Chicago Loop Rooftops Near Palmer House

Chicago Loop rooftops and streets near the Palmer House hotel.
Chicago Loop rooftops and streets near the Palmer House hotel.

Rooftops and streets near the Palmer House are in Chicago’s Loop. The Palmer House Hilton occupies a historic hotel site on East Monroe Street first opened by Potter Palmer in 1871 and rebuilt after the Great Chicago Fire. The surrounding blocks contain early twentieth-century commercial buildings used for offices, hotels, retail, and building services in the downtown core.

Photo taken in August 2014.

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