The Historian · Nora · Chicago
Old Town & St. Michael's
They said if you can hear St. Michael's bells, you're in Old Town. The church survived the Fire; the crooked streets predate the grid.
A German 'Cabbage Patch' settlement whose St. Michael's church survived the Fire and defined the area's edge.
— Nora, The Historian
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