French Lick returns to it’s previous glamour

After years of stagnation, two nearby Indiana hotels, French Lick Springs Hotel and West Baden Springs Hotel who were the grand belles in the 1920’s, are undergoing a $382 million renovation to restore their former glory.

At its zenith, the hotel was such an architectural marvel, and so exclusive, that tour guides from the Indiana Historical Society say it commanded twice the nightly rate of the Waldorf-Astoria. The cream of Victorian society came for the healing properties of its mineral springs—and stayed for the illegal gambling that was an open secret in the town—until the Great Depression put an end to the good times. By the 1990s, the former wonder had become an abandoned shell mired in red tape.

Amazing space [Chicago Tribune]

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