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Old Chicago Stock Yards Bank Building Set To Be Transformed Into Premier Music Recording Complex
The Stock Yards Bank building was completed in 1925. It was constructed to resemble Independence Hall in Philadelphia.
February 27, 2025
A historic and long-abandoned building on the edge of the former Union Stock Yards site will soon be entering a new chapter.
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A proposal by the City of Chicago aims to transform the former Stock Yards Bank building, at 4150 S. Halsted St. at Exchange Avenue, into a state-of-the-art recording complex. It would be the first of its kind in the Midwest.
The Colonial Revival-style building was once a symbol of the thriving meatpacking district that largely defined Chicago's industry for more than a century. Now it is a relic — and some in the adjoining Canaryville neighborhood would call it an eyesore.
