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  Map of the Rebuilt Downtown  
Map of the Rebuilt Downtown The New City
This map appeared in 1872 in New Chicago, which was published by the Chicago Times. The fine print just below the map reads, "In the above diagram only permanent structures are included. None of the shanties which disfigure the lake front, or any portion of the South Division's burnt district, are given. Wherever a building of brick, stone or iron has been completed, or even commenced, the area which it covers is shown in black, the white portion representing that portion of the South side's burnt section upon which no rebuilding has yet begun. As the great interest in the work of reconstruction centers in the South division, or great business heart of Chicago, the diagram presents only that portion of the city." Some landmarks noted on the map: (A) The Times Building; (B) Court-house Square; (C) Sherman House; (D) Michigan Central Depot; (E) Post Office; (F) Aiken's Theatre; (J) City and County Offices; (K) Old Custom House; (M) Potter Palmer's Hotel; (T) Gas works.


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The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory
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