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
