On April 13, 1992, an underground tunnel wall failed, causing dozens of office building basements to flood and forcing the evacuation of thousands of downtown office workers.
The day before New Year’s Eve in 1903, a tragedy befell the city of Chicago. In the brand-new, dazzling Iroquois Theater, as a packed crowd of mostly women and children watched the matinee performance of a musical, an arc light ignited a curtain backstage. Though initially unnoticed by the audience, the fire quickly spread. Chaos ensued over the next several minutes, and in
Flags are saluted, flown above public buildings, sewn into public employee’s uniforms even draped over coffins during funeral services. Given all that, a flag ought to be a good one.
This past week marked the 150th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 which killed some 300 people, incinerated 17,000 buildings, destroyed wide swaths of the city.