For you locals familiar with the place, here’s a bit of amusement:
Lincolnwood wants the Purple Hotel, a well-known north suburban property that has fallen on hard times, to correct what it calls “dangerous and hazardous conditions.”
The village cites such things as a leaky roof, a moldy heating duct and rodent droppings and an insect infestation in the kitchen in a court complaint.
The filing comes after workers from Lincolnwood’s building department found what it believes to be a host of violations of building, property maintenance and fire codes during three inspections late last month. The complaint says “dangerous and hazardous conditions exist” at the hotel “which, if the hotel is not shut down immediately, create an imminent danger to property and life, jeopardizing the public health, safety and welfare of the persons and property within and adjacent to (the hotel), unless and until such time as the numerous code violations are remediated to the satisfaction of the village’s inspectors,” according to the complaint, filed Sept. 29 in Cook County Circuit Court.
Man. I’d sure hate to be these guys…
OOPS!
I like the part about “jeopardizing the public health, safety, and welfare of … property … adjacent to (the hotel).”
You have to have some truely impressive violations to jeopardize nearby property! Of course, my basic view of the Purple Hotel is that rat droppings probably do more to add to the ambiance than take away from it, so I think it’s long past time to shut it down.
Preferably with a large demolition team.
It was kind of a fun place to be the times I’ve actually stayed there, but that was before it went totally downhill. If they demolish it, I am so getting a purple brick.