Cascade Linen Service, which supplied table napkins and tablecloths to restaurants citywide, called this modest red brick building at Myrtle and Marcy Avenues home from 1898-2010, but developers have had eyes on it for some time. The site was purchased for $27M in 2013, according to Curbed, and you would have to think that a high-rise rich-people storage unit will soon rise on the site, taking Cascade and its smokestacks with it.
Cascade is very well-known for its dishwasher detergent line, which it originated in 1953. It’s named for the Cascade mountain range in the Pacific Northwest; its logo, still seen on the Myrtle Avenue, contains a representation of the peaks.
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