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Very Cool: Aerial Video of Chicago in 1914


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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 30, 2017 -> 12:12 PM)
Thanks for sharing this. It is one of the absolute coolest things I have seen in a long time.

 

Right? I have a Chicago Then and Now book, but there is something about this video and the span of the city the aerial view provides that provides much more perspective. Feels so much more like you can "feel" the city.

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QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 30, 2017 -> 01:52 PM)
Right? I have a Chicago Then and Now book, but there is something about this video and the span of the city the aerial view provides that provides much more perspective. Feels so much more like you can "feel" the city.

 

Absolutely. I was amazed at how much open and greenspace there was all over the place. I did recognize a few buildings in what is now the financial district and south loop, plus some of the stuff around the U of C, but I loved the buildings in general.

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QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 30, 2017 -> 01:59 PM)
At 1:20 there is a great shot of an old Boston Store building and the updated version still showing the ghost sign of "boston store" that I want to go out and find now.

 

I was thinking the same thing. One thing that I like about leaving Chicago is when I come back I do the touristy things that I was "too cool" to do when I live there.

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