Later this week, I am going to check in to the Hard Rock Hotel (230 North Michigan Avenue) for a while. Although a lot of people scratched their heads when this hotel located so far from the Hard Rock Cafe (63 West Ontario Street), it has given the wonderful old Carbide and Carbon Building new life, and once again made it an icon on Michigan Avenue.
This will be my second stay at the Hard Rock, and in spite of all the tourists who use it, it remains a very good quality experience at reasonable (by Chicago standards) rates.
Those of you who have not stayed at the hotel yet may not be aware that there is memorabilia from music history in the hallways on each floor. So here’s a list of what’s on which:
- Styx
- -unknown-
- The Rolling Stones
- Aerosmith
- John Lennon and Chet Atkins
- Bob Dylan
- BB King
- Cheap Trick
- Chicago
- Madonna
- AC/DC
- The Who
- none
- Elton John
- Elvis
- Prince
- Annie Lennox
- Tina Turner
- Jimi Hendrix
- Kiss
- none.
- Kenny Kravitz
- Led Zeppelin
