Morgan Manufacturing
A West Loop Factory Wedding with a Steel Staircase Entrance
Morgan Manufacturing sits at Morgan and Kinzie in the West Loop, in a brick factory building that the venue says predates the Great Chicago Fire. The renovation kept what makes it feel like a factory: more than 32,000 square feet of exposed brick, timber ceilings and open ductwork, with a skylight over part of the main floor and a steel staircase climbing to the mezzanine. With seating for about 600 at dinner, it suits big guest lists as easily as a smaller wedding that wants room to spread out.
We planned Erin and Brock's wedding here on New Year's Day 2022, and every photo on this page is from their day. For the ceremony, white drapery softened the brick, and clear ghost chairs lined an aisle edged in greenery and floating candles, all under strings of bistro lights. At the front, a rusted steel panel strung with bulbs glowed against the wall. Dinner moved to long wood tables with greenery runners and candlelight. There was a charcuterie station, a table of family photos by the factory windows, and an Old Fashioned renamed the Brocktail. When it was time for the party, the two of them came down the steel staircase, which was lined with greenery and lit from beneath every step, and walked straight onto the dance floor.
Planning a Morgan Manufacturing Wedding
A single open floor gives you freedom, and it also means the design has to do the work that walls do in other venues. At Erin and Brock's wedding, drapery set the ceremony apart, and the long tables, the lounges and the family photo table each claimed their own corner. Decide early where the ceremony will sit. That one choice shapes how much the room has to change before dinner, and how long guests spend at cocktail hour while it does.
Most couples want the staircase entrance, and it's worth planning properly, with lighting under the treads and a cue in the timeline. Winter is a good season here. The factory windows go dark by late afternoon, and warm uplighting on the brick, plus more candles than you think you need, turns the room into something close to a supper club. The bar is in-house and catering comes from the venue's preferred list, so we start menu planning from those options.
For more industrial weddings we planned, see Kristin and Tyler at Bridgeport Art Center, Daisey and Ben at Revel Motor Row, or the timber-beamed lofts at Lacuna Lofts in Pilsen. Read about our Chicago wedding coordination, browse all of our Chicago wedding venues, or start a conversation with us.
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