In Carl Sandburg’s famous 1914 poem “Chicago,” he praised the Windy City for its hardworking “Big Shoulders.”

He might also have lauded the city’s sturdy and architecturally attractive buildings that arose after the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 and continued rising into the early 20th century, becoming the birthplace of the skyscraper.

Most of those buildings remain today and a number have been repurposed, turned into hotels that are popular with visitors to modern-day Chicago.

Eleanor Gorski, CEO of the Chicago Architecture Center, said these hotels in historic buildings are attractive because they are often in a part of town that is fully built out, easily accessible by public transportation and near other amenities.

“For a traveler, those are great places to stay because not only do y

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