WEBVTT 00:08.133 --> 00:14.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> FULTON MARKET IS HOME TO SOME 00:09.600 --> 00:16.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% OF THE TRENDIEST RESTAURANTS AND 00:11.900 --> 00:17.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% HIGHEST REFERENTS BUT THE 00:14.633 --> 00:19.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% HISTORY IS HARDLY NEW. 00:16.233 --> 00:20.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% GEOFFREY BAER TAKES US BACK IN 00:17.500 --> 00:21.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% THIS WEEK'S EDITION OF "ASK 00:19.900 --> 00:22.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% GEOFFREY". 00:20.900 --> 00:23.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% >> HELLO. 00:21.433 --> 00:23.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> THIS QUESTION COMES FROM 00:22.866 --> 00:23.933 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:15% RAY... 00:33.166 --> 00:39.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> WELL, AS YOU POINTED OUT, 00:34.666 --> 00:42.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% TODAY WE KNOW OF THAT WEST LOOP 00:36.633 --> 00:44.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% AREA FOR ALL THE HIGH-END 00:39.833 --> 00:45.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% RESTAURANTS, LOSTS AND CORPORATE 00:42.733 --> 00:47.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% HEADQUARTERS LIKE GOOGLE AND 00:44.166 --> 00:48.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% McDONALD'S IS THERE AND THIS 00:45.133 --> 00:50.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% IS A FAR CRY FROM THE AREA'S 00:47.066 --> 00:52.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% FORMER LIFE WHEN IT WAS AN 00:48.966 --> 00:54.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% INTEGRAL PART OF CHICAGO'S 00:50.966 --> 00:56.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% MEATPACKING INDUSTRY WHERE 00:52.033 --> 01:00.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% ANIMALS WERE PROCESSED AND SOLD 00:54.666 --> 01:02.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WHOLESALE IN LARGE QUANTITIES. 00:56.400 --> 01:07.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% IN FACT, THE BUILDINGS THAT OUR 01:00.433 --> 01:07.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% QUESTION ASKER ONCE OWNED ARE 01:02.600 --> 01:12.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% THE OLDEST MEATPACKING 01:07.333 --> 01:13.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% BUILDINGS. 01:07.700 --> 01:16.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ONCE HOME OF THE FULTON STREET 01:12.333 --> 01:18.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% MARKET COMPANY. 01:13.866 --> 01:20.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% THESE BUILDINGS ONCE HOUSED 01:16.366 --> 01:22.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% DOZENS OF MEAT WHOLESALERS. 01:18.300 --> 01:24.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE 01:20.833 --> 01:27.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ILLUSTRATION PUBLISHED SHORTLY 01:22.033 --> 01:29.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AFTER THE BUILDING OPENED IN 01:24.266 --> 01:33.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% 1887, THE COMPANIES SOLD DRESSED 01:27.400 --> 01:34.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% BEEF, HOGS AND VEAL. 01:29.066 --> 01:40.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THEY SOLD THEIR WARES TO HOTELS, 01:33.200 --> 01:41.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% RESTAURANTS GROCERY STORES AND 01:34.500 --> 01:43.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% BUTCHERS AND IT WAS COMMON SOLD 01:40.100 --> 01:45.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% THE HIDES AS WELL. 01:41.433 --> 01:47.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND IT BOOMED IN THIS WEST LOOP 01:43.533 --> 01:48.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW DECADES. 01:45.666 --> 01:51.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% SEVERAL DOZEN ADDITIONAL 01:47.533 --> 01:52.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% COMPANIES POPPED UP. 01:48.466 --> 01:56.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% LOOK AT THIS VIEW OF FULTON 01:51.233 --> 01:57.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% WHOLESALE BUILDINGS. 01:52.266 --> 02:00.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% THIS CAME FROM 1955. 01:56.300 --> 02:03.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% ORGANIZED CHAOS. 01:57.833 --> 02:05.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% IT WAS IN THESE BUILDINGS THAT 02:00.866 --> 02:06.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% OUR QUESTIONER'S FATHER WORKED 02:03.733 --> 02:08.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AT WHAT WAS CALLED A STATIONARY 02:05.800 --> 02:10.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% ENGINEER. 02:06.166 --> 02:12.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% HE TOOK CARE OF THE BOILER IN 02:08.200 --> 02:16.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% THE BUILDING. 02:10.000 --> 02:18.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% HIS SON RAY JR. EVENTUALLY OWNED 02:12.566 --> 02:19.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE BUILDINGS INCLUDE THE ONES 02:16.933 --> 02:22.