October 17

Chicago seemed to flourish and expand before the fire torn it down and forced the city to start over. In the article it describes how Chicago built more of their suburbs towards the west of the city. The city was also very big because  of the seven railroads that intersected the city. This made it more accessible to people outside of Chicago. In class we looked at the population of Chicago over the years and at one point in time Chicago had more people than New York. The fire in Chicago destroyed much of the city if forced them to rebuild. I do believe that this freed Chicago because after the fire they didn't limit themselves to just building to certain locations but they expanded their region. They used more of their resources and it is shown in the map provide don the website.