Chicago Athletic Association

We never forget where we came from. And neither will you. With echoes of banging billiard balls, tossed poker chips and clinking glasses resonating through the halls, our 1893 Venetian Gothic landmark is a living, breathing ode to Chicagos rich storywhere the spirit of play reigned supreme. After all, this is the city where the can-do attitude of Ernie Lets Play Two! Banks lives on. Where the father of Chicago blues, Muddy Waters, shook all night long. And Sir Duke tickled the ivories at The Blue Note. And this was the club whose venerable members swam with five-time Olympic gold medalist Johnny Weissmullera.k.a. the original Hollywood Tarzanand watched fellow member Pudge Heffelfinger own so much end zone, he became footballs first pro. Reserved for the elite and privileged for 122 yearsuntil we opened the doors and welcomed everyonetoday Chicago Athletic Association is both a novel downtown destination on the doorstep of Millennium Park and a historic monument to the big-should...