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7 Things Under Chicago, by the Record: Raised Streets, a Freight-Tunnel Flood — and Tunnels 300 Feet Down
Seven things under Chicago, each traced to a named record: streets raised four to five feet on average in the 1850s, buildings lifted one owner at a time, a forgotten freight-tunnel network…
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