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And lifted up 6 feet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_of_Chicago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_of_Chicago

• jandrese 10y ago
  At 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 ago
    Chicago 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 ago
    Chicago has one of the craziest histories of any city in the last 150 years that I can think of.