A half century of Chicago building : a practical reference guide : all building laws and ordinances brought to date : historical, technical and statistical review of the construction and material development of America's inland metropolis (1910)
Jones, John H., Ald, Britten, Fred A · Chicago : [s.n.] · leaf 25
rs or privileges to cities, and had limited cities inthe amount of taxes they could raise, and the amountof money they could borrow. Just as the old city ofChicago encountered a financial panic at its birth, sothe new city was confronted by the panic of 1873.But fire and panic could not daunt the… … iion Chicago Historical Society CHICAGO IN I-LA.MES. October 9, 1871, the Great Fire broke out, andburned for three days. All but the outskirts of thegreat city that had been built at the head of LakeMichigan was devoured by flames. Over 1 7,000buildings were destroyed. But the faith in its…
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