The Millennium Knickerbocker Magnificent Mile, built in 1927 and part of the Historic Hotels of America, stands atop Chicago's fabulous Magnificent Mile.
Located within 18 miles of both O'Hare and Midway Airports, the Millennium Knickerbocker Magnificent Mile is close to shopping along North Michigan Avenue with Bloomingdale's just across the street.
The exclusive Oak Street boutiques and the Loop, the central business district, are within walking distance of this hotel. The hotel is one block from Water Tower Place and within two miles of the Navy Pier and the Art Institute of Chicago.
The lobby of the Millennium Knickerbocker Magnificent Mile includes crystal chandeliers fixed to wood paneled ceilings with inlaid brass medallions canopying and an Art Déco marble floor. Adjacent to the lobby is the horseshoe shaped Martini Bar offering 50 martini varieties and live jazz music nightly. A lobby bistro, Pacific Rim, features inventive American cuisine with the influence of its namesake. The hotel offers a fitness room with treadmills, free weights and televisions.
Flexible meeting and event space includes a Georgian style grand ballroom with illuminated dance floor and gilded dome ceiling, and a business center provides services for a fee, including high speed Internet access.
The Millennium Knickerbocker Magnificent Mile's 305 guestrooms are decorated in European and Asian influenced décor with floral and neutral patterns and stripes.
Each guestroom is furnished with 27 inch television with complimentary premium channels, CD players, dual line speaker phones with voice mail and high speed Internet access for a fee.
Guestroom amenities include bathrobes and a full service refreshment center, complimentary daily newspaper and shoeshine services.
Guest can ask the bell staff for the unofficial Al Capone tour of the hotel where the curious are shown the door leading to secret stairs this prohibition era gangster and his gang used to make quick getaways during police raids that interrupted their gambling in a room on the 14th floor.
