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Submitted by Dan U-A on Tue, 09/09/2008 - 10:41am.
Was anyone aware that Chicago used to have wooden streets? And that those wooden streets were treated with flammable materials? 57 Miles of Flammable Wood Streets!, which all contributed to that fire way back when. (I am reading about dumb urban policies of the past for a class.)
That seems like an SNL skit gone awry.
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Philadelphia's Wooden Street
Dan:
Philadelphia has a street paved with wood blocks, Camac Street from Walnut to Locust streets. The Streets Department restored the block paved with wood a number of years ago.
Interesting. I will assume
Interesting. I will assume that as of today, they didn't soak it in creosote oil like Chicago...
Wood streets
As I understand it, wood streets were not at all uncommon in the days of horse-drawn carriages.
-Z
They weren't, until Chicago
They weren't, until Chicago burned down.