Ewing Annex Hotel
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The Ewing Annex Hotel in Chicago is one of the last single-room occupancy cage hotels in the United States. As of 2021, it housed some 200 men, many of whom would otherwise be homeless.[1] Its licence requires it to admit male customers only.[2]
It is on the 400 block of South Clark Street, a run-down area of Chicago.[3] In 2013, an attempt was made by city aldermen to shut the Ewing down. They were quoted as saying "average Chicagoans wouldn’t want to house their dogs in this type of facility".[3]
As of 2017, the Ewing Annex Hotel and the Wilson Men's Hotel were the last two "cage hotels" in the city.[4] As of 2021, only the Ewing remained.[3]
