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Florida’s mental-health epidemic reaches crisis point
By Kate Santich and Jeff Kunerth, Orlando Sentinel
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It’s A.C. and Jo Ann Carson, who lost their son after two decades of schizophrenia. It’s the police officers who serve as the first responders in our mental-health system. It’s corrections officers who deal with mentally ill inmates every day. It’s neighbors struggling with a mentally ill homeowner. Where to find help
We never notice how wide and deep mental illness has spread until it reaches a state of crisis in our communities. From the state’s highest court to the front lines of emergency care and treatment, there’s an urgent call for change in how we treat the growing numbers of people with mental-health problems. Percentage of U.S. adults with any mental illness
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Source: National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2012
“About 70 percent of the people who need mental-health treatment in this state can’t get it,” says Donna Wyche, manager of mental-health and homeless issues for Orange County. “ Either the resources aren’t available or, sometimes, people can’t figure out how to navigate the system to find the resources. We have to do a better job.”
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From the state’s highest court to the front lines of emergency care and treatment, there’s an urgent call for change in how we treat the growing numbers of people with mental-health problems. Percentage of U.S. adults with any mental illness
By age
By sex
Source: National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2012
“About 70 percent of the people who need mental-health treatment in this state can’t get it,” says Donna Wyche, manager of mental-health and homeless issues for Orange County. “ Either the resources aren’t available or, sometimes, people can’t figure out how to navigate the system to find the resources. We have to do a better job.” ad iframe
In Florida, some 660,000 adults and 181,000 children live with serious mental illness — bipolar disorder, severe depression or schizophrenia — and nearly half the population will struggle with less devastating forms at some point in their lives. An insidious epidemic, it reaches into every class of neighborhood and touches every public agency. Yet Florida ranks 49th among the states for mental-health programs, spending $37.28 per person last year. Mississippi spent four times as much on its mentally ill. Per capita spending on mental health
Florida spent $37.28 per person on mental-health-resources in 2012 — the second lowest of any state.
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Florida’s mental-health epidemic reaches crisis point
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In Florida, some 660,000 adults and 181,000 children live with serious mental illness — bipolar disorder, severe depression or schizophrenia — and nearly half the population will struggle with less devastating forms at some point in their lives. An insidious epidemic, it reaches into every class of neighborhood and touches every public agency. Yet Florida ranks 49th among the states for mental-health programs, spending $37.28 per person last year. Mississippi spent four times as much on its mentally ill. Per capita spending on mental health
Florida spent $37.28 per person on mental-health-resources in 2012 — the second lowest of any state. Maine spent the most — $338.24 — per person. Click to see all states
Source: National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Research Institute
Altogether, Florida devotes $718 million a year to mental-health programs, but it pours nearly $1 billion a year into jails and prison for housing and medicating mentally ill inmates. Other costs of untreated mental illness — to homeless shelters, emergency rooms, police officers, court systems, employers, communities, families and individuals — have become prohibitive. Where to find help
If you’re suffering from symptoms of mental illness and aren’t sure where to turn, the following resources can point you in the right direction:
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Florida’s mental-health epidemic reaches crisis point
By Kate Santich and Jeff Kunerth, Orlando Sentinel
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Maine spent the most — $338.24 — per person. Click to see all states
Source: National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Research Institute
Altogether, Florida devotes $718 million a year to mental-health programs, but it pours nearly $1 billion a year into jails and prison for housing and medicating mentally ill inmates. Other costs of untreated mental illness — to homeless shelters, emergency rooms, police officers, court systems, employers, communities, families and individuals — have become prohibitive. Where to find help
If you’re suffering from symptoms of mental illness and aren’t sure where to turn, the following resources can point you in the right direction: 211 The Heart of Florida United Way provides the free 211 help line for Orange, Osceola, Lake and Seminole counties 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The number serves as a suicide and crisis hotline (with trained, multilingual operators) as well as a guide to nonprofit agencies and providers that offer nonemergency counseling. Mental Health Association of Central Florida Provides information on mental-health-care providers to individuals and families based on availability, areas of specialty, insurance and other factors. The nonprofit agency also offers general information and has partnered with Florida Hospital and Orange County government on the Outlook Clinic, an outpatient center for uninsured patients who have anxiety or depression and an accompanying medical condition. For more information or to see if you qualify, see mhacf.org or call 407-898-0110.
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Florida’s mental-health epidemic reaches crisis point
By Kate Santich and Jeff Kunerth, Orlando Sentinel
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211 The Heart of Florida United Way provides the free 211 help line for Orange, Osceola, Lake and Seminole counties 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The number serves as a suicide and crisis hotline (with trained, multilingual operators) as well as a guide to nonprofit agencies and providers that offer nonemergency counseling. Mental Health Association of Central Florida Provides information on mental-health-care providers to individuals and families based on availability, areas of specialty, insurance and other factors. The nonprofit agency also offers general information and has partnered with Florida Hospital and Orange County government on the Outlook Clinic, an outpatient center for uninsured patients who have anxiety or depression and an accompanying medical condition. For more information or to see if you qualify, see mhacf.org or call 407-898-0110. NAMI Greater Orlando The Orange-Seminole affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots mental-health organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with serious mental illness and their families. NAMI Greater Orlando (namigo.org or 407-253-1900) offers classes, support groups for individuals and families, social activities and information. NAMI Marion County (namiocala.org or 352-368-2405) serves Lake, Marion and Sumter counties and offers similar programs. Osceola currently has no NAMI affiliate. The human cost is incalculable.
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Florida’s mental-health epidemic reaches crisis point
By Kate Santich and Jeff Kunerth, Orlando Sentinel
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NAMI Greater Orlando The Orange-Seminole affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots mental-health organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with serious mental illness and their families. NAMI Greater Orlando (namigo.org or 407-253-1900) offers classes, support groups for individuals and families, social activities and information. NAMI Marion County (namiocala.org or 352-368-2405) serves Lake, Marion and Sumter counties and offers similar programs. Osceola currently has no NAMI affiliate. The human cost is incalculable. When James Earl Jones killed his girlfriend, her brother and mother with a baseball bat in Tavares in July, he left behind two grieving families: his victims’ relatives, and his own parents. Jones, a schizophrenic who was off his medications, was later found dead in a nearby lake. When Myron May went on a shooting rampage at FSU, he not only wounded three people — one of them a promising young student from Apopka who’s paralyzed from the waist down — he left behind a wide circle of friends trying to understand what went wrong. Such high-profile attacks are drawing attention to the crisis, the roots of which began more than half a century ago.
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Florida’s mental-health epidemic reaches crisis point
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When James Earl Jones killed his girlfriend, her brother and mother with a baseball bat in Tavares in July, he left behind two grieving families: his victims’ relatives, and his own parents. Jones, a schizophrenic who was off his medications, was later found dead in a nearby lake. When Myron May went on a shooting rampage at FSU, he not only wounded three people — one of them a promising young student from Apopka who’s paralyzed from the waist down — he left behind a wide circle of friends trying to understand what went wrong. Such high-profile attacks are drawing attention to the crisis, the roots of which began more than half a century ago. That’s when a national movement began to close mental hospitals that inhumanely warehoused patients — a movement that was supposed to be followed by the establishment of community-based treatment programs. People with mental illness were supposed to receive counseling, medication, case-management and sometimes shelter while living with or near their families. But the funding to fully support those community programs never materialized. Some states have tried belatedly to develop those programs, but in Florida the effort is still in its infancy. As a result, the number of mental-health calls to law-enforcement agencies in Central Florida has increased 30 percent during the past five years.
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Florida’s mental-health epidemic reaches crisis point
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That’s when a national movement began to close mental hospitals that inhumanely warehoused patients — a movement that was supposed to be followed by the establishment of community-based treatment programs. People with mental illness were supposed to receive counseling, medication, case-management and sometimes shelter while living with or near their families. But the funding to fully support those community programs never materialized. Some states have tried belatedly to develop those programs, but in Florida the effort is still in its infancy. As a result, the number of mental-health calls to law-enforcement agencies in Central Florida has increased 30 percent during the past five years. Entire wings of the Orange County Jail have become treatment centers. The waiting list to see a doctor at the primary mental-health care provider in Orange County is four to six weeks. Frontline care centers, designed to treat those in crisis, are overrun. Florida hospitalizations by reason, in thousands
Psychosis was the No. 2-most-frequent reason for hospitalization in Florida in 2013.
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Florida’s mental-health epidemic reaches crisis point
By Kate Santich and Jeff Kunerth, Orlando Sentinel
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Entire wings of the Orange County Jail have become treatment centers. The waiting list to see a doctor at the primary mental-health care provider in Orange County is four to six weeks. Frontline care centers, designed to treat those in crisis, are overrun. Florida hospitalizations by reason, in thousands
Psychosis was the No. 2-most-frequent reason for hospitalization in Florida in 2013. Source: Florida Hospital Association
No one with any knowledge of the crisis suggests there is a panacea — or that money alone will solve a complex problem that has been building for decades. But there’s little debate on one point: It’s time for solutions. [email protected] or 407-420-5392 [email protected] or 407-420-5503
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The 10 Hottest Companies in Satellite 2018
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The 10 Hottest Companies in Satellite 2018
1. SpaceX
2. Blue Origin
3. SES
4. Astranis
5. Audacy Space
6. Infostellar
7. Isotropic Systems
8. OneWeb
9. Made in Space
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The 10 Hottest Companies in Satellite 2018
Tereza Pultarova
Recently, the editors of Via Satellite got together to debate (and argue) who they felt were the 10 hottest companies in the satellite industry. What is great about our industry right now, is there are many companies that could be put into this category, both start-ups and established companies. In no particular order, we decided to put our list together. 1. SpaceX
Talking about game changers, one simply cannot ignore SpaceX. They are the epitome of the new space era — the quintessential, disruptive start-up. Introducing ideas that no one has dared to pursue before, SpaceX has long ago silenced its staunchest doubters. Unlike the troubled Tesla, another brainchild of iconic entrepreneur Elon Musk, SpaceX is now a stable trend-setting force. Behind flashy announcements about sending people to the Moon and plans to colonize Mars, is a company that has managed to undercut all its competitors — in just six years since its first commercial launch. Steered by Chief Operating Officer (COO) Gwynne Shotwell, our Satellite Executive of the year 2017, SpaceX has recovered from the June 2015 post-launch explosion of SpaceX CRS-7 and the September 2016 loss of the Amos 6 satellite — and emerged stronger than before. Following the first successful attempt in 2015, SpaceX now routinely lands first stage Falcon 9 boosters and reuses them for a discounted price.
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The 10 Hottest Companies in Satellite 2018
1. SpaceX
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3. SES
4. Astranis
5. Audacy Space
6. Infostellar
7. Isotropic Systems
8. OneWeb
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Introducing ideas that no one has dared to pursue before, SpaceX has long ago silenced its staunchest doubters. Unlike the troubled Tesla, another brainchild of iconic entrepreneur Elon Musk, SpaceX is now a stable trend-setting force. Behind flashy announcements about sending people to the Moon and plans to colonize Mars, is a company that has managed to undercut all its competitors — in just six years since its first commercial launch. Steered by Chief Operating Officer (COO) Gwynne Shotwell, our Satellite Executive of the year 2017, SpaceX has recovered from the June 2015 post-launch explosion of SpaceX CRS-7 and the September 2016 loss of the Amos 6 satellite — and emerged stronger than before. Following the first successful attempt in 2015, SpaceX now routinely lands first stage Falcon 9 boosters and reuses them for a discounted price. Although Shotwell’s predictions to increase the launch cadence by 50 percent in 2018 didn’t come to pass, 2018 has certainly been a notable year for SpaceX.
Out of the 16 Falcon 9 launches conducted in 2018 at the time of writing, nine have used flight-proven first stages. The rocket’s first stages performed eight flawless controlled landings. In addition to that, the two boosters used during the maiden launch of Falcon Heavy in February 2018 landed in a synchronized manner several hundred meters apart. The maiden launch of Falcon Heavy with Musk’s Tesla Roadster aboard was one of SpaceX’s highlights of 2018. In addition to the increasingly popular Falcon 9, SpaceX now officially owns the most powerful rocket launched since the Apollo-era Saturn V. Billed by Musk as the rocket that will take humanity to Mars, Falcon Heavy has already won several commercial launch contracts for Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellites, and a military contract worth $130 million.
