Chicago History: Touring The Aragon Ballroom

2012-08-18 04:14

From blog Thriftaholic

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Chicago History: Touring The Aragon Ballroom

During last Sunday's Vintage Bazaar flea market, my friend Alex and I got the chance to go on a free guided tour of the historic Aragon ballroom. The guided tours were held in conjunction with the market and it was a rare chance to see the grand ballroom during the day empty of the usual concert goers and revelers. I'm a history and architecture buff so I enjoyed learning the story of the Aragon. It was built in 1926 at a cost of 2 million dollars and its hey day was the 1920s-1940s. Our tour guide told us that at its peak, the Aragon welcomed over 18,000 dancers a week! It was one of the few places that unaccompanied, single women could come to hear big band music...

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