travel42 Hotel Review: The Blackstone Hotel, an Autograph Coll.

The Blackstone Hotel, an Autograph Coll. travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

In the South Loop's historic district across from Grant Park, facing Lake Michigan, about five blocks north of the Field Museum, this Chicago landmark hotel has a heart that beats to an earlier time, an analog timepiece in the digital age. It's also convenient for those who want to take public transportation to Chicago O'Hare Airport.

Not that this 1908 neoclassical beaux-arts beauty is without its comforts; owners have invested heavily to keep it busines...