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% HIS FATHER WORKED IN AS AN 02:18.733 --> 02:23.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% ENGINEER. 02:19.100 --> 02:26.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% HE OWNED THEM FOR A FEW YEARS IN 02:22.333 --> 02:28.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% THE MID-1980s. 02:23.833 --> 02:29.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> HOW WAS FULTON MARKET RELATED 02:26.300 --> 02:31.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% TO THE STOCKYARDS ON THE SOUTH 02:28.033 --> 02:33.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% SIDE? 02:29.033 --> 02:34.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> THE STOCKYARDS WERE THE 02:31.100 --> 02:36.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% CENTER OF INDUSTRIAL SCALE 02:33.733 --> 02:39.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% MEATPACKING. 02:34.133 --> 02:41.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% BRING PORT, SOUTH BRANCH OF THE 02:36.500 --> 02:41.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% CHICAGO RIVER FAMOUS FOR MAKING 02:39.100 --> 02:44.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% CHICAGO HOG BUTCHER IN THE 02:41.133 --> 02:46.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% WORLD. 02:41.766 --> 02:48.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% SO FULTON MARKET UP ON THE NORTH 02:44.100 --> 02:50.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% SIDE WEST OF THE LOOP, WAS 02:46.066 --> 02:50.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% MOSTLY MADE UP OF SMALLER 02:48.200 --> 02:52.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% INDEPENDENT MEAT PACKERS AND 02:50.466 --> 02:54.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% WHOLESALERS. 02:50.866 --> 02:56.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ALTHOUGH EARLY ON SOME OF THE 02:52.466 --> 02:58.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% MAJOR COMPANIES FROM THE 02:54.533 --> 02:59.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% STOCKYARD ARMOR AND SWIFT SETUP 02:56.600 --> 03:01.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% LOCATIONS ON FULTON STREET TO 02:58.766 --> 03:03.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% EXPAND THEIR DISTRIBUTION. 02:59.966 --> 03:06.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THE AREA WAS A NATURAL FIT FOR 03:01.766 --> 03:06.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THE COMPANIES BECAUSE JUST A FEW 03:03.700 --> 03:09.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% BLOCKS SOUTH OF FULTON IS 03:06.266 --> 03:11.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% RANDOLPH STREET. 03:06.866 --> 03:14.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% ONCE THE HOME TO A MASSIVE OPEN 03:09.366 --> 03:16.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AIR PRODUCE MARKET THAT SUPPLIED 03:11.800 --> 03:17.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% MUCH OF CHICAGO'S FRESH FOOD. 03:14.666 --> 03:19.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% RANDOLPH STREET'S HISTORY AS A 03:16.266 --> 03:19.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% MARKET GOES BACK TO THE 03:17.400 --> 03:21.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% BEGINNINGS OF CHICAGO IN THE 03:19.000 --> 03:23.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% 1850s. 03:19.400 --> 03:25.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THE CITY BUILT A STRUCTURE 03:21.500 --> 03:28.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% CIRCLED IN RED CALLED THE WEST 03:23.200 --> 03:31.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% MARKET HALL WHICH WAS RIGHT IN 03:25.000 --> 03:33.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THE MIDDLE OF RANDOLPH STREET AT 03:28.566 --> 03:34.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% DES PLAINES IN 1850 AND THAT 03:31.300 --> 03:36.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% SPAWNED A SPRAWLING WHOLESALE 03:33.000 --> 03:37.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% MARKET THAT ATTRACTED LOCAL 03:34.733 --> 03:40.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% FARMERS AND OTHER COMPANIES TO 03:36.666 --> 03:42.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% RANDOLPH STREET AND THAT LED TO 03:37.766 --> 03:44.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THE CONSTRUCTION OF PERMANENT 03:40.266 --> 03:44.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% WHOLESALE BUILDINGS KNOWN AS 03:42.366 --> 03:47.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% THEY WERE CALLED COMMISSION 03:44.566 --> 03:48.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% HOUSES. 03:44.900 --> 03:49.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND LIKE ITS NEIGHBOR ON FULTON 03:47.133 --> 03:50.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% STREET MANY OF THOSE BUSINESSES 03:48.500 --> 03:51.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% ARE GONE. 03:49.333 --> 03:52.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% BUT THEY HAVE LEFT THEIR 03:50.566 --> 03:54.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% PERMANENT MARK ON THE 03:51.866 --> 03:56.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% NEIGHBORHOOD. 03:52.300 --> 03:57.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THINK, IF YOU'VE BEEN DOWN TO 03:54.200 --> 03:58.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% RANDOLPH STREET, GOING TO 03:56.100 --> 04:00.