web.archive.org/web/200105182316 . . . tp://www.purplehotel.com/
The Purple Hotel (formerly a Hyatt and a Radisson; note signage difference in archived website and current photo) is a local landmark in the north suburbs of Chicago. It has fallen into disrepair recently (mold behind the wallpaper, etc.) and is scheduled for demolition soon, so my boyfriend (who is from the north suburbs and whose family apparently went there frequently for Thanksgiving in the eighties, though he doesn't remember it) and I stopped by to visit it and document its exterior before it goes down.
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