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November 9, 1928 WI L ME T T E' L I p·s 53 · · · · CHICAGO HAS GROWN MORE ·IN 100 YEARS THAN PARIS IN 2,000 you· were to study the growth of every great city, you would find it had followed three distinct st~ges of evolution. First there is born the city. -Then follow a host of smaller outlying communities. Finally, with the continued growth of the city and outlying communities, the lines of separation disappear. That has happened in *Metropolitan Chicago. It is happening today. And it will continue to happen for generations to come, as you can plainly see by referring to the map of Metrop<)litan Chicago. As recendy as twenty yean ag~ Evanston and Oak Park were still "country suburbs". Today one cannot tell where Chicago leaves off and th~ communities begin. Edgewater, Rogers Park, W ilmett~, Austin, Cicero, Berwyn, Beverly Hills, Morgan Park, Blue Island, South Chicago are but a few of the many communities, isolated a relatively short time back, which have become fused into this expanding area of solid population · . in population And the gap between Chicago and the three other cities named is constantly growing smaller. What is the reaso'l ? There are many reasons. Chicago's central location - in the world's most prosperous nation -and in the heart of America's richest agricultural region- is one reason. J!. · · . t ·. P-: ·· Its unequalled transportation and communication facilities TOOm to lfOW. form other reasons. And its abundant nearby resources of All metropolitan centers grow this way. coa~ iron and other minerals have proved an irresistible incentive to industry. But no other modern metropolitan center Chicago has Teason to grc w. And it has has ever grown so large within so short Toom to grow. Professor J~ Paul Goode of a civic lifetime. Chicago is still an infant the University of Chicago speaks with metropolis of less than 100 years! London authority when he says, "SO far as anyone and Paris are more than 2,000 years old, at present can see, Chicago may well become Berlin nearly 900 and New York more the greatest city the world has ever known:than 3()0. Chicago already has passed Paris ,______.... This map shows tht gywt ann.s of outlyi'lC populatiotl radiating from Chicago alollg the main artme5 of t'ansporla.tion. Chic.ago is Cl lOU'll. cit,, with cWu1Ufa1lt ~ I I PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS Supt,lyitll ~ cmd Gas to 6,000 square mila, indwlitlg the Mmopolit4" Area into which Chwco is erowi'lg. ·.Meho,.olttaft Chlca1o tftclade~ tlaa· CU7 of Chlcaeo Aftd tlaa tcYt'ltOT7 witlalft SO to 75 milu of the Chtce~co Cit, He~ll