South Side - The Back of the Yards For more than 100 years the Union Stockyards were the largest meat supplier in the world. Known as a destination for immigrants the are helped make Chicago known as the ‘Hog Butcher to the World.’ The place was made famous by Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle, which among other thing talked about the horrible work conditions and the predatory real estate practices in Chicago in the early 20th Century. Today the land is home to various factories but all the Stock Yards were closed before 1971. Today the neighborhood is still home to migrants from a variety of countries above all Mexico. #backoftheyards #love #power #wealth #southside # @noorimages #tedfellows #tedfellow