Chicago Poetry Tour Podcast

Stock Yard Gate

Episode Summary

Union Stock Yard Gate is all that remains of the mile-wide livestock market that provided Carl Sandburg with his famous epithet for Chicago, “Hog Butcher for the World.” Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.

Episode Notes

Union Stock Yard Gate is all that remains of the mile-wide livestock market that provided Carl Sandburg with his famous epithet for Chicago, “Hog Butcher for the World.”

Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.