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frazzled

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1. Very cool
Wed Aug 21, 2013, 12:53 AM
Aug 2013

And cool to see that, for the most part, all these buildings and vistas are still intact (just filled in with far more examples of great American architecture). Of course, the Chicago River was flowing toward the Lake back then: that's one difference!

Thanks for posting.

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Chicago in 1948! [View all] murielm99 Aug 2013 OP
Very cool frazzled Aug 2013 #1
reversed the river in 1900 mopinko Aug 2013 #6
You're right ... but I could swear frazzled Aug 2013 #7
unsynced frame speeds is all. mopinko Aug 2013 #8
That was FANTASTIC--thanks for posting it!!! MADem Aug 2013 #2
I was there that year. Downwinder Aug 2013 #3
That Was The Year I Was Born...... global1 Aug 2013 #4
That's the year I was born, too. murielm99 Aug 2013 #5
It IS cleaner. ChazInAz Aug 2013 #9
very cool thanks ! nt steve2470 Oct 2013 #10
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