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The 10 Hottest Companies in Satellite 2018
1. SpaceX
2. Blue Origin
3. SES
4. Astranis
5. Audacy Space
6. Infostellar
7. Isotropic Systems
8. OneWeb
9. Made in Space
10. Speedcast
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Although Shotwell’s predictions to increase the launch cadence by 50 percent in 2018 didn’t come to pass, 2018 has certainly been a notable year for SpaceX.
Out of the 16 Falcon 9 launches conducted in 2018 at the time of writing, nine have used flight-proven first stages. The rocket’s first stages performed eight flawless controlled landings. In addition to that, the two boosters used during the maiden launch of Falcon Heavy in February 2018 landed in a synchronized manner several hundred meters apart. The maiden launch of Falcon Heavy with Musk’s Tesla Roadster aboard was one of SpaceX’s highlights of 2018. In addition to the increasingly popular Falcon 9, SpaceX now officially owns the most powerful rocket launched since the Apollo-era Saturn V. Billed by Musk as the rocket that will take humanity to Mars, Falcon Heavy has already won several commercial launch contracts for Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellites, and a military contract worth $130 million. But SpaceX doesn’t see itself only as a launch provider; two test satellites of SpaceX’s planned broadband-providing mega-constellation of up to 12,000 satellites were inserted into the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) in February 2018. SpaceX expects to start deploying its LEO broadband constellation in 2019. They claim they are on track, and will have internet service available in 2020. 2.
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The 10 Hottest Companies in Satellite 2018
1. SpaceX
2. Blue Origin
3. SES
4. Astranis
5. Audacy Space
6. Infostellar
7. Isotropic Systems
8. OneWeb
9. Made in Space
10. Speedcast
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But SpaceX doesn’t see itself only as a launch provider; two test satellites of SpaceX’s planned broadband-providing mega-constellation of up to 12,000 satellites were inserted into the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) in February 2018. SpaceX expects to start deploying its LEO broadband constellation in 2019. They claim they are on track, and will have internet service available in 2020. 2. Blue Origin
Blue Origin, founded by Amazon multibillionaire Jeff Bezos, is another space company which has been the talk of the industry over the last year. Since 2015, Blue Origin has conducted nine test-flights of its suborbital New Shepard rocket. Designed with space-tourism in mind, the rocket — named after America’s first astronaut Alan Shepard — performed a successful landing in November 2015, one month ahead of SpaceX.
Blue Origin’s promises that it would launch humans to the edge of space in 2018 ultimately haven’t come to pass. However, in 2018, the company performed two successful test flights and flawless landings — both with a re-used booster. Both flights reached the altitude of more than 100 kilometers.
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The 10 Hottest Companies in Satellite 2018
1. SpaceX
2. Blue Origin
3. SES
4. Astranis
5. Audacy Space
6. Infostellar
7. Isotropic Systems
8. OneWeb
9. Made in Space
10. Speedcast
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Blue Origin
Blue Origin, founded by Amazon multibillionaire Jeff Bezos, is another space company which has been the talk of the industry over the last year. Since 2015, Blue Origin has conducted nine test-flights of its suborbital New Shepard rocket. Designed with space-tourism in mind, the rocket — named after America’s first astronaut Alan Shepard — performed a successful landing in November 2015, one month ahead of SpaceX.
Blue Origin’s promises that it would launch humans to the edge of space in 2018 ultimately haven’t come to pass. However, in 2018, the company performed two successful test flights and flawless landings — both with a re-used booster. Both flights reached the altitude of more than 100 kilometers. The second one, which took place in July, carried a crew capsule with a crash test dummy. Blue Origin’s orbital New Glenn rocket is not expected to enter service before 2021. The company, however, scored a $500 million contract with the U.S. Air Force in October 2018 that will help fund development of the rocket as a possible future launcher of military and spy satellites. In September, United Launch Alliance chose Blue Origin’s BE-4 engine, designed for New Glenn, as a booster for its future Vulcan Centaur rocket. New Glenn’s booster is designed for 25 flights, and the BE-4 engine will be able to last for 100 missions, according to Jeff Bezos.
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The 10 Hottest Companies in Satellite 2018
1. SpaceX
2. Blue Origin
3. SES
4. Astranis
5. Audacy Space
6. Infostellar
7. Isotropic Systems
8. OneWeb
9. Made in Space
10. Speedcast
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The second one, which took place in July, carried a crew capsule with a crash test dummy. Blue Origin’s orbital New Glenn rocket is not expected to enter service before 2021. The company, however, scored a $500 million contract with the U.S. Air Force in October 2018 that will help fund development of the rocket as a possible future launcher of military and spy satellites. In September, United Launch Alliance chose Blue Origin’s BE-4 engine, designed for New Glenn, as a booster for its future Vulcan Centaur rocket. New Glenn’s booster is designed for 25 flights, and the BE-4 engine will be able to last for 100 missions, according to Jeff Bezos. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) hopes that through the reusability of its technology, Blue Origin will further slash the cost of satellite launches and reduce waiting times. Bezos, like SpaceX’s Musk, is a life-long space enthusiast and space colonization advocate. The Amazon CEO, currently the richest man in the world, as well as the entirety of Blue Origin, has a quieter presence in the media than the outspoken Musk and media darling SpaceX.
Talking to Via Satellite in March 2018, Bezos said he believed the future of the space sector is more than bright. “ I think this is Day One for the space industry,” he said. “ I think we will find new uses for space that people haven’t even figured out yet.”
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The 10 Hottest Companies in Satellite 2018
1. SpaceX
2. Blue Origin
3. SES
4. Astranis
5. Audacy Space
6. Infostellar
7. Isotropic Systems
8. OneWeb
9. Made in Space
10. Speedcast
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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) hopes that through the reusability of its technology, Blue Origin will further slash the cost of satellite launches and reduce waiting times. Bezos, like SpaceX’s Musk, is a life-long space enthusiast and space colonization advocate. The Amazon CEO, currently the richest man in the world, as well as the entirety of Blue Origin, has a quieter presence in the media than the outspoken Musk and media darling SpaceX.
Talking to Via Satellite in March 2018, Bezos said he believed the future of the space sector is more than bright. “ I think this is Day One for the space industry,” he said. “ I think we will find new uses for space that people haven’t even figured out yet.” 3. SES
One of the largest satellite operators in the world, Luxembourg-headquartered SES is not one to rest on its laurels. The company isn’t averse to risk, and likes to think outside the box. This innovation focus will likely only strengthen with Steve Collar having taken over the reins in April 2018. Collar, formerly the CEO of O3b Networks (which SES acquired in 2016), steered the newcomer on its journey from nothing to ‘the fastest growing satellite operator in history.’
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The 10 Hottest Companies in Satellite 2018
1. SpaceX
2. Blue Origin
3. SES
4. Astranis
5. Audacy Space
6. Infostellar
7. Isotropic Systems
8. OneWeb
9. Made in Space
10. Speedcast
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3. SES
One of the largest satellite operators in the world, Luxembourg-headquartered SES is not one to rest on its laurels. The company isn’t averse to risk, and likes to think outside the box. This innovation focus will likely only strengthen with Steve Collar having taken over the reins in April 2018. Collar, formerly the CEO of O3b Networks (which SES acquired in 2016), steered the newcomer on its journey from nothing to ‘the fastest growing satellite operator in history.’ Since 2016, O3b, streaming low-latency high-speed internet connectivity to remote areas from Medium Earth Orbit (MEO), has become an integral part of SES’ business plan. Sixteen MEO satellites currently complement SES’ fleet of over 50 GEOs, but the operator plans bold future steps in MEO. In September 2017, SES announced the next-generation O3b mPower — a constellation focused on global cloud-scale connectivity and high power data services. The first three O3b mPower satellites, capable of delivering multiple terabits of throughput, will launch in 2021. In 2018, SES underscored its move toward the cloud connectivity market with a contract with IBM Cloud.
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The 10 Hottest Companies in Satellite 2018
1. SpaceX
2. Blue Origin
3. SES
4. Astranis
5. Audacy Space
6. Infostellar
7. Isotropic Systems
8. OneWeb
9. Made in Space
10. Speedcast
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Since 2016, O3b, streaming low-latency high-speed internet connectivity to remote areas from Medium Earth Orbit (MEO), has become an integral part of SES’ business plan. Sixteen MEO satellites currently complement SES’ fleet of over 50 GEOs, but the operator plans bold future steps in MEO. In September 2017, SES announced the next-generation O3b mPower — a constellation focused on global cloud-scale connectivity and high power data services. The first three O3b mPower satellites, capable of delivering multiple terabits of throughput, will launch in 2021. In 2018, SES underscored its move toward the cloud connectivity market with a contract with IBM Cloud. The operator is also looking into space-based quantum cryptography applications. In January 2018, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched GovSat-1, a satellite jointly owned by SES and the government of Luxembourg — an innovative set-up designed to help cover the need of European governments and militaries for communications with higher level of security. 4. Astranis
Astranis is one of the many start-ups aspiring to bridge the digital divide with satellites. The San Francisco-based start-up, however, goes a little bit against the tide.
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The 10 Hottest Companies in Satellite 2018
1. SpaceX
2. Blue Origin
3. SES
4. Astranis
5. Audacy Space
6. Infostellar
7. Isotropic Systems
8. OneWeb
9. Made in Space
10. Speedcast
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The operator is also looking into space-based quantum cryptography applications. In January 2018, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched GovSat-1, a satellite jointly owned by SES and the government of Luxembourg — an innovative set-up designed to help cover the need of European governments and militaries for communications with higher level of security. 4. Astranis
Astranis is one of the many start-ups aspiring to bridge the digital divide with satellites. The San Francisco-based start-up, however, goes a little bit against the tide. Instead of jumping on the low Earth orbit bandwagon, Astranis wants to connect the world’s unconnected from GEO. Sure, there’s nothing new about using GEO for communications and its drawbacks are the reason behind the current LEO gold rush. But Astranis wants to do it differently — using small and cheap satellites that would provide cellular backhaul to mobile network operators. Astranis’ satellites, weighing only 300 kilograms each, would cost a fraction of the price of regular GEO satellites and unlike LEO constellations, would provide stable patches of connectivity with every single launch. Astranis launched a prototype satellite this year and conducted a successful test sending a High Definition (HD) video file to the spacecraft and back.
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The 10 Hottest Companies in Satellite 2018
1. SpaceX
2. Blue Origin
3. SES
4. Astranis
5. Audacy Space
6. Infostellar
7. Isotropic Systems
8. OneWeb
9. Made in Space
10. Speedcast
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Instead of jumping on the low Earth orbit bandwagon, Astranis wants to connect the world’s unconnected from GEO. Sure, there’s nothing new about using GEO for communications and its drawbacks are the reason behind the current LEO gold rush. But Astranis wants to do it differently — using small and cheap satellites that would provide cellular backhaul to mobile network operators. Astranis’ satellites, weighing only 300 kilograms each, would cost a fraction of the price of regular GEO satellites and unlike LEO constellations, would provide stable patches of connectivity with every single launch. Astranis launched a prototype satellite this year and conducted a successful test sending a High Definition (HD) video file to the spacecraft and back. The company hopes to launch more satellites in 2019. 5. Audacy Space
Silicon Valley-based Audacy Space describes itself as an enabler for everyone with plans to deploy assets in space. Their aim is to create the first commercial inter-satellite data relay system with global coverage. As the company says, the number of satellites in orbit is steadily increasing but ground-based infrastructure is reaching its limits.
