Tucked slightly back from the hotel’s grand main lobby, the lounge space will seat 136 and its layout won’t differ much from the burger bar that preceded it, says Palmer House hotel manager ...

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With connections to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and the Palmer House Hotel, the birth of the brownie is a pretty interesting tale to tell. I love history, especially the history of my ...

Just a year later, as the Palmer House Hotel neared completion, the Chicago Fire of 1871 gutted the city. When the Palmer House was rebuilt, Bertha and her husband moved into a suite there ...

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The Palmer House also claims that it was the largest hotel in the world in the 1920s, when a 25-story tower was added. No matter the superlatives, this remains a grand old dame with lots of history.