Around 1980, Jerry Powers and I worked on a restaurant called 5th Avenue in Richmond, Virginia. Jerry designed and I built the windows.

The restaurant owner wanted an Art Deco theme in a row of windows that ran along the wall parallel to the bar, with tables between the two.

We constructed the windows using various textures of clear glass held together with zinc came. We like zinc because it gives us straight lines and strength and allows us to hide reinforcing bars along the zinc.

Occasionally, we get a pleasant surprise after installing our work as our windows blend with their new environment.

A street ran alongside the windows outside the building, which were about nine feet in the air. At night, the light from passing cars reflected through the different glass textures.
But the exciting part is how the angles of the design and the light from the upper part of the headlights would reflect up the design, giving motion from each passing car.