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The 10 Hottest Companies in Satellite 2018
1. SpaceX
2. Blue Origin
3. SES
4. Astranis
5. Audacy Space
6. Infostellar
7. Isotropic Systems
8. OneWeb
9. Made in Space
10. Speedcast
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The company hopes to launch more satellites in 2019. 5. Audacy Space
Silicon Valley-based Audacy Space describes itself as an enabler for everyone with plans to deploy assets in space. Their aim is to create the first commercial inter-satellite data relay system with global coverage. As the company says, the number of satellites in orbit is steadily increasing but ground-based infrastructure is reaching its limits. Operators are frequently forced to erase valuable data due to limited downlink opportunities. Audacy’s envisioned “internet in space” would allow operators to maximize what they can get out of their assets. The system would provide real-time connection between satellites and ground-based infrastructure, allowing anyone to download anything anytime. Audacy has already secured spectrum authorization from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and won commercial agreements worth more than $100 million. The company says its ground teleports and a space-based data relay system will become operational in 2019.
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The 10 Hottest Companies in Satellite 2018
1. SpaceX
2. Blue Origin
3. SES
4. Astranis
5. Audacy Space
6. Infostellar
7. Isotropic Systems
8. OneWeb
9. Made in Space
10. Speedcast
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Operators are frequently forced to erase valuable data due to limited downlink opportunities. Audacy’s envisioned “internet in space” would allow operators to maximize what they can get out of their assets. The system would provide real-time connection between satellites and ground-based infrastructure, allowing anyone to download anything anytime. Audacy has already secured spectrum authorization from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and won commercial agreements worth more than $100 million. The company says its ground teleports and a space-based data relay system will become operational in 2019. Commercial operations are expected to start in 2020. Audacy’s three data relay satellites will be positioned in MEO with a constant view of the teleports. Fast-moving LEO satellites will have a constant view of one of Audacy’s spacecraft, and therefore a constant connection to the Earth. 6. Infostellar
Dubbed the “Airbnb” of satellite communications, Tokyo-based Infostellar is trying to address the same problem as Audacy (the limited availability of the ground infrastructure) by enabling efficient sharing of existing assets.
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The 10 Hottest Companies in Satellite 2018
1. SpaceX
2. Blue Origin
3. SES
4. Astranis
5. Audacy Space
6. Infostellar
7. Isotropic Systems
8. OneWeb
9. Made in Space
10. Speedcast
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Commercial operations are expected to start in 2020. Audacy’s three data relay satellites will be positioned in MEO with a constant view of the teleports. Fast-moving LEO satellites will have a constant view of one of Audacy’s spacecraft, and therefore a constant connection to the Earth. 6. Infostellar
Dubbed the “Airbnb” of satellite communications, Tokyo-based Infostellar is trying to address the same problem as Audacy (the limited availability of the ground infrastructure) by enabling efficient sharing of existing assets. Just like on Airbnb, where house owners and those looking for accommodation can meet, Infostellar brings together those operating ground stations and antennas with satellite operators looking to extend their communications window. Thus antennas are not lying idle, owners generate profit, and operators get more data from their spacecraft. The company, backed by Airbus, currently offers a software product called StellarStation, which it hopes will reduce barriers to entry for start-ups. The user will get an instant access to a network of ground stations without needing custom integration. The company’s CEO Naomi Kurahara sees a $300 to $500 million market for the company’s service by 2022.
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The 10 Hottest Companies in Satellite 2018
1. SpaceX
2. Blue Origin
3. SES
4. Astranis
5. Audacy Space
6. Infostellar
7. Isotropic Systems
8. OneWeb
9. Made in Space
10. Speedcast
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Just like on Airbnb, where house owners and those looking for accommodation can meet, Infostellar brings together those operating ground stations and antennas with satellite operators looking to extend their communications window. Thus antennas are not lying idle, owners generate profit, and operators get more data from their spacecraft. The company, backed by Airbus, currently offers a software product called StellarStation, which it hopes will reduce barriers to entry for start-ups. The user will get an instant access to a network of ground stations without needing custom integration. The company’s CEO Naomi Kurahara sees a $300 to $500 million market for the company’s service by 2022. She hopes Infostellar itself could help the market grow even bigger by bringing down the cost of communications. 7. Isotropic Systems
Limits of existing antenna technology dim the enthusiasm over the upcoming omnipresent satellite connectivity utopia. Traditional mechanically steered dish antennas are not fit for many purpo
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The Top 10 Hottest Satellite Companies in 2020
As we get set for a new decade, we bring back one of our most popular features listing the 10 hottest companies in satellite. For this year’s list, the editors of Via Satellite selected 10 new companies from a range spanning traditional powerhouses to start-up entrants. Here are the companies we have chosen. Mark Holmes
Relativity Space
Could Relativity Space be the next SpaceX? While there are many parallels between the two launchers, Relativity CEO Tim Ellis and his team are looking to create their own piece of history by bringing 3D printed rockets to the mainstream. Last year, Relativity emerged as a major player in the launch segment. They have increased their staff at a high rate, and signed launch deals with Telesat and MU Space that could arguably validate their technological approach to launching rockets. Relativity Space is developing the first aerospace platform to integrate machine learning, software, and robotics with metal 3D printing technology to build and launch rockets and other aerospace products in days instead of years. Ellis is also a contender for our Satellite Executive of the Year, and one of our youngest ever nominees for the award. When Ellis speaks at industry events, it’s hard not to recall a young Elon Musk generating excitement around SpaceX a decade ago.
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Telesat
Lockheed Martin
ThinKom
Hiber
Capella Space
Dish Network
ST Engineering
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Last year, Relativity emerged as a major player in the launch segment. They have increased their staff at a high rate, and signed launch deals with Telesat and MU Space that could arguably validate their technological approach to launching rockets. Relativity Space is developing the first aerospace platform to integrate machine learning, software, and robotics with metal 3D printing technology to build and launch rockets and other aerospace products in days instead of years. Ellis is also a contender for our Satellite Executive of the Year, and one of our youngest ever nominees for the award. When Ellis speaks at industry events, it’s hard not to recall a young Elon Musk generating excitement around SpaceX a decade ago. Ellis and Relativity are creating a similar excitement for their innovative approach to manufacturing launch vehicles. Telesat
Telesat is Canada’s flagship satellite company. In Dan Goldberg, they have one of the most experienced CEOs of all the big operators, who have all changed their CEOs fairly frequently in recent years. Goldberg, who became president and CEO of Telesat in 2006, has led major changes at the company. His most aggressive move has been into Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), which will see the operator likely launch a constellation of approximately 300 satellites.
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Telesat
Lockheed Martin
ThinKom
Hiber
Capella Space
Dish Network
ST Engineering
Ursa Space Systems
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Ellis and Relativity are creating a similar excitement for their innovative approach to manufacturing launch vehicles. Telesat
Telesat is Canada’s flagship satellite company. In Dan Goldberg, they have one of the most experienced CEOs of all the big operators, who have all changed their CEOs fairly frequently in recent years. Goldberg, who became president and CEO of Telesat in 2006, has led major changes at the company. His most aggressive move has been into Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), which will see the operator likely launch a constellation of approximately 300 satellites. Out of all of the big operators, Telesat has one of the most ambitious Non-Geostationary (NGSO) strategies. While SES acquired assets through its acquisition of O3b Networks, and built on that, Telesat is taking a different approach — building a new constellation from scratch. It is an exciting time to be part of Telesat, as it looks to make good on these ambitions. Telesat celebrated its 50-year anniversary last year. Its future could be even more exciting than its past, if Goldberg’s masterplan succeeds.
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Lockheed Martin
ThinKom
Hiber
Capella Space
Dish Network
ST Engineering
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Out of all of the big operators, Telesat has one of the most ambitious Non-Geostationary (NGSO) strategies. While SES acquired assets through its acquisition of O3b Networks, and built on that, Telesat is taking a different approach — building a new constellation from scratch. It is an exciting time to be part of Telesat, as it looks to make good on these ambitions. Telesat celebrated its 50-year anniversary last year. Its future could be even more exciting than its past, if Goldberg’s masterplan succeeds. Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin, one of the giants of the U.S. space industry, has been at the forefront of developing Artificial Intelligence (AI), 3D printing, and cybersecurity capabilities. Lockheed Martin’s AI developments encompass both on-ground and on-orbit applications. These span predictive maintenance of spacecraft, anomaly detection, human-machine augmentation assistance, adaptive cyber protection, and space modeling and simulation. The company has been increasing its investment to continue bringing forward innovations in AI and autonomy that can be adopted and scaled to tackle complex, far-reaching and rapidly evolving challenges. The company also aims to slash lead times and the cost of satellite manufacturing by 50%.
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Capella Space
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ST Engineering
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Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin, one of the giants of the U.S. space industry, has been at the forefront of developing Artificial Intelligence (AI), 3D printing, and cybersecurity capabilities. Lockheed Martin’s AI developments encompass both on-ground and on-orbit applications. These span predictive maintenance of spacecraft, anomaly detection, human-machine augmentation assistance, adaptive cyber protection, and space modeling and simulation. The company has been increasing its investment to continue bringing forward innovations in AI and autonomy that can be adopted and scaled to tackle complex, far-reaching and rapidly evolving challenges. The company also aims to slash lead times and the cost of satellite manufacturing by 50%. One of the company’s key tools for achieving this goal is additive manufacturing, or 3D printing. The company has been one of the most progressive about bringing these capabilities into the satellite manufacturing process. Lockheed Martin has been a part of the satellite landscape for a long time, but it has not been afraid to bring in new technologies and advances quicker than its peers. ThinKom
Antennas are one of the hottest technologies within the satellite industry. As satellite operators move more into new enterprise markets such as connected transportation, the onus will be on antenna providers to provide the tech that powers these services.
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One of the company’s key tools for achieving this goal is additive manufacturing, or 3D printing. The company has been one of the most progressive about bringing these capabilities into the satellite manufacturing process. Lockheed Martin has been a part of the satellite landscape for a long time, but it has not been afraid to bring in new technologies and advances quicker than its peers. ThinKom
Antennas are one of the hottest technologies within the satellite industry. As satellite operators move more into new enterprise markets such as connected transportation, the onus will be on antenna providers to provide the tech that powers these services. ThinKom has been one of the standout performers in this sector, and working for ThinKom means providing the tech that powers services for the likes of Delta Airlines, Qatar Airways, and the Indonesian Federal Police. The company recently unveiled a new solution for efficient and effective land-based gateways designed to accommodate current and next generation LEO and Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite constellations. The new gateway concept, which ThinKom describes as an “array of arrays” aims to provide a superior alternative to the large “antenna farms” of parabolic dishes which have traditionally been used to support GEO satellites. The company, which will celebrate 20 years of existence in 2020, is beginning to make its mark in this most competitive of fields, signing impressive deals with OneWeb and SES as it looks to build on its promises. Hiber
Hiber is one of the most hip and talked-about startups in the new European space scene.
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Capella Space
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ST Engineering
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ThinKom has been one of the standout performers in this sector, and working for ThinKom means providing the tech that powers services for the likes of Delta Airlines, Qatar Airways, and the Indonesian Federal Police. The company recently unveiled a new solution for efficient and effective land-based gateways designed to accommodate current and next generation LEO and Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite constellations. The new gateway concept, which ThinKom describes as an “array of arrays” aims to provide a superior alternative to the large “antenna farms” of parabolic dishes which have traditionally been used to support GEO satellites. The company, which will celebrate 20 years of existence in 2020, is beginning to make its mark in this most competitive of fields, signing impressive deals with OneWeb and SES as it looks to build on its promises. Hiber
Hiber is one of the most hip and talked-about startups in the new European space scene. It even won recognition from Wired as one of Europe’s hottest startups, as well as an innovation award from Accenture. Why all the excitement? To start, Hiber aims to build “Hiberband,” which it claims is the world’s first Low Power Global Area Network (LPGAN). It uses tiny nano satellites at a low orbit of just 600km above Earth. The company has ambitions to be the “future of Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity” and wants to make rural, remote and industrial connectivity a reality.
