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>> FULTON MARKET IS HOME TO SOME

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OF THE TRENDIEST RESTAURANTS AND

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HIGHEST REFERENTS BUT THE

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HISTORY IS HARDLY NEW.

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GEOFFREY BAER TAKES US BACK IN

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THIS WEEK'S EDITION OF "ASK

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GEOFFREY".

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>> HELLO.

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>> THIS QUESTION COMES FROM

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RAY...

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>> WELL, AS YOU POINTED OUT,

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TODAY WE KNOW OF THAT WEST LOOP

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AREA FOR ALL THE HIGH-END

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RESTAURANTS, LOSTS AND CORPORATE

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HEADQUARTERS LIKE GOOGLE AND

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McDONALD'S IS THERE AND THIS

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IS A FAR CRY FROM THE AREA'S

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FORMER LIFE WHEN IT WAS AN

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INTEGRAL PART OF CHICAGO'S

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MEATPACKING INDUSTRY WHERE

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ANIMALS WERE PROCESSED AND SOLD

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WHOLESALE IN LARGE QUANTITIES.

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IN FACT, THE BUILDINGS THAT OUR

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QUESTION ASKER ONCE OWNED ARE

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THE OLDEST MEATPACKING

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BUILDINGS.

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ONCE HOME OF THE FULTON STREET

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MARKET COMPANY.

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THESE BUILDINGS ONCE HOUSED

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DOZENS OF MEAT WHOLESALERS.

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AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE

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ILLUSTRATION PUBLISHED SHORTLY

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AFTER THE BUILDING OPENED IN

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1887, THE COMPANIES SOLD DRESSED

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BEEF, HOGS AND VEAL.

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THEY SOLD THEIR WARES TO HOTELS,

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RESTAURANTS GROCERY STORES AND

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BUTCHERS AND IT WAS COMMON SOLD

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THE HIDES AS WELL.

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AND IT BOOMED IN THIS WEST LOOP

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AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW DECADES.

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SEVERAL DOZEN ADDITIONAL

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COMPANIES POPPED UP.

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LOOK AT THIS VIEW OF FULTON

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WHOLESALE BUILDINGS.

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THIS CAME FROM 1955.

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ORGANIZED CHAOS.

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IT WAS IN THESE BUILDINGS THAT

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OUR QUESTIONER'S FATHER WORKED

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AT WHAT WAS CALLED A STATIONARY

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ENGINEER.

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HE TOOK CARE OF THE BOILER IN

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THE BUILDING.

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HIS SON RAY JR. EVENTUALLY OWNED

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THE BUILDINGS INCLUDE THE ONES

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HIS FATHER WORKED IN AS AN

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ENGINEER.

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HE OWNED THEM FOR A FEW YEARS IN

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THE MID-1980s.

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>> HOW WAS FULTON MARKET RELATED

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TO THE STOCKYARDS ON THE SOUTH

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SIDE?

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>> THE STOCKYARDS WERE THE

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CENTER OF INDUSTRIAL SCALE

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MEATPACKING.

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BRING PORT, SOUTH BRANCH OF THE

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CHICAGO RIVER FAMOUS FOR MAKING

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CHICAGO HOG BUTCHER IN THE

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WORLD.

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SO FULTON MARKET UP ON THE NORTH

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SIDE WEST OF THE LOOP, WAS

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MOSTLY MADE UP OF SMALLER

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INDEPENDENT MEAT PACKERS AND

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WHOLESALERS.

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ALTHOUGH EARLY ON SOME OF THE

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MAJOR COMPANIES FROM THE

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STOCKYARD ARMOR AND SWIFT SETUP

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LOCATIONS ON FULTON STREET TO

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EXPAND THEIR DISTRIBUTION.

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THE AREA WAS A NATURAL FIT FOR

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THE COMPANIES BECAUSE JUST A FEW

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BLOCKS SOUTH OF FULTON IS

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RANDOLPH STREET.

