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What is Chicago about?
The Chicago School of urban planning began in the late 18th century when the U.S. Congress mandated that new areas be divided into uniform grid squares for efficiency. Cities like New York and Chicago adopted this grid structure and saw rapid growth. By 1900, Chicago was home to over 1.7 million people and featured simple, quickly-built wooden balloon frame structures. Frequent fires in the 1870s led to a preference for fireproof brick construction over wood and experimentation with iron construction. Unlik
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