If you’ve got something to make, Globe Dye Works is the place to make it. A former yarn-dying factory, Globe Dye has been transformed into a community of artists, artisans and fabricators. Globe Dye has everything from 500 square-foot artist studios to 30,000+ square-foot production facilities. Located in the Frankford section of Philadelphia, Globe Dye Works is convenient to I-95, the SEPTA Elevated train and Center City.
Globe Dye Works. It’s where art meets industry. Contact us to see what we can do for you.
The Worth Building once hummed with proud factory workers, many of them women, operating rows and rows of textile winding machines. Today, The Worth Building houses artist and artisan studios, as well as offices and showrooms. Four stories tall, filled with light, and serviced by a freight elevator, the ground floor houses the main entry to Globe Dye and faces onto the former power plant and soon-to-be event space. The second and third floors have concrete floors and ceilings and are divided up into studios/office of 500 sq. ft and larger. The second floor is currently full, but a few studios are still available on the third floor. The fourth floor, with its end-grain wood floor and windows on all four sides, is currently available in its entirety.
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The former powerplant is currently being converted into a unique and dramatic space that when completed will be able to host events large and small. The space will have a catering kitchen, and event planners can tap into our tenant list that includes specialty food producers, a hard cider maker, photographers, a florist, and a promotions / public relations firm, etc.
The original office for Globe Dye Works is now home to artists and artisan food manufacturing. There are no vacancies in The Office at this time. Please contact us for alternative spaces.
The oldest buildings in the complex, Kinsey 1 and 2 date back to the late 1800's. They have brick walls, and wooden floors and ceilings. Empty today, these buildings will house live/work spaces. Stay tuned for progress.
The Torresdale buildings, with their soaring single story spaces, butterfly roofs trusses and clerestory windows, feel like industrial cathedrals. These buildings range from 3,000 to 5,000 sq, ft., most have overhead cranes, and all have direct vehicle access to Torresdale Ave. If you're thinking big, these are the spaces for you.
At 7,000 sq. ft. this is the largest of the single story Torresdale Buildings. It once housed the enormous stainless steel dying vessels, and still has the overhead crane used to maneuver those vessels in the dying process. Like the other Torresdale Buildings, it has very high ceilings, beautiful natural light through clerestory windows, and drive-in access from Torresdale Ave.
This is the largest of all the buildings with three floors at 9,000 sq. ft. per floor. It could be rented in its entirety, or sub-divided as needed. The first floor has drive-in access from Torresdale Ave. and off-street loading docks facing Worth St. The ground level is a concrete slab floor, and the second and third floors are heavy timber wood construction. There is a freight elevator serving the upper floors, with the third floor ceiling having beautiful clear-span roof trusses.
This fully renovated, stand-alone loft building, with its sandblasted brick walls and heavy wood floor beams and roof trusses is now home to the nonprofit Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory, as well as other artisans. The Long Shop faced Worth St and shares the off-street loading dock area with Building K next door This building is fully rented. Please contact us for other spaces.
The Globe Dye Works was established in 1865 along the Little Tacony Creek (now Torresdale Avenue) in Frankford. Over the years, the facility increased in number and size of buildings as each subsequent new section was built and integrated into the whole.
The company that sustained the buildings was an economic engine, churning out its product for 140 years. The Greenwood family ran the business, dyeing and winding yarn in the same buildings until 2005.
For a more detailed history of Globe Dye and Philadelphia's industrial history, please visit this site: Workshop of the World - Globe Dye Works
Proposed green roof & restored signage, Worth Building (Digsau Architecture)
Future exhibition space (courtesy Digsau Architecture)
Globe Development Group (GDG) has extensive experience in renovating and managing residential, commercial and industrial properties. In addition to Frankford, Globe partners have developed and manage properties in Fairmount, Fishtown, Kensington, Mount Airy and Northern Liberties.
We are dedicated to delivering quality, affordable spaces to our tenants while at the same time building a supportive community that fosters cooperation and success. GDG is also committed to employing sustainable building and business practices. For information on our other buildings, please contact Charlie Abdo: cabdo816@verizon.net
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“Globe Dye Works Confidential: Divergent Paths of Two Founding Families”
Screening of Sweeping Changes a 2012 video on the history of Globe Dye Works by Cheryl Harper and Leslie Kaufman, followed by a presentation by Cheryl Harper, curator of the recent exhibition, Catagenesis at Globe Dye Works.
Place: Frankford Historical Society, 1507 Orthodox St Philadelphia, PA 19124
Date: Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Time: 7:30 PM
Amidst all the gunplay, some shots of sets and structure of Globe Dye in this “Dead Man Down” trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wko74FiqlOA
And while we’re at it, a promo for NBC’s “Do No Harm”, which filmed at Globe Dye recently:
Welcome to our new tenants:
Birchtree Caterers in Kinsey Building
http://www.birchtreecatering.com
Luxury Brokers LTD in K Building
http://www.lbilimited.com
Marcus Benavides and Ken Derrengowski in the Office
http://www.marcusbenavides.net
http://www.derengowski.com
