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The trapezoid-shaped, Brutalist architectural fever dream perched high above the river at 501 E. Hill Ave. is one of those places that seems to fascinate everyone. The lore surrounding it is nearly as distinctive as the architecture itself.
Just yesterday I was talking with a friend whose father worked in the top-floor restaurant when the hotel opened in 1972. He remembered looking down to see one of the hotel’s first guests—Mick Jagger—floating on his back in the pool below while the Rolling Stones were in town for a sold-out show at the Civic Coliseum. Elvis stayed there once too, allegedly…