{"product_id":"the-tropics-hotel-chicagoan-1950s","title":"The Tropics, Hotel Chicagoan 1950s","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eReproducing the charm of the South Seas, with all its glamour and romance! Boasted adverts for The Tropics, a popular rendezvous in the late 1940s and early 1950s in the Hotel Chicagoan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCertainly, the hotel did its best to reflect the increasing post-WWII interest in tiki culture, with waitresses in grass skirts serving drinks to customers under fake palm trees.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThere was continuous entertainment billed as ‘all the rhythm and swing of the South Seas.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSinger Sam Bari and his band Men of Rhythm did a four-year residency here and ‘songstress’ Ginny Stone was also on hand to entertain guests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Hotel Chicagoan opened in the late 1930s in the heart of Chicago’s downtown Loop and was originally an offshoot of the famous Morrison Hotel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLocated at 67 W Madison Street, it offered 450 rooms with starting prices of $2.75 single and $4.40 double.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWe believe the Hotel Chicagoan was demolished in the late 1960s. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson archival inks. Custom printed with border for matting and framing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll printed in USA.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage Menu Art","offers":[{"title":"8.5x11\" Archival Print (Unframed) $25.00","offer_id":57491830210726,"sku":"yab1790052559322","price":16.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11x14 Archival Print (Unframed) $30.00","offer_id":57491830243494,"sku":"jss1790052559323","price":22.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"13x19 Archival Print (Unframed) $40.00","offer_id":57491830276262,"sku":"ngo1790052559323","price":27.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x20 Archival Print (Unframed) $55.00","offer_id":57491830309030,"sku":"hlq1790052559324","price":40.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20x24 Archival Print (Unframed) $85.00","offer_id":57491830341798,"sku":"eys1790052559325","price":62.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x36 Archival Print (Unframed) $135.00","offer_id":57491830374566,"sku":"iqt1790052559326","price":101.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/9133\/8662\/files\/the-tropics-hotel-chicagoan-1950s_1.webp?v=1790052562","url":"https:\/\/coffeetamper.shop\/products\/the-tropics-hotel-chicagoan-1950s","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}