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% RESTAURANTS LOOK HOW WIDE THAT 03:57.900 --> 04:02.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:7.5% IS. 03:58.466 --> 04:04.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% SO YOU WILL NOTICE IT'S VERY 04:00.966 --> 04:06.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% WIDE WITH EXPANDED LANES ON 04:02.700 --> 04:09.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% EITHER SIDE BECAUSE THE STREET 04:04.266 --> 04:11.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WAS WIDENED SEVERAL TIMES AROUND 04:06.000 --> 04:14.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THE TURN OF THE CENTURY TO 04:09.933 --> 04:17.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% ACCOMMODATE THE TRUCKS AND 04:11.566 --> 04:18.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WAGONS THAT WERE FREQUENTING THE 04:14.933 --> 04:20.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% WHOLESALE WAREHOUSES TO OGDEN 04:17.800 --> 04:23.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% AVENUE NEW. 04:18.933 --> 04:23.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% >> AND TODAY MOST OF THE 04:20.600 --> 04:25.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN REPURPOSED? 04:23.200 --> 04:27.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% >> ABSOLUTELY. 04:23.700 --> 04:30.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% STARTING IN THE 1980s AND 04:25.700 --> 04:31.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% 90s, THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAW A 04:27.200 --> 04:32.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% HUGE INFLUX OF RESTAURANTS AND 04:30.166 --> 04:36.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% OTHER COMPANIES MOVING TO THE 04:31.533 --> 04:38.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% LOOP. 04:32.933 --> 04:40.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% MANY PEOPLE CITE OPRAH WINFREY'S 04:36.300 --> 04:42.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% HARPO STUDIOS MOVED TO RANDOLPH 04:38.866 --> 04:45.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND MAY STREETS AS THE START OF 04:40.800 --> 04:47.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGE. 04:42.533 --> 04:48.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% SOME OF THE CITY'S TOP 04:45.400 --> 04:51.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% RESTAURANTS CAN BE FOUND ALONG 04:47.000 --> 04:53.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% RANDOLPH AND FULTON TODAY. 04:48.366 --> 04:53.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND THEN AS WE SAID BEFORE HUGE 04:51.166 --> 04:55.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% COMPANIES LIKE GOOGLE HAVE SETUP 04:53.333 --> 04:57.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% SHOP. 04:53.666 --> 04:59.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% AND McDONALD'S MOVED THEIR 04:55.200 --> 05:02.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% HEADQUARTERS TO THE FORMER SITE 04:57.233 --> 05:04.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% OF OPRAH WINFREY'S STUDIOS. 04:59.833 --> 05:07.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THAT BUILDING WAS TORN DOWN AND 05:02.933 --> 05:08.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% THE HEADQUARTERS WAS BUILT. 05:04.433 --> 05:11.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% BUT THERE ARE STILL A FEW 05:07.200 --> 05:12.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% MEATPACKING COMPANIES AROUND. 05:08.366 --> 05:15.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% MANY OF THEM HAVE DOWNTOWN ROOTS 05:11.200 --> 05:18.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% IN THE AREA. 05:12.600 --> 05:19.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND PIONEER MEATPACKING COMPANY 05:15.466 --> 05:22.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THEY PACK AND SELL LAMB, VEAL, 05:18.600 --> 05:25.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% POULTRY AND OTHER PRODUCTS. 05:19.800 --> 05:27.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AND I HAVE TO GIVE A PLUG HERE 05:22.100 --> 05:29.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WE WILL BE FEATURING THIS WEST 05:25.000 --> 05:31.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% LOOP AREA IN MY NEW UP COMING 05:27.733 --> 05:32.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% SHOW, CHICAGO BY L. 05:29.066 --> 05:34.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WHICH IS GOING TO BE DEBUTING ON 05:31.366 --> 05:34.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% MARCH 4TH ON WTTW. 05:32.666 --> 05:36.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO 05:34.266 --> 05:37.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% THAT. 05:34.566 --> 05:40.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% AND IT MAKES SENSE THAT THE 05:36.666 --> 05:40.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% COMMUNITY RESTAURANT ROW 05:37.900 --> 05:42.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% PROVIDING A LOT OF FOOD TO 05:40.566 --> 05:42.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% CHICAGOANS. 05:40.966 --> 05:43.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% >> RETAIL NOW. 05:42.066 --> 05:44.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% >> YES. 05:42.466 --> 05:46.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% THANK YOU GEOFFREY.