Ravinia’s Door to Naughtiness

Written By Editor on June 6, 2013 in architecture, Austin, Columbus Park, history, Lincoln Park, Lincoln Park, Rogers Park, Rogers Park, _story

We’ve been to the Ravinia section of Highland Park a number of times over the last ten years, mostly by train.  So the Ravinia Metra station (510 Roger Williams Avenue) is a familiar sight. Many people already know that the Frost and Granger-designed building from 1889 is the oldest Metra station on Metra’s northern lines.  Some might even know that it wasn’t always where it is now — it was move back from the...