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What Happens To Chicago’s Forgotten Breweries?

The Best Brewing Company in 1987 (left) and in its current incarnation as loft apartments.
The Best Brewing Company in 1987 (left) and in its current incarnation as loft apartments. Photo: Left: Illinois Historic Preservation Agency; Right: Serhii Chrucky

We’re a sucker for old buildings, especially when they were once used to make beer. Forgotten Chicago takes a look at some of Chicago’s old breweries in their heyday, and compares them to what the structures have become. What’s most striking to us is how little the fortresslike brick structures seem to have changed, even though they’ve been radically repurposed from their original uses. [Forgotten Chicago]

What Happens To Chicago’s Forgotten Breweries?