2023.11.10 A single remnant of the Back of the Yards meatpacking past. A classic and must-see Chicago landmark, The Union Stock Yard Gate is located on Chicago's
Read More2023.9.23 Union Stock Yards Gate. c. 1901-1907. Exchange Aveue at Peoria Street, Chicago. The Union Stock Yard Gate features prominently in Upton Sinclair’s 1906 novel, The Jungle, which offered social criticism
Read MoreThe Union Stock Yard Gate, located on Exchange Avenue at Peoria Street, was the entrance to the famous Union Stock Yards in Chicago. The gate was probably designed by John Wellborn Root of Burnham and Root
Read MoreAt one time sprawling over 475 acres, the Union Stock Yards thrived for a century, until its closing in 1971. This rugged limestone gate, which marked the entrance to the
Read More2023.5.15 The Union Stock Yard Gate, located on Exchange Avenue at Peoria Street, was the entrance to the famous Union Stock Yards in Chicago. The gate was
Read MoreThe Union Stock Yard Gate is located on Chicago's South Side, on a plaza in the center of Exchange Avenue at its junction with Peoria Street. This position marked the principal
Read MoreThe Union Stock Yard Gate, located on Exchange Avenue at Peoria Street, was the entrance to the famous Union Stock Yards in Chicago. The gate was designed by John
Read More2023.4.25 The Union Stock Yard Gate, located on Exchange Avenue at Peoria Street, was the entrance to the famous Union Stock Yards in Chicago. The gate was
Read MoreThe Union Stock Yard Gate, located on Exchange Avenue at Peoria Street, was the entrance to the famous Union Stock Yards in Chicago. The gate was probably designed by John Wellborn Root of Burnham and Root
Read More2021.10.29 Unidentified group of men walking away from the Union Stock Yards Gate. Image of an unidentified group of men walking away from the Union Stock Yards Gate at 850 West Exchange Avenue in the New
Read More2023.5.15 来自旅行者的点评. 我记得芝加哥的 Union Stock Yards。. 在 1950 .代,我和我的朋友们曾经在 Comiskey 公园观看美国职业棒球大联盟的比赛。. 我们可以闻到附近的肉类加工厂散发出的气味,该加工厂在 1865 .至 1971 .间被称为“世界生猪屠宰场”。. 今天,只剩下 ...
Read More2023.10.30 Union Stock Yard Transit Co., ou « The Yards », fut le nom du quartier des abattoirs de la ville de Chicago et de l'entreprise spécialisée dans l'industrie de la viande qui lui donna son nom. Aménagés en 1865 sur un ancien terrain marécageux par des compagnies de chemin de fer, les Union Stock Yards occupèrent une grande partie de
Read More2023.4.22 Lunch Hour in Union Stock Yards, Chicago (NBY 428948).jpg 822 × 516; 96 KB No Known Restrictions Union Stockyards in Chicago, Illinois By Jack Delano, 1943 (LOC) (474177116).jpg 560 × 411; 187 KB Panoramic picture of Armour and Co.'s General Office, Union Stock Yards, Chicago LCCN2007663983.tif 4,631 × 695; 9.21 MB
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Read MoreThe Union Stock Yard Gate, located on Exchange Avenue at Peoria Street, was the entrance to the famous Union Stock Yards in Chicago. The gate was designed by Burnham and Root around 1875, and is the only significant structural element of the stock yards to survive. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1981. The plaza surrounding
Read More2023.10.31 Though the stock yards are long gone, the blue-collar character remains. The actual stock yards were located in the heart of New City between Ashland Ave and Halsted from Pershing Rd (39th St) to 47th St. Today the site is marked by the Union Stock Yard Gate and a large industrial park. The area surrounding the park is comprised of ...
Read MoreDuring that time, the Union Stock Yards became an integral part of the popular culture of Chicago's history. The gate, the eastern entrance to the Union Stock Yards, was designed in 1875 by architect James Wellborn Root and built in 1879. It is a limestone construction with a central arch flanked by two smaller arches.
Read More2015.4.30 The Chicago Union Stock Yards Fire started on December 22, 1910, destroying $400,000 of property and killing twenty-one firemen, including the Fire Marshal James J. Horan. Fifty engine companies and seven hook and ladder companies fought the fire until it was declared extinguished by Chief Seyferlich on December 23. [18] In 2004,
Read More2022.11.7 The Union Stock Yard Transit Co., or The Yards, was the meatpacking district in Chicago for more than a century, starting in 1865. The district was operated by a group of railroad companies that acquired swampland and turned it into a centralized processing area. By the 1890s, the railroad money b
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