 190 South LaSalle Street • The Fordham • One Museum Park West • Madison Plaza • Millennium Centre • Chicago Place • 353 North Clark • NBC Tower • One North Wacker • The Heritage at Millennium Park • River East Center • Lake Point Tower • Inland Steel Building • Metropolitan Tower • Mather Tower • Kluczynski Federal Building • Citigroup Center • Hyatt Center • Leo Burnett Building • 191 North Wacker
Skyscrapers over 100m
333 Wacker Drive • Wrigley Building • Skybridge • Plaza 440 • Joffrey Tower • 333 North Michigan • Merchandise Mart • InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile • Allerton Hotel • Regents Park

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