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It even won recognition from Wired as one of Europe’s hottest startups, as well as an innovation award from Accenture. Why all the excitement? To start, Hiber aims to build “Hiberband,” which it claims is the world’s first Low Power Global Area Network (LPGAN). It uses tiny nano satellites at a low orbit of just 600km above Earth. The company has ambitions to be the “future of Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity” and wants to make rural, remote and industrial connectivity a reality. It also wants to help companies monitor remote fishing fleets, helping farmers find the perfect time to sow crops etc. Its current applications involve monitoring crops in Africa, groundwater in Australia, fishing vessels across the Pacific, carbon-free vehicles in Antarctica, rail cars in America, cattle in South America, beehives in Belgium, and even Dutch flowers — quite a list! Capella Space
Capella Space’s constellation of small satellites employ space-based radar, beaming through darkness and cloud cover to gather the information companies need to make informed decisions. When fully deployed, Capella Space says it will offer hourly coverage of every point on Earth, rendered in sub-meter resolution, through a large constellation of radar satellites. Capella Space’s Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites, operating in the X-band, can see through clouds and in the dark, so the aim is provide information as and when it is needed.
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It also wants to help companies monitor remote fishing fleets, helping farmers find the perfect time to sow crops etc. Its current applications involve monitoring crops in Africa, groundwater in Australia, fishing vessels across the Pacific, carbon-free vehicles in Antarctica, rail cars in America, cattle in South America, beehives in Belgium, and even Dutch flowers — quite a list! Capella Space
Capella Space’s constellation of small satellites employ space-based radar, beaming through darkness and cloud cover to gather the information companies need to make informed decisions. When fully deployed, Capella Space says it will offer hourly coverage of every point on Earth, rendered in sub-meter resolution, through a large constellation of radar satellites. Capella Space’s Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites, operating in the X-band, can see through clouds and in the dark, so the aim is provide information as and when it is needed. The company aims to make a difference in areas such as agriculture, infrastructure monitoring, as well as disaster recovery. Its mission is to make timely Earth observation an essential tool for commerce, conservation, and well-being. It is a laudable aim, which could have far reaching benefits for society and the economy as a whole. This year, Capella Space will launch seven SAR satellites and start commercial operations. The company is fully funded to complete these objectives, with backing from multi-billion-dollar funds DCVC (Data Collective) and Spark Capital.
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The company aims to make a difference in areas such as agriculture, infrastructure monitoring, as well as disaster recovery. Its mission is to make timely Earth observation an essential tool for commerce, conservation, and well-being. It is a laudable aim, which could have far reaching benefits for society and the economy as a whole. This year, Capella Space will launch seven SAR satellites and start commercial operations. The company is fully funded to complete these objectives, with backing from multi-billion-dollar funds DCVC (Data Collective) and Spark Capital. Over the past year, Capella Space has entered deals with the National Reconnaissance Office and the U.S. Air Force. The company has also partnered with Inmarsat, Addvalue, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to task satellites in real-time and deliver SAR data via the AWS Ground Station network. The company claims it is the only Earth Observation (EO) company that can accept and task its satellites in real time and then deliver imagery to customers within about 30 minutes of collection. Dish Network
It has often been said that the satellite industry plays in the niches and corners of the communication eco-system, providing services and connectivity to people and businesses where wireless can’t reach. However, the inexorable expansion of the wireless industry footprint has clearly put pressure on our industry.
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Over the past year, Capella Space has entered deals with the National Reconnaissance Office and the U.S. Air Force. The company has also partnered with Inmarsat, Addvalue, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to task satellites in real-time and deliver SAR data via the AWS Ground Station network. The company claims it is the only Earth Observation (EO) company that can accept and task its satellites in real time and then deliver imagery to customers within about 30 minutes of collection. Dish Network
It has often been said that the satellite industry plays in the niches and corners of the communication eco-system, providing services and connectivity to people and businesses where wireless can’t reach. However, the inexorable expansion of the wireless industry footprint has clearly put pressure on our industry. One satellite company is pushing back. Dish Network, led by the enigmatic Charlie Ergen, is attempting to gatecrash the U.S. 5G market in probably the most spectacular strategy seen in the industry in recent years. The three-way deal involving Sprint, T-Mobile, and Dish places Dish front and center of the 5G revolution in the United States, making it the fourth-largest wireless carrier in the nation. Dish is now committed to launching a 5G broadband network capable of serving 70% of the U.S. population by June 2023. Ergen’s strategy is bold, but given his history of success, few would bet against him.
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One satellite company is pushing back. Dish Network, led by the enigmatic Charlie Ergen, is attempting to gatecrash the U.S. 5G market in probably the most spectacular strategy seen in the industry in recent years. The three-way deal involving Sprint, T-Mobile, and Dish places Dish front and center of the 5G revolution in the United States, making it the fourth-largest wireless carrier in the nation. Dish is now committed to launching a 5G broadband network capable of serving 70% of the U.S. population by June 2023. Ergen’s strategy is bold, but given his history of success, few would bet against him. ST Engineering
One of the most significant acquisitions of 2019 was ST Engineering’s purchase of Newtec, one of Europe’s legacy satellite companies. The merger created a technology powerhouse, incorporating elements from Asia, North America, and Europe. Bringing together iDirect and Newtec is also potentially huge for the industry, given ST’s position in Asia. Tang Kum Chuen, president of satellite systems and electronics at ST Engineering recently told Via Satellite that incorporating both Newtec and iDirect technology will bring higher efficiency, better performance, and greater flexibility to serve a wide range of markets and emerging needs. ST Engineering aims to develop the first universal, multi-access, multi-orbit platform that is able to harness bandwidth from any source and deliver a unified customer experience over a hybrid network.
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One of the most significant acquisitions of 2019 was ST Engineering’s purchase of Newtec, one of Europe’s legacy satellite companies. The merger created a technology powerhouse, incorporating elements from Asia, North America, and Europe. Bringing together iDirect and Newtec is also potentially huge for the industry, given ST’s position in Asia. Tang Kum Chuen, president of satellite systems and electronics at ST Engineering recently told Via Satellite that incorporating both Newtec and iDirect technology will bring higher efficiency, better performance, and greater flexibility to serve a wide range of markets and emerging needs. ST Engineering aims to develop the first universal, multi-access, multi-orbit platform that is able to harness bandwidth from any source and deliver a unified customer experience over a hybrid network. It also intends to leverage its air and sea mobility experience to expand into the land mobility market as part of its strategy to create new opportunities for customers. Ursa Space Systems
One of the more exciting companies from the U.S. New Space scene is Ursa Space Systems. The company aggregates data from a network of radar satellites, fuses it with other data sources, and delivers proprietary analytic-based information and products to provide customers with alternative sources of market or business intelligence. To sell this service, Ursa employs a very different business model. The company was founded in 2014 and has wowed audiences with its unique approach of connecting people to information rich data derived from SAR.
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It also intends to leverage its air and sea mobility experience to expand into the land mobility market as part of its strategy to create new opportunities for customers. Ursa Space Systems
One of the more exciting companies from the U.S. New Space scene is Ursa Space Systems. The company aggregates data from a network of radar satellites, fuses it with other data sources, and delivers proprietary analytic-based information and products to provide customers with alternative sources of market or business intelligence. To sell this service, Ursa employs a very different business model. The company was founded in 2014 and has wowed audiences with its unique approach of connecting people to information rich data derived from SAR. Ursa believes intuitive and easily accessible data and analytics from s
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A Draining Problem
How the release of Lake Okeechobee floodwaters is dirtying Florida's coastline
By Andy Reid, Irfan Uraizee and Yiran Zhu
Updated on June 21, 2018
A fter heavy rains in May drove up water levels in Lake Okeechobee, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began discharging water into rivers to the west and east of the lake. Now, Gov. Rick Scott has issued an emergency order to allow water from from the lake to be discharged to the south, hoping to prevent an election-year repeat of the pea-soup-thick algae disaster of 2016 that fouled beaches on both coasts. The order is intended to reduce the discharges of lake water through the Caloosahatchee and St. Lucie rivers, which caused an environmental crisis when toxic algae ruined fishing, harmed wildlife and drove away tourists. Images of the thick green muck — compared to guacamole in many media accounts — generated the wrong kind of national attention for regions that depend on clean beaches and clear water. But releasing lake water to the south poses its own environmental risks to deer, wading birds and other Everglades animals. The danger of doing nothing is significant: Authorities fear rising waters could burst through the lake’s decades-old dike, a towering mound of rock, gravel and shell encircling the lake to guard against flooding. Lake Okeechobee overload
The problem is that Lake Okeechobee fills up six times faster than it can be drained by canals.
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Images of the thick green muck — compared to guacamole in many media accounts — generated the wrong kind of national attention for regions that depend on clean beaches and clear water. But releasing lake water to the south poses its own environmental risks to deer, wading birds and other Everglades animals. The danger of doing nothing is significant: Authorities fear rising waters could burst through the lake’s decades-old dike, a towering mound of rock, gravel and shell encircling the lake to guard against flooding. Lake Okeechobee overload
The problem is that Lake Okeechobee fills up six times faster than it can be drained by canals. And rising waters raise fears of a New Orleans-like failure of the outdated, 30-foot-tall barrier of limestone, sand and shell rimming the lake, relied on to protect South Florida from flooding. And the problem is man-made. While lake water long ago naturally overlapped its shores and flowed south, South Florida’s drainage system has allowed homes, schools, businesses and a sea of sugar cane to move into what used to be the Everglades. Dike-failure fears
Army Corps tries to keep the lake level low during hurricane season, since a powerful storm can send water into the lake much faster than the agency can move it out. Hurricane Irma, for example, brought the lake’s water level above 17 feet, exceeding the 12.5- to 15.5-foot range targeted to avoid overwhelming the more than 70-year-old Herbert Hoover Dike.
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And rising waters raise fears of a New Orleans-like failure of the outdated, 30-foot-tall barrier of limestone, sand and shell rimming the lake, relied on to protect South Florida from flooding. And the problem is man-made. While lake water long ago naturally overlapped its shores and flowed south, South Florida’s drainage system has allowed homes, schools, businesses and a sea of sugar cane to move into what used to be the Everglades. Dike-failure fears
Army Corps tries to keep the lake level low during hurricane season, since a powerful storm can send water into the lake much faster than the agency can move it out. Hurricane Irma, for example, brought the lake’s water level above 17 feet, exceeding the 12.5- to 15.5-foot range targeted to avoid overwhelming the more than 70-year-old Herbert Hoover Dike. Lake Okeechobee's water levels
Back-pumping concerns
1 Sometimes when rains south of the lake threaten to flood crops and lakeside towns, water gets pumped north into the lake. That “back-pumping” can carry with it fertilizers, pesticides and other pollutants that can lead to fish kills, toxic algae blooms and threaten drinking water supplies. 2 Back-pumping is a rarely used flood-control alternative that was triggered for a short time this year to protect “lives and property” near the lake, according to the South Florida Water Management District. Usually, lake water is drawn south by canals and helps irrigate sugar cane, vegetables, rice and other crops in the nearly 500,000-acre called the Everglades Agricultural Area. But when flooding threats rise in that large farming region, the lake’s typical southern discharges are stopped in favor of draining water east and west.
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Lake Okeechobee's water levels
Back-pumping concerns
1 Sometimes when rains south of the lake threaten to flood crops and lakeside towns, water gets pumped north into the lake. That “back-pumping” can carry with it fertilizers, pesticides and other pollutants that can lead to fish kills, toxic algae blooms and threaten drinking water supplies. 2 Back-pumping is a rarely used flood-control alternative that was triggered for a short time this year to protect “lives and property” near the lake, according to the South Florida Water Management District. Usually, lake water is drawn south by canals and helps irrigate sugar cane, vegetables, rice and other crops in the nearly 500,000-acre called the Everglades Agricultural Area. But when flooding threats rise in that large farming region, the lake’s typical southern discharges are stopped in favor of draining water east and west. 3 The lake’s rise at times this year has triggered maximum-level draining to the east and west to lessen the strain on the dike, which the federal government has labeled one of the country’s most at risk of failing. Holding back water with mounds of earth and rock was common practice back in the 1930s. But the lake’s barrier has proven susceptible to erosion, which today risks sending flood water gushing across South Florida. A slow-moving dike rehab that started in 2007, and includes adding a reinforcing wall, could take another decade to finish. Until then, draining remains the primary way to avoid flooding.
