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Agree whole heartedly. When I visit Chicago, I get the distinct sense that things were done deliberately, with beautiful architecture to boot. I suspect it ha
by gxs 10y ago
Agree whole heartedly.
When I visit Chicago, I get the distinct sense that things were done deliberately, with beautiful architecture to boot.
I suspect it has to do with the fact that the city burned down and they got a redo - twice.
- pessimizer 10y agoFirst plan, 40 years before the fire: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thompson_Chicago_plat_1830.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thompson_Chicago_pla... Brennan's street numbering and naming reform: https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/the-unsung-hero-of-urban-planning-who-made-it-easy-to-get-around-chicago/43dcf0ab-6c2b-49c3-9ccf-08a52b5d325a https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/the-unsung-hero-of-urba... The Burnham Plan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnham_Plan_of_Chicago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnham_Plan_of_Chicago The U of C "community area" divisions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_areas_in_Chicago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_areas_in_Chicago edit: I generally think of other cities as places where people put their garbage in the street and streets turn back on themselves.
- dghughes 10y agoAnd lifted up 6 feet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_of_Chicago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_of_Chicago
- jandrese 10y agoAt first I read that article going "No way, that's crazy", then it gets to the part about moving all of the wood framed structures out of town and my mind was blown. That had to be staggeringly expensive.
- krallja 10y agoChicago also made its river run backwards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_River#Reversing_the_flow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_River#Reversing_the_fl...
- selectodude 10y agoChicago has one of the craziest histories of any city in the last 150 years that I can think of.