The Entire History of CHICAGO in 30 Minutes | How FIRE Built a MEGACITY

The Entire History of CHICAGO in 30 Minutes | How FIRE Built a MEGACITY How did a freezing wild-onion marsh—jacked twelve feet into the air with screw jacks, burned to ashes in 1871, and bold enough to force a river to flow backward—become one of the world's greatest architectural capitals? In this 30-minute 2K historical documentary, we travel across eight eras of Chicago history—from Jean Baptiste Point du Sable's 1779 trading post and the 1848 canal boom to the invention of the first steel skyscraper, the 1893 World's Fair, the reversal of the Chicago River, the Great Migration, the supertall Willis Tower, and Millennium Park. CHAPTERS: 00:00 - PROLOGUE: THE CITY THAT REFUSED TO OBEY NATURE 01:00 - CHAPTER I: SHIKAAKWA — THE WILD ONION PORTAGE (PRE-1779) 01:42 - CHAPTER II: JEAN BAPTISTE POINT DU SABLE (1780s) 02:19 - CHAPTER I: JEAN BAPTISTE POINT DU SABLE (1779) 02:59 - CHAPTER II: FORT DEARBORN & THE FRONTIER OUTPOST (1803-1833) 03:33 - CHAPTER III: THE ILLINOIS & MICHIGAN CANAL (1848) 04:08 - CHAPTER II: THE CANAL THAT TRIGGERED AN EXPLOSION (1836-1848) 04:44 - CHAPTER III: RAILROAD CAPITAL OF NORTH AMERICA (1850s) 05:23 - CHAPTER IV: THE OLD WATER TOWER SURVIVOR (1869) 05:52 - CHAPTER III: RAISING AN ENTIRE CITY OUT OF THE MUD (1856-1865) 06:36 - CHAPTER IV: THE BALLOON-FRAME BOOM & WOODEN STREETS (1860s) 07:14 - CHAPTER V: MONTGOMERY WARD & THE LAKEFRONT BATTLE (1872) 07:44 - CHAPTER IV: OCTOBER 8, 1871 — THE NIGHT CHICAGO BURNED 08:26 - CHAPTER V: THE GREAT REBUILDING & GLOBAL SOLIDARITY (1871-1875) 09:04 - CHAPTER V: INVENTING THE WORLD'S FIRST SKYSCRAPER (1885) 09:39 - CHAPTER VI: ADLER, SULLIVAN & THE AUDITORIUM BUILDING (1889) 10:07 - CHAPTER VI: THE CHICAGO SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE (1885-1900) 10:42 - CHAPTER VI: THE UNION STOCK YARDS — FEEDING A NATION (1865-1930s) 11:18 - CHAPTER VI: THE ELEVATED 'L' TRAINS & THE LOOP (1892-1897) 11:51 - CHAPTER VI: PULLMAN — AMERICA'S FIRST MODEL COMPANY TOWN (1880) 12:20 - CHAPTER VII: THE WHITE CITY — 1893 WORLD'S FAIR 12:59 - CHAPTER VII: THE CULTURAL CENTER & TIFFANY DOME (1897) 13:25 - CHAPTER VII: REVERSING THE CHICAGO RIVER (1900) 14:06 - CHAPTER VIII: BURNHAM'S 1909 PLAN & GRANT PARK 14:45 - CHAPTER VIII: JANE ADDAMS & HULL HOUSE (1889) 15:16 - CHAPTER VIII: MAIL-ORDER EMPIRES & DEPARTMENT STORES (1880s-1920s) 15:48 - CHAPTER VIII: THE STEEL BASCULE BRIDGES OVER THE RIVER (1902-1930s) 16:19 - CHAPTER VIII: THE FAMOUS BASCULE BRIDGES (1902–1930s) 16:46 - CHAPTER IX: THE GREAT MIGRATION & BRONZEVILLE RENAISSANCE (1915-1940) 17:26 - CHAPTER IX: THE ROARING TWENTIES & MICHIGAN AVENUE (1920-1930) 18:00 - CHAPTER IX: LOWER WACKER DRIVE — THE TWO-STORY DOWNTOWN (1926) 18:28 - CHAPTER X: THE PROHIBITION YEARS & CIVIC REFORM (1920-1933) 19:07 - CHAPTER X: 1933 — CENTURY OF PROGRESS & NEON SCIENCE 19:44 - CHAPTER X: CHICAGO RADIO, BLUES & CHESS RECORDS (1940s-1950s) 20:13 - CHAPTER X: O'HARE — CROSSROADS OF THE JET AGE (1955) 20:39 - CHAPTER XI: WARTIME INDUSTRY & O'HARE AVIATION HUB (1940-1960) 21:16 - CHAPTER XI: CHICAGO'S SKYLINE OF ART — PICASSO, CHAGALL & CALDER (1967) 21:49 - CHAPTER XI: MIES VAN DER ROHE & THE GLASS SKYLINE (1950-1970) 22:16 - CHAPTER XI: THE DEEP TUNNEL PROJECT — CATCHING STORMS UNDERGROUND (1975) 22:50 - CHAPTER XI: SCIENCE & DISCOVERY ON THE PRAIRIE (1942–1967) 23:13 - CHAPTER XII: THE ERA OF SUPERTALLS — HANCOCK & SEARS TOWER (1969-1973) 23:53 - CHAPTER XII: THE GREAT CHICAGO FLOOD OF 1992 — UNDERGROUND MYSTERY 24:28 - CHAPTER XII: IMPROV COMEDY, SPORTS & CULTURAL ICONS (1959-1990s) 25:00 - CHAPTER XII: ARCHITECTURE BOAT TOURS & THE SKYSCRAPER CLASSROOM 25:28 - CHAPTER XIII: THE CHICAGO RIVERWALK TRANSFORMATION (2015) 25:55 - CHAPTER XIII: MILLENNIUM PARK & THE CLOUD GATE MIRACLE (2004) 26:32 - CHAPTER XIII: THE BLOOMINGDALE TRAIL — THE 606 ELEVATED PARK (2015) 27:00 - CHAPTER XIII: THE CHICAGO RIVERWALK & GREEN REVIVAL (2015-TODAY) 27:31 - CHAPTER XIII: ST. REGIS, AQUA & THE NEXT GENERATION OF TOWERS 27:55 - CHAPTER XIV: NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE WINDY CITY (TODAY) 28:23 - EPILOGUE: THE CITY OF BIG SHOULDERS 28:54 - HISTORICAL SOURCES & OFFICIAL ARCHIVES HISTORICAL SOURCES & OFFICIAL ARCHIVES: - Library of Congress (Geography & Map Division / Prints & Photographs) - Chicago History Museum & Newberry Library Archives - Chicago Architecture Center & Encyclopedia of Chicago - U.S. National Archives (NARA) #Chicago #ChicagoHistory #AmericanHistory #Architecture #Documentary #Skyscrapers