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3 The lake’s rise at times this year has triggered maximum-level draining to the east and west to lessen the strain on the dike, which the federal government has labeled one of the country’s most at risk of failing. Holding back water with mounds of earth and rock was common practice back in the 1930s. But the lake’s barrier has proven susceptible to erosion, which today risks sending flood water gushing across South Florida. A slow-moving dike rehab that started in 2007, and includes adding a reinforcing wall, could take another decade to finish. Until then, draining remains the primary way to avoid flooding. Despite the harm to coasts from lake discharges, “we have to place more emphasis on our public safety concerns,” Army Corps spokesman John Campbell said. River woes grow
The release in 2016 of big gushes of pollution-laden Lake Okeechobee water east into the St. Lucie River and west into the Caloosahatchee River hurt sea grass and oyster beds and scared away game fish along the coast. The Coca Cola-colored lake water, darkened by the stirred-up sediment it carries, threatened to smother reefs and was blamed for boosting bacteria levels that raised health concerns for swimming and fishing. Contaminated lake water can lead to toxic algae blooms could follow, worsening water-quality problems if lake draining continues as temperatures rise. Dark plumes of lake water flowing out of inlets and toward beaches near Fort Myers and Stuart can leave tourists questioning whether it’s safe to book trips.
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Despite the harm to coasts from lake discharges, “we have to place more emphasis on our public safety concerns,” Army Corps spokesman John Campbell said. River woes grow
The release in 2016 of big gushes of pollution-laden Lake Okeechobee water east into the St. Lucie River and west into the Caloosahatchee River hurt sea grass and oyster beds and scared away game fish along the coast. The Coca Cola-colored lake water, darkened by the stirred-up sediment it carries, threatened to smother reefs and was blamed for boosting bacteria levels that raised health concerns for swimming and fishing. Contaminated lake water can lead to toxic algae blooms could follow, worsening water-quality problems if lake draining continues as temperatures rise. Dark plumes of lake water flowing out of inlets and toward beaches near Fort Myers and Stuart can leave tourists questioning whether it’s safe to book trips. That has fishing guides, hotel operators and other tourism-dependent businesses along the coasts demanding flood-control alternatives to the damaging lake draining. ( Photo courtesty of Soaring Sky)
Dark plumes of lake water flowing out of inlets and toward beaches near Fort Myers and Stuart leave tourists questioning whether it’s safe to book trips. That has fishing guides, hotel operators and other tourism-dependent businesses along the coasts demanding flood-control alternatives to the damaging lake draining. “We are starting to lose oysters. We are going to see (more) brown water,” said Mark Perry, executive director of the Florida Oceanographic Society. “
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That has fishing guides, hotel operators and other tourism-dependent businesses along the coasts demanding flood-control alternatives to the damaging lake draining. ( Photo courtesty of Soaring Sky)
Dark plumes of lake water flowing out of inlets and toward beaches near Fort Myers and Stuart leave tourists questioning whether it’s safe to book trips. That has fishing guides, hotel operators and other tourism-dependent businesses along the coasts demanding flood-control alternatives to the damaging lake draining. “We are starting to lose oysters. We are going to see (more) brown water,” said Mark Perry, executive director of the Florida Oceanographic Society. “ That is basically going to kill the spawning season. ... It is just really disheartening.” Declaring an Emergency
Every few years, the environmental problems caused by Lake Okeechobee discharges to the east and west threaten the tourism-based economies of the coastal communities. Repairs to the more than 70-year-old Herbert Hoover Dike began in 2007. Fishing boat captains, bait shop owners, hotel operators and even real estate agents say business drops dramatically because customers stay away when lake discharges foul waterways.
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That is basically going to kill the spawning season. ... It is just really disheartening.” Declaring an Emergency
Every few years, the environmental problems caused by Lake Okeechobee discharges to the east and west threaten the tourism-based economies of the coastal communities. Repairs to the more than 70-year-old Herbert Hoover Dike began in 2007. Fishing boat captains, bait shop owners, hotel operators and even real estate agents say business drops dramatically because customers stay away when lake discharges foul waterways. “It’s really, really tough on the estuaries,” said Charles Grande, of the Stuart-based Rivers Coalition advocacy group. “ They just can’t take people to fish here now. ... There’s no real answer to this until they are able to send large quantities of lake water south.” Threats to Everglades animals
During rainier-than-usual winters and springs, which triggered the ongoing lake draining emergency, emergency pumping from the Everglades is also ordered to save animals at risk of flooding. The pumping moves more water out of Everglades sawgrass marshes in western Broward and Miami-Dade and into Everglades National Park to try to head off flooding that state officials warned could become a potential wildlife disaster.
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“It’s really, really tough on the estuaries,” said Charles Grande, of the Stuart-based Rivers Coalition advocacy group. “ They just can’t take people to fish here now. ... There’s no real answer to this until they are able to send large quantities of lake water south.” Threats to Everglades animals
During rainier-than-usual winters and springs, which triggered the ongoing lake draining emergency, emergency pumping from the Everglades is also ordered to save animals at risk of flooding. The pumping moves more water out of Everglades sawgrass marshes in western Broward and Miami-Dade and into Everglades National Park to try to head off flooding that state officials warned could become a potential wildlife disaster. Those marshes are part of 850,000 acres of the Everglades, extending into Palm Beach County, that are cordoned off by canals and levees to hold water that helps guard against flooding, supplement community drinking water supplies and also provide wildlife habitat. But drainage to protect South Florida from flooding can also boost water levels too high in those marshes (called Everglades water conservation areas), threatening to wipe out deer, wading birds and other animals if high water lasts too long. Lake’s southern outlets limited
The Hillsboro, North New River and Miami canals are three of the main flood-control arteries stretching through South Florida, collecting water from Lake Okeechobee all the way to the coast in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties. But when water levels rise across South Florida, the lake’s southern discharge gates to those canals are closed to prioritize moving potential flood waters away from farmland and cities that feed into the canals. Experimenting With National Park
The emergency pumping of more water out of Everglades preserves in western Broward and Miami-Dade and into Everglades National Park could offer valuable lessons for long-term efforts to save Florida’s famed River of Grass.
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Those marshes are part of 850,000 acres of the Everglades, extending into Palm Beach County, that are cordoned off by canals and levees to hold water that helps guard against flooding, supplement community drinking water supplies and also provide wildlife habitat. But drainage to protect South Florida from flooding can also boost water levels too high in those marshes (called Everglades water conservation areas), threatening to wipe out deer, wading birds and other animals if high water lasts too long. Lake’s southern outlets limited
The Hillsboro, North New River and Miami canals are three of the main flood-control arteries stretching through South Florida, collecting water from Lake Okeechobee all the way to the coast in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties. But when water levels rise across South Florida, the lake’s southern discharge gates to those canals are closed to prioritize moving potential flood waters away from farmland and cities that feed into the canals. Experimenting With National Park
The emergency pumping of more water out of Everglades preserves in western Broward and Miami-Dade and into Everglades National Park could offer valuable lessons for long-term efforts to save Florida’s famed River of Grass. Environmentalists and state scientists alike are hopeful that boosting water flows into Everglades National Park will revive wildlife habitat that has suffered from draining South Florida to make way for farming and development. But there are also concerns that the pumping, expected to last into May, could bring more water pollution that threatens dwindling Everglades habitat. The results of this round of pumping could help planning for Everglades restoration projects that involve building reservoirs and treatment areas to eventually get more Lake Okeechobee water moving south, instead of dumping it out to sea.
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Follow The Flight: Thunderbirds’ Aerial Maneuvers
By Irfan Uraizee and Yiran Zhu
May 5, 2016
T he U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds are taking over South Florida’s skies at the Fort Lauderdale Air Show and bringing with them their penchant for death-defying aerial acrobatics. Take a tour of the team’s routine as we break down their most iconic stunts (at a speed less likely to break the sound barrier). The Thunderbirds perform May 7-8 over Fort Lauderdale Beach near Sunrise Boulevard. The air show begins at 11 am. Among the show's 12 flight performances, the Thunderbirds are the last to perform each day of the show. Don't Miss: A closer look at the Thunderbirds’ F-16 Fighting Falcon and other jets performing at the air show
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The Delta formation features every pilot in the six-jet Thunderbird team flying together in close proximity. The team’s lead jet, whose pilot is nicknamed Boss, flies at the front of the formation.
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The air show begins at 11 am. Among the show's 12 flight performances, the Thunderbirds are the last to perform each day of the show. Don't Miss: A closer look at the Thunderbirds’ F-16 Fighting Falcon and other jets performing at the air show
Delta
The Delta formation features every pilot in the six-jet Thunderbird team flying together in close proximity. The team’s lead jet, whose pilot is nicknamed Boss, flies at the front of the formation. One jet flies behind the Boss while the others flank the lead jet on both its left and right wings. Delta Burst
The Thunderbirds then transition to the Delta Burst maneuver. The two jets flying on the outside farthest from the lead jet break away from the formation and prepare to perform solo maneuvers while the remaining four pilots stay in formation. Diamond
Four jets. 500 miles per hour.
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One jet flies behind the Boss while the others flank the lead jet on both its left and right wings. Delta Burst
The Thunderbirds then transition to the Delta Burst maneuver. The two jets flying on the outside farthest from the lead jet break away from the formation and prepare to perform solo maneuvers while the remaining four pilots stay in formation. Diamond
Four jets. 500 miles per hour. Only 18 inches apart. It’s a blazing-fast and razor-thin formation that makes the Thunderbirds’ version of the Diamond maneuver more daring than most. The Thunderbirds and their F-16 Fighter Falcon jets transition to many of their maneuvers from this formation. advertisement
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The two solo pilots take turns executing a host of air-combat maneuvers. One of those moves is called the Split S — where a pilot turns the jet completely around by descending quickly to a lower altitude.
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Only 18 inches apart. It’s a blazing-fast and razor-thin formation that makes the Thunderbirds’ version of the Diamond maneuver more daring than most. The Thunderbirds and their F-16 Fighter Falcon jets transition to many of their maneuvers from this formation. advertisement
Split S
The two solo pilots take turns executing a host of air-combat maneuvers. One of those moves is called the Split S — where a pilot turns the jet completely around by descending quickly to a lower altitude. Here’s how they do it: 1 The pilot first performs a 180-degree roll. 2 The jet angles down, stopping after a half loop. 3 The pilot levels out the jet and flies in the opposite direction. Calypso
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These two maneuvers are meant to showcase the handling and dexterity of the F-16 fighter jets as well as the skills of the pilots.
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Here’s how they do it: 1 The pilot first performs a 180-degree roll. 2 The jet angles down, stopping after a half loop. 3 The pilot levels out the jet and flies in the opposite direction. Calypso
Reflection Pass
Calypso and Reflection Pass
These two maneuvers are meant to showcase the handling and dexterity of the F-16 fighter jets as well as the skills of the pilots. In the Calypso aerial maneuver, the two jets fly back-to-back. In the Reflection Pass formation, the jets fly belly-to-belly. In both maneuvers, the jets can be as close as three feet from each other. Bomb Burst
The Thunderbirds, packed tightly in the Diamond formation, pull their jets straight into the air to perform the Bomb Burst maneuver. All four F-16s break off in separate directions before regrouping at a lower altitude.
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In the Calypso aerial maneuver, the two jets fly back-to-back. In the Reflection Pass formation, the jets fly belly-to-belly. In both maneuvers, the jets can be as close as three feet from each other. Bomb Burst
The Thunderbirds, packed tightly in the Diamond formation, pull their jets straight into the air to perform the Bomb Burst maneuver. All four F-16s break off in separate directions before regrouping at a lower altitude. More Coverage
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Without Native Americans, Would We Have Chicago As We Know It?
Names like DuSable, Marquette, and Joliet are cited in the history books. But it was Native Americans who first set the foundation for Chicago to develop into a major Midwestern metropolis.
