First on tap in our members-only Behind the Story tour series is a visit to MM Partners ongoing rehab of the Poth Brewery building in Brewerytown, which Hidden City managing editor Mike Bixler wrote about in June.
***PLEASE NOTE*** A "Curious" membership with Hidden City is included in the ticket price, which means access to future members-only tours, including the Lansdowne Theater, plus 25% off Hidden City's regular tours.
The massive, 148-year-old, red brick Rundbogenstil building served as the former cold storage facility for F.A. Poth Brewing Company, which closed during Prohibition in 1936. Sixty years later, Red Bell Brewing restored the complex to serve its original purpose, but the company went out of business in 2002 and the building has been vacant since then. MM Partners’ David Waxman and Aaron Smith, active developers in the Brewerytown neighborhood and supporters of preservation and adaptive reuse, (including the adjacent Pyramid Electric Building) purchased the stunner in January of 2018 and are in the process of restoring the property.
Hidden City Project Director Pete Woodall will provide some context on Brewerytown history, followed by Aaron Smith, who will share some of the specifics about the adaptive reuse process and bringing the brewery back to life. It's a terrific place to photograph, too, with plenty of graffiti, decay and even a room paved with blue-glazed bricks similar to those found in a few Old City alleys!
The Details: Red Bell Brewery is located at 1500 N 31st St in Brewerytown. Tour will meet on the corner of 31st and Jefferson. Tour time is approximately one hour.
Questions, concerns, conundrums? Email Hidden City project director Pete Woodall at [email protected] or call him at 267-259-7112.
Behind the Story is a new tour series created for Hidden City members offering intimate behind the scenes glimpses of great buildings, places, and stories covered by Hidden City. Tours are $5 and open to Hidden City members only. As a non-profit organization, we rely on the generous contributions of our 300 members to enable us to produce the Hidden City Daily's in-depth coverage of preservation, planning, architecture and design. A "Curious" membership with Hidden City is included in the ticket price.