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It being baseball season, my first impression was rows of red double stitches; a closer look revealed the weathered but unmistakable outlines of several stalks of grain. I didn't know anything more about the prior or current use of these pale cylindrical towers, but several follow-up emails helped fill in the blanks (see the comments).
P. Ballantine & Sons
Former brewery seen from St. Charles St., near the Ironbound Recreation Center, Newark, New Jersey
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They look like grain storage buildings I've seen.
Posted by: DWF | May 18, 2010 at 08:30 AM
By email, a librarian at the Newark Public Library writes that "this structure is part of the P. Ballantine & Sons brewery," which closed in the 1960s, and directs us to an article about possible redevelopment of the site. As DWF observed above and as a staff member of the Ironbound Community Organization confirmed, these particular buildings previously served as grain elevators. (Thank you, Carrie, Cynthia, and Valerie!)
In 1972 the Ballantine brand and distribution network (but not the brewery itself) were sold to Falstaff Brewing (which sold them to Pabst in 2005). The Falstaff website offers much more about the history of the brand, including its longtime association with the New York Yankees — a baseball connection after all.
Posted by: Dave Cook | May 18, 2010 at 03:25 PM