Native American trade routes become Chicago’s roads and highways
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Without Native Americans, Would We Have Chicago As We Know It? Names like DuSable, Marquette, and Joliet are cited in the history books. But it was Native Americans who first set the foundation for Chicago to develop into a major Midwestern metropolis. By Jesse Dukes
November 12, 2017
Mark Liechty often finds himself wondering what Chicago was like hundreds of years ago, before the city was officially incorporated in 1837, when thousands of Native Americans were living in villages throughout the region. “One of the ways I try to relate to the place I’m living is to try to understand what it was like in the past,” he says. But Mark says he’s noticed that this part of the city’s history is often ignored. And he’s curious about the role Native Americans had in shaping Chicago. So he asked Curious City: What impact have the region's Native Americans had on Chicago?
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Names like DuSable, Marquette, and Joliet are cited in the history books. But it was Native Americans who first set the foundation for Chicago to develop into a major Midwestern metropolis.
Native American trade routes become Chicago’s roads and highways
Trade prospers through intermarriage
Native American women develop Chicago’s farmland
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“One of the ways I try to relate to the place I’m living is to try to understand what it was like in the past,” he says. But Mark says he’s noticed that this part of the city’s history is often ignored. And he’s curious about the role Native Americans had in shaping Chicago. So he asked Curious City: What impact have the region's Native Americans had on Chicago? Before the 1830s, Native American families lived in villages throughout the Chicago region. The Potawatomi were one of several Algonquian language speaking tribes in the area. ( Courtesy of Tippecanoe County Historical Association)
Mark is asking the kind of question that could easily occupy a historian for a lifetime. There are many ways to answer it. Lots of places in the region take their names from Native American words:
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Without Native Americans, Would We Have Chicago As We Know It?
Without Native Americans, Would We Have Chicago As We Know It?
Names like DuSable, Marquette, and Joliet are cited in the history books. But it was Native Americans who first set the foundation for Chicago to develop into a major Midwestern metropolis.
Native American trade routes become Chicago’s roads and highways
Trade prospers through intermarriage
Native American women develop Chicago’s farmland
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Not just the city, but also the people
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Before the 1830s, Native American families lived in villages throughout the Chicago region. The Potawatomi were one of several Algonquian language speaking tribes in the area. ( Courtesy of Tippecanoe County Historical Association)
Mark is asking the kind of question that could easily occupy a historian for a lifetime. There are many ways to answer it. Lots of places in the region take their names from Native American words: Washtenaw, Skokie, Wabash, and of course, Chicago. An estimated 65,000 people of Native American heritage live in and around Chicago today, and are involved in city life. But Mark is most interested in the Native Americans who were living in the region before they were pressured or forced to leave in 1833 after signing a series of treaties with the U.S. government. So we’re going to explore how Native Americans used trade, intermarriage, and their knowledge of the region’s geography to help lay the foundation for the city of Chicago. And we’ll consider an even bigger question:
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Names like DuSable, Marquette, and Joliet are cited in the history books. But it was Native Americans who first set the foundation for Chicago to develop into a major Midwestern metropolis.
Native American trade routes become Chicago’s roads and highways
Trade prospers through intermarriage
Native American women develop Chicago’s farmland
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Washtenaw, Skokie, Wabash, and of course, Chicago. An estimated 65,000 people of Native American heritage live in and around Chicago today, and are involved in city life. But Mark is most interested in the Native Americans who were living in the region before they were pressured or forced to leave in 1833 after signing a series of treaties with the U.S. government. So we’re going to explore how Native Americans used trade, intermarriage, and their knowledge of the region’s geography to help lay the foundation for the city of Chicago. And we’ll consider an even bigger question: Would Chicago exist as we know it today — as a key Midwestern metropolis — without the Native Americans? Before the 1830s, Native American families lived in villages throughout the Chicago region. The Potawatomi were one of several Algonquian language speaking tribes in the area. ( Courtesy of Tippecanoe County Historical Association)
The Potawatomi used intermarriage with other tribes as a way of establishing strong trading alliances in the Chicago region and beyond, a practice early Americans and Europeans later adopted. ( Courtesy Tippecanoe County Historical Association)
Before the 1830s, Native American families lived in villages throughout the Chicago region.
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Without Native Americans, Would We Have Chicago As We Know It?
Without Native Americans, Would We Have Chicago As We Know It?
Names like DuSable, Marquette, and Joliet are cited in the history books. But it was Native Americans who first set the foundation for Chicago to develop into a major Midwestern metropolis.
Native American trade routes become Chicago’s roads and highways
Trade prospers through intermarriage
Native American women develop Chicago’s farmland
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Would Chicago exist as we know it today — as a key Midwestern metropolis — without the Native Americans? Before the 1830s, Native American families lived in villages throughout the Chicago region. The Potawatomi were one of several Algonquian language speaking tribes in the area. ( Courtesy of Tippecanoe County Historical Association)
The Potawatomi used intermarriage with other tribes as a way of establishing strong trading alliances in the Chicago region and beyond, a practice early Americans and Europeans later adopted. ( Courtesy Tippecanoe County Historical Association)
Before the 1830s, Native American families lived in villages throughout the Chicago region. The Potawatomi were one of several Algonquian language speaking tribes in the area. ( Courtesy of Tippecanoe County Historical Association)
The Potawatomi used intermarriage with other tribes as a way of establishing strong trading alliances in the Chicago region and beyond, a practice early Americans and Europeans later adopted. ( Courtesy Tippecanoe County Historical Association)
Native American trade routes become Chicago’s roads and highways
Europeans first explored the Chicago region in 1673, and by that time, Native Americans had long been settled in villages around the area. They had established a vast network of trails and portages, or places to carry and drag boats from one water system to another. Chicago was one of the best places to portage between two great water systems:
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Without Native Americans, Would We Have Chicago As We Know It?
Names like DuSable, Marquette, and Joliet are cited in the history books. But it was Native Americans who first set the foundation for Chicago to develop into a major Midwestern metropolis.
Native American trade routes become Chicago’s roads and highways
Trade prospers through intermarriage
Native American women develop Chicago’s farmland
The site for a Midwestern metropolis?
Not just the city, but also the people
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The Potawatomi were one of several Algonquian language speaking tribes in the area. ( Courtesy of Tippecanoe County Historical Association)
The Potawatomi used intermarriage with other tribes as a way of establishing strong trading alliances in the Chicago region and beyond, a practice early Americans and Europeans later adopted. ( Courtesy Tippecanoe County Historical Association)
Native American trade routes become Chicago’s roads and highways
Europeans first explored the Chicago region in 1673, and by that time, Native Americans had long been settled in villages around the area. They had established a vast network of trails and portages, or places to carry and drag boats from one water system to another. Chicago was one of the best places to portage between two great water systems: the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes. The two water systems were only separated by a small ridge that [is/was] located in today’s Little Village neighborhood near 31st Street and Kedzie Avenue. By carrying boats a short distance over the ridge, Native Americans could in theory paddle to the St. Lawrence River or Allegheny River in the east, or to the Gulf of Mexico to the south or to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in the west. The Native Americans understood the importance of this geography and took advantage of this portage system to trade goods for hundreds of years before European settlers arrived. According to historian and Potawatomi Indian John Low, the Algonquian language speaking tribes who lived in and around Chicago in the mid- to late-1700s considered this Chicago portage a shared resource that should be available for anybody to use.
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Without Native Americans, Would We Have Chicago As We Know It?
Without Native Americans, Would We Have Chicago As We Know It?
Names like DuSable, Marquette, and Joliet are cited in the history books. But it was Native Americans who first set the foundation for Chicago to develop into a major Midwestern metropolis.
Native American trade routes become Chicago’s roads and highways
Trade prospers through intermarriage
Native American women develop Chicago’s farmland
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the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes. The two water systems were only separated by a small ridge that [is/was] located in today’s Little Village neighborhood near 31st Street and Kedzie Avenue. By carrying boats a short distance over the ridge, Native Americans could in theory paddle to the St. Lawrence River or Allegheny River in the east, or to the Gulf of Mexico to the south or to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in the west. The Native Americans understood the importance of this geography and took advantage of this portage system to trade goods for hundreds of years before European settlers arrived. According to historian and Potawatomi Indian John Low, the Algonquian language speaking tribes who lived in and around Chicago in the mid- to late-1700s considered this Chicago portage a shared resource that should be available for anybody to use. He says the Potawatomi believed “the land is Mother Earth. You can’t own it — it’s like owning air, owning the stars.” Native Americans developed a vast networks of trails and routes they used to portage, or carry boats from one water system to another. When European and American traders arrived in the late 17th century, Native Americans showed them how to take advantage of this portage. ( Courtesy A.T. Andreas)
These routes used by the Native Americans became essential to the early European traders and American settlers.
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Without Native Americans, Would We Have Chicago As We Know It?
Names like DuSable, Marquette, and Joliet are cited in the history books. But it was Native Americans who first set the foundation for Chicago to develop into a major Midwestern metropolis.
Native American trade routes become Chicago’s roads and highways
Trade prospers through intermarriage
Native American women develop Chicago’s farmland
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He says the Potawatomi believed “the land is Mother Earth. You can’t own it — it’s like owning air, owning the stars.” Native Americans developed a vast networks of trails and routes they used to portage, or carry boats from one water system to another. When European and American traders arrived in the late 17th century, Native Americans showed them how to take advantage of this portage. ( Courtesy A.T. Andreas)
These routes used by the Native Americans became essential to the early European traders and American settlers. “ (Europeans) could not have got to Chicago without Indian trails,” says historian Susan Sleeper-Smith. “I don’t mean little trails. We have plenty of descriptions of people coming into the Great Lakes that are following Indian trails that are five or six feet wide.” You might expect those trails to be long gone, but many eventually became important city streets. In 1833, the Illinois and Michigan Canal Commission sponsored the first plat of Chicago, a plan that established most of Chicago’s (and many suburban) street grids.
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Without Native Americans, Would We Have Chicago As We Know It?
Without Native Americans, Would We Have Chicago As We Know It?
Names like DuSable, Marquette, and Joliet are cited in the history books. But it was Native Americans who first set the foundation for Chicago to develop into a major Midwestern metropolis.
Native American trade routes become Chicago’s roads and highways
Trade prospers through intermarriage
Native American women develop Chicago’s farmland
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“ (Europeans) could not have got to Chicago without Indian trails,” says historian Susan Sleeper-Smith. “I don’t mean little trails. We have plenty of descriptions of people coming into the Great Lakes that are following Indian trails that are five or six feet wide.” You might expect those trails to be long gone, but many eventually became important city streets. In 1833, the Illinois and Michigan Canal Commission sponsored the first plat of Chicago, a plan that established most of Chicago’s (and many suburban) street grids. But the grid plan made exceptions for important Native American trails that were diagonal and didn’t fit neatly into the grid. Those trails are now known as Ogden Street, Milwaukee Avenue, parts of Grand Avenue, and Vincennes Avenue. Sleeper-Smith says other Native American routes stuck around in another way. “The interstate highway system, it’s mostly old Indian trails,” she says. “ The Indians marked the way, and we just follow, with the railroads and roadways.
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Without Native Americans, Would We Have Chicago As We Know It?
Without Native Americans, Would We Have Chicago As We Know It?
Names like DuSable, Marquette, and Joliet are cited in the history books. But it was Native Americans who first set the foundation for Chicago to develop into a major Midwestern metropolis.
Native American trade routes become Chicago’s roads and highways
Trade prospers through intermarriage
Native American women develop Chicago’s farmland
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But the grid plan made exceptions for important Native American trails that were diagonal and didn’t fit neatly into the grid. Those trails are now known as Ogden Street, Milwaukee Avenue, parts of Grand Avenue, and Vincennes Avenue. Sleeper-Smith says other Native American routes stuck around in another way. “The interstate highway system, it’s mostly old Indian trails,” she says. “ The Indians marked the way, and we just follow, with the railroads and roadways. They created the blueprint for Chicago.” An old map of Native American trails and villages in the Chicago area shows routes that mirror today’s interstate highway system. ( Courtesy Chicago History Museum, i029629_pm, Albert F. Scharf)
Native Americans developed a vast networks of trails and routes they used to portage, or carry boats from one water system to another. When European and American traders arrived in the late 17th century, Native Americans showed them how to take advantage of this portage. ( Courtesy A.T. Andreas)
An old map of Native American trails and villages in the Chicago area shows routes that mirror today’s interstate highway system. (
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Without Native Americans, Would We Have Chicago As We Know It?
