Английская Википедия:Guyon Hotel
Шаблон:Infobox NRHP The Guyon Hotel is a historic former hotel in Chicago, Illinois. The hotel was designed by Jensen J. Jensen - no relation to the famous landscape architect Jens Jensen - in 1927 and was built in red and cream brick with arched windows on two floors and exquisite, detailed terra cotta ornaments typical of Jensen's work.[1][2] It was built at a cost of $1,650,000 by J. Louis Guyon, a French-Canadian nightclub owner and dance instructor.[3]
The Guyon Hotel's first floor included commercial space and the hotel's lobby.[2] Two ballrooms were located on the second floor.[2] Guyon resided in the south penhouse.[2]
After the hotel opened in 1928, owner J. Louis Guyon mounted two AM radio towers to broadcast his radio station, WGES; the station aired morally conservative programming and music.[3] One of the second floor ballrooms was used as the station's studio.[2] Control of WGES was transferred to Harry and Thomas Guyon in the mid-1930s, and the station left the hotel in 1942, but it continues to broadcast as WGRB.[4][5][6][7] The hotel entered into receivership during the Great Depression, and in 1939 it was sold for $425,000.[3] In 1940, it was sold to Jack Galper and George London.[3] In 1948, the AM towers were replaced with an FM tower, and WOAK began broadcasts from the hotel.[8][9][2] WOAK became WFMT in 1951 and began airing classical music.[10] In 1954, the station's studios and transmitter were moved to the LaSalle–Wacker Building.[8][10] In 1964, the hotel was sold for $500,000.[3]
Soon after the hotel opened, police raided the four-room suite of Jack McGurn, also known as "Machine Gun Jack McGurn", a member of Al Capone's mob, and arrested him and another man after finding a machine gun and other weapons.[11]
In 1985, the Guyon Hotel was sold to the Lutheran non-profit organization Bethel New Life, who renovated the building and converted it to affordable housing.[3] Former President Jimmy Carter stayed in the renovated hotel for a week while working on a rehabilitation project with Habitat for Humanity; his room was reportedly "roach-infested" and "furnished with only a couch and a milk crate".[3] The housing effort ultimately failed when Bethel New Life ran out of funds. The building currently lies vacant and has changed possession over six times since 1995.[1] Due to building code violations, the hotel is in city demolition court; it is considered one of the ten most endangered landmarks in Illinois by the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois.[12]
The Guyon Hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 9, 1985.[13]
References
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- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Ori, Ryan. "Historic West Side hotel for sale at $500,000", Crain's Chicago Business. October 20, 2016. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 2,4 2,5 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 3,3 3,4 3,5 3,6 Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ Federal Communications Commission Reports: Decisions, Reports, Public Notices, and Other Documents of the Federal Communications Commission of the United States. Federal Communications Commission. July 1934–July 1935. Volume 1. pp. 125-127. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
- ↑ 1938 Yearbook Number, Broadcasting, 1938. p. 68. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
- ↑ "F.C.C. Activities", Radio Daily. September 15, 1937. p. 8. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
- ↑ History Cards for WGRB, fcc.gov. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
- ↑ 8,0 8,1 Ghrist, John R. (1996). Valley Voices: A Radio History. Crossroads Communications. pp. 353-354.
- ↑ "FM Outlet Histories", Broadcasting — Telecasting. A Continuing Study of Major Radio Markets: Study No. 7: Chicago. October 25, 1948. p. 21-22. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
- ↑ 10,0 10,1 Von Rhein, John. "A strong signal", Chicago Tribune. December 16, 2011. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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