“First in violence, deepest in dirt; loud, lawless, unlovely, ill-smelling, irreverent, new; an overgrown gawk of a village,” – Journalist Lincoln Steffens on Chicago in 1903.
The following map shows the Chicago ‘Central Business Section’ as it appeared in 1918, coincidentally during the Spanish Flu outbreak.
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For an enlightening description of Chicago’s experience during the Spanish Flu, read here. As they say, there is nothing new under the Sun.
http://thesoundingline.com/map-chicago-in-1918/
Realist - Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -- hardihood. Give them raw truth.
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