So interesting, Mike! Similarly, here in Chicago, the old Hammond Organ factory has had a rebirth in the past few years as the home to artists spaces, printers, an amazing organ repair company, and Smashed Plastic, Chicago's own record pressing plant. MassMoCA, the modern art museum in North Adams, MA where Wilco puts on our Solid Sound festivals comes from the ashes of Sprague Electric company, an old electronics component manufacturer. It's so satisfying that these old revered spaces can continue forward. I think there's something to the notion of feeling the ghosts of past greatness and want to build on that.

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