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ONCE THE HOME TO A MASSIVE OPEN

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AIR PRODUCE MARKET THAT SUPPLIED

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MUCH OF CHICAGO'S FRESH FOOD.

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RANDOLPH STREET'S HISTORY AS A

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MARKET GOES BACK TO THE

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BEGINNINGS OF CHICAGO IN THE

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1850s.

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THE CITY BUILT A STRUCTURE

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CIRCLED IN RED CALLED THE WEST

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MARKET HALL WHICH WAS RIGHT IN

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THE MIDDLE OF RANDOLPH STREET AT

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DES PLAINES IN 1850 AND THAT

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SPAWNED A SPRAWLING WHOLESALE

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MARKET THAT ATTRACTED LOCAL

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FARMERS AND OTHER COMPANIES TO

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RANDOLPH STREET AND THAT LED TO

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THE CONSTRUCTION OF PERMANENT

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WHOLESALE BUILDINGS KNOWN AS

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THEY WERE CALLED COMMISSION

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HOUSES.

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AND LIKE ITS NEIGHBOR ON FULTON

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STREET MANY OF THOSE BUSINESSES

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ARE GONE.

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BUT THEY HAVE LEFT THEIR

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PERMANENT MARK ON THE

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NEIGHBORHOOD.

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THINK, IF YOU'VE BEEN DOWN TO

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RANDOLPH STREET, GOING TO

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RESTAURANTS LOOK HOW WIDE THAT

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IS.

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SO YOU WILL NOTICE IT'S VERY

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WIDE WITH EXPANDED LANES ON

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EITHER SIDE BECAUSE THE STREET

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WAS WIDENED SEVERAL TIMES AROUND

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THE TURN OF THE CENTURY TO

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ACCOMMODATE THE TRUCKS AND

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WAGONS THAT WERE FREQUENTING THE

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AVENUE NEW.

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>> AND TODAY MOST OF THE

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BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN REPURPOSED?

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>> ABSOLUTELY.

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STARTING IN THE 1980s AND

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90s, THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAW A

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HUGE INFLUX OF RESTAURANTS AND

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OTHER COMPANIES MOVING TO THE

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LOOP.

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MANY PEOPLE CITE OPRAH WINFREY'S

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HARPO STUDIOS MOVED TO RANDOLPH

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AND MAY STREETS AS THE START OF

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THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGE.

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SOME OF THE CITY'S TOP

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RESTAURANTS CAN BE FOUND ALONG

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RANDOLPH AND FULTON TODAY.

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AND THEN AS WE SAID BEFORE HUGE

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COMPANIES LIKE GOOGLE HAVE SETUP

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SHOP.

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AND McDONALD'S MOVED THEIR

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HEADQUARTERS TO THE FORMER SITE

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OF OPRAH WINFREY'S STUDIOS.

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THAT BUILDING WAS TORN DOWN AND

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THE HEADQUARTERS WAS BUILT.

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BUT THERE ARE STILL A FEW

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MEATPACKING COMPANIES AROUND.

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MANY OF THEM HAVE DOWNTOWN ROOTS

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IN THE AREA.

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AND PIONEER MEATPACKING COMPANY

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THEY PACK AND SELL LAMB, VEAL,

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POULTRY AND OTHER PRODUCTS.

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AND I HAVE TO GIVE A PLUG HERE

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WE WILL BE FEATURING THIS WEST

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LOOP AREA IN MY NEW UP COMING

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SHOW, CHICAGO BY L.

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WHICH IS GOING TO BE DEBUTING ON

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MARCH 4TH ON WTTW.

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>> WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO

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THAT.

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AND IT MAKES SENSE THAT THE

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COMMUNITY RESTAURANT ROW

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PROVIDING A LOT OF FOOD TO

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CHICAGOANS.

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>> RETAIL NOW.

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>> YES.

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THANK YOU GEOFFREY.