Chicago Athletic Association
Chicago Loop, Chicago
“Gilded-Age athletic clubhouse”
Vibe
Roman and Williams restored the 1893 Venetian Gothic clubhouse into an energetic hive of vintage athletic motifs, wood paneling, and buzzing public lounges.
“Gilded-Age athletic clubhouse”
An 1893 Venetian Gothic landmark restored with original bas-relief stone fireplaces and 19th-century stained glass.
Cindy's glass rooftop terrace, a sprawling second-floor game room with bocce courts, and the Drawing Room lounge.
Roman and Williams interiors featuring custom pommel horse benches, squash-court elevator floors, and vintage athletic details.
On Michigan Avenue in the Loop, facing Millennium Park and steps from the Art Institute
Rooms
High ceilings frame park views, complemented by custom leather pommel horse benches at the foot of each bed and Carrara marble baths.
Backstory
Built for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, architect Henry Ives Cobb modeled the private athletic club's ornate facade on Venice's Doge's Palace.
Eat & drink
Sip cocktails beneath Cindy’s glass rooftop atrium overlooking Millennium Park, or play bocce with drinks in the sprawling second-floor Game Room.
The neighborhood
Set right on Michigan Avenue, the Loop's cultural core surrounds you, with the Art Institute and Millennium Park directly across the street.
The app
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