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According to local legend, John Drake (1826–1895) (the father of this hotel's founders) was standing with a hotel owner watching the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The owner, seeing his hotel threatened by the flames, offered to sell it for any price. Drake noticed that the wind direction was changing and made an offer and so founded the Drake ...
Nov. 15—Legends Theater at Route 66 Casino Hotel has undergone an approximate $15 million upgrade. Concertgoers will get to experience its new lighting system, sound system and other amenities ...
The Magnificent Mile (also The Mag Mile) is a section of Michigan Avenue in Chicago devoted to retail, dining, hotels and tourist attractions. Running from the Chicago River to Oak Street in the Near North Side, [1] the district is located one block east of Rush Street and is the main retail corridor between the Loop and Gold Coast. [2]
In 1993, the resort debuted a three-story animatronic dragon, part of a show in which it faced off against a mechanical statue of Merlin. The show took place at the moat entrance, and was performed hourly each night. [77] [78] [79] The fire-breathing dragon was created by Alvaro Villa's company, AVG Inc, [80] and took nine months to build.
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CHICAGO − Chicago Police and the FBI are investigating if saboteurs placed bugs in a breakfast buffet prepared for delegates at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday.
Taigen Dan Leighton (born 1950, grew up in Pittsburgh, PA) is a Sōtō priest and teacher, academic, [1] and author. He is an authorized lineage holder and Zen teacher in the tradition of Shunryū Suzuki and is the founder and Guiding Teacher of Ancient Dragon Zen Gate in Chicago, Illinois.
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