The two-day disaster has destroyed about sixty-five…

The two-day disaster has destroyed about sixty-five acres (one quarter square mile) of the city, seven hundred and seventy-six buildings, much of the financial district and has caused US$60 million in damage).

Hundreds of businesses have been destroyed, and dozens of insurance companies are bankrupted.

City planning during the post-fire reconstruction will cause several streets in downtown Boston to be widened, particularly Congress Street, Federal Street, Purchase Street, and Hawley Street, and reserve the space for Post Office Square.

Most of the rubble and ruins of the buildings destroyed by the fire will be dumped in the harbor to fill in Atlantic Avenue.