Without Native Americans, Would We Have Chicago As We Know It?
Names like DuSable, Marquette, and Joliet are cited in the history books. But it was Native Americans who first set the foundation for Chicago to develop into a major Midwestern metropolis.
Native American trade routes become Chicago’s roads and highways
Trade prospers through intermarriage
Native American women develop Chicago’s farmland
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They created the blueprint for Chicago.” An old map of Native American trails and villages in the Chicago area shows routes that mirror today’s interstate highway system. ( Courtesy Chicago History Museum, i029629_pm, Albert F. Scharf)
Native Americans developed a vast networks of trails and routes they used to portage, or carry boats from one water system to another. When European and American traders arrived in the late 17th century, Native Americans showed them how to take advantage of this portage. ( Courtesy A.T. Andreas)
An old map of Native American trails and villages in the Chicago area shows routes that mirror today’s interstate highway system. ( Courtesy Chicago History Museum, i029629_pm, Albert F. Scharf)
Native Americans developed a vast networks of trails and routes they used to portage, or carry boats from one water system to another. When European and American traders arrived in the late 17th century, Native Americans showed them how to take advantage of this portage. ( Courtesy A.T. Andreas)
An old map of Native American trails and villages in the Chicago area shows routes that mirror today’s interstate highway system. ( Courtesy Chicago History Museum, i029629_pm, Albert F. Scharf)
Trade prospers through intermarriage
The Potawatomi and other Algonquian tribes were quite tolerant and welcoming to people outside their tribe, assuming the outsiders’ intentions were peaceful, says historian John Low. They used intermarriage with other tribes as a way of establishing strong trading alliances in the Chicago region and beyond, a practice early Americans and Europeans later adopted.
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Names like DuSable, Marquette, and Joliet are cited in the history books. But it was Native Americans who first set the foundation for Chicago to develop into a major Midwestern metropolis.
Native American trade routes become Chicago’s roads and highways
Trade prospers through intermarriage
Native American women develop Chicago’s farmland
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Courtesy Chicago History Museum, i029629_pm, Albert F. Scharf)
Native Americans developed a vast networks of trails and routes they used to portage, or carry boats from one water system to another. When European and American traders arrived in the late 17th century, Native Americans showed them how to take advantage of this portage. ( Courtesy A.T. Andreas)
An old map of Native American trails and villages in the Chicago area shows routes that mirror today’s interstate highway system. ( Courtesy Chicago History Museum, i029629_pm, Albert F. Scharf)
Trade prospers through intermarriage
The Potawatomi and other Algonquian tribes were quite tolerant and welcoming to people outside their tribe, assuming the outsiders’ intentions were peaceful, says historian John Low. They used intermarriage with other tribes as a way of establishing strong trading alliances in the Chicago region and beyond, a practice early Americans and Europeans later adopted. Before European traders came to the region to trade for furs, Native Americans had established trading networks, alliances, and relationships that allowed for peaceful and beneficial trade. Native Americans trusted their trading partners because they knew them, Sleeper-Smith says. “Indigenous societies trade with kin; they do not trade with strangers,” she says. Algonquian tribes formed new trading relationships through intermarriage between tribes.
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Names like DuSable, Marquette, and Joliet are cited in the history books. But it was Native Americans who first set the foundation for Chicago to develop into a major Midwestern metropolis.
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Before European traders came to the region to trade for furs, Native Americans had established trading networks, alliances, and relationships that allowed for peaceful and beneficial trade. Native Americans trusted their trading partners because they knew them, Sleeper-Smith says. “Indigenous societies trade with kin; they do not trade with strangers,” she says. Algonquian tribes formed new trading relationships through intermarriage between tribes. When European traders and other settlers arrived in the Chicago region, they quickly recognized that they could also gain access to trade groups through intermarriage with Native Americans. ( Courtesy Tippecanoe County Historical Association)
Algonquian Indians frequently intermarried between tribes, which allowed two kinship networks to create a new trading relationship. Sleeper-Smith says the Europeans traders who came to the region in the late-18th century quickly recognized the value of intermarrying with Native Americans. Chicago’s first permanent settler, Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, an African-Frenchman, married a Native American woman (thought to be Potawatomi). Sleeper-Smith says DuSable’s wife was crucial to his success.
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Native American women develop Chicago’s farmland
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When European traders and other settlers arrived in the Chicago region, they quickly recognized that they could also gain access to trade groups through intermarriage with Native Americans. ( Courtesy Tippecanoe County Historical Association)
Algonquian Indians frequently intermarried between tribes, which allowed two kinship networks to create a new trading relationship. Sleeper-Smith says the Europeans traders who came to the region in the late-18th century quickly recognized the value of intermarrying with Native Americans. Chicago’s first permanent settler, Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, an African-Frenchman, married a Native American woman (thought to be Potawatomi). Sleeper-Smith says DuSable’s wife was crucial to his success. She helped translate for him and gave him access to a wide network for trading. “DuSable has no ability to trade with Indian peoples just because he has trade groups,” she says. “ He has to have a wife that is his kin entree into the trade.” Jean Baptiste Point DuSable arrived in Chicago in the late 18th century and married a Potawatomi woman named Catherine. DuSable is considered the city's first permanent non-Native settler. (
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Native American trade routes become Chicago’s roads and highways
Trade prospers through intermarriage
Native American women develop Chicago’s farmland
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She helped translate for him and gave him access to a wide network for trading. “DuSable has no ability to trade with Indian peoples just because he has trade groups,” she says. “ He has to have a wife that is his kin entree into the trade.” Jean Baptiste Point DuSable arrived in Chicago in the late 18th century and married a Potawatomi woman named Catherine. DuSable is considered the city's first permanent non-Native settler. ( Courtesy A.T. Andreas)
DuSable’s wife was baptized as “Catherine” and some accounts name her as Kitihawa. Their relationship brought status and profit for both of them. Still, Sleeper-Smith says the marriage was not simply a business relationship: They lived together for 30 years and had at least two children. In the years between 1790 and 1830, traders and farmers established a small trading community at the mouth of the Chicago River that grew into a town and then a city.
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Native American trade routes become Chicago’s roads and highways
Trade prospers through intermarriage
Native American women develop Chicago’s farmland
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Courtesy A.T. Andreas)
DuSable’s wife was baptized as “Catherine” and some accounts name her as Kitihawa. Their relationship brought status and profit for both of them. Still, Sleeper-Smith says the marriage was not simply a business relationship: They lived together for 30 years and had at least two children. In the years between 1790 and 1830, traders and farmers established a small trading community at the mouth of the Chicago River that grew into a town and then a city. Many of those traders, including fur trader Antoine Ouilmette, similarly married Native American women and raised multi-ethnic families. The earliest version of Chicago as a settlement was established by Native Americans alongside Europeans and Americans. Algonquian tribes formed new trading relationships through intermarriage between tribes. When European traders and other settlers arrived in the Chicago region, they quickly recognized that they could al
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W hat if one of the most famous events in Chicago history — the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 — never happened? What would the city look like today? Kevin Borgia asked WBEZ’s Curious City to find out, giving us an assignment that’s a bit like imagining an alternate universe. Of course, there’s no way of really knowing how history would have changed if that fire hadn’t swept across more than 3 square miles of Chicago on Oct. 8, 1871, destroying 18,000 buildings, killing some 300 people and leaving 100,000 homeless. What we can offer are educated guesses from historians, authors and experts on Chicago architecture. We posed Kevin’s question to more than a dozen knowledgeable sources. We pored over books on the city’s history. And what did we find? Not just one alternate history, but a whole array of parallel universes — different versions of Chicago.
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What we can offer are educated guesses from historians, authors and experts on Chicago architecture. We posed Kevin’s question to more than a dozen knowledgeable sources. We pored over books on the city’s history. And what did we find? Not just one alternate history, but a whole array of parallel universes — different versions of Chicago. As Northwestern University professor Carl Smith told us, “Once you open up what might have happened, the possibilities are endless.” But this was more than a mere exercise in fantasy. Kevin’s provocative question sparked a fascinating debate on how one event can shape a metropolis. Kevin, who is 34, grew up in Chatham, a small town near Springfield, but he has lived for the past decade in Chicago, where he works for the group Wind on the Wires, advocating for wind power. “ I’m fascinated with the history of the city,” he says.
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As Northwestern University professor Carl Smith told us, “Once you open up what might have happened, the possibilities are endless.” But this was more than a mere exercise in fantasy. Kevin’s provocative question sparked a fascinating debate on how one event can shape a metropolis. Kevin, who is 34, grew up in Chatham, a small town near Springfield, but he has lived for the past decade in Chicago, where he works for the group Wind on the Wires, advocating for wind power. “ I’m fascinated with the history of the city,” he says. After reading books on the city’s history and hearing people talk about the Great Chicago Fire, he started to think about how much it seemed to shape “the way that our city is.” “Once you open up what might have happened, the possibilities are endless.” -Carl Smith
“To a huge degree, the design and layout of the city of Chicago and the character of the buildings are a result of the Chicago Fire,” he says. “If the fire hadn’t happened, it would look a lot different.” To answer Kevin’s question, let’s first consider the possibility that a different fire would have destroyed a large section of the city sooner or later.
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After reading books on the city’s history and hearing people talk about the Great Chicago Fire, he started to think about how much it seemed to shape “the way that our city is.” “Once you open up what might have happened, the possibilities are endless.” -Carl Smith
“To a huge degree, the design and layout of the city of Chicago and the character of the buildings are a result of the Chicago Fire,” he says. “If the fire hadn’t happened, it would look a lot different.” To answer Kevin’s question, let’s first consider the possibility that a different fire would have destroyed a large section of the city sooner or later. Chicago was filled with wooden buildings, as well as piles of lumber and coal. And the city had 561 miles of wood sidewalks. It seemed destined for destruction. Richard Bales, author of The Great Chicago Fire and the Myth of Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow, pinpoints a date when an alternate-history disaster might have struck: July 14, 1874.
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Chicago was filled with wooden buildings, as well as piles of lumber and coal. And the city had 561 miles of wood sidewalks. It seemed destined for destruction. Richard Bales, author of The Great Chicago Fire and the Myth of Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow, pinpoints a date when an alternate-history disaster might have struck: July 14, 1874. That’s when a fire began near Taylor and Clark streets in the South Loop, sweeping across 60 acres but stopping short of the central business district. “The fire stopped burning when it hit the newly built stone buildings in the business area,” Bales says. “ Assume that there is no Chicago Fire of 1871. Then it is possible that the 1874 fire ... would have burnt even more properties.” But let’s say Chicago somehow managed to avoid a devastating fire.
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That’s when a fire began near Taylor and Clark streets in the South Loop, sweeping across 60 acres but stopping short of the central business district. “The fire stopped burning when it hit the newly built stone buildings in the business area,” Bales says. “ Assume that there is no Chicago Fire of 1871. Then it is possible that the 1874 fire ... would have burnt even more properties.” But let’s say Chicago somehow managed to avoid a devastating fire. The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 didn’t happen. Neither did that fire in 1874 — or anything on a similar scale. Then what? “Chicago would probably have been a much smaller metropolis and not the second-largest city in the United States,” says Neal Samors, author of several books on the city’s history. He argues that the fire’s clearing effect allowed a building boom that wouldn’t have been possible without the fire.
