The Aragon was built in 1926 by two brothers, William and Andrew Karzas, at an exorbitant cost of two million dollars (considering the price of admission was only .90c). The Aragon, named after a providence in Spain, was the crowing jewel in a cluster of lucrative properties owned by the Karzas. It was designed to replicate a Spanish palace courtyard with its crystal chandeliers, mosaic tiles, garishly painted plaster, terra-cotta ceiling and beautiful arches. The shiny bent wood floor was created for dancing and rests on a cushion of cork, felt and springs. It appears to be a palace of illusions, where artificial stars twinkle overhead and projectors beam clouds scudding across the domed roof some 60 feet above the dance floor. Even the "wooden" beams located throughout the venue are make-believe (simulated from concrete).

The Aragon is located at 1106 W. Lawrence Avenue and 4800 North (near the corner of Lawrence Ave. and Broadway), 5 miles north of Downtown Chicago and 4 blocks west of Lake Shore Drive

The Hub features a 5,500 Square foot, hardwood, maple dance floor.  The only one of it's kind in Central Illinois. The Hub offers accommodations for 25 to 1100 people and ample parking facilities.

Hub Ballroom, 2708 West Main, Edelstein, IL 61526

Founded in 1921 by John Verderbar, as an outdoor dance hall known as Oh Henry Park, the establishment came to grow and flourish through the 1920`s, until 1930, when disaster struck and the complex burned to ground-level ruins.

Out of the ashes rose the Oh Henry Ballroom, built at the then staggering cost of $100,000. The 1930`s and 40`s found hundreds of thousands in the mood to swing, as the ballroom became home to the biggest and best bands of the day, complete with its own restaurant, soda fountain and flower shop.

By the 1950`s a series of additional lounges and restaurants were added, including the elegant 200-seat Willowbrook Room. Soon, confusion would mount between the Oh Henry Ballroom and its popular Willowbrook Room. Eventually, the entire complex simply became known as the Willowbrook

The 77-year legacy of the Verderbar family`s ownership of the historic Willowbrook Ballroom has now been transfered to yet another family - - the Jodwalis family, who will continue to carry on the ballroom traditions that have remained in place for decades.