By Hy Speck, Class of 1995
The Sonder Hotels are coming to Chicago. Sonder is converting several loop buildings into a chain of low priced accommodations. What are the original names of these buildings, where are they located, and what will be the room rate per night?
Send your answers to hy****@ao*.com.
December 2018 Answers
Here are the holiday decorations locations:
The winner is – Roy Slowinski.. Please see Erin for your prize. And always remember the CAC motto – Participating is winning!
Here are Roy’s answers:
1, The Walnut Room at Macy’on State
This is the 111th year that the Great Tree has been on display in the Walnut Room. For over five decades the Great Tree was a 45-foot real tree, hauled up the light well in the store, monitored by firefighters, and gloriously decorated by Field’s design staff. In the early 1960s, the store made the switch to an artificial tree.
A little known fact about the current artificial Great Tree is that it is hung from the ceiling, in order to facilitate construction and without using any scaffolding. .Here is a link to a 2011 time lapse video of the construction of the Great Tree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-JyUABicio
2. Christmas display featuring The Polar Express in the Great Hall of Chicago’s Union Station
3, ZooLights at the Lincoln Park Zoo
Thank you Roy!