The Blackhawk, Chicago, 1933 1960 Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein

Lyons historian Peter Bird: "In 1896 and for several years afterwards

the railroad tycoon and founder of the New York Central Railroad System

would have been a very sophisticated cover at the time

” It also had what was then called “the most beautiful lobby in the world

The Blackhawk, Chicago, 1933 1960 Gertrude SteinThe Blackhawk opened its doors for the first time in Chicago on December 27, 1920, and generations of Americans eagerly gathered around their radios on Saturday nights to listen to its syndicated show "Live! From the Blackhawk!" Carlton Coon Joe Sanders and the Kansas City Nighthawks were the first house band and the actor and jazz singer Mel Torme, nicknamed the Velvet Fog because of the quality of his voice, debuted there in 1929, at the tender age