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How many cities have been raised like this? I was shocked when I found out Seattle's streets were raised, but not the buildings, which led to the Seattle Under
by azhenley 8y ago
How many cities have been raised like this?
I was shocked when I found out Seattle's streets were raised, but not the buildings, which led to the Seattle Underground [1]. If you tour it, you can see the original first floor of buildings while you're under the roads.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Underground https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Underground
- rpeden 8y agoGalveston is another well known instance of this. After much of the city was destroyed by a hurricane storm surge in 1900, it was raised quite significantly. There's a good read about it here: https://texashillcountry.com/raising-galveston-storm-1900/ https://texashillcountry.com/raising-galveston-storm-1900/
- djsumdog 8y agoChattanooga was too. I have a feeling this was pretty common in response to river flooding and implementing sewage lines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Chattanooga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Chattanooga Although in Chattanooga, I don't think any buildings there were raised. I think they just covered up their first floors. If you work in a building with an underground connector to another build, you'll still see old bricked up door frames to where the streets use to be and halves of windows on the floor.
- mlinksva 8y agoSacramento, after 1861-2 floods.
- js2 8y agoThere’s an underground shopping district in Atlanta but it’s history is a bit different. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Atlanta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Atlanta
- solarkraft 8y agoGeneral raising of streets is not that rare. Churches that are lower than the surroundings are good indicators in Europe.
- justinator 8y agoParis is built upon former Parises. Every once in awhile a giant sinkhole opens up unexpectantly to reveal a previos version. I can't remember if this aided in the construction of the Métro or Paris's mail system (ruuuubes! A series of them!) but it might have.
- bmurphy1976 8y agoAdd portions of Hot Springs Arkansas to the list.