Fulton Market Walking Tour

REGISTRATION AVAILABLE BEGINNING AUGUST 16TH

Celebrate Labor Day weekend with a tour exploring labor & industrial history!

Chicago for Chicagoans is thrilled to announce a walking through the legendary Fulton Market District. Led by industrial historian and preservationist Erica Ruggiero, this adventure will awaken you to the magic of vintage industrial properties.

Beginning at the Morgan Green/Pink Line stop, we'll explore the history, architecture, and development of an area that spent generations providing Americans with pounds & pounds of fresh produce and processed meats. Discover stories of the city's first stockyard, its numerous 19th-century municipal market halls that bustled with activity, and infamous labor strikes that led to the 8-hour workday we all enjoy today. The tour will take you past dozens of historic, red-brick warehouse and manufacturing buildings that sprung up around Chicago's first railroad, and have remained hospitable enviornments to important businesses and industries for the last hundred years. After the tour, participants are encouraged to join the group for a locally-brewed beverage at District Brew Yards!

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To view our tour route maps, click here! Please note: routes are subject to change at any time.

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