Looking Back at the Original Casino Just Before Opening

The Lake Worth Casino and Baths, not long before it opened in 1922

Here's the photo of the original Lake Worth Casino that's hanging on a wall in the Lake Worth Historical Musem. It appears to have been taken a few weeks, or months maybe, before the casino opened in 1922. It would be interesting to compare the quality of the materials used in the two buildings, that one and the one that's now about to open, and also the quality of the workmanship. You hear people in construction talking about better materials. And maybe there are better materials now. But there are a lot of worse materials, too, and a lot of things seem to conpire to drive people toward cheaper materials, thinking no one will notice. People notice. They do.