Monday, March 31, 2014

Will Robert De Niro ruin Chicago's meatpacking district?

Photo from Crain's Chicago Business
By: Ryan Ori | March 31, 2014 | Crain's Chicago Business

During the 1996 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, the city placed flower boxes along streets in the meatpacking district on the Near West Side. To many of the wholesalers who loaded trucks with raw meat, seafood and produce, the beautification effort came across as putting lipstick on a pig—or on hog butchers. Read More...

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