Falstaff Brewery
Falstaff Brewery complex sold for $1.1 million
Developers plan to build 150 apartments
Developer Theodore "Tad" Mondale, nephew of former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale, closed with a business partner on the purchase of the old Falstaff Brewery building last week for $1.1 million and plans to build 150 affordable apartments in the complex.
the link in the TP:
http://www.nola.com/business/t-p/ind...020.xml&coll=1
Falstaff Beer was brewed here up until the 70's
a few glimpses of the grand old brewery now slated for new life as apartments
roof top Beer Garden
King Gambrinus still toasts the City and Dixie Beer too from his corner perch
the "weather ball" atop the famous vertical sign changed colors depending on rain, sun or clouds
the large smokestack
an old linen tapestry of the brewery in its heyday
