Loop Back: The Office Tower That Used To Be A Bakery
Though it’s now home to several levels of office suites, the Loose-Wiles building is best known for different types of sweets. As in biscuits, cookies and wafers from what was...
Historic North Loop
Former Hotels/Boarding Houses On 1st Street
With business booming in the late 1800s, there was a need for affordable lodging in the Warehouse District—not only for businessmen arriving by train to visit the warehouses and factories,...
Loop Back: Bookmen Lofts
Though they were built as warehouses for wholesale grocers in 1914 and 1915, the side-by-side brick buildings now known as Bookmen Lofts are best known for their namesake, The Bookmen,...
Loop Back: The North Loop’s Oldest Retailer
Built in 1884, the building at 224 North 1st Street has long been associated with the city's fur and hide industry, starting with two major firms: Berman Brothers and John...
Loop Back: Mouthwash Factory
Lavoris Mouthwash, marketed as a “healing antiseptic and deodorant” for the mouth, was produced, bottled and shipped from the company’s facility at 918 North 3rd Street for more than 35...