DOWNTOWN — Chicagoans will soon be able to drink atop one of Michigan Avenue's most historic buildings.
The LondonHouse hotel and what's being billed as the city's first three-level rooftop bar will open June 1 in the vintage tower at 360 N. Michigan Ave., according to a hotel spokeswoman. Guests will be able to drink and dine on the top floor, its roof, and eventually have private events in the distinctive cupola crowning the landmarked Beaux Arts tower at Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive.
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LondonHouse takes its name from the first owner of the 1923 tower: the London Guaranty & Accident Co., an insurance company, as well as the London House jazz club that once occupied the building's ground floor.
The London Guarantee Building, center, in the 1920s. [LondonHouse]
Crain Communications and other office tenants filled the building until developer Oxford Capital Group acquired it for a 452-room hotel in 2013. Once open, the hotel will also include a 2nd-floor lobby bar called "Bridges" and a street-level retail tenant that has yet to be announced. In December, LondonHouse announced that former Godfrey Hotel chef Riley Huddleston would handle food and drinks at the new hotel.
The first two levels of the "tri-level" rooftop will open June 1, with the event space in the cupola opening later. The hotel is one of many slated to open this year amid a record level of Downtown hotel construction.
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Until the opening, some people have already taken pictures of the spectacular views from the hotel's roof. Check them out:
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