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This decorative window once graced Ravinia Park's casino building near Chicago, a destination where ordinary Americans escaped the workweek. Built in 1904, such windows marked the arrival of public pleasure grounds—places where middle-class families gathered to relax, socialize, and experience something beyond their daily routines.
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You push through the heavy oak frame and pause at the threshold. Light streams through six panels of colored glass—soft ambers, pale blues, textured patterns that soften the outside world into something magical. For a moment, ordinary daylight becomes something special, something worth traveling for.
Reflect
Where do you go to escape your ordinary week? What makes that place feel special?