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There were no elevators — kegs were rolled down the stairs and passed hand to hand to the cheap seats, where 26,000 fans could pack in tight enough to shake the broadcast booth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe doors closed for good in 1994, and the wrecking ball came the next spring. The United Center rose across the street, but the roar it inherited started here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA piece of the Madhouse for the wall — understated enough for any room, specific enough to mean something to anyone who was there.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I Will Chicago","offers":[{"title":"30x45 cm \/ 12x18″ \/ No Frame","offer_id":44546370961459,"sku":null,"price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30x45 cm \/ 12x18″ \/ Black Wood Frame","offer_id":44546370994227,"sku":null,"price":59.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30x45 cm \/ 12x18″ \/ Natural Wood Frame","offer_id":44546371026995,"sku":null,"price":59.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30x45 cm \/ 12x18″ \/ Thin Black Metal Frame","offer_id":44546371059763,"sku":null,"price":61.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"40x60 cm \/ 16x24″ \/ No Frame","offer_id":44546371092531,"sku":null,"price":59.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"40x60 cm \/ 16x24″ \/ Black Wood Frame","offer_id":44546371125299,"sku":null,"price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"40x60 cm \/ 16x24″ \/ Natural Wood Frame","offer_id":44546371158067,"sku":null,"price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"40x60 cm \/ 16x24″ \/ Thin Black Metal Frame","offer_id":44546371190835,"sku":null,"price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60x90 cm \/ 24x36″ \/ No Frame","offer_id":44546371223603,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60x90 cm \/ 24x36″ \/ Black Wood Frame","offer_id":44546371256371,"sku":null,"price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60x90 cm \/ 24x36″ \/ Natural Wood Frame","offer_id":44546371289139,"sku":null,"price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60x90 cm \/ 24x36″ \/ Thin Black Metal Frame","offer_id":44546371321907,"sku":null,"price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/4319\/7235\/files\/chicago_stadium_v4.png?v=1784330755"},{"product_id":"union-stock-yards","title":"Union Stock Yards","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnion Stock Yards was the engine room of Chicago's South Side — 475 acres where the nation's cattle, hogs, and sheep arrived by the millions and left as the meat that fed a growing country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpened on Christmas Day 1865 at Exchange and Halsted, the Yards processed nearly 15 million head of livestock a year at their 1920s peak, earning Chicago the title Carl Sandburg gave it: Hog Butcher for the World. Upton Sinclair's \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle\u003c\/i\u003e exposed the conditions inside, and the reforms that followed reshaped American food safety. The limestone gate at Exchange Avenue watched generations of immigrant labor pass beneath it on their way to the killing floors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Yards closed in 1971 as the industry decentralized. 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