Nestled among warehouses in Chicago's meatpacking district, Moto opened in January 2004. The railroad and meatpacking industries recruited black workers. In Manhattan, the Hudson River flooded in the Meatpacking District. One such sector is Manhattan's Meatpacking District. Major strikes in the steel, coal, and meatpacking industries disrupted the economy in 1919. Among his many takeovers was the John Morrell & Co. meatpacking company. Another issue that modernizers tackled was sanitation in the meatpacking industry. One of the earliest industrial-scale processed foods was meatpacking. It lost both the railway and the meatpacking plant to Oklahoma City. The hotel is located within the Meatpacking District. During his high school years he worked at a meatpacking plant. By the 1950s, half the city's workforce was employed in meatpacking and processing. The second New York location is in the heart of the Meatpacking district. During his youth, he worked at a meatpacking plant. It was shared by eight people who worked at a meatpacking plant.