The Globe Dye Works compound is one of the finest industrial facilities in Philadelphia.

It 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.

GDG acquired the facility in December, 2007.