The Baker Hotel
by Paula Bosse
Looking east on Commerce from Akard… (click for larger image)
by Paula Bosse
Above, a postcard view of the stately Baker Hotel, located catty-corner from the Adolphus, at the southeast corner of Commerce and Akard. The parking garage at the right looks like it might be the swanky Nichols Bros. Garage (yes, swanky — see the 1945 ad here). Built in 1925, demolished in 1980. R.I.P.
UPDATE: Check out the great (and sad…) photos by Frank Booth showing the Baker’s implosion in 1980, here. (Thank you, “NotBob”!)
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These photos of the Baker demoltion from the Manor House Apartments shows the Southland Life Insurance Buildings were demolished at the same time: https://www.flickr.com/photos/fdbooth/albums/72157638867381845
You can also see that the whole block containing the Nichols Bros. Garage, the Horse Shoe Bar and Sigel’s Liquors was already a parking lot by then.
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Wow. Those photos are great — and a little disturbing! I’ll add the link to the post. Thanks!
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[…] This photo was one of the most-shared photos I posted this year — it kind of surprised me, but it’s a great photo of “The Baker Hotel.” […]
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