If you’re a beer drinker, you may know the brand Goose Island, one of the early local brewpubs that made it big when it was acquired by whatever multinational conglomerate also owns Budweiser, not that I’m implying anything about the quality of Goose Island. (I still like a couple of its beers.)

This is Goose Island, the namesake and location of the original brewpub. Until recently, it was, as you can see, a mostly industrial area, though lighter industry than the Calumet River. The north-south street is Halsted, the east-west street is Division, and way over on the left a little above Division, you can see the old Morton Salt plant, which is now the Salt Shed concert venue and entertainment complex. This is slated for intense gentrification and luxury development over the next decade. I keep taking pictures of industrial areas that become luxury developments somehow.

January 19, 2020. iPhone XS Max cell phone, 6mm focal length (35mm equivalent: 60mm), f/2.5, 1/1,065, ISO 16.