Please Note: There is no physical cache at the given coordinates. Rather, you will find the information there necessary to obtain the coordinates for the final cache.
PRESERVATION PARK
Welcome to Preservation Park!
This pocket park is located in the heart of “The Brewery,” the former Pabst Brewing Complex, at 925 W. Juneau Ave., and honors the legacy of the one-time brewing giant.
Since the abrupt closing of Pabst in 1996, the area has been largely redeveloped following a project started by the late Joseph Zilber in 2006.
According to an Urban Milwaukee article highlighting the opening of the park in November, 2017,
The park, designed by David Hill, is not very large. City records list it as 9,563 square-feet in size.
The key feature of the park is an 87-feet long, 12-foot wide walkway made of rusted Corten steel. A timeline of the Pabst Brewery, dating back to its origins as Best and Company, is cut into the panels and illuminated from underneath. The walkway runs along W. Juneau Ave.
Adding significant interest to the timeline are a series of memory boxes installed in the panels. The memory boxes are 12 inches deep and contain memorabilia from various periods in the timeline. A thick glass cover is flush with the steel panels, allowing visitors to safely walk on them.
Both the panels and memory boxes are slip resistant, a feature that was successfully tested as rain fell on the park’s unveiling.
An open grass area is behind the walkway and occupies a large amount of the park. Trees line the park’s border.
. . . Hill serves as the chair of Auburn University’s Landscape Architecture program in Auburn, Alabama. . . .
The Pabst Mansion and Milwaukee County Historical Society assisted in designing the timeline and curating the artifacts included in the park. . . . The park was paid for with contributions from Zilber and the city. . . . A deed restriction ensures that they are operated as public parks.
Jannene, J., Preservation Park Opens Downtown, Urban Milwaukee (Nov. 19, 2017).
TO FIND THE CACHE:
The timeline carved into the metal walkway will provide you the information necessary to calculate the final coordinates.
N4A BC.DEF W08G HI.JKL
A = The last digit of the year in which Prohibition ended.
B = The last digit of the year in which the 18th Amendment ushered in Prohibition.
C = The last digit of the year in which Best employees began tying a blue ribbon around the neck of every bottle of their Select beer.
D = The difference between the last digit of the year in which Pabst won the Supreme Award for lager beer at the World Columbian Exhibition and the second to last digit.
E = The penultimate digit of the year in which Phillip Best & Company became the largest brewer in Milwaukee.
F = The last digit of the year in which Captain Pabst died.
G = The last digit of the year in which Pabst first sold 17 million barrels.
H = The penultimate digit of year in which Pabst created a golden barrel in celebration of its 100 millionth barrel.
I = The sum of the last two digits of the year in which Pabst merged with Premier Malt Products of Peoria.
J = The last digit of the year in which Best became the largest brewery in America.
K = The penultimate digit of the year in which Frederick Pabst joined Phillip Best’s brewing company.
L = How many thousand barrels of beer Phillip Best & Company produced in 1859.
PERMISSION:
The parks at The Brewery are owned and maintained by the area Neighborhood Improvement District, which granted permission for this cache hide.