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The article says the method traces to 1830s Chicago, but interestingly modern day Chicago doesn't look like that.
by wenc 8y ago
The article says the method traces to 1830s Chicago, but interestingly modern day Chicago doesn't look like that.
- 8bitsrule 8y agoFarther down, it mentions that the 1871 Chicago Fire resulted in a wood-construction ban "still partly in place". Britannica notes that "The [1871] slums became kindling for the downtown conflagration, where even the supposedly fireproof stone and brick buildings exploded in flames as the destruction swept northward." https://www.britannica.com/event/Chicago-fire-of-1871 https://www.britannica.com/event/Chicago-fire-of-1871