Esslinger's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Photo by Wendy Daring
I had just come off the Rail Park when I stumbled on this building at Callowhill / Ridge / 10th Street. Looked it up and Esslinger's Brewery was founded in 1868, and moved into this building in 1879, where they remained until 1964 when the brewery closed. I would assume that if they occupied the building in 1879, they updated the facade in the 1920s or 1930s, because it’s definitely Deco. Such modernization was very common.












