By the middle of the 19th century, industrialisation swept away most of the city's medieval rules of production and commerce, although the entirely corrupt remains of the city's mediæval constitution was kept in place ( compare the famous remarks of Georg Forster in his Ansichten vom Niederrhein ) until 1801, when Aachen became the " chef-lieu du département de la Roer " in Napoléon's First French Empire.

Much of the city's medieval architecture remains intact and is remarkably well preserved and restored.

The site of Madison Cottage would remain a critical crossroads throughout the city's history — after its demise the site gave rise to a park, in turn named Madison Square, which remains today.

A small German minority remains in the city, although the city's last German school was closed in 1963.

The urban renewal process, which includes the reconstruction of the area around the Neumarkt square on which the Frauenkirche is situated, will continue for many decades, but public and government interest remains high, and there are numerous large projects underway — both historic reconstructions and modern plans — that will continue the city's recent architectural renaissance.

Dresden remains a major cultural centre of historical memory, owing to the city's destruction in World War II.

The Great Chicago Fire remains Chicago's most well-known disaster, both for the magnitude of the destruction and the city's recovery and growth.

The city's Cathedral of the Holy Wisdom ( 1044 – 66 ), though completely rebuilt over the years, remains a symbol of this independent-mindedness, rivaling churches of the same name in Novgorod and Kiev, referring to the original Hagia Sophia in Constantinople ( and hence to claims of imperial prestige, authority and sovereignty ).

Although there has been an increasing number of projects and propositions to restore some of the city's colonial buildings, the future of these historic edifices remains uncertain.

It houses the remains of the city's patron, San Corrado of Bavaria, in a silver reliquary bust of the saint ( 17th century ) by G. Todaro.

The Bibi-Khanym Mosque remains one of the city's most notable landmarks.

The Duke has not in fact left the city, but remains there disguised as a friar ( Lodowick ) in order to spy on the city's affairs, and especially on the actions of Angelo.

However, there were cases in Medieval Europe where a city which grew to prominence and transferred to its cathedral the remains of a famous saint who had lived and was buried elsewhere, and made him or her the city's patron saint – such a practice conferring considerable prestige on the city concerned.

According to the Geographical Dictionary of Poland published by Polish Scientific Publishers PWN, the city's predecessor was an early medieval Slavic settlement, the city website states it was named Lasogród (" forest castle "), whose inhabitants engaged in hunting, honey gathering, and later agriculture ; Lasogród lated developed into a defensive fort, the remains of which were destroyed in the 19th century during expansion of the city.

Using the city's sectarian geography ( which remains to this day ) to identify likely targets, Murphy roamed the areas nearest the Catholic New Lodge in the hope of finding someone ( likely to be Catholic ) to abduct.

Manufacturing remains a factor with the Mueller Water Products U. S. Pipe division ductile pipe plant on the city's north side.

Some parts of the Tierra Buena CDP have been annexed by the City of Yuba City since 2001 and are therefore within that city's official limits ; however, some territory remains unincorporated.

Their remains were re-interred at the city's St. Mary's Cemetery in 1966.

While the textile industry has long since moved on, its impact on the city's culture and landscape remains to this day.

Today Bergenline Avenue remains the city's main commercial thoroughfare.

An influential citizen named Henry Kohlmeier who lived there objected to the noise created by horse-drawn public coaches, which led to the route being transferred two blocks west to what is now Bergenline Avenue ( formerly Lewis Street ), which runs parallel to Palisade Avenue, and which remains the city's main commercial thoroughfare.

Since the early 1990s, Lower Burrell experienced slight growth, though much of the city's commercial property, including one of its only large shopping centers, remains vacant.

The annual fair remains an important part of the city's culture today.

Rio de Janeiro downtown remains the heart of the city's business community, and the second largest in South America.

The city's appearance today is predominantly shaped by the key role it played in Germany's history in the 20th century.

Egyptians today often refer to Cairo as Maṣr (), the Arabic pronunciation of the name for Egypt itself, emphasizing the city's continued role in Egyptian influence.

New U-Bahn and S-Bahn lines were planned to run directly beneath almost the whole length of the axis, and the city's entire underground network reoriented to gravitate towards this new hub ( at least one tunnel section, around 220 metres in length, was actually constructed and still exists today, buried some 20 metres beneath the Tiergarten, despite having never seen a train ).

Known as DJ Quentox ( The OX that Rocks ), Cook and DJ Baptiste started putting on youth club hip hop jams in Brighton, sowing the seeds of the city's flourishing hip hop scene today.

In the early 19th century, many Russian artists, officers and nobles were sent into exile in Siberia for their part in the Decembrist revolt against Tsar Nicholas I. Irkutsk became the major center of intellectual and social life for these exiles, and much of the city's cultural heritage comes from them ; many of their wooden houses, adorned with ornate, hand-carved decorations, survive today, in stark contrast with the standard Soviet apartment blocks that surround them.

The city's name became La Canea and fortifications were strengthened, giving Chania the form that it still has today.

In the 19th century the city played an important role in the industrial revolution, specializing in woollen fabrics, and today there is a major Modernista legacy as a result of the city's importance at that time.

Later that same decade, many of the city's brick sidewalks were converted to concrete ; the bronze plaques of the concrete installers are still visible today.

Originally, the city's northeast shoreline extended only to what is today Taylor and Francisco streets.

* Palazzo dei Priori, erected in 1333, has been the seat of the city's magistratures until today.

The city's economy today is based on tourism.

According to Guinness, the world's largest rosebush was planted in Tombstone in 1885 and still flourishes today in the city's sunny climate.

It was reported that the only building in the town not damaged was the Methodist church, which stands today in the city's downtown area along Van Buren Street.

Since it was a semi-autonomous village within Lakeville Township before the city's incorporation, it continues to appear today on maps as Argonne.

Throughout the late 1890s, the city's borders extended from Scranton to Wilkes-Barre, but due to financial and civil differences, the city would soon be divided into the many townships and boroughs that exist throughout the central Wyoming Valley today.

The city's courthouse, which still exists today, was constructed in 1895.

That same year, Snohomish County built the County Poor Farm where today's Evergreen State Fairgrounds are located ; the city's first hospital was built where Valley General Hospital stands today.

The forest industry is the dominant player in the city's economy today.

He studied engineering at the city's Royal Joseph Technical University, known today as Budapest University of Technology and Economics.

The city's covered market, built in stone, bricks and cast iron, still serves today.

It was not until the 1990s and much of the first decade of the 21st century that the city's government decided to clear some of the narrow colonial-era streets to build parks, plazas, and wider avenues that today continue to act as roads between the city's sprawling " colonias " ( neighborhoods ).

A secondary, smaller wall was built in front of the Soltangala's main wall, and finally the medieval city's suburbs – known today as Isgendergala – were enclosed by a 5 meter thick wall.