Conceptually, the words “Chicago, Wisconsin” are sure to baffle almost anyone reading them today. The idea that Illinois’s metropolis (and the nation’s third-largest city) could somehow be a part of the Dairy State seems laughable. Too bound to the long and sordid annals of Illinois politics, despite at times feeling a million miles away from […]
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Are cities the new countries?
In the old days, cities were fed by their hinterlands (food and inhabitants both). Now maybe they’re feeding each other.
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Chicago’s new geography, illustrated
The part of Burnham’s 1909 “Plan of Chicago†they don’t tell you about