▁the ▁sur ge ▁of ▁artists ▁in ▁Har lem , ▁the ▁same ▁phenomen on ▁happened ▁in ▁Chicago ▁without ▁the ▁same ▁popular ity . ▁This ▁development ▁of ▁art ▁in ▁Chicago ▁came ▁from ▁similar ▁events ▁similar ▁to ▁what ▁happened ▁in ▁Har lem , ▁“ the ▁in flow ▁of ▁black ▁southern ers ▁into ▁Chicago ; ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁the ▁W PA ’ s ▁Federal ▁Art ▁Project ▁( F AP ) ▁admin ister ed ▁by ▁the ▁Illinois ▁Art ▁Project ▁( I AP ); ▁the ▁found ing ▁of ▁the ▁South ▁Side ▁Community ▁Art ▁Center ▁( SS C AC ); ▁and ▁the ▁art istic ▁production ▁and ▁promotion ▁of ▁Chicago ▁black ▁arts ▁scene ▁by ▁pre domin ant ▁artists .” ▁One ▁of ▁these ▁artists ▁being ▁Arch ib ald ▁Mot ley . ▁After ▁thousands ▁of ▁people ▁moved ▁into ▁the ▁areas , ▁communities ▁were ▁built . ▁In ▁these ▁communities , ▁young ▁artists ▁were ▁using ▁the ▁path ▁built ▁by ▁the ▁older ▁generation ▁of ▁artists . ▁Since ▁the ▁younger ▁artists ▁in ▁the ▁city ▁were ▁using ▁artists ▁like ▁Mot ley , ▁William ▁Scott , ▁and ▁Charles ▁Daw son ▁as ▁insp iration ▁and ▁as ▁role ▁models , ▁the ▁older ▁generation ’ s ▁work ▁never ▁died . ▁Mot ley ▁and ▁other ’ s ▁art ▁became ▁trans - gener ational . ▁ ▁Chicago ▁was ▁a ▁me cca . ▁There ▁was ▁a ▁period ▁of ▁reg row th , ▁which ▁came ▁from ▁the ▁city ▁wide ▁fire ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 1 . ▁The ▁fire ▁gave ▁the ▁city ▁a ▁chance ▁  to ▁re build , ▁both ▁struct ur ally ▁and ▁cult ur