amalfi hotel: Amalfi Hotel Is Getting A New Name - 10/18/13 03:31 AM

The hotel at the corner of Kinzie and State Street which was once the 10 west hotel, and recently known as the Amafli Hotel, will undergo another name change as new ownership takes possession.
Developer, Peter Dumon plans on changing the name to The Kinzie Hotel.  Dumon, and his company, the Harp Group acquired the hotel in December of 2012 for $58 million. 
Naming the hotel after early settler John Kinzie, a fur trader and silversmith back in the early 1800’s.  His reputation precedes him as he was known as a murderer and traitor.  He fled Chicago in 1812 … (0 comments)