Purple Hotel sold

The Purple Hotel in Lincolnwood, legendary home to decay and debauchery, is being sold. The deal could lead to the demolition of a classy place to stay in the 1960s that 40 years later became better known as a host to rodents and sex parties. In the Tony Rezko political corruption trial, government witness Stuart Levine confessed to preferring the Purple for drug parties he organized with similarly addled pals.

And no report on the hotel is complete without a mention of the mob hit in the parking lot 25 years ago. Allen Dorfman was the victim of the unsolved crime.