News From the Loft

Paola's Delights  Just opened up next door. We are in trouble. Their stuff is amazing. Stop in next time you are in the neighborhood.

Millennium Park reached out to us and asked us to inspect and perform maintenance on the messenger cable system holding the speakers over the Great Lawn. We spent the better part of a week in an 80ft boom truck tightening turnbuckles and inspecting the system.

Thanks to the City of Chicago Small Business Improvement Fund for helping us renovate the front of the shop. We were able to save the original cast iron window frames and columns from 1884 and restore the cornice per the original design. The shop is much brighter and inviting.            

Check back often. We are adding new sails daily. We have hundreds of crates of sails and we process more every week.

We just installed the latest banners for the Lyric Opera. These banners are designed and printed then sent to Sailbrite for trimming, sewing, and installation. Each banner utilizes sail luff tape sewn to both sides of the banner. They are hoisted in custom headsail tracks that are attached to decorative metal architectural elements on the front of the Civic Opera Building. This design allows the banners to withstand gale force winds and still look great.