▁imm igr ants ▁as ▁the ▁popular ity ▁of ▁the ▁World ' s ▁Columb ian ▁Ex position ▁of ▁ 1 8 9 3 . ▁The ▁steel ▁mill ▁became ▁U . S . ▁Ste el ▁South ▁Works ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 1 , ▁continu ing ▁to ▁attract ▁imm igr ants ▁from ▁Ireland , ▁Eastern ▁Europe , ▁Sc and in avia ▁and ▁Italy . ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁many ▁residents ▁called ▁the ▁n ortheast ▁section ▁of ▁South ▁Chicago ▁* " The ▁Bush " ▁and ▁worked ▁in ▁the ▁local ▁massive ▁steel ▁mill , ▁US ▁Ste el . ▁O thers ▁worked ▁in ▁neighbor ing ▁steel ▁mill s ▁such ▁as ▁Young st own ▁Ste el , ▁Republic ▁Ste el , ▁Beth le hem ▁Ste el , ▁and ▁La S alle ▁Ste el . ▁At ▁its ▁z en ith , ▁South ▁Chicago ▁helped ▁make ▁the ▁Chicago ▁metropol itan ▁area ▁the ▁leading ▁producer ▁of ▁steel ▁products ▁in ▁the ▁nation . ▁The ▁Will is ▁Tower ▁and ▁the ▁Han cock ▁Building ▁were ▁built ▁from ▁South ▁Chicago ▁steel . ▁ ▁The ▁em bers , ▁( graph ite ) ▁from ▁the ▁sm ok est acks ▁would ▁cause ▁the ▁cars ▁and ▁side wal ks ▁to ▁spark le ▁and ▁created ▁a ▁golden ▁g low ▁throughout ▁the ▁night . ▁So ft ball ▁and ▁bow ling ▁were ▁popular ▁past imes . ▁Lar ge ▁Polish ▁wed d ings ▁on ▁S atur days ▁were ▁also ▁a ▁common ▁sight . ▁ ▁Through out ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 1 0 s , ▁Mex icans ▁from ▁a ▁variety