The restaurant served a number of celebrities who were regular customers and has been written about in books and articles. Lucius Beebe, gourmand, author and journalist, included references to The Pump Room in some of his books and articles. Arturo Petterino (1920–2010) was its maitre d' for many years, steering celebrity patrons to the coveted Booth One
.[1] Famous guests included Frank Sinatra, John Barrymore, Judy Garland, Bette Davis, Beverly Sills, David Bowie, Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, Ronald Reagan, Helen Hayes, Clark Gable, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Elizabeth Taylor, Lena Horne, Joan Crawford, Tallulah Bankhead, Audrey Hepburn, Liza Minnelli, Robert Redford, Bill Murray, Josephine Baker, Phil Collins, Gertrude Lawrence, Eddie Fisher, Michael J. Fox, John Belushi, Eddie Murphy, Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner, Mel Brooks, Olivia Newton-John, Peggy Lee, Mick Jagger, Andrea Burdett Kennedy and many others.
In April of 2010, the Ambassador East Hotel wa ssold to Ian Schrager Co.[2] It closed in 2011 and was completely remodeled as the Public Chicago Hotel. The Pump Room reopened in fall 2011, with food concepts by Jean-Georges Vongerichten
In popular culture
The Pump Room is referenced in the Fred Fisher song Chicago (That Toddlin' Town): "We'll meet at the Pump Room-Ambassador East/To say the least, on shish kebab and breast of squab we will feast/And get fleeced." These lyrics also appeared in the film which introduced it, the 1939 Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers movie The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle. The song My Kind of Town (Chicago is), popularized by Frank Sinatra, has the line "Chicago is the jumpin' Pump Room".
The lobby of the hotel, including the entrance to the Pump Room, is seen in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest.
In the spoken word introduction to the Monkees song "Don't Call on Me" (from their album Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.), Micky Dolenz makes reference to "the elegant Pump Room...high over Chicago" against a background of drunken patter, clinking glasses and lounge piano.
An incident at the restaurant inspired Phil Collins to name his multi-platinum 1985 album "No Jacket Required."
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Rush Street was named after Benjamin Rush, one of the four physician signators of the United States Declaration of Independence. It is one of several places named after Rush in Chicago; other such places are Rush Medical College and Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center.[1]
As part of the original incorporated city of Chicago in 1837,[9] Rush Street is one of the city's oldest thoroughfares.[3] Like Clark Street, parts of Rush Street roughly follow the path of an Indian trail called Green Bay trail (later Green Bay Road) that ran to Green Bay, Wisconsin.[10] Early Rush Street was commonly agreed to be desirable place of residence, and hosted the first house designed by an architect in Chicago (designed for the first Mayor of Chicago William Ogden by John M. Van Osdel).[3] The house, bounded by Erie, Ontario, Rush and Cass (now Wabash Avenue) Streets, did not survive the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
After the Great Chicago Fire, the Near North Side became a refuge for many due to its wide streets, high ground, good drainage, and proximity to both the Lake Michigan lakeshore and Lincoln Park. Cyrus McCormick built a mansion at 675 Rush Street between 1875 and 1879.[11] The mansion, located at the corner of Rush and Erie, lured so many relatives to move nearby that the neighborhood became known as "McCormickville" by the 1880s.[12][13] The street subsequently hosted elite Chicago socialites.[13] Cyrus' brother Leander J. McCormick built the Virginia Hotel at the northwest corner of Rush and Ohio.Coordinates: 41°53′32″N 87°37′31″W / 41.89222°N 87.62528°W Opening just a few years before the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, the 400-room hotel was advertised as "an absolutely fire-proof building and a finished hotel second to no other."[14] The hotel featured ornate granite interiors decorated with marble statues, separate "gentlemen's smoking room" and "ladies dining room", and a room of boilers and dynamos to offer the latest technology: electric lights.[14] Well into the 20th century, residential buildings faced Rush Street until the demands of the expanding commerce—especially concentrations of restaurants and night clubs—consumed its real estate.[15]
| Intersections  Endpoint at State Street (2008-05-14)  Wabash intersection (2008-05-14)  One-way traffic begins at Ohio Street  Frank Sinatra Way intersection (2008-05-14) | |
 Magnificent Mile's Michigan Ave. from Rush & Ohio Streets (2007-07-28)   Connors Park (2008-05-14)  Mariano Park (2008-05-14) | |
| Rush Street views  Street view with carriage traffic (2008-05-14)  Chestnut St (Mike Ditka Way) intersection (2008-05-14)  Rush Street-State Street sign  Connors Park (2008-05-14) | |
| Foot of Rush Street  Foot of Rush St. from across Chicago River  View from foot of Rush Street  Foot of Rush Street from beyond Michigan Avenue Bridge | |
In the 1950s, the Chicago City Council began to use the Uniform Vehicle Code of 1931 to fight traffic congestion by creating one-way streets. This was most effectively used in the Loop and Near North Side community areas.[16] Most of the Near North Side streets remain one-way today as a result. Rush Street is among the area's one-way streets: except for a short segment, only northbound travel is permitted.[17]
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