>I feel like only in places like Chicago could this have worked the original downtown of Seattle got moved up 1 floor: they didn't raise the buildings, they ra

>I feel like only in places like Chicago could this have worked the original downtown of Seattle got moved up 1 floor: they didn't raise the buildings, they raised the street, the old 2nd floors became first floors.* You can still visit the underground Seattle in some places. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Underground https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Underground * carefully worded to also work on European floor number systems.