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The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 didn’t happen. Neither did that fire in 1874 — or anything on a similar scale. Then what? “Chicago would probably have been a much smaller metropolis and not the second-largest city in the United States,” says Neal Samors, author of several books on the city’s history. He argues that the fire’s clearing effect allowed a building boom that wouldn’t have been possible without the fire. But several historians told us that most of the changes that occurred in Chicago after the 1871 fire would have happened anyway — only at a slower pace and with subtle differences. “Chicago’s perfect central location for commerce would have remained constant — the city would have continued to grow,” says Tim Samuelson, the city of Chicago’s cultural historian. And Tom Leslie, author of Chicago Skyscrapers: 1871-1934, wonders if Chicago would be much different at all. “ I have to say that the city today doesn’t really owe that much to the fire itself,” he says.
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But several historians told us that most of the changes that occurred in Chicago after the 1871 fire would have happened anyway — only at a slower pace and with subtle differences. “Chicago’s perfect central location for commerce would have remained constant — the city would have continued to grow,” says Tim Samuelson, the city of Chicago’s cultural historian. And Tom Leslie, author of Chicago Skyscrapers: 1871-1934, wonders if Chicago would be much different at all. “ I have to say that the city today doesn’t really owe that much to the fire itself,” he says. II. Buildings & neighborhoods
A photograph taken from the top of Chicago's old City Hall, looking Southwest. ( Alexander Hesler, 1858)
H ere’s the most obvious thing that would be different in a world without the Great Chicago Fire — those 18,000 buildings wouldn’t have burned down in the fire zone (which stretched from the O’Leary family barn — on De Koven Street in what is now the South Loop — across downtown and up to Lincoln Park). But how many of those buildings would still be standing today if the Great Fire hadn’t happened, and would that have changed city neighborhoods? David Garrard Lowe, author of Lost Chicago, says several major buildings might have survived.
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A photograph taken from the top of Chicago's old City Hall, looking Southwest. ( Alexander Hesler, 1858)
H ere’s the most obvious thing that would be different in a world without the Great Chicago Fire — those 18,000 buildings wouldn’t have burned down in the fire zone (which stretched from the O’Leary family barn — on De Koven Street in what is now the South Loop — across downtown and up to Lincoln Park). But how many of those buildings would still be standing today if the Great Fire hadn’t happened, and would that have changed city neighborhoods? David Garrard Lowe, author of Lost Chicago, says several major buildings might have survived. One is architect John Van Osdel’s Cook County Court House and City Hall, a domed structure with a cupola, built in 1853 where City Hall stands now. The courthouse’s bells rang out during the 1871 fire, a baleful alarm in the midst of the inferno. A beautiful hotel by the same architect, the Tremont House at the southeast corner of Lake and Dearborn streets, might have survived too, Lowe says — along with gems like the Grand Pacific Hotel, Crosby’s Opera House, the Academy of Design and the original Chicago Historical Society. And Lowe says the churches that once dotted downtown could still be standing, along with some of downtown’s mansions. "The square in which the courthouse sat had trees, and the old houses had gardens and lawns with shrubbery and trees.
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One is architect John Van Osdel’s Cook County Court House and City Hall, a domed structure with a cupola, built in 1853 where City Hall stands now. The courthouse’s bells rang out during the 1871 fire, a baleful alarm in the midst of the inferno. A beautiful hotel by the same architect, the Tremont House at the southeast corner of Lake and Dearborn streets, might have survived too, Lowe says — along with gems like the Grand Pacific Hotel, Crosby’s Opera House, the Academy of Design and the original Chicago Historical Society. And Lowe says the churches that once dotted downtown could still be standing, along with some of downtown’s mansions. "The square in which the courthouse sat had trees, and the old houses had gardens and lawns with shrubbery and trees. Indeed, in some ways, we might have had a more humane metropolis." -David Garrard Lowe
“The old houses on Monroe and Wabash were handsome and would have given downtown Chicago a certain elegance and variety,” Lowe says. “ Of particular importance were the houses on Michigan Avenue, including the one where President-elect Lincoln and Mrs. Lincoln were guests before they entrained for Washington. Think of what distinction the 19th-century houses on Beacon Hill give to downtown Boston, as well as the enrichment New York receives from the Greek Revival row houses on Washington Square.” Lowe says Chicago’s central business district might have been forced to expand toward the west if the fire hadn’t cleared so much land.
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Indeed, in some ways, we might have had a more humane metropolis." -David Garrard Lowe
“The old houses on Monroe and Wabash were handsome and would have given downtown Chicago a certain elegance and variety,” Lowe says. “ Of particular importance were the houses on Michigan Avenue, including the one where President-elect Lincoln and Mrs. Lincoln were guests before they entrained for Washington. Think of what distinction the 19th-century houses on Beacon Hill give to downtown Boston, as well as the enrichment New York receives from the Greek Revival row houses on Washington Square.” Lowe says Chicago’s central business district might have been forced to expand toward the west if the fire hadn’t cleared so much land. Imagine a skyline with more skyscrapers west of the Loop. “The Loop would not have become a series of skyscraper canyons,” Lowe says. “ There may have been more green spaces in downtown Chicago. … The square in which the courthouse sat had trees, and the old houses had gardens and lawns with shrubbery and trees. Indeed, in some ways, we might have had a more humane metropolis. …
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Imagine a skyline with more skyscrapers west of the Loop. “The Loop would not have become a series of skyscraper canyons,” Lowe says. “ There may have been more green spaces in downtown Chicago. … The square in which the courthouse sat had trees, and the old houses had gardens and lawns with shrubbery and trees. Indeed, in some ways, we might have had a more humane metropolis. … How nice it would have been to have green oases in the heart of the Loop.” But Samuelson says a tall, dense downtown was inevitable. “ Downtown would have still been hemmed in by immovable natural, physical and commercial barriers, so the need to build tall buildings very likely would have become a necessity as the city continued to grow,” he says. Leslie suspects downtown residences would have been swept away by the building booms of the 1880s and 1890s. “ South Michigan Avenue … was residential from about where the Auditorium is now until the turn of the century,” he says. “
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“Once you open up what might have happened, the possibilities are endless.” -Carl Smith
III. Changes: Building materials
"And the shoreline downtown would have stopped at Michigan Avenue for decades, if not to this very day.” -Lee Bey
"Creative dreamer architects like Sullivan and Root likely would have never had the incentive to come here."
-Tim Samuelson
In a world without the 1871 fire, would Chicagoans have had the same sort of spirit, attitude and drive?
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How nice it would have been to have green oases in the heart of the Loop.” But Samuelson says a tall, dense downtown was inevitable. “ Downtown would have still been hemmed in by immovable natural, physical and commercial barriers, so the need to build tall buildings very likely would have become a necessity as the city continued to grow,” he says. Leslie suspects downtown residences would have been swept away by the building booms of the 1880s and 1890s. “ South Michigan Avenue … was residential from about where the Auditorium is now until the turn of the century,” he says. “ Many of the mansions along the southern stretch disappeared without a trace when the land became valuable as commercial opportunities. It’s possible that one or two really grand structures might have survived the onslaught, but certainly not many.” Another neighborhood that might be a lot different, Leslie says, is River North. Many of the buildings that burned down in River North might still be standing, he says. Slide to re-envision:
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Curious City: What if the Great Chicago Fire Never Happened?
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the Great Chicago Fire
“Once you open up what might have happened, the possibilities are endless.” -Carl Smith
III. Changes: Building materials
"And the shoreline downtown would have stopped at Michigan Avenue for decades, if not to this very day.” -Lee Bey
"Creative dreamer architects like Sullivan and Root likely would have never had the incentive to come here."
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Many of the mansions along the southern stretch disappeared without a trace when the land became valuable as commercial opportunities. It’s possible that one or two really grand structures might have survived the onslaught, but certainly not many.” Another neighborhood that might be a lot different, Leslie says, is River North. Many of the buildings that burned down in River North might still be standing, he says. Slide to re-envision: River North and a humane metropolis
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For our what-if scenario, David Garrard Lowe, author of Lost Chicago, considers the effect of so many homes and landscaped areas being spared in downtown Chicago, had the Great Fire not happened. “ Indeed, in some ways, we might have had a more humane metropolis,” he says. ( Image: Google Earth / Illustration: Erik Rodriquez)
“Development there really only occurred after the 1960s, when preservation legislation came into effect,” Leslie says. “
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the Great Chicago Fire
“Once you open up what might have happened, the possibilities are endless.” -Carl Smith
III. Changes: Building materials
"And the shoreline downtown would have stopped at Michigan Avenue for decades, if not to this very day.” -Lee Bey
"Creative dreamer architects like Sullivan and Root likely would have never had the incentive to come here."
-Tim Samuelson
In a world without the 1871 fire, would Chicagoans have had the same sort of spirit, attitude and drive?
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River North and a humane metropolis
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For our what-if scenario, David Garrard Lowe, author of Lost Chicago, considers the effect of so many homes and landscaped areas being spared in downtown Chicago, had the Great Fire not happened. “ Indeed, in some ways, we might have had a more humane metropolis,” he says. ( Image: Google Earth / Illustration: Erik Rodriquez)
“Development there really only occurred after the 1960s, when preservation legislation came into effect,” Leslie says. “ Most of that neighborhood was residential or industrial, and it’s possible that those (buildings) would have been reused — or at least not torn down — through then. You can imagine that the whole neighborhood might have become a historic district.” If Leslie’s correct, the Magnificent Mile and all of those shops, restaurants, offices and condo high-rises north of the river might not exist in our bizarro-world version of Chicago. Without the Great Fire, we’d probably see more Greek Revival buildings in Chicago, says Jennifer Masengarb of the Chicago Architecture Foundation. The fire destroyed many structures in this style, which was common in churches, banks, public buildings and large homes built from 1830 to 1850.
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the Great Chicago Fire
“Once you open up what might have happened, the possibilities are endless.” -Carl Smith
III. Changes: Building materials
"And the shoreline downtown would have stopped at Michigan Avenue for decades, if not to this very day.” -Lee Bey
"Creative dreamer architects like Sullivan and Root likely would have never had the incentive to come here."
-Tim Samuelson
In a world without the 1871 fire, would Chicagoans have had the same sort of spirit, attitude and drive?
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Most of that neighborhood was residential or industrial, and it’s possible that those (buildings) would have been reused — or at least not torn down — through then. You can imagine that the whole neighborhood might have become a historic district.” If Leslie’s correct, the Magnificent Mile and all of those shops, restaurants, offices and condo high-rises north of the river might not exist in our bizarro-world version of Chicago. Without the Great Fire, we’d probably see more Greek Revival buildings in Chicago, says Jennifer Masengarb of the Chicago Architecture Foundation. The fire destroyed many structures in this style, which was common in churches, banks, public buildings and large homes built from 1830 to 1850. “By the time we began rebuilding in the 1870s, Greek Revival had fallen out of fashion, and so the next wave of construction looked quite different,” Masengarb says. “ One great surviving example of this style is the Clarke House, 1827 S. Indiana Ave., built in 1836.” Masengarb also believes that some of Chicago’s wood-framed two- to three-story cottages, which had simple gable roofs and horizontal siding, would survive today. “They can be seen in neighborhoods like Old Town, along Menomonee Avenue, between Sedgwick and Wells,” she says. “
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the Great Chicago Fire
“Once you open up what might have happened, the possibilities are endless.” -Carl Smith
III. Changes: Building materials
"And the shoreline downtown would have stopped at Michigan Avenue for decades, if not to this very day.” -Lee Bey
"Creative dreamer architects like Sullivan and Root likely would have never had the incentive to come here."
-Tim Samuelson
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“By the time we began rebuilding in the 1870s, Greek Revival had fallen out of fashion, and so the next wave of construction looked quite different,” Masengarb says. “ One great surviving example of this style is the Clarke House, 1827 S. Indiana Ave., built in 1836.” Masengarb also believes that some of Chicago’s wood-framed two- to three-story cottages, which had simple gable roofs and horizontal siding, would survive today. “They can be seen in neighborhoods like Old Town, along Menomonee Avenue, between Sedgwick and Wells,” she says. “ Old Town is an interesting case study because while the whole area burned in the fire, it was rebuilt right after the fire — largely in the same manner as before. … Old Town provides a glimpse of what pre-fire Chicago looked like.” Wood-framed, two-to three-story cottages such as these in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood provide a glimpse of
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