Helping to Preserve Chicago Architecture: The Kimpton Gray Hotel
Helping to Preserve Chicago Architecture: The Kimpton Gray Hotel
4 PagesHelping to Preserve Chicago Architecture: The Kimpton Gray Hotel Ken McNeeley Nov 2, 2016 8:00:00 AM Chicago’s elegant Kimpton Gray Hotel opened its doors this past August. Blair Kamin, the Chicago Tribune’s architecture critic, noted that the new hotel “gracefully restores” the historic New York Life Insurance Building designed by William Le Baron Jenny, “the father of the skyscraper. ” We were able to employ our experience working with landmarks and hotel renovations to facilitate the necessary permits and approvals for the 293-room Kimpton Gray Hotel’s historic building. Importance of Preserving the Building Housing the Kimpton Gray HotelWilliam Le Baron Jenny pioneered the use of a steel skeleton frame instead of masonry walls to support a building when he designed the Chicago Home Ins
