"In some ways the Talbott Hotel, on Chicago’s Gold Coast, is a throwback to another era — in this case the 1920s, a time before multinational hotel chains, superstar designers, indeed decades before the very invention of the concept of the boutique hotel. On the other hand, it’s fresh off a massive renovation at the hands of local designer Kara Mann and Joie de Vivre, the West Coast boutique-hotel experts whose empire now spans the continent — which means it’s just about as contemporary as can be." - Tablet Hotels