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10 pages in length. Tragedy and uprising reflect the foundation upon which most cities move through the often painful struggle of progress. Chicago is no different in this respect and can even lay claim to some of the nation's most notable events of this type. While the Windy City has had her share of positive, uplifting reasons for growth, it has been her brushes with near defeat that has served to strengthen her resolve as a population and a metropolis that much more. Combined with the more positive trends that helped to shape her history, Chicago has long held the title of being a Mecca of multitude for all the things that make a city desirable. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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most notable events of this type. While the Windy City has had her share of positive, uplifting reasons for growth, it has been her brushes with near defeat that
has served to strengthen her resolve as a population and a metropolis that much more. Combined with the more positive trends that helped to shape her history, Chicago has
long held the title of being a Mecca of multitude for all the things that make a city desirable. "Chicago is a city of world-class status and unsurpassed beauty,
drawing visitors from around the nation and the globe. Located on the shores of Lake Michigan in the heart of the Midwest, Chicago is home to the blues, world-championship
sports teams, an internationally acclaimed symphony orchestra, spectacular live theater, celebrated architecture, thousands of restaurants, a galaxy of museums and an array of shopping!" (Door and Hardware Institute 37).
Ask any person young or old what comes to mind when they think of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, and more than
likely one will hear these words: The cow did it. But beyond the legend of how it started is the realization of what actually transpired over the three-day conflagration
and the resurrection that immediately followed. What transpired during the three days it took to fully extinguish the fire was nothing less than total and complete devastation - sheer
ruin for a city that was once a prospering community. The statistics were staggering for that era: 300 lives lost; 334,270 left homeless; 4 square miles utterly destroyed; 18,000
buildings flattened; and $200 million in property damage (Geier, 30). As fate would have it, untold numbers of lives could have been spared
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