ML - Michigan Avenue

2012 - Issue 5 - September

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The Angels & Kings Extreme Suite, complete with a coffee table from the original club Haute Property NEWS, STARS, AND TRENDS IN REAL ESTATE getting high THE HARD ROCK HOTEL'S ANGELS & KINGS EXTREME SUITE IS READY TO ROLL. BY BARRI LEINER GRANT L ike many a rock-star celebration, this one got started in the bar. When rocker, entrepreneur, and Wilmette-born Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy fame approached The Hard Rock Hotel about his Angels & Kings con- cept for the historic Chicago lobby, a gig was born. The Hard Rock corporation called on Chicago's own architect and design star Mary Cook and her firm, which built out the bar by melding some of Hard Rock's corporate identity guidelines and standards with the historic building's Art Deco architecture and just the right shot of mojo. Cook and her team went to the bar at different times of the day and late into the night to experience the vibe, translating the design details into a Chicago destina- tion that speaks to consumer cool. Using the same regal elements as the bar, Cook and Associates designed continued on page 132 MICHIGANAVEMAG.COM 131

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