Steve A.
8/12/2024
Got to visit this important part of Chicago history. It may only be the entrance but it's still quite impressive. The Union Stockyards was where most of the meat came from and got packaged. At the...
Union Stockyards
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850 W Exchange Ave
Chicago, IL 60609
The Union Stock Yard Gate in Chicago, designed by Burnham and Root in 1875, stands as the sole significant structural remnant of the historic Union Stock Yards. This National Historic Landmark serves as a poignant reminder of Chicago's past dominance in the meatpacking industry.
Restored in the 1970s, the limestone gate features a central arch flanked by smaller arches, with a bust of Sherman, a favorite bull of stockyard superintendent John D. Sherman, adorning the structure. The plaza surrounding the gate also houses a memorial statue honoring Chicago firefighters, paying tribute to those who lost their lives in the line of duty.
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Timothy M.
11/27/2006
What put Chicago's South Side on the map. Part of Chicago's gritty, glorious, and bloody legend. The old hotel stands abandoned on the corner of Halsted and Exchange. But you can imagine the...
Christina M.
7/8/2008
I also visited Sherman, the bull sitting on top of the grand arch introducing the Chicago Stockyards. Sherman stands for a prize-fighting bull that was named after John Sherman, one of the...
Peter M.
3/16/2012
Hog Butcher for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler; Stormy, husky, brawling, City of the Big Shoulders . . . Growing up on the...
Joan S.
4/15/2009
Five stars for being a Chicago historic landmark, and for being the place that almost made a vegetarian out of me for life. Warning: my review will be graphic. A previous reviewer described the...
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