I’m spending a day doing sermon prep for the sneak preview and the first two weeks of Greenhouse. Up nine escalators in three locations, at the top of Harold Washington Library is one of Chicago’s most serene spaces, the Winter Garden, so named because in the winter it would feel like a springtime garden (but it’s just as peaceful in August).
Light pours in from the glass ceiling, four olive trees grid the space, marble floors add to the ambiance and ivy covers the walls. It’s gorgeous, peaceful and the perfect place to get a lot of work done with no stress and tons of inspiration. And now you can call it your space too. Just don’t tell too many people ’cause the emptiness is part of its charm.
Now if only they had someplace to plug in my laptop…
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