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Downtown Chicago

These are some of the skyscrapers along the Chicago River. The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 destroyed much of central Chicago which led to new fire resistant building codes and innovative building methods; this led to the invention of the steel-frame, high-rise building, the birth of the skyscraper.

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Uploaded on April 23, 2023
Taken on September 24, 2022