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SignalHillHiker
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A few taken in the 1870s/80s here (from Memorial Archives), before the Great Fire, just to give you an idea how much shittier the photography equipment was here
Duckworth Street:
Water Street:
I think we did the opposite of most cities and rebuilt more with wood after the Great Fire than before it, which makes sense given our economic situation at the time and the need to rehouse all the homeless quickly.
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