The Great Chicago Fire and the Gilded Age
Chicago Architecture Crash Course 12-Week Series
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34m
Join the third installment of our Architecture Crash Course series to learn about the most famous event in Chicago's history: the Great Chicago Fire. We'll recount how the conflagration destroyed the "First City" of Chicago and examine the ambitious architecture which replaced it in Gilded Age Chicago.
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