Check Out What Chicago Looked Like In 1893
A view of downtown Chicago, from a map drawn in 1893. Credit: Big Map Blog
Want to see how much Chicago has changed since 1893? The folks over at Big Map Blog have scanned this incredible bird’s eye view of the city drawn by Peter Roy.
The blog lives up to its name by scanning maps at high resolution, so you can zoom in and see what was going on in your neighborhood 119 years ago.
(Not from Chicago? The Big Map Blog has lots of historic maps from around the Midwest.)