What cities have been rebuilt or revitalized due to a natural disaster (homes, tornado)

[hickoryfan]

I’m not a historian nor do I know any recent scenarios. Atlanta was burned down, San Francisco has a tragedy . Same with Chicago. Recently, Joplin, Mo. was destroyed.

What part of the city you know about was destroyed? How does the city look today ? In what way has life changed there?

[The_Quiet_One]

"Great Fires" have partially or completely destroyed cities multiple times. The result was usually stricter fire codes, especially in the 19th century. It's why cities usually have more brick buildings.

Here's an incomplete list of fires mostly taken from Wikipedia:

Boston in 1711, 1760, 1787, and 1872

NYC in 1776, 1835, and 1845

New Orleans in 1788 and 1794

Detroit in 1805

Portsmouth, NH in 1813

Savannah in 1820

Fayetteville, NC in 1821

Augusta, Georgia in 1829

Charleston in 1838

Pittsburgh in 1845

Medina, Ohio in 1848 and 1870

St. Louis in 1849

San Francisco in 1851 and 1906

Troy, NY in 1862

Portland, ME in 1866

Chicago in 1871 and 1874

Port Huron, Michigan in 1871

Urbana in 1871

Seattle in 1889

Spokane in 1889

Bakersfield in 1889

Lynn, MA in 1889

Clarksville, VA in 1893

Park City, Utah in 1898

Jacksonville in 1901

Patterson, NJ in 1902

Baltimore in 1904

Chelsea, MA in 1908 and 1973

Bangor in 1911

Houston in 1912

Salem, MA in 1914

Atlanta in 1917

Astoria in 1922

Berkeley in 1923

Decatur, Georgia in 1925

Fall River in 1928

New London, CT was burned during the Revolutionary War. Buffalo and DC were during the War of 1812. Many southern cities were burned during the Civil War, like Atlanta, Columbia, and Richmond.

Many cities were also burned during racial riots, like Tulsa in 1921 and many cities in 1968.

[RaleighSentinel]

Galveston, TX in 1900 by the Great Hurricane. Again, partially, at the Texas City Port in 1947 due to a huge explosion, the deadliest industrial accident in US History. In 2017, Hurricane Harvey brought massive flooding.

Homestead, FL in 1992 due to Hurricane Andrew.

Metro New Orleans in 2005 due to Hurricane Katrina.

[The_Quiet_One]

Also the Johnstown flood in 1889.

[SunGrins]

Greensburg Kansas was nearly wiped off the map by a 1.7 mile wide E5 tornado exactly 13 years ago tonight — May 4, 2007. The tornado killed 12 and destroyed 95% of the town of 1600 people. Today the population is about 800 and is rebuilding as a LEED (platinum) certified city. It hopes to be a model for “Green” cities. The town is now powered by wind turbines.

[SunGrins]

The St. Louis fire of 1849 spread quickly because of the wooden buildings. The fire started and spread from wooden steamboats moored side by side on the river. Much of the city was destroyed. The city government passed an ordinance that required only brick buildings be built after the fire. That changed the character of the city into the mostly brick city and classic architecture we see today. It also encouraged the brick making industry based on clay mines in the southwest part of the city. St. Louis bricks were transported all over the country when the rail lines were developed.

[citylove101]

San Francisco after the great earthquake and fire of 1906 Evidently it was a very different city after that.

[Drewjdeg]

I believe part of Gays Mills, Wisconsin was rebuilt within the last decade on higher ground to prevent flooding.

[westsaeed]

Sacramento--Great Flood of 1862.

[annie_himself]

Gulfport and Biloxi also during Katrina.